SlideRocket was an online presentation platform that lets users create, manage, share and measure presentations. SlideRocket is provided via a
SaaS
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model. The company was acquired by
VMware
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in April 2011, who sold it to
ClearSlide, a similar
SaaS
Software as a service (SaaS ) is a software licensing and delivery model in which software is licensed on a subscription basis and is centrally hosted. SaaS is also known as "on-demand software" and Web-based/Web-hosted software.
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application, in March 2013. They are no longer offering independent signups, as the platform is being integrated into
ClearSlide.
History
SlideRocket was founded in Jan 2006, and launched as a private beta in March 2008 at the Under The Radar Spring event. A public beta was announced in September 2008 followed shortly by public release on October 28, 2008. SlideRocket is most commonly credited with inventing the PResuMÉ or Presentation Résumé in early 2009.
On April 26, 2011, SlideRocket was acquired by
VMware
VMware, Inc. is an American cloud computing and virtualization technology company with headquarters in Palo Alto, California. VMware was the first commercially successful company to virtualize the x86 architecture.
VMware's desktop software ru ...
. On March 5, 2013, VMware sold SlideRocket to
ClearSlide.
SlideRocket is based in
San Francisco
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.
Awards
* Underneath the Radar Spring 2008, Category Winner, Audience Choice, Judges Choice.
* Crunchies 2008 — Nominee Best Design
See also
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Presentation
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Presentation Software
A computing, a presentation program (also called presentation software) is a software package used to display information in the form of a slide show. It has three major functions:
* an editor that allows text to be inserted and formatted
* a ...
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Communication Design
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Rich Internet application
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SaaS
Software as a service (SaaS ) is a software licensing and delivery model in which software is licensed on a subscription basis and is centrally hosted. SaaS is also known as "on-demand software" and Web-based/Web-hosted software.
SaaS is cons ...
References
External links
Official siteOfficial blogwith
Chuck Dietrich, CEO, SlideRocket
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Web software
Web applications
Rich web applications
Cloud applications
Cloud storage
Presentation software
VMware