Appian Corporation is an American cloud computing and enterprise software company headquartered in McLean, Virginia, part of the Dulles Technology Corridor. The company sells a platform as a service (PaaS) for building enterprise software applications. It is focused on low-code development, process mining, business process management, and case management markets in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Southeast Asia.[3]

History

Founding and early growth: 1999–2013

Appian was founded in 1999 by Michael Beckley, Robert Kramer, Marc Wilson and Matthew Calkins, who is CEO.[4][5]

In 2001, the company developed Army Knowledge Online, regarded at the time as “the world's largest intranet."[6]

In 2010, Appian Cloud was accredited with Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) low-level security by the U.S. Education Department. In 2013, it received FISMA Moderate Authorization and Accreditation from the General Services Administration (GSA).[7]

Secondary investments and Nasdaq: 2014–2017

In 2014, the company received $37.5 million in secondary investments from New Enterprise Associates, which was paid out to shareholders.[8][9] In 2015, transportation company Ryder began using the Appian apps instead of paper processing during the checkout process and internally for truck maintenance records.[10][11]

On May 25, 2017, Appian became a publicly traded company, trading as APPN on the NASDAQ Global Exchange.[12][13]

Process mining and artificial intelligence: 2018–present

In May 2019, Appian released Appian AI, enabling artificial intelligence capabilities on its platform.[14] In March 2020, the company updated the platform's Artificial intelligence and robotic process automation capabilities.[15]

April 2022, process mining, first available in January, was fully integrated into all Appian products. This resulted in process mining, low-code/no-code workflows, and automation working as a single solution. That same month, Appian started the free #lowcode4all program to help provide access to low-code education and certification for developers.[16][17][18]

In May 2022, Appian was awarded $2.04 billion in damages against Pegasystems Inc.[19] Pegasystems was found guilty of hiring a developer to spy on Appian, stealing trade secrets in an operation Pegasystems referred to as "Project Crush."[20][21] Pega is appealing the verdict.[22][23] Appian filed a rebuttal and 8K.[24]

Acquisitions

On January 7, 2020, Appian announced acquisition of Novayre Solutions SL, developer of the Jidoka robotic process automation (RPA) platform.[25] In August 2021, Appian acquired the process mining company Lana Labs.[26] The company's applications help companies discover the work patterns being used within their organization by looking through system logs for common actions and sequences.[27]

See also

References

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  19. ^ Stempel, Jonathan (2022-05-10). "Appian soars after winning $2.04 bln verdict against Pegasystems". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
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  21. ^ Pugh, Alex (May 16, 2022). "Appian awarded $2b in damages in trade secrets lawsuit".
  22. ^ "Court affirms Appian win in trade-secrets case, but battle with Pegasystems is far from over". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
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