Appirio, a Cloud Computing services and consulting company, is experiencing explosive growth buoyed by its own triumphant strategic joint venture with the Google and Salesforce.com. The business practices what it preaches -- deciding to keep its systems all in the cloud. The senior leadership team of Appirio is convinced that developing its enterprise on the cloud offers competitive advantages that are extreme when it comes to agility, ability to scale and worker authorization to drive high-speed initiation.
Will Appirio be the heavens darkening with challenges or ascend to rocket heights that can damage a cloud pure-play like Appirio? What coaching, if any, are there for additional entrepreneurs expecting to turn their IT systems into an entrepreneurial increase engine?
PUBLICATION DATE: February 01, 2012 PRODUCT #: BAB694-HCB-ENG
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