Business
The Power of OpenSaaS at Warner Music Group
Posted on Monday, May 7, 2012 by Bryan House RSS
Last month, we announced the launch of Enterprise Drupal Gardens, our OpenSaaS site factory platform. More...
Microsoft’s investment means Open Source is no longer a community, it’s a movement
Posted on Friday, April 20, 2012 by Dries Buytaert RSS
For many years now, developers around the world have celebrated and promoted the numerous benefits that open source has to offer IT and business communities. Despite the flare for technology innovation and bringing new offerings to market, the real value of the open source community is the culture of the people that represent it. A shared ethos, coupled with a collaborative working model and mutual respect has delivered and will continue to deliver cutting edge software offerings that are increasingly competing with traditional proprietary vendors. More...
Signing up for the business result
Posted on Sunday, April 15, 2012 by Niall Fitzpatrick RSS
Recently I watched a movie called “Jiro Dreams of Sushi”. Check it out if you can it’s really good. It reminded me of how important it is to be passionate about what you do and never take your eye off the result. I like to think the work we do as Acquian’s - with the help of partners - results in epic business outcomes for our clients. My role in professional services, working with clients, can be both demanding and rewarding. A core aspect of my role is ensure not just delivery, but delivery excellence, and that what we do makes a difference. More...
Acquia Partner Training
Posted on Thursday, April 12, 2012 by Erich Ludwig RSS
Acquia's partner program is a fantastic resource for our customers as they seek to deploy the most interesting and useful Drupal projects they can.
Our partner program is also a great way for our partners to grow their business - by working with us on larger deals they can get exposure and experience with larger clients than they may work with on their own. Partners also get exclusive access to Acquia staff for advice and support. One of the ways that we help our partners build their expertise, experience, and business is through training. More...
European public services must follow Iceland's open-source lead
Posted on Thursday, April 5, 2012 by Jim Shaw RSS
Originally posted: http://www.publicserviceeurope.com/article/1761/european-public-services-must-follow-icelands-open-source-lead
To many in the private sector, the idea of super-size contracts that are expensive to run and almost impossible to break free from seems ludicrous More...
Training @ DrupalCon & Beyond
Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2012 by Erich Ludwig RSS
Wow! It's been an exciting three days so far of DrupalCon. Trainings, meetings, presentations, BOFs, keynotes, booth time, parties, and time with old (and new) friends. For me, I've been meeting partner after partner and getting excited about the year to come.
Before I get to more recap though, I want to highlight a couple events coming up in the coming weeks. More...
Acquia Cloud By the (Big) Numbers
Posted on Tuesday, March 20, 2012 by Jim Salem RSS
The Acquia Cloud continues to flourish! We set new records in the last month, thanks to our customers' exceptional Drupal sites, delivering 1 billion page views from Managed Cloud and Dev Cloud alone. When you add in Drupal Gardens, it amounts to over 100 terabytes of content! We’ve set performance records for individual sites as well. More...
Higher education meet-up at DrupalCon
Posted on Friday, March 16, 2012 by Dries Buytaert RSS
It's that time of year again where we are gearing up for another great DrupalCon. Next week, 3000 Drupalists, including more than 70 Acquians, will be migrating out west to the Rocky Mountains for an action packed week filled with sessions, stickers, beer, and lots of face time with the best open source community on the planet.
There is one remarkable event that caught my attention and that speaks volumes about an important trend we're seeing: the Higher Ed Drupal Users meeting on Wednesday. More...
Is full time co-location critical to project success?
Posted on Monday, March 12, 2012 by Niall Fitzpatrick RSS
A daily part of my job is to pitch professional services products. There are a broad array of topics raised by prospective buyers as they evaluate risk and look for the best solution. A recent encounter got me thinking about co-location strategies and the criticality of full time co-location to project success. More...

