<s>
Roambi	B-Application
is	O
a	O
business	O
application	O
that	O
changes	O
raw	O
business	O
data	O
into	O
interactive	O
graphics	O
designed	O
for	O
mobile	O
devices	O
on	O
the	O
iOS	O
platform	O
such	O
as	O
Apple	O
Inc.	O
’	O
s	O
iPhone	B-Device
,	O
iPad	B-Device
and	O
iPad	B-Device
Mini	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
applications	O
connect	O
to	O
popular	O
information	O
systems	O
including	O
Excel	B-Application
or	O
Salesforce.com	B-Application
and	O
business	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
systems	I-Application
such	O
as	O
Cognos	O
and	O
corporate	O
databases	O
such	O
as	O
Microsoft	O
SQL	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	B-Application
is	O
currently	O
used	O
by	O
over	O
20%	O
of	O
the	O
Fortune	O
50	O
and	O
has	O
been	O
downloaded	O
more	O
than	O
600,000	O
times	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MeLLmo	O
Inc	O
.	O
(	O
makers	O
of	O
Roambi	B-Application
)	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2008	O
by	O
Santiago	O
Becerra	O
,	O
Jaime	O
Zuluaga	O
,	O
David	O
Becerra	O
,	O
and	O
Quinton	O
Alsbury	O
,	O
based	O
in	O
San	O
Diego	O
,	O
California	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
idea	O
for	O
the	O
company	O
came	O
as	O
Santiago	O
Becerra	O
,	O
standing	O
in	O
line	O
to	O
buy	O
his	O
first	O
iPhone	B-Device
in	O
June	O
2007	O
,	O
realized	O
the	O
business	O
potential	O
of	O
the	O
mobile	O
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
goal	O
initially	O
was	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
touch-based	O
data	B-Application
visualization	I-Application
app	B-Application
exclusively	O
for	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
the	O
iOS	B-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
was	O
not	O
available	O
to	O
distribute	O
software	O
,	O
so	O
the	O
company	O
found	O
difficulties	O
convincing	O
others	O
of	O
their	O
prospect	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
,	O
before	O
Apple	O
released	O
their	O
first	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
Software	I-Operating_System
Development	I-Operating_System
Kit	I-Operating_System
that	O
allowed	O
people	O
to	O
develop	O
native	O
applications	O
for	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Device
,	O
Roambi	B-Application
was	O
already	O
developing	O
a	O
basic	O
app	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
remained	O
in	O
stealth	O
mode	O
until	O
May	O
2009	O
,	O
when	O
it	O
launched	O
Roambi	B-Application
on	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Device
as	O
a	O
free	O
app	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
iPad	B-Device
was	O
announced	O
in	O
January	O
2010	O
,	O
Roambi	B-Application
decided	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
app	B-Application
for	O
the	O
tablet	O
’s	O
launch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Roambi	B-Application
developed	O
the	O
app	B-Application
to	O
leverage	O
the	O
unique	O
aspects	O
of	O
the	O
iPad	B-Device
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
larger	O
screen	O
size	O
,	O
and	O
included	O
new	O
analytic	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	B-Application
was	O
ready	O
the	O
day	O
the	O
iPad	B-Device
was	O
released	O
in	O
April	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2011	O
,	O
MeLLmo	O
released	O
Roambi	B-Application
Flow	O
,	O
an	O
app	B-Application
that	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
create	O
and	O
present	O
magazine-style	O
publications	O
on	O
the	O
iPad	B-Device
by	O
integrating	O
text	O
with	O
charts	O
and	O
graphs	O
created	O
in	O
Roambi	B-Application
Analytics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2013	O
,	O
MeLLmo	O
released	O
"	O
Roambi	B-Application
Business	O
"	O
a	O
secure	O
cloud-based	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
launched	O
a	O
North	O
American	O
partner	O
program	O
with	O
more	O
than	O
20	O
partners	O
trained	O
and	O
certified	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
Roambi	B-Application
Business	O
to	O
sell	O
the	O
service	O
and	O
provide	O
implementation	O
and	O
development	O
services	O
around	O
the	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
was	O
designed	O
to	O
increase	O
Roambi	B-Application
's	O
engagement	O
and	O
extend	O
its	O
ability	O
to	O
reach	O
end	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Roambi	B-Application
’s	O
platform	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
upload	O
their	O
data	O
(	O
from	O
Excel	B-Application
spreadsheets	O
,	O
Salesforce.com,	O
or	O
other	O
data	O
)	O
to	O
the	O
online	O
Roambi	B-Application
Publisher	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MeLLmo	O
's	O
main	O
product	O
,	O
Roambi	B-Application
Analytics	O
,	O
turns	O
business	O
data	O
into	O
visualizations	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
displayed	O
on	O
any	O
iPhone	B-Device
,	O
iPad	B-Device
and	O
iPad	B-Device
Mini	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Roambi	B-Application
Flow	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
and	O
present	O
magazine	O
style	O
publications	O
on	O
the	O
iPad	B-Device
by	O
combining	O
analytics	O
with	O
text	O
and	O
other	O
rich	O
media	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Roambi	B-Application
ES	O
is	O
secure	O
server	O
software	O
that	O
is	O
typically	O
deployed	O
on-premises	O
or	O
in	O
a	O
private	O
hosted	O
cloud	O
,	O
like	O
Amazon	B-Application
Web	I-Application
Services	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
interconnects	O
with	O
multiple	O
systems	O
,	O
enables	O
publishing	O
capabilities	O
and	O
enforces	O
the	O
right	O
security	O
policies	O
to	O
Roambi	B-Application
files	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
viewed	O
by	O
Roambi	B-Application
Analytics	O
and	O
Flow	O
apps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Roambi	B-Application
ES	O
can	O
be	O
installed	O
in	O
an	O
on-premises	O
or	O
private	O
cloud	O
environment	O
,	O
like	O
Amazon	B-Application
AWS	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2013	O
,	O
MeLLmo	O
launched	O
a	O
cloud-based	O
version	O
named	O
"	O
Roambi	B-Application
Business	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
product	O
was	O
created	O
to	O
offer	O
the	O
app	B-Application
to	O
a	O
wider	O
array	O
of	O
business	O
,	O
particularly	O
small	O
businesses	O
,	O
giving	O
them	O
the	O
same	O
tools	O
used	O
by	O
large	O
corporations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
service	O
is	O
hosted	O
on	O
Amazon	B-Application
Web	I-Application
Services	I-Application
,	O
and	O
features	O
a	O
publishing	O
API	B-General_Concept
,	O
single	O
sign-on	O
with	O
SAML	O
2.0	O
,	O
offline	O
access	O
and	O
administrative	O
capabilities	O
,	O
including	O
remote	O
wipe	O
,	O
file	O
expiration	O
,	O
application	O
passcodes	O
and	O
file	O
recall	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
platform	O
supports	O
data	O
analysis	O
no	O
matter	O
where	O
the	O
data	O
exists	O
—	O
"	O
whether	O
it	O
's	O
Excel	B-Application
spreadsheets	O
,	O
CRM	O
systems	O
,	O
databases	O
or	O
traditional	O
business	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
systems	I-Application
"	O
—	O
and	O
without	O
requiring	O
substantial	O
investment	O
within	O
platform	O
that	O
hosts	O
the	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	B-Application
has	O
eight	O
of	O
the	O
top	O
10	O
largest	O
pharmaceutical	O
and	O
biotech	O
companies	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
as	O
clients	O
;	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Siemens	O
,	O
the	O
Dallas	O
Cowboys	O
,	O
ABB	O
,	O
Telstra	O
,	O
Henkel	O
,	O
the	O
Sydney	O
Airport	O
,	O
and	O
DBRS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Life	O
Technologies	O
bought	O
900	O
iPads	B-Device
in	O
early	O
2012	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
equip	O
their	O
salespeople	O
with	O
Roambi	B-Application
in	O
order	O
to	O
better	O
understand	O
the	O
data	O
they	O
collect	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
day	O
the	O
iPad	B-Device
was	O
released	O
,	O
Roambi	B-Application
was	O
featured	O
on	O
the	O
first	O
page	O
of	O
the	O
Business	O
category	O
in	O
the	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
,	O
Apple	O
Inc	O
.	O
chose	O
to	O
continue	O
highlighting	O
Roambi	B-Application
on	O
their	O
homepage	O
afterwards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
Roambi	B-Application
won	O
the	O
CTIA	O
E-Tech	O
Award	O
for	O
"	O
General	O
Business	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
CNN	O
Money	O
named	O
Roambi	B-Application
one	O
of	O
the	O
"	O
5	O
Best	O
Apps	O
for	O
Business.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Roambi	B-Application
was	O
chosen	O
by	O
the	O
South	O
African	O
government	O
in	O
2011	O
to	O
help	O
display	O
and	O
make	O
sense	O
of	O
the	O
country	O
’s	O
census	O
results	O
.	O
</s>
