<s>
Hammerkit	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
company	O
which	O
has	O
developed	O
a	O
platform	B-Application
as	I-Application
a	I-Application
service	I-Application
(	O
PaaS	B-Application
)	O
which	O
allows	O
web	O
formats	O
and	O
repeatable	O
solutions	O
to	O
be	O
created	O
and	O
distributed	O
globally	O
using	O
its	O
CloudStore	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hammerkit	B-Protocol
was	O
a	O
piece	O
of	O
software	O
first	O
developed	O
by	O
Jani	O
Vähäsöyrinki	O
,	O
Heikki	O
Luhtala	O
,	O
and	O
Ari	O
Tenhunen	O
between	O
2002	O
and	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
team	O
was	O
joined	O
by	O
Robin	O
Lindroos	O
and	O
these	O
four	O
became	O
the	O
core	O
team	O
of	O
driving	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Hammerkit	B-Protocol
as	O
a	O
web	O
application	O
development	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
detailed	O
history	O
of	O
the	O
founding	O
and	O
early	O
years	O
of	O
the	O
Hammerkit	B-Protocol
platform	O
and	O
the	O
players	O
involved	O
has	O
been	O
published	O
by	O
Ari	O
Tenhunen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
initial	O
ideas	O
started	O
as	O
a	O
spin-off	O
of	O
Njet	O
Commununications	O
 '	O
Anvil	O
project	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
Java	B-Language
development	O
language	O
to	O
make	O
development	O
of	O
Java	B-Language
applications	O
faster	O
and	O
easier	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
of	O
Vähäsöyrinki	O
,	O
Luhtala	O
and	O
Tenhunen	O
could	O
see	O
that	O
the	O
Composer	O
application	O
in	O
Anvil	O
was	O
still	O
too	O
complex	O
for	O
web	O
designers	O
to	O
use	O
and	O
set	O
about	O
creating	O
a	O
new	O
toolset	O
that	O
became	O
Hammerkit	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
truly	O
component-based	B-Architecture
web	I-Architecture
application	I-Architecture
builder	I-Architecture
available	O
on	O
the	O
web	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
final	O
release	O
of	O
Hammerkit	B-Protocol
v3.x	O
was	O
published	O
in	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
chose	O
the	O
name	O
Hammerkit	B-Protocol
simply	O
because	O
they	O
liked	O
the	O
simplicity	O
of	O
a	O
hammer	B-Application
(	O
everyone	O
knows	O
how	O
to	O
use	O
one	O
)	O
and	O
because	O
of	O
its	O
association	O
with	O
the	O
project	O
Anvil	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
,	O
Hammerkit	B-Protocol
Oy	O
was	O
established	O
to	O
commercialise	O
the	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2010	O
,	O
Hammerkit	B-Protocol
debuted	O
version	O
4.0	O
of	O
their	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2011	O
,	O
Hammerkit	B-Protocol
announced	O
a	O
new	O
funding	O
round	O
to	O
internationalize	O
the	O
business	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
new	O
office	O
was	O
opened	O
in	O
Liverpool	B-Application
,	O
England	O
and	O
a	O
new	O
product	O
,	O
the	O
CloudStore	B-Language
was	O
launched	O
to	O
support	O
the	O
creation	O
,	O
reuse	O
and	O
distribution	O
of	O
web	O
formats	O
as	O
repeatable	O
web	O
solutions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hammerkit	B-Protocol
now	O
specialises	O
in	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
web	O
formats	O
for	O
the	O
global	O
public	O
relations	O
industry	O
serving	O
clients	O
such	O
as	O
Edelman	O
and	O
Hill+Knowlton	O
Strategies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2012	O
,	O
Hammerkit	B-Protocol
launched	O
Hammerkit.org	O
as	O
a	O
community-based	O
platform	O
to	O
promote	O
the	O
creation	O
and	O
sharing	O
of	O
repeatable	O
digital	O
solutions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
Hammerkit	B-Protocol
is	O
populating	O
its	O
CloudStore	B-Language
with	O
off-the-shelf	O
applications	O
for	O
the	O
PR	O
industry	O
to	O
choose	O
from	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hammerkit	B-Protocol
will	O
carry	O
on	O
designing	O
and	O
developing	O
websites	O
for	O
companies	O
using	O
its	O
Hammerkit	B-Protocol
Studio	O
.	O
</s>
