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Companies look to develop their software and services in a Cloud-based environment for its convenient and flexible access. However, this convenience and flexibility comes with its own risk. Listen to this pre-recorded webinar as Grant Thornton and CloudPassage discuss how to develop software in the Cloud – securely.
Speakers:
Mitchell Simon, Managing Director, Grant Thornton
Rand Wacker, Vice President of Product Management, CloudPassage
New Saugatuck Thought-leadership Papers on ISV Partnering for Innovation and Speed
ISVs developing and/or migrating their business and offering portfolios to compete in today’s constant-innovation, Cloud-speed marketplaces may be interested in a series of thought-leadership papers just developed and published on behalf of Wipro Technologies.
Based on Saugatuck’s years of working with and guiding ISVs through the planning and transition from traditional software business to new, innovation-driven capabilities, opportunities, and offerings, each paper looks at an important aspect of what makes ISVs successful in today’s fast-changing, ultra-competitive markets, including the most important challenges faced by ISVs, and how these challenges are being overcome through new ways of approaching and resolving business and technology needs.
The bottom line: Successful ISVs rely increasingly on trusted technology and service provider partners to enable the most innovative and fastest time-to-market offerings and capabilities possible. Technology, business, and market innovation and success become more cost-effective than ever before.
Links to the three papers can be found as follows:
This blog post was contributed by Bruce Guptill, SVP and Head of Research at Saugatuck Technology. More from the Saugatuck blog, Lens360.
Katie Carlson is Program Manager for the SIIA Software Division.
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.
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.
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:
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.
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.
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.
Michael Hettinger is VP for the Public Sector Innovation Group at SIIA.