Polaris Library Systems have announced their Great App Challenge which will extend through February 20, 2012. The contest will challenge entrepreneurs and startup developers to build unique, innovative software applications using the Polaris application programming interface (API). The Polaris API is a web-based service comprised of a set of universal resource identifiers (URIs) which return data from the Polaris application database. This interface provides controlled access to Polaris software so that customers, third party vendors – and now students -- may build their own Polaris-integrated applications for the web or for desktop and mobile devices. One individual or team judged to have the best application ready for deployment will win $5,000. If a winner is sponsored by another organization, that organization will be awarded an additional $1,000.
The competition is intended to incent talented software developers from regional colleges and universities, as well as startup entrepreneurs and existing Polaris customers, to create a dynamic new mobile application based on the Polaris API.
"When we give people the tools to customize our technology and a license to be as creative as they want, we get really innovative, useful ideas as a result," said Bill Schickling, president and CEO, Polaris Library Systems. “The best thing about this Challenge is that we will have students competing who may not know a thing about the library software business, and that kind of fresh thinking is bound to generate some incredible applications that none of us may have ever thought possible.”
For more information and/or to register visit the Great App Challenge
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