Appirio
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Information technology consulting |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Founder | Chris Barbin, Narinder Singh, Glenn Weinstein, Mike O’Brien |
| Defunct | 2021-03-31 |
| Fate | Brand phased out and fully incorporated into Wipro's Salesforce division |
| Headquarters | Indianapolis, Indiana , United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Parent | Wipro |
Appirio, a subsidiary of Wipro, was an information technology consulting company based in Indianapolis, Indiana, focused on delivering technology and professional services to organizations implementing public cloud applications. The firm provided Software-as-a-Service and Platform-as-a-Service offerings, including platforms like Salesforce.com and Google Apps. Operating without traditional datacenters, Appirio functioned as a serverless enterprise, utilizing solely public cloud infrastructure.
On 20 October 2016, Appirio declared its acquisition by Wipro, an Indian IT services company headquartered in Bangalore, India, for $500 million. The Appirio brand was phased out on 31 March 2021 and fully incorporated into Wipro's Salesforce division.
History
- Established in 2006 by Chris Barbin (formerly CIO at Borland Software), Narinder Singh, Glenn Weinstein, and Mike O’Brien.
- In 2007, the firm set up its initial headquarters within Salesforce.com's Startup Incubator located in San Mateo, California.
- By 2012, Appirio moved its main office to San Francisco; later in August 2015, it designated its Indianapolis location as the corporate headquarters.
- Initial financing included a $1.1 million Series A round from Salesforce.com and angel investors in 2008, followed by a $5.6 million Series B investment from Sequoia Capital that same year.
- February 2009 saw the company secure $10 million in Series C funding from Sequoia Capital and GGV Capital.
- A $60 million Series D funding round, led by private equity firm General Atlantic, closed in March 2012.
- In October 2009, Chief Architect Jason Ouellette authored Development with the Force.com Platform: Building Business Applications in the Cloud, showcasing Appirio’s cloud expertise.
- In 2010, Appirio earned multiple accolades such as AlwaysOn's "OnDemand Company of the Year," recognition as a "Best Place to Work in the Bay Area" by the San Francisco Business Times, and inclusion in Gartner's "Who's Who in Cloud Computing/SaaS Integration."
- The company was also profiled in Vinnie Mirchandani's 2010 publication The New Polymath: Profiles in Compound-Technology Innovations.
- Appirio broadened its cloud consulting reach through strategic acquisitions: Infowelders (a Salesforce consultancy) in March 2011; Saaspoint (European cloud consulting firm) in December 2011; Knowledge Infusion (specializing in HR and talent management advisory) in November 2012.
- In September 2013, Appirio acquired Topcoder, an international community of over 500,000 developers and designers focused on software development projects. Its rival platform CloudSpokes, which had approximately 75,000 members, was integrated into Topcoder by January 2014.
Locations
- Indianapolis, IN
- Minato, Tokyo, Japan
- London, UK
- Dublin, Ireland
- Sydney, Australia
- Espoo, Finland
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Porto, Portugal
- Pune, Bangalore, India
- Greater Noida, India
- Hyderabad, India
- Jaipur, India
Competition
In the cloud computing solutions sector, Appirio faced competition from companies including Acumen Solutions (later acquired by Salesforce), Bluewolf (which was purchased by IBM), and Cloud Sherpas (acquired by Accenture). Additionally, it established itself as a significant competitor against major global system integrators such as Accenture and Deloitte.