Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
AUGUST 15, 2007
Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Kintera Connect August 15, 2007 I listened in on the call with Kintera folks about their new platform, called Connect. Basically, Kintera is taking directly from Salesforce ’s playbook.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
OCTOBER 15, 2007
At first blush, although Kintera officially got out the door first, announcing Connect weeks ago, and delivering the APIs and docs on Friday, their play is a good start, but Convio, announcing Open tomorrow, appears to be ahead in terms of providing real openness. Kintera’s Connect has an API that can do some very important things.
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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
SEPTEMBER 24, 2008
Constant Contact (a SaaS provider of email delivery) uses IBM DB2. Kintera uses something proprietary, as well as Convio. For open source, that translates into 10-15 hours of a consultant’s time- less than 2 days- where a vendor can provide unlimited support for an entire year. Other companies in the NP space are similar.
Care2
OCTOBER 20, 2007
The only costs incurred will be from consultative services if the nonprofit doesnt have in-house developers. For example, many of our clients work with Heller Consulting. Other providers, such as Blackbaud may follow their lead. SH: Convio doesnt charge any extra licensing fees for Open APIs, so theyre free.
Care2
JULY 10, 2008
based nonprofits are faced with two extremes: on the one hand, there are large large players like Convio , Kintera , and Blackbaud and on the other hand there are smaller providers like DIA , FirstGiving , and NetworkForGood. Do you see opportunity in the middle ground? Philip King: We absolutely do!
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