NBC Universal is a world leader in media and entertainment and is headquartered in the mecca for these industries - Rockefeller Center in New York City.
Acquia has a famous founder and is the go-to company for millions of web sites.
Company: Acquia
Location: Burlington, MA
What it does: The support and hosting arm for companies using Drupal. Drupal is a popular free, open source content management systems used to build websites.
Founded: 2007
Funding: $38.5 million
Why it's hot: Drupal was written by Dries Buytaert when he was college and it organically grew into a massively popular CMS today.
At DrupalCon Denver, I announced the need for a strong focus on Drupal's authoring experience in my State of Drupal presentation. During my core conversation later in the week, I announced the creation of a Drupal 7 distribution named "Spark" (formerly code-named "Phoenix"). The goal of Spark is to act as an incubator for Drupal 8 authoring experience improvements that can be tested in the field.
Boston, MA – April 26, 2012 --- The Boston Business Journal has named Acquia, the enterprise guide to Drupal, as one of the Best Places to Work in Massachusetts in its tenth annual regional awards program. The honor recognizes Acquia's achievements in creating a positive work environment that attracts and retains employees through a combination of employee satisfaction, working conditions and company culture.
BURLINGTON, MA – April 16, 2012 – Acquia, the enterprise guide to Drupal, today announced that CEO Tom Erickson has been selected to serve as mentor to participating startups at the We Media PitchIt! Conference and Challenge on April 18 at USA Today / Gannett in McLean, VA.
Posted on Sun, Apr 15, 2012 19:15 by niall.fitzpatrick
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.
VeteranCentral.com serves underserved Veterans with help from Acquia
Armed with research showing an underserved veteran population would greatly benefit from a centralized support network, such as an online portal, Jonathon Lunardi set out to build a solution. He knew Drupal was the best platform for VeteranCentral.com from research and previous experience. “We looked at other platforms, but in the end, Drupal won out. I’ve been involved with Drupal since 2000, and I know it has everything: a large developer community, maturity, security, scalability. What more could you want?”
