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By: Joe Weigel

Joe Weigel — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 04:06:47 +0000

See http://intellec...-direction.html for reply.

Extract: “As one of the employees affected by the downsize, I am surprised by the vitriole and nay-saying going on here, …”

By: cornelius

cornelius — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:48:23 +0000

Hmm. Doesn’t sound like these guys are done at all. Here is what Martin, their CEO says: http://blogs.bu.../08/27/changes/

(disclaimer: I’m on their advisory board).

By: Ted Haeger

Ted Haeger — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:21:53 +0000

Kimbro:
Bungee Labs has released “Bungee Application Server,” which is exactly what you’re seeking–an on-premise system that can run internally.

By: Ted Haeger

Ted Haeger — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:18:22 +0000

Totally!

By: Kimbro Staken

Kimbro Staken — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 07:07:37 +0000

This is a tough space to be in. There is a ton of competition and there seems to be more coming all the time. I’d love to see one of these services release an on premise version that can be run internally to a company. Some of these tools are really cool and have great feature sets, but I really hesitate to commit to building something on a service like this. Even platforms like Google App Engine which is from an obviously well established company make me leery, investing in building apps on a startups platform is even tougher.

By: Abe Sultan

Abe Sultan — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 04:17:44 +0000

Sorry to hear about the recent events in Bungee Labs, if any of the bright guys that got layed off is looking for a cool job and wants to stay involved in the PaaS space, please contact me at carrers @ apprenda.com.

Best Wishes

By: C Keene

C Keene — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:29:38 +0000

Man, the long knives come out fast around here! Bungee is pioneering a new space – app dev tools for cloud computing. They are pioneers and are currently collecting arrows (including a number of unfair missiles on this thread). In theory, folks reading this blog should be rooting for tech companies pioneering new and interesting markets. There are certainly plenty of other, more cynical blogs for folks who have nothing better to do that crow over the setbacks of innovative startups.

By: Dean J. Garrett

Dean J. Garrett — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:14:52 +0000

As long as you’re mentioned products, don’t forget about the web’s first Database-as-a-Service offering: http://www.HostedDatabase.com which was originally launched in 1999. They offer complete on-demand apps like CRM, plus also custom web-hosted databases.

By: chrisco

chrisco — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:03:35 +0000

That’s tough. I guess this is what can happen when you staff to “anticipated” revenue and profit vs. actual. Sounds like their projections were overly optimistic, perhaps bordering on wishful thinking. Speaking of wishful thinking, a friend told me his father once said to him, when explaining the dangers of wishful thinking: Son, sh*t in one hand and wish in the other. Now open your hands and see what you have.”

By: Shane Rasmussen

Shane Rasmussen — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:00:44 +0000

Jaymon speaks Gospel

You get an Amen Brother!

All the rest of ya’all’s here are just haters…wishin you could be dreamers and have had the privilege of working with\for CanyonBridge\BungeeLabs..anyone on here actually have a bungee account and use the product??? Wait…guess if you had you would be too busy there to comment here…

Shane Rasmussen
Stock Holder and One of the Founders of CanyonBridge

“Long Live El Mistieriosos Robot”

By: CG

CG — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:35:08 +0000

2 reactions:

1. To be honest, I’m surprised they found 38 talented people in Utah for that project. It’s tough to find talent in that market.

2. What the hellz are they doing with 38 people on staff after an 8m round? Talk about burn!

By: Ric

Ric — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:51:38 +0000

I think Bungee had some FANTASTIC technology. You guys knew your stuff and were inventing the future of the Cloud. I would guess that the economy has more to do with this change more than anything – if the VCs were not feeling the pinch, then they might have been more flexible.
May I remind everyone that this may be a GOOD thing? A business that takes a realistic view and makes tough decisions in order to better succeed is SMART. It is unfortunate that Alex is no longer part of the team – he was one of the smartest guys I have talked with. The fact he is taking this well speaks of his character and that he is still devoted to the success of Bungee.

Ted – may I suggest that you look into the Open Source route we talked about? You are still free to use http://OpenAjax.Com to support Open Ajax . You have less resources to make a sea change, but it just may the way to suceed.

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:44:34 +0000

Bungee Labs, eh? Should have named the product Halo Connect. That would have sold like hotcakes.

By: Ted Haeger

Ted Haeger — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:40:20 +0000

Dana:
Thank you, both for the well-wishes and the real-world assessment. I hope that readers understand and appreciate the breadth and depth of your knowledge in this market space.
–Ted

By: Dana Gardner

Dana Gardner — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:31:26 +0000

The PaaS model that Bungee continues to define and refine is solid, will find its niches and then go far beyond that. Bungee had excellent execution and very strong marketing. This is a case of the strategic value — cloud computing — catching up to the more tactical development and deployment as service values. As cloud gains ground, so to will PaaS. It’s just not likely to be the other way around. Best of luck to Bungee and its progeny.

By: StartupNewz.com

StartupNewz.com — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:30:40 +0000

Promising once, startup Bungee Labs In A Freefall…

At one time they had 38 employees and seemed so promising, but now they just laid off 15 employees to just stretch that dollar a little more. Competing with others like DabbleDB, Zoho Creator, LongJump, Coghead and WyaWorks, apart from the 8000-pound …

By: Ted Haeger

Ted Haeger — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:34:38 +0000

Alex was our VP of Community. His post reflects the same intelligence and professionalism that he brought to Bungee Labs. Why would you want to malign his motives and character from a vantage point of ignorance?

–Ted Haeger
Bungee Labs

By: Ted Haeger

Ted Haeger — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:30:35 +0000

Thank you for your level-headed assessment, Jonathan.

–Ted Haeger
Bungee Labs

By: Ted Haeger

Ted Haeger — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:29:31 +0000

That’s just inappropriate. Alex is a good friend to me, and a person of excellent integrity. His release from Bungee Labs is unfortunate, and your addition of insult to injury only reveals the quality of your character rather than anything about Alex’s.

–Ted Haeger
Bungee Labs

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:06:30 +0000

They’re in a crowded space while the macro economy is falling flat. That’s a hell of a tough situation. I hope they see some good luck, get the formula right, partner well and – survive. We all do better when companies like this pull through.

By: MB

MB — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:05:17 +0000

As for bungee whatever, honestly good luck but current employees don’t plan vacations next year.

To TC Editor, who cares about this, really. Is this news? How many of us have gone through a startup who has failed. Too many. Borring.

By: Anonymous Coward

Anonymous Coward — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:27:35 +0000

The product was good but…let’s face it – running a platform company is HARD. And it will probably be even harder now because developers do not want to build stuff on a platform that may go out of business. Good luck BungeeLabs!

By: Yesbut

Yesbut — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:55:08 +0000

I’m really not quite sure what this startup does. But I do know that 38 people is about 30 too many. I wonder how much of their time is spent managing instead of trying to do whatever it is that they’re trying to do. TPS reports killed the startup?

By: sachin

sachin — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:51:21 +0000

Alex Barnett is a liar