Web based visual application editor, Coghead has taken a dive into the death pit. The reason being the obvious; tough economic times and something that many companies has given up to. The site has given users a deadline till April 30 to download their data as it confirmed the shut down in a mail sent to its users:
Effective immediately, the Coghead service and the license agreement to which customers agreed when they registered for the service are terminated. However, existing customers will be able to access and use their applications and data through my.coghead.com until April 30, 2009 on an unsupported, “as is” basis without any representations or warranties (express or implied) or indemnity from Coghead or any other party. To use the service during this period, customers must go to http://my.coghead.com/api/util/serviceterms.jsp and accept the specified terms of use listed.
Intuit QuickBase offers Coghead customers, partners and employees a transition to the most proven platform. The offer for customers includes 6 free months of service, unlimited support, 2 free hours of expert consultation and more. Our customers rely on their QuickBase applications to run their business so we know the importance of getting back online as quickly and cost effectively as possible.
For more information, see
http://quickbase.intuit.com/blog/2009/02/19/coghead-offer/
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Thanks for the tip
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We are offering a similar transition plan. I’m really impressed with all the PaaS vendors stepping up to the plate here. Our priority is keeping customers up and running, not only ours, but those of our competitors who are now stranded. It’s a real shame that Coghead isn’t doing more for their customers.
We are offering 3 months free, support, webinars, and assistance to existing Coghead customers through a promotional offer. This offer is available to existing Coghead customers until April 30, 2009.
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Rumors of our death are premature. The Coghead service has been acquired by SAP.
Paul McNamara
Chairman, Coghgead
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Zoho Creator is offering free consulting for Coghead customers. We look forward to helping you make a smooth transition. More details at Zoho blogs here:
http://blogs.zoho.com/announcements/zoho-creator-offers-helping-hand-to-coghead-customers
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WOLF, the AJAX and XML based Platform-as-a-Service for designing business applications, is offering to migrate & restore stranded Coghead customer applications without any initial financial commitment or programming. WOLF Platform technology is able to read Coghead application design XML without any manual intervention & restore all entities, screens, business rules, complete application design & even import data thru’ an automated utility.
Read more : http://wolfpaas.blogspot.com/2009/02/wolf-platform-as-service-opens-their.html
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I tried to sum up all offers and make more detailed overview of transition plan different vendors have developed for Coghead customers:
http://webappsatwork.blogspot.com/2009/02/helping-coghead-customers.html
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