Clients and Partners
In addition to managing platform products and developer outreach initiatives at eBay and Yahoo!,
Platform Associates has provided strategic and tactical consulting services to these businesses:
LogLogic is a market leader in
log data management and intelligence. The company's award-winning appliances collect, store,
and build reports using log data from firewalls, routers, servers, applications, operating
systems and devices in near real-time for compliance and risk mitigation. Platform Associates
assists LogLogic with the creation and management of platform integration products and strategies
for use with their core log analysis products.
Pageflakes provides a customizable homepage
to make it easy for users to view all their favorite internet content and applications in one place.
For developers, Pageflakes is a compelling and powerful content delivery platform.
Platform Associates provides strategic product management and developer outreach consulting
to provide powerful new tools to Pageflakes' developer community.
Songbird is a desktop
Web player, digital jukebox and Web browser. It supports extensions and user interface customization.
Like Firefox, it is built from Mozilla, cross-platform and open source. Platform Associates provides
strategic product management and developer content services
to support the community of third-party Songbird developers and partners.
Alfresco is the leading open-source alternative for enterprise content management. The product couples the innovation
of open source with the stability of a true enterprise-class platform. Platform
Associates is engaged with Alfresco to provide strategic platform product consulting
as well as advice and assistance regarding the creation and maintenance of a third-party
developer community for their product.
Etelos provides an open application development
platform that makes it easy to build applications that share the best
of both worlds: software-as-a-service combined with the flexibility and openness
of open source. Platform Associates provided Etelos with strategic and tactical
consulting in the area of developer user experience, product management and go-to-market
strategy.
Box.net provides a free online service that enables users to store and share files.
Although many sites enable users to share files, Box.net provides certain key competitive differentiators, including
an easy to use interface, a generous free storage allowance, and Box Enabled, a programmable platform
that enables developers to integrate Box.net's storage and sharing capabilities into their sites or
applications. Platform Associates was integral
to the Box Enabled launch, lending our business and technology experience to Box's
developer outreach and product mission, and we continue to support Box.net's developer
community today.
Coghead provides a radically
new way for tech-savvy business people to create, manage, and deliver their own
web-based applications. The Coghead service enables the users closest to a business
challenge to create customized solutions in hours or days at a fraction of the cost
of large packaged applications or custom development projects. Platform Associates
provides product strategy and developer ecosystem consulting to Coghead.
Prosper makes consumer lending more financially and socially rewarding for everyone. People list and bid on loans
using Prosper's online auction platform. Borrowers create loan listings and set the maximum rate
they are willing to pay a lender. Platform
Associates provides evangelism and platform product management services
to the company and its community of borrowers, lenders, and third-party developers.
Breakaway Communications is Platform Associates' public relations partner. We work
together with the Breakaway team to provide comprehensive product, marketing and
communications services to our clients.