Tech Soup
JULY 18, 2017
They need to build a digital experience that doesn't tie their hands with expensive proprietary licenses and high maintenance code. When a for-profit company spends money on the development of a new product or venture, it banks its business on that new venture. They receive ongoing budget priority and dedicated resources.
Care2
OCTOBER 20, 2007
As I learned from attending the just completed Convio Summit in Austin, Texas, a discussion about APIs and databases fortunately doesnt have to be technical. In fact, ASPCA and Conservation International received recognition during Convios Summit, in part for their successful use of widgets on social networks such as MySpace.
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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
MARCH 20, 2008
Convio keeps drinking the “open&# coolaid (although they have a ways to go.) They released their Convio/Salesforce connector on Salesforce.com AppExchange. But I’m sure that their services pricing has been adjusted to account for loss of licensing revenue. at 6:40 pm Thanks Michelle for the Convio props!
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
DECEMBER 12, 2007
The three others are Democracy in Action , which is a SaaS that is open source, CitySoft says it’s open source, but I don’t know whether it is through an OSI approved license (since they don’t say. Satisfaction with Convio, Kintera and Blackbaud all trailed these top 4 tools. at 1:24 am What was it, the question mark?
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
JANUARY 14, 2009
Some vendors have products that provide integration by having both the CRM and the CMS together. Depending on the CRM, some require additional license fees for forms or APIs. some very powerful integration for Plone and Salesforce via a suite of related add-on products. All-in-one. Second trade off, all of these are proprietary.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
SEPTEMBER 24, 2008
It would not be as cost-effective (and thus, not produce as much profit) if these SaaS developers had to pay license fees for the software they use (besides the fact that these are the most stable and robust platforms to build upon.) Kintera uses something proprietary, as well as Convio. Other companies in the NP space are similar.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 18, 2007
photo by flickr user michale , licensed with CC " BY " I arrived back from the UK only to jump into a car and drive out to Western, MA for a meeting to present an evaluation report I've been working on a for a client. Convio says it plans to integrate GetActive???s s management will take key roles in the Convio organization.
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