{"id":76706,"date":"2008-10-13T20:20:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-14T03:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/customerthink.com\/why_rent_crm_application_build_your_own_caspio\/"},"modified":"2008-10-13T20:20:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-14T03:20:00","slug":"why_rent_crm_application_build_your_own_caspio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/customerthink.com\/why_rent_crm_application_build_your_own_caspio\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Rent a CRM Application? Build Your Own With Caspio (and a Whole Lot More)"},"content":{"rendered":"
Over the years I’ve noticed that when a tech trend heats up, I discover successful vendors that have been toiling away out of the limelight for years. In cloud computing, Caspio<\/a><\/b> is one such pioneer. <\/p>\n I spoke recently with Caspio founder\/CEO Frank Zamani and was surprised to learn the company has been around since 2001 and has thousands of customers using 150,000 applications. Including some big enterprises and media companies like the LA Times.<\/p>\n Zamani, by the way, is not a newbie as an entrepreneur. He was a co-founder of Autoweb, which eventually led to a successful IPO and acquisition by Autobytel.<\/p>\n The focus of Caspio is non-developers who want to “publish a database on the web and make it search-able,” Zamani says. A few examples: a car manufacturer managing vacation and overtime; a professional service firm managing orders; a financial services company managing conference logistics; and non-profits managing memberships. And, some SMBs are using Caspio for lightweight CRM applications. <\/p>\n