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Democratizing The CloudJanuary, 2010
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What is WaveMaker?
“WaveMaker is PowerBuilder for the Cloud”- Judith Hurwitz, Hurwitz & Associates
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WaveMaker Value
●Web FastDrag & drop development
●CIO SafeStandard “no compromises” Java
●Cloud ReadyOne-click deployment
Reproduced from Gartner’s “Citizen Developer” presentation, 2009
Citizen Developers
By 2014, Citizen Developers will build at least 25% of new business
applications.
Reproduced from Gartner’s “Citizen Developer” presentation, 2009
Four Converging ForcesMass Personalization Infrastructure
Industrialization
Developer Tool EvolutionChanging Demographics
Reproduced from Gartner’s “Citizen Developer” presentation, 2009
Waves of RAD Tools
2008-????2008-????
1990-20081990-2008
1980-1989
1960-1979RPGMARK IVMAPPER
Clipper Natural FoxPro
PowerBuilder MS AccessProgress OpenEdge
WaveMaker
Reproduced from Gartner’s “Citizen Developer” presentation, 2009
VisualForceOracle APEX
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WaveMaker Benefits
●Flattens learning curve– Anyone can build web
apps
●Boosts productivity– Focus on business solutions
●No compromises– No lock-in for Java expert
ReduceCode
EliminateComplexity
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WaveMaker: Easy As 1-2-3
Browser-based
Drag & drop components
Widgets
1.Drag & Drop Assembly
2.One-click Deployment
3.Self-service Maintenance
Properties
Services
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WaveMaker ROI
● Cut Java learning curve 92%– College grads can build Java web
apps in 2 months versus 2 years
● Reduce code 98%– Migrated .NET app with 26,000 lines
of code to WaveMaker with 335 lines!
● Slash maintenance 75%– End user self-service for call center
app cuts maintenance costs
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WaveMaker Customers
SI/ISV Government Enterprise
+ 15,000-strong Developer Community
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WaveMaker Platform
Cloud Deployment Manager
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Friction-less Business Model
●Free community edition– 15,000 developers (50% of
Force.com!)
●Subscription enterprise edition– Adds security, priced per VM
●Viral SaaS channel– KANA shipping WM Studio to 50 of
F100
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Cloud Dev Competitors
Portable
Data Sovereignty
Open Source No
No
No
No
Standards-Based
Force.com
Azure WaveMaker
No
No
No
No”WaveMaker’s ability to support code-less ‘citizen developers’ is a key differentiator from other PaaS products.”
– Eric Knipp, Gartner
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The Right Team
● Core team from Persistence Software (NASDAQ: PRSW)
– Chris Keene, CEO: Persistence, HP, McKinsey&Co.
– Derek Henninger, VP Engineering: Persistence, Progress, IBM
– Michael Harper, VP Sales: Persistence, SendMail
● Seasoned Board with RAD/4GL background
– Mitchell Kertzman, Director: PowerSoft, Sybase, Hummer Winblad
– Roger Sippl , Director: Informix, Visigenic, Sippl Ventures
– Jim Sutter , Director: CIO at Xerox, Dow, Rockwell, Gallo
– Mike Orsak , Director: Co-founder, Worldview
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Democratizing The Cloud!
●CIOs – enable citizen developers!● ISVs – SaaS self-service!●Cloud providers – differentiate!
WaveMaker – eliminating web development complexity
