Appcelerator#Titanium

Jeff Haynie and Nolan Wright met at Vocalocity, an Atlanta-based voice over IP company that Haynie had co-founded.{{cite web|last1=Foley|first1=John|title=Startup Of The Week: Appcelerator Promises Faster RIA Development|date=10 January 2008|url=http://www.informationweek.com/startup-of-the-week-appcelerator-promises-faster-ria-development/d/d-id/1063165|publisher=InformationWeek}} After Haynie sold Vocalocity in 2006, the pair founded Web 2.0 application development company Hakano.{{cite web|title=Best Places to Work Finalists Revealed|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2012/03/best-places-to-work-finalists-revealed.html?s=image_gallery|publisher=San Francisco Business Times}}

In 2007, Hakano, renamed Appcelerator, began creating an open-source platform for developing rich Internet applications (RIAs).{{cite web|title=TechJournal Atlanta's Hakano now Appcelerator, changes strategy|url=http://www.techjournal.org/2007/10/atlanta%E2%80%99s-hakano-now-appcelerator-changes-strategy/|publisher=Tech Journal|access-date=2013-07-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002033523/http://www.techjournal.org/2007/10/atlanta%E2%80%99s-hakano-now-appcelerator-changes-strategy/|archive-date=2012-10-02|url-status=dead}} Marc Fleury, the founder of JBoss, joined the company as an advisor.{{cite web|last1=Blankenhorn|first1=Dana|title=Fleury's back and SOA's got him|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/fleurys-back-and-soas-got-him/|publisher=ZDNet}}

In 2008, Appcelerator relocated to Mountain View, California, and later released a preview of its Appcelerator Titanium product, which drew comment as a possible open-source competitor to Adobe AIR.{{cite web|last1=Ha|first1=Anthony|title=Appcelerator launches open source platform for desktop apps|date=9 December 2008|url=https://venturebeat.com/2008/12/09/appcelerator-launches-open-source-platform-for-desktop-apps/|publisher=VentureBeat}}{{cite web|last1=Rosenberg|first1=Dave|title=Monetizing open source and killing Adobe AIR|url=http://www.cnet.com/news/monetizing-open-source-and-killing-adobe-air/|publisher=CNET}}

Appcelerator began to focus on mobile apps in 2009. In June, it released a public beta of Titanium, which added support for Android and iOS app development to its existing web and desktop application features.{{cite web|last1=Krill|first1=Paul|title=Appcelerator enables iPhone, Android app dev|date=8 June 2009|url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/2632710/application-development/appcelerator-enables-iphone--android-app-dev.html|publisher=InfoWorld}} Titanium 1.0 was released in March 2010.{{cite web|last1=Perez|first1=Sarah|title=Titanium 1.0 Launches: Build Native Apps for Desktop, Mobile & iPad|date=8 March 2010|url=http://readwrite.com/2010/03/07/titanium_10_launches_build_native_apps_for_desktop_mobile_ipad|publisher=ReadWrite}}

Appcelerator increased its employee count fivefold between October 2010 and 2011. The company's 2011 revenue totaled $3.4 million, a 374 percent increase from 2008.{{cite web|title=Inc. 500 Company Profile: Appcelerator|url=http://www.inc.com/profile/appcelerator|publisher=Inc.}}

Between 2011 and 2013, Appcelerator announced acquisitions, including:

• Aptana, integrated development environment (IDE) company{{cite web|last1=Paul|first1=Ryan|title=Appcelerator buys Aptana, strengthens Titanium mobile dev solution|date=20 January 2011|url=https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2011/01/appcelerator-buys-aptana-strengthens-titanium-mobile-dev-solution/|publisher=Ars Technica}}{{cite web|last1=Taft|first1=Darryl|title=Appcelerator Releases Titanium Studio IDE for Mobile, Desktop and Web Development|url=http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/Appcelerator-Releases-Titanium-Studio-IDE-for-Mobile-Desktop-and-Web-Development-869474|publisher=eWeek}}
• Particle Code, HTML5 mobile gaming development platform{{cite web|last1=Taft|first1=Darryl|title=Appcelerator Bolsters Mobile HTML5 Expertise With Particle Code Acquisition|url=http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/Appcelerator-Bolsters-Mobile-HTML5-Expertise-With-Particle-Code-Acquisition-843230|publisher=eWeek}}
• Cocoafish, backend as a service{{cite web|last1=O'Dell|first1=J|title=Fueled by mobile madness, Appcelerator acquires Cocoafish|date=9 February 2012|url=https://venturebeat.com/2012/02/09/appcelerator-acquires-cocoafish/|publisher=VentureBeat}}{{cite web|last1=Perez|first1=Sarah|title=Appcelerator Acquires Mobile Cloud Services Startup Cocoafish|date=9 February 2012 |url=https://techcrunch.com/2012/02/09/appcelerator-acquires-mobile-cloud-services-startup-cocoafish/|publisher=TechCrunch}}
• Nodeable, big data analytics company{{cite web|last1=Hesseldahl|first1=Arik|title=Appcelerator acquires Nodeable, boosts big data|url=http://allthingsd.com/20121107/appcelerator-acquires-nodeable-boosts-mobile-big-data/|publisher=AllThingsD}}{{cite web|last1=Perez|first1=Sarah|title=Appcelerator Acquires Nodeable, Makers Of Real-Time Big Data Processing Tool StreamReduce|date=7 November 2012 |url=https://www.techcrunch.com/2012/11/07/appcelerator-acquires-nodeable-makers-of-real-time-big-data-processing-tool-streamreduce/|publisher=TechCrunch}}
• Singly, API management company in August, 2013.{{cite web |title= Why did Appcelerator buy Singly? Because it wants to be the next Oracle |author= Devindra Hardawar |work= Venture Beat |date= August 22, 2013 |url= https://venturebeat.com/2013/08/22/why-did-appcelerator-buy-singly-because-it-wants-to-be-the-next-oracle/ |access-date= April 3, 2017 }}

Appcelerator moved to its San Jose headquarters in 2015.

In January 2016, Appcelerator was acquired by Axway,{{Cite web|date=2016-11-03|title=Axway aims integration platform at improved customer experience|url=https://siliconangle.com/2016/11/03/axways-aims-integration-platform-at-improved-customer-experience/|access-date=2021-06-07|website=SiliconANGLE|language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Schubarth |first=Cromwell |date=18 January 2016 |title=San Jose app platform startup that raised $88M acquired by unit of French company |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/blog/techflash/2016/01/san-jose-app-platform-startup-that-raised-88m.html |access-date=2024-04-09 |website=www.bizjournals.com}} a company that helps enterprises handle data flows.{{cite web|last1=Lardinois |first1=Frederic|title=Axway Acquires Mobile App Development Platform Appcelerator|date=18 January 2016 |url=https://techcrunch.com/2016/01/17/axway-acquires-mobile-app-development-platform-appcelerator/|publisher=TechCrunch}}

• Axway Appcelerator Dashboard offers real-time analytics of the lifecycle and success of apps built on the Axway Appcelerator Mobile Solution or directly via native SDK.{{cite web|last1=Lardinois|first1=Frederic|title=Appcelerator Makes Its Platform More Flexible With Native SDK Support, API Builder And Updated Analytics|url=https://www.techcrunch.com/2014/07/17/appcelerator-makes-its-platform-more-flexible-with-native-sdk-support-api-builder-and-updated-analytics/|website=TechCrunch|date=17 July 2014 }}
• Axway Appcelerator Studio is an open extensible development environment for building, testing and publishing native apps across mobile devices and OSs including iOS, Android.
• Axway API Builder is an opinionated framework for rapidly building APIs with a scalable cloud service for running them.{{cite web|last1=Nicastro|first1=Dom|title=Appcelerator Eyes Big Fish in Mobile App Dev Space|url=http://www.cmswire.com/cms/mobile-enterprise/appcelerator-eyes-big-fish-in-mobile-app-dev-space-028675.php|website=CMSWire}} It allows developers to connect, model transform and optimize data for both native or web app clients.{{cite web|last1=O'Donnell|first1=Jake|title=New MBaaS tool connects mobile apps to back-end services|url=http://searchconsumerization.techtarget.com/news/4500243870/New-MBaaS-tool-connects-mobile-apps-to-back-end-services|website=SearchConsumerization|date=10 February 2016 |publisher=TechTarget}} API Builder and API Runtime are the backbones of the Axway Appcelerator Platform MBaaS.{{cite web|last1=Preimesberger|first1=Chris|title=Appcelerator Platform Now Can Build APIs for Apple Watch|url=http://www.eweek.com/enterprise-apps/appcelerator-platform-now-can-build-apis-for-apple-watch.html|website=eWeek}}
• Axway Mobile Analytics is a Mobile Analytics offering that collects and presents information in real time about an application's user acquisition, engagement, and usage.

Titanium

Appcelerator Titanium is an open-source framework that allows the creation of native, hybrid, or mobile web apps across platforms including iOS, Android, Windows Phone from a single JavaScript codebase.{{cite web |title=Titanium |url=http://appcelerator.org/#titanium |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20221018043759/https://www.appcelerator.org/#titanium |archive-date=2022-10-18 |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=Appcelerator.org}}{{Cite web|last=Paxton|first=Adam|date=2017-06-07|title=Using JavaScript Promises in Titanium|url=https://devblog.axway.com/mobile-apps/using-javascript-promises-in-titanium/|access-date=2021-06-07|website=Axway Developer Blog|language=en-US}} As of February 2013, 10 percent of all smartphones worldwide ran Titanium-built apps.{{cite web|last1=Bort|first1=Julie|title=Microsoft Might Buy A Startup That Powers 10 Percent Of The World's Smartphones|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-eyes-appcelerator-acquisition-2013-2#ixzz2YmNSFhT7|website=Business Insider}} As of August in the same year, Titanium had amassed nearly 500,000 developer registrations.{{cite web|last1=Hardawar|first1=Devindra|title=Why did Appcelerator buy Singly? Because it wants to be the next Oracle|url=https://venturebeat.com/2013/08/22/why-did-appcelerator-buy-singly-because-it-wants-to-be-the-next-oracle/|website=VentureBeat|date=22 August 2013}}

Alloy

Alloy is an Apache-licensed model–view–controller app framework built on top of Titanium that provides a simple model for separating the app user interface, business logic, and data models.{{cite web|last1=Alcocer|first1=Ricardo|title=Top 10 tips for building better mobile apps|url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/2918472/mobile-development/top-10-tips-for-building-better-mobile-apps.html|website=InfoWorld|date=5 May 2015}}{{cite web|last1=Waters|first1=John|title=Appcelerator Updates Mobile Dev Platform, Partners with Tester SOASTA|url=https://adtmag.com/articles/2013/01/24/appcelerator-updates-mobile-dev-platform.aspx|website=Application Development Trends Magazine}}

Apps built with Appcelerator products are written in JavaScript. Though initially developed as a Web language, JavaScript is increasingly popular for mobility due to its ability to meet the speed, scale, and user experience requirements that mobile development demands.{{cite web|last1=Wright|first1=Nolan|title=Why JavaScript Will Become The Dominant Programming Language Of The Enterprise|url=http://readwrite.com/2013/08/09/why-javascript-will-become-the-dominant-programming-language-of-the-enterprise|website=ReadWrite|date=9 August 2013}}{{cite web |last1=Wilcox |first1=Mark |date=2015-05-12 |title=Why JavaScript will win on mobile |url=https://www.developernation.net/blog/why-javascript-will-win-on-mobile |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=Developer Economics}} According to Forrester Research, JavaScript adoption is setting the stage for the "biggest shift in enterprise application development" in more than a decade.{{cite web |last1=Facemire |first1=Michael |last2=Mines |first2=Christopher |last3=Hammond |first3=Jeffrey |last4=Fleming |first4=Nate |date=2015-04-01 |title=The Dawn Of Enterprise JavaScript: JavaScript Finds Its Place In Enterprise Software Development |url=https://www.forrester.com/report/the-dawn-of-enterprise-javascript/RES120686 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=Forrester}}

In December 2008, Appcelerator closed a $4.1 million first venture round led by Storm Ventures and Larry Augustin.{{cite web|last1=Hendrickson|first1=Mark|title=Appcelerator Raises $4.1 Million for Open Source RIA Platform|date=9 December 2008 |url=https://techcrunch.com/2008/12/09/appcelerator-raises-41-million-for-open-source-ria-platform/|publisher=TechCrunch}} Later, in October 2010, the company announced a partnership with PayPal and that it has raised $9 million in Series B funding from investors including Sierra Ventures and eBay.{{cite web|last1=Warren|first1=Christina|title=Appcelerator and PayPal Team Up for Mobile Commerce|date=26 October 2010|url=http://mashable.com/2010/10/26/appcelerator-paypal/|publisher=Mashable}}

Appcelerator raised $15 million in Series C funding led by Mayfield Fund, Red Hat, and Translink Capital in November 2011, and a further $12.1 million in a round led by EDBI, the venture fund of the Singaporean government's Economic Development Board, in July 2013.{{cite web|last1=Perez|first1=Sarah|title=Appcelerator Raises $15 Million Series C Round|date=November 2011 |url=https://techcrunch.com/2011/11/01/appcelerator-raises-15-million-series-c-round/|publisher=TechCrunch}}{{cite web|last1=Ong|first1=Josh|title=Appcelerator picks up $12.1M to grow its mobile enterprise platform and open Asia HQ in Singapore|date=16 July 2013|url=https://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/07/16/appcelerator-picks-up-12-1m-to-grow-its-mobile-enterprise-platform-and-open-asia-hq-in-singapore/|publisher=The Next Web}}{{cite web|last1=Cutler|first1=Kim-Mai|title=Appcelerator Raises $12.1M To Expand Into Asia And Help Enterprises Build The Best Apps|date=16 July 2013 |url=https://techcrunch.com/2013/07/16/appcelerator-raise/|publisher=TechCrunch}}

On August 25, 2014, Appcelerator announced $22 million in Series D funding led by Rembrandt Venture Partners.{{cite web |last1=Kolodny |first1=Lora |date=2014-08-25 |title=Appcelerator Raises $22M Series D to Help Businesses Make More From Their Mobile Apps |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/DJFVW00120140825ea8pr67er |url-access=subscription |access-date=2023-12-20 |publisher=Wall Street Journal}} Total funding for the mobile engagement platform to date is more than $90 million.

• 2012 The Wall Street Journal: Technology Innovation Award in Software{{cite news|title=Appcelerator Wins Software Category|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10000872396390443749204578048992259794394|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=15 October 2012 |accessdate=30 April 2015}}
• 2012 The Wall Street Journal: The Next Big Thing{{cite news|title=Looking for the 'Next Big Thing'? Ranking the Top 50 Start-Ups|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10000872396390444813104578018940187057924#project%3DNBT092012%26articleTabs%3Dinteractive|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=26 September 2012 |accessdate=30 April 2015}}
• 2012 Red Hat Innovation Award Winner: Extensive Partner Ecosystem{{cite web|title=Red Hat Innovation Award Winners|url=http://www.redhat.com/en/customers/innovation-awards-winners|publisher=Red Hat}}
• 2012 Momentum Index: 100 Open Source Companies{{cite web|title=Appcelerator Winning Streak Continues With Honors From OnMobile and Momentum Index|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/14/idUS171061+14-Jun-2012+MW20120614|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150501004544/http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/14/idUS171061+14-Jun-2012+MW20120614|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-05-01|publisher=Reuters}}
• 2012 Edison Awards Winner{{cite web|title=2012 Edison Award Winners|url=http://www.edisonawards.com/BestNewProduct_2012.php|access-date=2015-04-30|archive-date=2013-09-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929022752/http://www.edisonawards.com/BestNewProduct_2012.php|url-status=dead}}
• 2012 Silicon Valley Business Journal's Best Places to Work in the Bay Area{{cite web|title=Best Places to Work Finalists Revealed|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2012/03/best-places-to-work-finalists-revealed.html?s=image_gallery|publisher=Silicon Valley Business Journal}}

• Appcelerator Titanium
• Mobile application development
• JavaScript
• Node.js
• Mobile Backend as a service (MBaaS)
• Mobile Enterprise Application Platform (MEAP)

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