Caspio, Inc. is a provider of a cloud database and application building platform called Caspio Bridge. The company also develops pre-built web applications. It is classified as both a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS

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) and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS

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) provider.

The company has a wide array of customers, including Fortune-500 corporations, digital media companies, government agencies, educational institutions, small businesses, non-profits, and individual entrepreneurs.

Caspio was founded in 2000 by Frank Zamani, who is currently its President and CEO. The company released the first version of Caspio Bridge in 2001. Corporate headquarters are located in Mountain View, California. Caspio, Inc. is a privately-held corporation.

Caspio Bridge

Caspio's primary service, Caspio Bridge, is a cloud database platform that allows users to create interactive web applications without the need for programming. The database platform is designed to allow business users and IT professionals to create web forms, databases, and enterprise management applications.

The cloud platform utilizes point-and-click wizards and does not require programming or hardware. The web-based software guides users through building custom applications by combining web forms, database searches, reports, widgets, password protection, mobile applications, and email triggers.

Caspio Bridge's back-end is built on Microsoft's .NET framework and Microsoft SQL Server.

External links

• Forbes.com: Simplifying Database Publishing With Caspio
• Silicon Valley San Jose Business Journal: Caspio grows by making creating database apps easy
• InformationWeek: Is Caspio The "Microsoft Access" Of The Cloud?
• .NET Developer's Journal: Cloud Database – Are You Prepared?
• CMC: Caspio Offers Flexible and Fast Online Database Development for Business Users
• New York Times: Gritty and Profitable In a Tough Market
• NetworkWorld: Caspio: A SaaS Provider with a different approach
• New York Times: A Web–based app builder with a Microsoft Twist
• Editor & Publisher: Caspio Offers Turnkey Recipe Guide for Web Site Visitors
• Smallbiztechnology.com: Caspio ExpressDB Rocks: While Web 2.0 Has the Lime Light, Web Forms are the Rage
• eWeek: Caspio to Give SMBs a Break From Database Coding
• PC Magazine: Getting to First Database – PC Magazine Reviews Caspio Bridge

See also

• Platform as a service
  Platform as a service
  Platform as a service is a category of cloud computing services that provide a computing platform and a solution stack as a service...
  
   (PaaS)
• Software as a service
  Software as a Service
  Software as a service , sometimes referred to as "on-demand software," is a software delivery model in which software and its associated data are hosted centrally and are typically accessed by users using a thin client, normally using a web browser over the Internet.SaaS has become a common...
  
   (Saas)
• Cloud computing
  Cloud computing
  Cloud computing is the delivery of computing as a service rather than a product, whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices as a utility over a network ....
  
  
• Rapid application development
  Rapid application development
  Rapid application development is a software development methodology that uses minimal planning in favor of rapid prototyping. The "planning" of software developed using RAD is interleaved with writing the software itself...