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Tip #8: 10 Tips to Maximizing Your Time at All About the Cloud

April 18, 2012 By Rhianna Collier Leave a Comment

Tip 8: Schedule Meetings Now

The All About The Cloud Online Community is now launched! It’s a fantastic tool to get started on your networking immediately.  Once you have registered you’ll receive an invitation to the community with instructions on activating your profile. I have no doubt you will find the platform a terrific tool to optimize your networking, as you’ll be able to view profiles of fellow attendees and arrange meeting times at the conference with your prospects. You can basically set up your entire schedule, ensuring maximum value for your time at the conference, and do it all three weeks ahead of the conference. We are giving you YOUR prospects at YOUR fingertips! We can’t do much more than that, it is up to you to take advantage of the opportunity.

 

Rhianna Collier is VP for the Software Division at SIIA.

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This Week in the Federal Cloud: April 9-13

April 13, 2012 By Mike Hettinger Leave a Comment

The run up to FedRAMP continued this week, with an announcement on Friday morning by Dave McClure, GSA Associate Administrator for the Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technology, that the first FedRAMP 3PAOs would be announced in May.  This represents a slight delay from what we had been hearing over the past few months, namely that the initial accredited 3PAOs would be ready to go by mid-April.  As anyone who has been following the FedRAMP process knows, without the first set of accredited 3PAOs it’s difficult to get the process of provisional authorization for CSPs under FedRAMP going.

Also this week, SIIA member McAfee hosted an exciting and insightful Public Sector Summit this week at the Ritz Carlton in Pentagon City.  The event attended by more than 300 government and industry participates had a heavy focus on cybersecurity, cloud and mobility and featured keynotes from Howard Schmidt, the White House Cybersecurity Advisory and General Steven Smith, Director of the Army Cyberspace Task Force.

In other cloud news:

Michael Hettinger is VP for the Public Sector Innovation Group at SIIA.

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Tip #7: 10 Tips to Maximizing Your Time at All About the Cloud

April 11, 2012 By Rhianna Collier Leave a Comment

Tip 7: Mingle with Innovation

The nice thing about All About the Cloud is every person you meet is a potential strategic partner, customer, and/or investor. Some of the most innovative cloud companies will be represented at the conference. In fact, 4 young cloud companies will be featured as the SIIA 2012 NextGen Companies. You will have an opportunity to hear their CEOs discuss growing a cloud business in today’s economy and meet directly with them in the NextGen pavilion taking place in the Cloud Showcase. You will surely want to check out their innovative products.

The 2012 SIIA All About the Cloud NextGen companies are as follows:

  • Indicee is an innovative cloud BI platform that’s leading the shift away from complex and expensive on-premise BI software, towards agile, cloud-based alternatives.
  • NuoDB is a 21st century operational database that addresses the challenges of Web scale applications for the cloud.
  • Real Status’ 3D modeling and visualization software, Hyperglance, reveals every dimension of inter-dependence between applications and infrastructure—all at the same time and on a single screen.
  • The Resumator is a SaaS recruiting platform that helps employers hire with confidence. Over 900 fast-growing employers across all industries trust The Resumator to save time, reduce cost, and build strong teams.

The fact is that every technology company out there today is focused on innovation to keep up with our rapidly evolving industry. All About the Cloud is the perfect venue to discuss your own innovative products with your peers, customers, prospects, and partners!

Rhianna Collier is VP for the Software Division at SIIA.

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Which Next Gen Companies Are Transforming the Cloud? Find Out at All About the Cloud

April 9, 2012 By Rhianna Collier Leave a Comment

SIIA today announced that 4 early stage cloud computing companies have been selected to participate in the NextGen showcase at SIIA’s All About the Cloud conference. All About the Cloud-the software industry’s most comprehensive ISV conference on cloud computing-will be held May 8-10 in San Francisco.

Much of the discussion about cloud computing has focused on large, brand name businesses, but there is tremendous innovation taking place at companies that get little attention. All of the firms selected as NextGen companies are young businesses that offer innovative online software and services. The CEOs of these companies will participate in the “Next Generation of Cloud” panel during All About the Cloud.

“The goal of All About the Cloud, and of our NextGen Program, is to spotlight emerging trends, best practices and innovation in the cloud computing marketplace,” said Rhianna Collier, Vice President of the SIIA Software Division. “The NextGen companies we’ve selected represent the next step in the evolution of cloud computing. All About the Cloud attendees will get a glimpse at cutting edge technologies, as well as opportunities for investment and strategic partnerships with these innovative businesses.”

More information about All About the Cloud is available www.siia.net/aatc/2012. To register for the conference, members of the media should contact Beth Dozier at bethdozier@rational360.com , or register online at: www.siia.net/AATC/2012/press.asp

The 2012 SIIA All About the Cloud NextGen companies are as follows:

• Indicee is an innovative cloud BI platform that’s leading the shift away from complex and expensive on-premise BI software, towards agile, cloud-based alternatives.
• NuoDB is a 21st century operational database that addresses the challenges of Web scale applications for the cloud.
• Real Status‘ 3D modeling and visualization software, Hyperglance, reveals every dimension of inter-dependence between applications and infrastructure-all at the same time and on a single screen.
• The Resumator is a SaaS recruiting platform that helps employers hire with confidence. Over 900 fast-growing employers across all industries trust The Resumator to save time, reduce cost, and build strong teams.

Rhianna Collier is VP for the Software Division at SIIA.

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This Week in the Federal Cloud: April 2-6

April 6, 2012 By Mike Hettinger Leave a Comment

As it does every spring, Federal IT took center stage in Washington, DC this week, as the Washington Convention Center hosted the annual FOSE Conference and Trade Show.  This year featured tracks on mobility, cybersecurity and cloud & virtualization, as well as keynotes from Federal CIO Steven Van Roekel and former U.S. Senator George Mitchell.  A lot of buzz in the halls on innovation, the future of federal IT, security in the cloud and the upcoming FedRAMP certification process.

This week in Federal Cloud also saw contract awards for the Army Private Cloud (APC2) and more talk about the need for acquisition to evolve to support cloud deployment.

  • FOSE Conference brings together hundreds of government IT leaders from around the country
    (Federal Times, April 3)
    (Washington Technology, April 4)
    (Federal Computer Week, April 3)
  • US Army awards $250 million private cloud contract to HP (ITProPortal, April 4)
  • McClure says acquisition officers must retool for cloud (Fierce Government IT, April 4)
  • Australia:  Federal government opens up to smaller cloud deals.  Aim is to make sure technology can be acquired as it becomes available (IT News Australia, April 3)

Michael Hettinger is VP for the Public Sector Innovation Group at SIIA.

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Tip #6: 10 Tips to Maximizing Your Time at All About the Cloud

April 5, 2012 By Rhianna Collier Leave a Comment

Tip 6: Listen to Your Peers

For the past 5 weeks I have been giving you tips on how to maximize your time at All About the Cloud and make the most of your attendance. This week I have ask some of my friends, who have attended for many years, to provide their tips for leveraging the conference to do business, grow your network and have fun.

Feyzi Fatehi, CEO, Corent Technology – “Invest in preparation. Figure out who you want to meet at the conference and why. Set up your meetings in advance. Invest in follow up! “

Richard Dym, CMO, SpotlightTMS - “Enjoy the opening reception and blow out party, surprisingly you’ll find the after effects will force you to concentrate during the sessions and actually increase the value of the conference.”

Ralph Hibbs, Director, Marketing, Dell Boomi – “Be sure to attend the Networking Extravaganza on Wednesday night: food, beverages, entertainment, fun and networking all in one location.”

Eileen Boerger, President, Corsource Technology Group, Inc. – “In addition to attending sessions that discuss topics of importance to your business,  network with people who have similar situations or issues that can provide you with very valuable insights and advice.”

Jim Szafranski, SVP, Fiberlink Communications - “The speed networking session is a great way to create unexpected relationships with experts and leaders in our field and you don’t even have to submit a photo and profile ahead of time and be worried about a perfect match!”

There you have it. Don’t take it from me, listen to your peers!

Rhianna Collier is VP for the Software Division at SIIA.

 

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An Interview with SIIA Member The Resumator

March 30, 2012 By Rhianna Collier Leave a Comment

SIIA recently welcomed The Resumator to our community. I had a chance to chat with their Marketing Director, Laurie Barkman, to learn a bit more about the talent acquisition space. Read my interview below.

Rhianna: Welcome to SIIA! Tell me a little about The Resumator and what makes you unique.

Laurie: The Resumator is a recruiting platform to help fast-growing businesses confidently manage their hiring. We’ve made the system easy to use, easy to learn, and easy to implement, so small-to-medium sized businesses can save time and money hiring great people.  Our software provides tools that simplify hiring tasks, processes that any company can adapt, and the data to assist in making informed hiring decisions.

Rhianna: You are experiencing tremendous growth. In fact, I heard you are looking to almost double your staff this year. To what do you attribute the rapid growth rate?

Laurie: That’s true – we’re currently 18 people strong and we’re on track to end the year at about 30. We’ve built an talented core team. It’s because of their hard work, talent, and creativity that we’ve been able to achieve success in a relatively short time.

It’s also proof that the inspiration behind our product is sound. Our team has done a tremendous job executing on the vision of a simpler, more socially intelligent hiring solution. Since 2009, The Resumator has helped more than 900 companies develop their hiring process and attract over 1 million applicants.  Leading companies across all industries including Evernote, Atari, Mashable, IGN, ThinkGeek, Pinterest, and Klout use The Resumator to ramp up their hiring.

Rhianna: You recently announced a partnership with StartUp America, helping to fuel entrepreneurs. What is the significance of this partnership?

Laurie: We believe that the future lies in entrepreneurial solutions to everyday problems. Startup America is doing a great job of empowering entrepreneurs and generating excitement around their members.

The partnership with StartUp America gives us a chance to connect with a large number of people on the front lines of building innovative new companies. We offered StartUp America members about $12 million in free access to The Resumator to help ramp-up their teams and launch their businesses.

Rhianna: The talent acquisition for cloud service providers seems so intense right now. Are you seeing that as well? Are there other specific industries facing similar challenges?

Laurie: Looking at the hiring activity of employers using The Resumator, we have a few observations. Most notable is the strong demand for software engineers, which is common amongst technology companies including cloud service providers.  Additionally, there is strong hiring activity in other industries including marketing services, e-commerce, and health care. There is a growing demand for account managers, designers, customer support representatives, and nurses.

Rhianna Collier is VP for the Software Division at SIIA.

 

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