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and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message fusioncharts type private industry data visualization founded 2003 founder pallav nadhani headquarters kolkata bangalore area served worldwide revenue us 4.5 million 2011 1 2 website www.fusioncharts.com fusioncharts part of infosoft global p ltd is privately held software provider of data visualization products javascript charts maps widgets and dashboards with offices in bangalore and kolkata india . the company s flagship product and namesake fusioncharts suite xt is used by over 80 % of fortune 500 companies . fusioncharts has 23 000 customers and 500 000 users in 120 countries including technology giants such as apple google zoho cisco facebook intel linkedin microsoft hewlett packard ibm emc nokia tibco as well as the weather channel nasa and the federal government of the united states . 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 a 100 % bootstrapped company fusioncharts has earned a 2010 11 revenue of 4.5 million 1 2 and has clocked revenues of up to 7 million or rs 39 crore . 3 13 contents 1 history 2 achievements 3 future 4 marketing 5 products 5.1 fusioncharts suite xt 5.2 oomfo 5.3 collabion 5.4 book 6 references 7 external links history edit president of the united states barack obama using fusioncharts on the federal it dashboard . the idea behind fusioncharts was born in 2001 when 16 year old pallav nadhani found himself dissatisfied with microsoft excel s charting capabilities while using the program to complete high school class assignments . nadhani subsequently authored an article on wrox press s asptoday.com technology website which examined the thesis that macromedia flash then used mainly for web banners and pop up ad could be used to build an interactive charting solution for business applications such as dashboards and reports . the article earned him 1 500 and feedback from developers which together acted as seed money and motivation for establishing the fusioncharts concept . 1 2 4 5 6 8 9 14 15 in 2002 at 17 nadhani founded infosoft global . the initial product had 6 charts and was built using actionscript . nadhani worked alone developing the product website documents sales and marketing and customer support for the first three years . as the company began to take off in 2005 he acquired office space in bangur and hired 20 employees over the following 2 3 years . the venture grew during this period without raising external funding by bootstrapping . 9 by 2009 the company had moved to salt lake city kolkata and had grown to over 50 employees . since arriving in salt lake the staff has expanded by 250 percent of its original size and in 2011 fusioncharts opened their second office in bangalore . 9 fusioncharts client list with customers across 118 countries and numerous business sectors has drawn significant attention to the company . the company was placed squarely on the global platform following its 2010 selection by us president barack obama to design the digital dashboards for the federal administration the federal it dashboard . fusioncharts was the first indian startup to gain the attention of the obama administration . 1 2 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 co founder pallav nadhani is the ceo of fusioncharts and also runs a seed funding venture capital fund named seeders inc. 16 achievements edit in 2009 the company was included in the nasscom emerge 50 leaders for 2009 due to its success in establishing its data visualization software globally . 1 8 in the same year it was also awarded the deloitte technology fast50 india award in 2009 . 1 17 18 fusioncharts was in 2010 named as one of the 15 companies likely to become the next infosys . 11 the chart gadget within google docs is powered by fusioncharts . internally google employees also employ fusioncharts software for reporting . 4 fusioncharts says that it powers over one billion charts every month globally . 2 4 5 6 8 future edit the company has released collabion a charting solution specifically made for use with microsoft sharepoint . it is also working on oomfo a charting add in exclusively for microsoft powerpoint . 6 19 oomfo is built in microsoft vb6 and the charts are rendered using adobe flash . 20 marketing edit since its founding in 2003 fusioncharts has put together an almost completely online network of international resellers serving places like korea brazil china and the united states . 1 8 the company has also made use of search engine optimization and pay per click marketing and engages users and developers by composing articles whitepapers and case studies on the subject of data visualization in various online publications . fusioncharts also engages in careful advertising in both online and print developer magazines in key markets such as the us europe and korea . the company is increasing its social media marketing and is emphasizing push pull marketing strategy . 1 8 another aspect of marketing is a simple licensing framework as well as a foss version of its fusioncharts product that serves over 100 000 users . 1 8 fusioncharts is typically targeted to developers who wish to integrate interactive charts in their reports dashboards analytics monitors and surveys . 4 90 interactive charts and 960 maps products edit pallav nadhani s original asptoday.com article called for creating a charting library using flash combined with asp to power it with data . developers responded positively and shared ideas on how to increase its power and functionality . subsequently pallav coded this idea into a charting application which led to the birth of the fusioncharts software . 4 fusioncharts has since transitioned to use javascript svg and vml to render charts widgets and maps . this allows its components to be used on all mobile devices and cross platform browsers . it does allow for optional rendering using flash . fusioncharts suite xt can today be used with any web scripting language to deliver interactive and powerful charts . using xml and json as its data interfaces fusioncharts suite xt makes full use of html 5 technologies to create compact interactive and visually arresting charts . 1 2 8 14 21 fusioncharts suite xt edit fusioncharts suite xt developer s pallav nadhani initial release 2002 2002 stable release 3.5.1 3 december 2014 2014 12 03 development status active written in javascript jquery svg vml & actionscript size 553 kb type javascript library license commercial website www.fusioncharts.com tour fusioncharts suite xt is the industry s most comprehensive javascript charting solution for web & mobile . the software package is powered by technologies including javascript svg vml adobe flash actionscript 3.0 xml and json . fusioncharts suite xt comprises fusioncharts xt the flagship product of the fusioncharts suite xt fusionwidgets xt a product consisting of data visualization components best suited for executive dashboards and plotting key performance indicators fusionmaps xt a collection of over 960 data driven vector based maps powercharts xt a set of advanced charting tools for domain specific uses fusioncharts plugins and wrappers which assists in various scenarios of quick deployment fusioncharts suite xt features cross browser compatibility including mobile browsers javascript and flash chart rendering a comprehensive solution consisting of 90 charts and 960 maps real time data updates chart exports into jpeg png pdf formats chart data exports in xml json and csv as well as drill down capabilities interactive zooming & scrolling . 22 23 the software suite also integrates with php asp.net c asp.net vb j2ee coldfusion ruby on rails . co founder pallav nadhani came up with the name fusioncharts because the product was a fusion of two disparate technologies xml and flash . 2 oomfo edit oomfo is a beta charting add in for microsoft powerpoint which provides a user interface allowing creation of fusioncharts suite charts within powerpoint . the charts created by oomfo are rendered in flash . oomfo can pull in live real time data from remote sources . 24 oomfo is currently in beta . oomfo has been highlighted by the media as one of the ways using which presentations can be made better . 19 20 collabion edit collabion charts for sharepoint version 1.1 helps sharepoint users create dashboards without programming . collabion charts provides a user interface for customizing all aspects of the charts . it can source data from sharepoint lists microsoft sql server oracle database csv files and business data catalog . it renders charts in javascript and flash . it provides filtering and grouping options for the provided data . 25 book edit british book publisher packt uk has released a guidebook aimed at helping new users learn the basics of the fusioncharts suite xt . 6 14 21 26 27 references edit a b c d e f g h i j k fusioncharts . times of india . a b c d e f g h warner andrew 13 december 2010 . fusioncharts bootstrapped and very profitable charting company . mixergy . cite error invalid ref tag ; name mixergy defined multiple times with different content see the help page . a b mitra sramana 01.08.10 . india s rising tech stars . forbes magazine . check date values in date help a b c d e f wee willis 22 june 2011 . fusioncharts from start up to serving google linkedin and barack obama . tech in asia . a b c d wee willis 27 june 2011 . becoming a ceo and founder at age 17 . tech in asia . a b c d e wee willis 14 may 2012 . fusioncharts powers 1 billion charts a month launches beginners guide . tech in asia . a b wadhwa vivek 30 november 2011 . why silicon valley should fear india . washington post . a b c d e f g h i charting a growth story featuring emerge 50 leader company infosoft global . nasscom . 16 october 2009 . a b c d e titash roy choudhury 3 july 2012 . how pallav nadhani charts global fame with fusioncharts technologies . the economic times . a b who uses fusioncharts . a b c archana rai & pankaj mishra 29 mar 2010 . indian technoholics give the world a new high . the economic times . a b copparapu padmini 11 october 2010 . obama and team rely on made in india software . the economic times . a b abrar peerzada 6 jun 2012 . power of ideas 2012 start up interviewstreet wins us government order to build tech platform . times of india . a b c d ashish sinha . congratulations fusioncharts for the book written on the product product success story from india . mitra sramana 31 july 2012 . bootstrapping a global 7m software company from kolkata india . small business trends . seeders inc. . deloitte technology