When we started creating Appingo, we knew that a SaaS environment was the right thing.
We were right.
We picked open-source tools and found libraries that delivered functionality that would have taken a long time and a lot of effort to create.
Our system changed and grew. We added functionality as our users asked for it. We questioned [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘SaaS’
September 22, 2009
Disk Space in the Cloud
September 16, 2009
We took our own advice…and fired the landlord this week
A few weeks ago, we sent out an AppingoJim news story entitled Publisher Fires Landlord (and also wrote a blog post). It was a fun, tongue-in-cheek article that was based on an Appingo client that wanted to dump their expensive office space and bring the company fully virtual. They were excited that Appingo that was [...]
September 4, 2009
AppingoJim: Publisher Fires Landlord. Staff Rejoices.
Publisher Fires Landlord. Staff Rejoices.
By AppingoJim, staff
BOSTON, MA — A trade publisher fired her landlord today.
In a move to save jobs and re-invigorate a 47-year old division of a larger trade publisher, the division leader made the bold decision to fire her landlord, save some jobs, and set her staff [...]
September 3, 2009
Flatworld Knowledge: Big idea for educational publishing
I’ve been meaning to do a quick shout-out to Flatworld Knowledge for a couple of weeks. We met and had a great conversation with with Jeff Shelstad (one of the founders) at the end of August. If you don’t know Flatworld, you should. They are a recent, VC-backed start-up looking to make a significant, sustainable [...]
August 24, 2009
AppingoJim: Publisher Admits that Internet “Ain’t All Bad.”
Publisher Admits that Internet “Ain’t All Bad.”
By AppingoJim, staff
NEW YORK, NY — Publishing executives are showing signs of warming up to this whole “Internet thing.”
“Up until now, the Internet has proven to be nothing but one big thorn in my side,” said one high-ranking publishing [...]
July 13, 2009
Hey Publishers…the Internet can be a cool thing!
Last week, Really Strategies (provider of content management systems to publishers) bought DocZone, a provider of a nimble, light, SaaS-based content management system.
So now Really Strategies is going to be singing the same song that we at Appingo have been singing since launching our SaaS-based project management system for book publishers:
Publishers, meet SaaS. SaaS, meet [...]
