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

April 5, 2012 By

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

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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This Week in the Federal Cloud: March 26-30

March 30, 2012 By

A lot happened this week around the federal government’s move to cloud computing and related technologies – everything from GSA’s Dave McClure announcing that current IaaS BPA holders will be the first to go through the FedRAMP certification process, to the federal government announcing a $200m “big data” investment to GSA Chief Martha Johnson pushing shared services and Amazon and NIH announcing plans to put human genome project data in the cloud. The links below give you more information.

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

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Special Offer to Attend NaviCloud Expo Complimentary

March 29, 2012 By

Join SIIA member Navisite April 4-5 at NaviCloud Expo and hear a panel of executives from leading companies to talk about their experiences.

In this session, “Cloud: The Inside Story,” gain insight and hear first hand from customers who have already begun their migration to cloud computing and services. This forum will provide you the opportunity to learn from your colleagues as they share their experiences: what criteria they used to make decisions; how they developed an implementation strategy; and considerations they took into account before moving forwarding. The panel includes:

  • Michael Sheehy, Chief Technology Officer, ASOS, a top online UK retailer
  • Gareth Evans, Enterprise Solutions Architect, Isentry, a leading software and solutions provider for highly regulated industries
  • Brian Lincoln, Director of IT Cloud Services, Pomeroy, a recognized leader in the service desk and managed desktop services market

Who should attend?
The NaviCloud Expo is the perfect opportunity for CIO’s, CTO’s, directors of IT and IT managers to network with their peers and hear directly from experts about the newest trends in cloud computing and how it will effect business now and in the new future.

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Tip #5: 10 Tips to Maximizing Your Time at All About the Cloud

March 28, 2012 By

Tip 5: Let loose and Have Fun!

We know that your primary reason to attend a conference is to gather relevant information and making business connections. We also know how exhausting this can be so we have incorporated a number of fun activities where you can let loose, all the while, still networking and learning. The first “The Cloud is Right” game show is sure to be an interactive session where you see your peers face off in friendly competition. The game show is just a tee off for the annual Dell Boomi party. Some may say this party is legendary! Many fun memories and business connections have been made at the Dell Boomi party and you won’t want to miss the activities we have planned for this year. To make sure you leave the conference relaxed we are closing the conference with the 27th Annual CODiE Award presentations. While we are announcing the awards we will be filling you glasses and your bellies as you see who is selected as the best software products of the year. To maximize your time at All About the Cloud, leverage these activities to let loose and have fun. Some of the biggest business deals have been done over a drink at these types of events, yours might be next!

Rhianna Collier is VP for the Software Division at SIIA.

 

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Mark your Calendar: Key Spring Federal Cloud Computing Dates

March 26, 2012 By

Now that Spring has arrived, it’s time for cloud providers and tech companies that do business with the federal government to mark their calendars with the season’s key cloud dates, opportunities and deadlines.

March: Progress on Shared First
This month’s targets include agency assessment of the current state of shared services, identification of two commodity IT areas to be shared, and incorporation of current and future shared service areas into the EA transition plan.

Mid-April: Cloud First/FedRAMP Deadline
First 3rd Party Assessment Organizations (3PAOs) to be approved

May: Shared First Target
Develop a roadmap to improve quality

June 5-7: NIST Cloud Computing Workshop V
The forum and workshop, held at the Department of Commerce, “calibrates the NIST Cloud Computing program and USG Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap initiative with external stakeholders” and “features panels focusing on Federal and private sector topics of interest and showcases work completed through NIST chaired public working groups.”

June 8: Cloud First 18 Month Deliverables Due

  • Create a government-wide marketplace for data center availability
  • ScaleIT program management career path
  • EnableIT program manager mobility across government and industry
  • Reduce barriers to entry for small innovative technology companies
  • Roll out the  “TechStat” model at the bureau level

Want to stay up to date on key Federal cloud dates? Get involved with the Public Sector Innovation Group (PSIG), a new division of SIIA comprised of innovative software and IT services firms seeking to take advantage of the evolving Federal investment in cloud-related technologies. The PSIG builds off the themes of SIIA’s annual Cloud/Gov Conference that has tracked the transformation of Government IT procurement over the past six years.

Laura Greenback is Communications Director at SIIA.

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SIIA Member Alteva Discusses How to Understand the Generational Divide in Communications

March 22, 2012 By

There is an inherent generational preference when it comes to the mode of communication we use. Understanding this inherent preference is essential for businesses and their future success. As the new generation enters the workforce, companies will need to offer the types of communication tools that will attract the best and brightest. SIIA member Alteva dicusses how to understand the gap. Check out their blog post to learn more.

Katie CarlsonKatie Carlson is Program Manager for the SIIA Software Division.

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