SnapLogic Kicks Off First SnapStore Developer Challenge
Developer of Best Data Integration Connector for SnapLogic’s Online Marketplace to Win Cash Prize and a Meeting with Leading Venture Capital Firm Andreessen Horowitz
SAN MATEO, Calif. – Jan 12, 2010 – SnapLogic, the DataFlow pioneer, today announced that it is kicking off its first-ever SnapStore Developer Challenge, a contest for developers creating “Snaps,” the connectors, pipelines, and data transformations available in the company’s SnapStore online marketplace. Each qualified entrant will receive an Amazon Kindle, and the developer of the best Snap will receive a $5,000 cash prize and a one-hour meeting with leading venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. More information about the SnapLogic Developer Challenge, including registration information and full contest rules, is available at: https://www.snaplogic.com/blog/snap-developer-challenge
Snaps enable rapid and easy solutions to data integration challenges using the SnapLogic DataFlow integration platform. Developers can create Snaps using the DataFlow API (“SnAPI”) and offer them for sale in the SnapStore. Developers and other participants receive 70% of the proceeds from the sale of Snaps.
To be eligible for the contest, a developer must submit a Snap with one or more components that adds a read or write capability between an application API and SnapLogic 2.1 or SnapLogic 2.2. The submission must include example pipelines and demonstrate the use of components, as well as documentation for the installation and use of the Snap.
SnapLogic is hosting a Snap Developer Boot Camp on Jan. 16, 2010, to provide one-on-one coaching on Snap development from the SnapLogic development and support team. For more information about the Boot Camp, including registration, information contact [email protected] .
KEY DATES:
January 16, 2010
Snap Developer Boot Camp
12:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Sofitel San Francisco Bay
223 Twin Dolphin Drive
Redwood City, Calif. 94065
February 28, 2010
Contest registration deadline
March 9, 2010
Deadline for submitting eligible Snaps to SnapStore
March 16, 2010
Grand prize winner announced on SnapLogic Web site
About SnapLogic
SnapLogic advances the data integration market with its innovative DataFlow platform, open architecture, and simple subscription business model. The DataFlow platform connects to almost any SaaS, cloud, or Web computing application via open connectors and data pipelines, providing information as a utility to business users and applications. SnapLogic was founded in 2006 by data integration pioneers and is headquartered in San Mateo, Calif. For more information, please visit www.snaplogic.com or call (650) 525-3540.
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