Webinar: Mobile Will Transform Your Finance Operation – Are You Ready?

Cloud-based financial applications are helping businesses streamline the process of paying bills, projecting cash flow, and conducting business transactions. It is no secret that companies are taking the next step to deliver these solutions via mobile devices in order to help executives manage their businesses – anytime and anywhere.

Listen to this pre-recorded webcast as SIIA members Saugatuck Technology and Bill.com explore the need for and the role of mobile financial management. Now is the time to learn:

  • How mobility has become a key driver
  • Advantages of mobile platforms
  • Risk & fraud issues with on-premise solutions
  • Importance of a loosely-coupled architecture
  • How to create a Boundary-free EnterpriseTM

Presenters:
Alex Bakker
Senior Research Analyst, Saugatuck Technology

Mike West
Vice President and Distinguished Analyst, Saugatuck Technology

Darren Linscott
Vice President of  Product, Bill.com

Presentations
Click here to view Saugatuck Technology’s presentation slides

Click here to view Bill.com’s presentation slides

AATC Speaker Profile: Mark Cunningham, Founder & CEO, Indicee

SIIA AATC Speaker Profile

Name: Mark Cuningham
Title: Founder & Cheif Executive Officer
Company: Indicee

 

Bio:
Mark Cunningham is a thought leader and entrepreneur with more than 20 years’ experience in the business intelligence (BI) industry. He has been on the founding team of four successful startups, including his current role as Founder & CEO of cloud BI company,Indicee. As a strong advocate for cloud computing and social business, Mark is passionate about bringing greater insight and data-driven decision making to the new breed of social enterprise.

Mark began his entrepreneurial career in 1992, when his family company began building the world’s first Windows-based reporting tool, Crystal Reports. Crystal was later acquired by Business Objects for $820M.

Home town: Vancouver, BC.

First job: Well, it depends on how far back I go! I collected golf balls from the water hazards and resold them to the golfers during my years in elementary school. I painted fences in high school. I worked as a bike courier during university. I guess my first real job was working on the team that created Crystal Reports.

What are you currently reading? I just finished reading Neil Young’s autobiography and now I am reading Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely, and Social Business by Design by Dion Hinchcliffe and Peter Kim.

All-time favorite music: I am a guitar player so I can’t answer that question. There are too many to choose. But I play rock, blues and jazz with a few of the bands that I’m in.

What is the best meal you have had recently? I had a great pork loin dish at Bix in San Francisco recently.

What is your next (dream) career? Vintage Cars and Guitars….buy, sell…whatever. I just like being around them. If I can make money along the way too, that would be cool.

Hobbies: Guitar, photography, kitesurfing, aviation, vintage cars, cycling…the list is long.

What do you think is the hot button issue for the software & services industry in 2013?
2013 will be all about “social business” and the advancement of technologies to support the new, collaborative way of working. This trend has seen many ISVs build social elements into the core of their applications over the last couple of years; in some cases, completely overhauling product suites or building new apps from scratch. This year, I expect to see greater sophistication in the tools that are helping to drive social business performance, including an increased demand for analytics. Businesses now want empirical evidence on the effectiveness of their social activities and the technologies they are using to support it. The need to link social strategies to business objectives is something we’re hearing all the time right now at Indicee and for that reason, I think 2013 will be a big growth year for social business analytics vendors.

What are you looking forward to most at AATC?
Can I only pick one? In that case, I’d have to say that I’m most looking forward to joining the panel on Selling More with Sales Intelligence. We have an interesting take on this subject at Indicee as we’ve been working with customers to prove, with real data, that using social channels internally to grow collective sales intelligence has a positive impact on sales performance. It should be a great conversation. I’m also excited to hear about this year’s NextGen companies, as we were winners last year. Oh, and the speed networking sounds fun. Ok, so that was three things…

Why is your company a member of SIIA?
We’ve been SIIA members for almost two years now and really value the networking opportunities that come with our membership. All About the Cloud is a great example of this!

AATC Speaker Profile: Rick Nucci, General Manager, Dell Boomi

SIIA AATC Speaker Profile

Name: Rick Nucci
Title: Founder & General Manager
Company: Dell Boomi

 

Bio: Rick Nucci is the Founder and General Manager of Dell Boomi where he is responsible for all operations and strategic direction. He has led the company’s successful transformation from a traditional software product company to a leading infrastructure provider in the SaaS and cloud computing industry. In his role at Dell Boomi, Rick is constantly engaged with customers and partners to ensure alignment between business needs and Dell Boomi’s strategy and operations.

Rick frequently speaks at industry and business events nationwide including Gartner AADI, Dreamforce, Cloud Expo and All About the Cloud.

Home town: Lebanon, PA

First job: DJ

What are you currently reading? Beezus and Ramona, and TechCrunch

All-time favorite music: Vanilla Ice (duh)

What is the best meal you have had recently?  Miso Cod at Ozumo

What is your next (dream) career?  Something combining music and technology…

Hobbies:  Music (attending live shows, etc.), travel

What do you think is the hot button issue for the software & services industry in 2013?  Big Data, Mobile, Social, and Cloud are top of mind for our industry.  Cloud is seeing continued and aggressive growth which is driving new levels of agility for enterprises of all sizes.

What are you looking forward to most at AATC? Networking with other ISV executives to understand best practices around sales, go-to-market, and product.

Why is your company a member of SIIA?  The connections we have made at SIIA have proven very valuable to both our BD efforts as well as helping us to learn and share with industry peers.

Webinar: Metrics Best Practices for High-Growth Cloud Companies

Listen to this informative webinar to learn how metrics-driven, fact based decision making can help you drive better performance, efficiency and plan for fast growth within your organization.

David Pefley, CFO of Adaptive Planning, a cloud-based leader in business analytics and planning, will describe his key management metrics, and the best practices with metrics that he uses to drive fast growing Adaptive Planning’s corporate performance. Lauren Kelley, CEO of OPEXEngine will share key software and SaaS benchmarks for early stage through IPO companies, and present benchmarking best practices used by high growth Cloud companies.

Presenters:

David Pfley
CFO, Adaptive Planning

Lauren Kelley
CEO, OPEXEngine

Webinar: 2013 SIIA Marketing Report Overview

In Q4 of 2012 the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) conducted the second annual “Software Division Marketing Industry Report”. The survey interviewed marketing executives about their company’s use of email, mobile marketing and social media to build their brand, gain leads, and improve customer support.

This webinar will provide insight into the results of the survey including how marketers have changed their focus over the course of the year. You will learn the metrics marketers are watching to determine ROI of marketing activities and the areas where marketers continue to face challenges. Following an overview of the marketing survey results, you will hear from Marketo and SoftServe who will share their marketing strategies and best practices for ROI.

Click on the links below to view a copy of each presenters slides:

SIIA
Marketing Report Overview

SoftServe
Keys to Marketing Success

Marketo
5 Secrets to Marketing Success

Presenters
Rhianna Collier
Vice President, Software Division, SIIA

Mary Brandon
Vice President, Marketing, SoftServe

Jason Miller
Social Media Manager, Marketo

 

Calling all Young and Innovative Tech Companies

Entrepreneur, Technology, and Innovation – is this the trifecta of what it takes to make it in today’s economy and ever changing landscape of the as-a-service space?

The SIIA is excited to launch our NextGen program for its 8th year. This program showcases the competitive nature of what truly makes a company the next generation of young companies to watch. We are calling all companies that are transforming the software and services industry. By being selected as one of the NextGen companies, you will receive:

  • SIIA issued press release announcing the 2013 NextGen Companies distributed and supported by the SIIA public relations firm.
  • NextGen Companies will have the opportunity to be coached on their product pitch by our NextGen Selection Committee.
  • Full conference registration to AATC 2013.
  • CEO is invited to participate on the NextGen panel at AATC 2013, May 7-9, in San Francisco. Panel will be moderated by a partner at a leading advisory firm.
  • CEO is invited to the VIP dinner at AATC 2013.
  • Company will be featured in the NextGen Pavilion at AATC 2013.
  • Company and contact information will be featured on the SIIA and AATC 2013 websites.
  • Company and contact information will be distributed to all AATC attendees in the attendee bags.
  • SIIA 2013 NextGen Companies will be recognized in front of your peers at the 2013 CODiE Awards Luncheon on May 9, 2013 in San Francisco.
  • Each company will be featured separately in a SIIA blog post in 2013

Apply today to gain industry exposure, secure funding, form strategic partnerships, gain new customers, or form your exit strategy.

Webinar – Critical Success Factors for an Enterprise Mobile Strategy

Webinar Description

Organizations must fully develop an enterprise mobile strategy that considers both employee and customer facing aspects of today’s continually expanding use of mobile technologies. It is important to consider the customer experience as they launch new products, services, and applications. Grant Thornton LLP brings the perspective of working with both ISVs and the consumers of their products in a business advisory capacity. This recorded webcast focuses on several key aspects of an enterprise strategy:

  • Key criteria for an Enterprise Mobile Strategy
  • Application architecture- Is it ready for mobile
  • Planning for BYOD within the enterprise
  • Deployment interface
  • Importance of security

Click here to download the slides.

Presenters
Tony Hernandez, Principal, Business Advisory Services, Grant Thornton LLP
Mike Barba, Manager, Business Advisory Services, Grant Thornton LLP