Appnovation
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| Private | |
| Industry | IT Services |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Founder | Arnold Leung, CEO |
| Headquarters |
Vancouver, BC Other offices: Atlanta, London, Montreal, New York, Boston, San Francisco, Cardiff, Hong Kong & Saint John |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Arnold Leung (CEO) |
| Services | Web, Intranet & Mobile App Development. Middleware & Big Data Services. |
Number of employees | 150 (August 2014)[1] |
| Website | appnovation.com |
Appnovation Technologies is a technology enabled services firm specializing in solutions for the web, intranet and mobile application development using open technologies.
Services
Appnovation uses open technologies (Drupal, Alfresco and HTML5 frameworks like SproutCore and PhoneGap) and delivers middleware, Big Data and business intelligence solutions (using Mulesoft, Hadoop and MongoDB). Appnovation is one of five companies in Canada to achieve Platinum Partner status with Alfresco and Enterprise Select Partner status with Acquia.[2][3]
History
Appnovation Technologies was founded in 2007 in Vancouver, Canada by CEO Arnold Leung.[4][5][6] During its first year in business Appnovation Technologies helped the current Tatango launch the older version of the mobile texting platform called NetworkText.[7] By 2009, the company had grown to become the 15th biggest web development company in Vancouver, Canada.[8]
In 2010 Appnovation was ranked #16 in PROFIT's Profit Hot 50 List[9] and Leung was named to Business in Vancouver's Top Forty Under 40 list. In 2011 Leung was also named BDC's Young Entrepreneur of the Year for British Columbia[10] and Appnovation was a finalist in the Small Business BC "Successful You Awards" in the Best Company category.
As published in The Globe and Mail, Appnovation's revenue had tripled from the previous year, topping out at $4.2 million for 2011.[11] The company continued to grow in 2014, opening an office in Montreal, Quebec and a strategic sales and development centre in Saint John, New Brunswick.[12]
Awards and Recognition
Appnovation has been recognized several times for its work including the winning of a Blue Drop Award for the best Marketplace/eCommerce Website,[13] an Acquia Partner Site of the Year award for the mobile category,[14] and the Alfresco Partner Solution of the Year for osCaddie.
References
- ↑ "Appnovation Technologies Reaches Benchmark Employment Goal Worldwide". Appnovation Technologies Inc.
- ↑ "Appnovation Achieves Alfresco Platinum Partner Status". alfresco.com.
- ↑ "Appnovation Technologies". acquia.com.
- ↑ "Rapid growth prompts Appnovation to seek bigger offices". Business In Vancouver.
- ↑ "23 year-old CEO Pursues Growth During Recession". techvibes.com.
- ↑ "Appnovation launches Appnovision web series". techvibes.com.
- ↑ "APPNOVATION TECHNOLOGIES INC. - U.S.-Based Networktext.com Revolutionizes Group Communications in Canada With Help From Appnovation Technologies". newswire.ca.
- ↑ "Biggest Web Dev Companies in BC (2009 edition)". techvibes.com.
- ↑ "PROFITHOT50". profitguide.com. Archived from the original on April 4, 2012.
- ↑ "Photos: Meet BDC's 2011 Young Entrepreneur Awards winners". The Globe and Mail.
- ↑ "Success comes from reshaping, not reinventing, the wheel". The Globe and Mail.
- ↑ "Appnovation setting up in Saint John, creating 63 jobs". cbc.ca. 14 August 2014.
- ↑ "Community-driven awards celebrate the best in Drupal achievements". Blue Drop Awards 2013.
- ↑ "Acquia Announces Winners of Inaugural Partner Site of the Year Awards [May 24, 2013]". acquia.com.