We just had a meeting of the minds here in Grenoble, with BonitaSofties from all over France and the United States, to have a look back at 2011 and a look forward to 2012.
We had a pretty good 2011, both in the community and in the company.
We were even able to afford some new chairs…
for all the new…
…people who were hired at BonitaSoft last year. Lots of them. At this French meeting alone we had almost 50 folks.
How lucky for all of us that it was finally sunny in the French Alps, so we got to show the Parisians why the world headquarters of BonitaSoft is here! (Well, that’s what we like to think, anyway. And it was a beautiful sunny day. At least in the morning.)
In the afternoon, the scenery changed a bit.
(No tie!)
Some highlights (of the meeting, not the mountains):
R&D
We have seen the roadmap for the BOS 6.0 release, and we are afraid.
(No, not really – the improvement of the Bonita product continues to be a challenge and an impressive technical vision, but the R&D team is totally on it.)
Services
Watch for more community action in 2012. Also, more training, more consulting, and more community challenges. (There’s one on now – have you heard about it?)
Support
Support ticket smackdown. Happy BOS users make us happy too.
Marketing
Apparently marketing is full of good ideas. : ) The DOS attack we experienced last year against our corporate web site wasn’t a DOS attack after all, it was our Google Adwords campaign in full cry!
Sales
Our multi-lingual, multi-cultural sales team showed us some pretty impressive numbers for 2011 – and their plans to double them in 2012.
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We’re looking forward to new challenges and new accomplishments in 2012. Stay with us…and have fun with Bonita!