<s>
FusionCharts	B-Application
,	O
part	O
of	O
InfoSoft	B-Application
Global	O
(	O
P	O
)	O
Ltd	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
privately	O
held	O
software	O
provider	O
of	O
data	B-Application
visualization	I-Application
products	O
(	O
JavaScript	B-Language
Charts	O
,	O
Maps	O
,	O
Widgets	O
and	O
Dashboards	B-Protocol
)	O
with	O
offices	O
in	O
Bangalore	O
and	O
Kolkata	O
,	O
India	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FusionCharts	B-Application
has	O
23,000	O
customers	O
and	O
500,000	O
users	O
in	O
120	O
countries	O
,	O
including	O
technology	O
giants	O
such	O
as	O
Apple	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
ZOHO	O
,	O
Cisco	O
,	O
Facebook	B-Application
,	O
Intel	O
,	O
LinkedIn	B-Application
,	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
Hewlett-Packard	O
,	O
IBM	O
,	O
EMC	O
,	O
Nokia	O
,	O
Tibco	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
The	O
Weather	O
Channel	O
,	O
NASA	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Federal	O
Government	O
of	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
100%	O
bootstrapped	O
company	O
,	O
FusionCharts	B-Application
has	O
earned	O
$4.5	O
million	O
in	O
revenue	O
in	O
2010-11	O
.	O
and	O
has	O
clocked	O
revenues	O
of	O
up	O
to	O
$7	O
million	O
,	O
or	O
Rs	O
39	O
crore	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
idea	O
behind	O
FusionCharts	B-Application
was	O
born	O
in	O
2001	O
when	O
16-year-old	O
Pallav	O
Nadhani	O
found	O
himself	O
dissatisfied	O
with	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Excel	I-Application
's	O
charting	O
capabilities	O
while	O
using	O
the	O
program	O
to	O
complete	O
high	O
school	O
class	O
assignments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nadhani	O
subsequently	O
authored	O
an	O
article	O
on	O
Wrox	O
Press	O
's	O
ASPToday.com	O
technology	O
website	O
which	O
examined	O
the	O
thesis	O
that	O
Macromedia	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
,	O
then	O
used	O
mainly	O
for	O
web	O
banners	O
and	O
pop-up	O
ad	O
,	O
could	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
build	O
an	O
interactive	O
charting	O
solution	O
for	O
business	O
applications	O
such	O
as	O
dashboards	B-Protocol
and	O
reports	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
article	O
earned	O
him	O
$	O
1,500	O
and	O
feedback	O
from	O
developers	O
,	O
which	O
together	O
acted	O
as	O
seed	O
money	O
and	O
motivation	O
for	O
establishing	O
the	O
FusionCharts	B-Application
concept	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2002	O
at	O
17	O
,	O
Nadhani	O
founded	O
Infosoft	B-Application
Global	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
initial	O
product	O
had	O
six	O
charts	O
and	O
was	O
built	O
using	O
ActionScript	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
arriving	O
in	O
Salt	O
Lake	O
,	O
the	O
staff	O
has	O
expanded	O
by	O
250	O
percent	O
of	O
its	O
original	O
size	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
2011	O
FusionCharts	B-Application
opened	O
their	O
second	O
office	O
in	O
Bangalore	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FusionCharts	B-Application
 '	O
client	O
list	O
,	O
with	O
customers	O
across	O
118	O
countries	O
and	O
numerous	O
business	O
sectors	O
,	O
has	O
drawn	O
significant	O
attention	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
was	O
placed	O
squarely	O
on	O
the	O
global	O
platform	O
following	O
its	O
2010	O
selection	O
by	O
US	O
President	O
Barack	O
Obama	O
to	O
design	O
the	O
digital	O
dashboards	B-Protocol
for	O
the	O
federal	O
administration	O
,	O
the	O
Federal	O
IT	B-Protocol
Dashboard	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
FusionCharts	B-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
Indian	O
startup	O
to	O
gain	O
the	O
attention	O
of	O
the	O
Obama	O
administration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Co-founder	O
Pallav	O
Nadhani	O
is	O
the	O
CEO	O
of	O
FusionCharts	B-Application
and	O
also	O
runs	O
a	O
seed	O
funding	O
venture	O
capital	O
fund	O
named	O
Seeders	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
its	O
founding	O
in	O
2003	O
,	O
FusionCharts	B-Application
has	O
put	O
together	O
an	O
almost	O
completely	O
online	O
network	O
of	O
international	O
resellers	O
serving	O
places	O
like	O
Korea	O
,	O
Brazil	O
,	O
China	O
and	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
has	O
also	O
made	O
use	O
of	O
search	O
engine	O
optimization	O
and	O
pay	O
per	O
click	O
marketing	O
,	O
and	O
engages	O
users	O
and	O
developers	O
by	O
composing	O
articles	O
,	O
whitepapers	O
,	O
and	O
case	O
studies	O
on	O
the	O
subject	O
of	O
data	B-Application
visualization	I-Application
in	O
various	O
online	O
publications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FusionCharts	B-Application
also	O
engages	O
in	O
advertising	O
in	O
both	O
online	O
and	O
print	O
developer	O
magazines	O
in	O
key	O
markets	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
US	O
,	O
Europe	O
and	O
Korea	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
aspect	O
of	O
marketing	O
is	O
a	O
simple	O
licensing	O
framework	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
FOSS	B-License
version	O
of	O
its	O
FusionCharts	B-Application
product	O
that	O
serves	O
over	O
100,000	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FusionCharts	B-Application
is	O
typically	O
targeted	O
to	O
developers	O
who	O
wish	O
to	O
integrate	O
interactive	O
charts	O
in	O
their	O
reports	O
,	O
dashboards	B-Protocol
,	O
analytics	O
,	O
monitors	O
,	O
and	O
surveys	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pallav	O
Nadhani	O
's	O
original	O
ASPToday.com	O
article	O
called	O
for	O
creating	O
a	O
charting	O
library	O
using	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
,	O
combined	O
with	O
ASP	B-General_Concept
to	O
power	O
it	O
with	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Subsequently	O
,	O
Pallav	O
coded	O
this	O
idea	O
into	O
a	O
charting	O
application	O
,	O
which	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
birth	O
of	O
the	O
FusionCharts	B-Application
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FusionCharts	B-Application
has	O
since	O
transitioned	O
to	O
use	O
JavaScript	B-Language
,	O
SVG	B-Application
and	O
VML	B-Language
to	O
render	O
charts	O
,	O
widgets	O
and	O
maps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
does	O
allow	O
for	O
optional	O
rendering	O
using	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
FusionCharts	B-Application
Suite	O
XT	O
can	O
today	O
be	O
used	O
with	O
any	O
web	O
scripting	O
language	O
to	O
deliver	O
interactive	O
and	O
powerful	O
charts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
XML	O
and	O
JSON	O
as	O
its	O
data	O
interfaces	O
,	O
FusionCharts	B-Application
Suite	O
XT	O
makes	O
full	O
use	O
of	O
HTML	B-Application
5	I-Application
technologies	O
to	O
create	O
compact	O
,	O
interactive	O
,	O
and	O
visually-arresting	O
charts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
British	O
book	O
publisher	O
Packt	O
UK	O
has	O
released	O
a	O
guidebook	O
aimed	O
at	O
helping	O
new	O
users	O
learn	O
the	O
basics	O
of	O
the	O
FusionCharts	B-Application
Suite	O
XT	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
was	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
NASSCOM	O
EMERGE	O
50	O
Leaders	O
for	O
2009	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
success	O
in	O
establishing	O
its	O
data	B-Application
visualization	I-Application
software	O
globally	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FusionCharts	B-Application
was	O
in	O
2010	O
named	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
15	O
companies	O
likely	O
to	O
become	O
the	O
next	O
Infosys	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
chart-gadget	O
within	O
Google	B-Application
Docs	I-Application
is	O
powered	O
by	O
FusionCharts	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Internally	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
employees	O
also	O
employ	O
FusionCharts	B-Application
software	O
for	O
reporting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FusionCharts	B-Application
says	O
that	O
it	O
powers	O
over	O
one	O
billion	O
charts	O
every	O
month	O
globally	O
.	O
</s>
