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Special Offer to Attend NaviCloud Expo Complimentary

March 29, 2012 By Katie Carlson Leave a Comment

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 #4: 10 Tips to Maximizing Your Time at All About the Cloud

March 21, 2012 By Rhianna Collier Leave a Comment

Tip 4: 25 Top Software Business Products

On Monday we announced the finalists for the 27th Annual CODiE Awards, our peer-reviewed awards program. The winners of the 25 Software Business categories will be announced at All About the Cloud on May 10th during a special awards presentation where you can network with the winners. It is no surprise that this year’s category with the most nominations was Best Cloud Application/Service so what a better place to announce the winner than All About the Cloud. You will want to be at the awards presentation, not just to see who wins, especially if you are a finalist, but also to meet the companies selected as having the best products and services of the year! A complete list of finalist can be found here. Kudos to all the 2012 Finalists! I should also mention that for the second year in a row, SIIA member NetSuite, received the highest number of finalists nods. That is a tremendous feat!

Rhianna Collier is VP for the Software Division at SIIA.

 

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Tip #3: 10 Tips to Maximizing Your Time at All About the Cloud

March 14, 2012 By Rhianna Collier Leave a Comment

Tip 3: Leverage Your Time in San Francisco

For those of you who have attended All About the Cloud in the past, you know how much we pack into the program. Between conference sessions, networking activities, and business meetings, schedules fill up quickly. If this is your first time attending All About the Cloud we promise to keep you busy. Plan now to leverage both the audience we have gathered in San Francisco and also your visit to the Bay Area. While the conference will keep you busy on Wednesday and Thursday, utilize Monday, Tuesday and Friday to schedule other business meetings, maximizing your time in San Francisco. In fact, we have organized a number of pre-conference activities on Tuesday that you can leverage for meetings and networking. Speed Networking is a MUST! http://www.siia.net/aatc/2012/schedule.asp

Rhianna Collier is VP for the Software Division at SIIA.

 

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Tip #2: 10 Tips to Maximizing Your Time at All About the Cloud

March 7, 2012 By Rhianna Collier

Tip 2: Do your pre-conference planning NOW!

We all know that time can get away from us. Business is booming and calendars are packed! I, like many of you, have waited until the last minute to plan my participation at an event, paying additional fees and ending up in a hotel across town. You can avoid any last minute scrambling by taking care of some pre-conference details now.

  1. Avoid any confusion when you arrive at the conference by registering now, not to mention you can take advantage of the early-bird savings.
  2. Plan to bring other colleagues and/or employees who would greatly benefit from attending the conference. In fact, you can save money with a corporate registration package, good for three people.
  3. Make reservations for transportation and hotel early. The Palace Hotel is a San Francisco landmark and we have negotiated a great room rate for our attendees. We fully expect the hotel to sell out of rooms as they have each year in the past so book now to avoid extra travel costs and time if forced to stay at a different hotel.
  4. Identify your goals for the conference. What is it that you want to get out of the 3 days? Are there certain people or companies you want to meet or specific knowledge you want to walk away with? Identifying your goals in advance will help you pick specific sessions you won’t want to miss and identify the companies/attendees you want to meet.
  5. Familiarize yourself with the sponsors. Take a look at the companies and determine who you want to meet with at the conference.
  6. Make sure all the networking activities are on your calendar. When you register you will have options for speed networking, welcome reception and the offsite extravaganza, all of which are, not just signature events, they are a must!

In the coming weeks we will be rolling out our online conference attendee portal where you will be able to request meetings with our sponsors and attendees. If you do the pre-planning now you will be ready to roll when we make this service available and on your way to maximizing your participation at All About the Cloud.

Rhianna Collier is VP for the Software Division at SIIA.

 

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Tip #1: 10 Tips to Maximizing Your Time at All About the Cloud

February 29, 2012 By Rhianna Collier Leave a Comment

We are just 10 weeks out until the 7th All About the Cloud conference in San Francisco. Since I have actively participated, and some may say survived, the last 6 years of this event I thought it would be helpful to share some tips on how to get the most from your conference attendance. Each week I, along with some featured guests, will provide tips to help you organize your time at the conference and leverage all that the event has to offer. To kick us off…

Tip 1: Come prepared with your questions! Over the past 7 years, we have had a number of widely recognized and distinguished speakers cross our stage. 2012 is no different! This year you will hear keynote presentations that will help ISVs scale their cloud offerings and enhance their products with mobile technologies. We will also be joined by a Pulitzer Prize Finalist who will give us a look ahead into the next stage of cloud disruption. An additional 50 experts will take the stage over the course of two days to address your most compelling business issues, ultimately providing you with the advice you need to grow and monetize your business.

All of our speakers, keynotes included, are happy to take questions from the audience. Come prepared with your questions. If you don’t get the answer you were looking for from the presentations or discussions don’t be afraid to ask. Our speakers benefit from your questions just as much as you benefit from their answers.

Rhianna Collier is VP for the Software Division at SIIA.

 

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All About the Cloud – Why the Buzz?

February 23, 2012 By Katie Carlson Leave a Comment

Cloud Computing is changing the way every one of us consumes IT services and delivers applications. From SaaS, IaaS, PaaS, to Big Data – the industry’s landscape is evolving. So what’s the next greatest Buzz? Check out this video and find out what everyone is saying:

Register or sponsor the Industry’s Leading ISV conference representing the entire cloud ecosystem, All About the Cloud.

 

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

 

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Interview with new SIIA member Alteva

February 3, 2012 By Rhianna Collier Leave a Comment

We are delighted to welcome Alteva, a WVT Communications Group, to the SIIA community. I had a chance to speak with their Executive VP and Chief Sales Officer, Louis Hayner to discuss the value of cloud-based unified communications. Read my interview below.

Rhianna: Welcome to SIIA! Tell me a little bit about Alteva.

Louis: Alteva, a WVT Communications Group company, is a cloud-based unified communications solution provider for companies with 35+ users. The highest priority at Alteva is providing every customer with all their communications needs including cloud-based Call Routing/Voice over IP Services (VoIP PBX), Messaging and Web-based Collaboration through Microsoft Communication Services, Fixed Mobile Convergence and Advanced Communications Applications for the desktop.

Rhianna: What are the advantages for companies to move their communication needs to the cloud?

Louis: There are many benefits for companies of all sizes to move to the cloud. The most advantageous include mobility/anywhere access; scalability; cost savings; and disaster recovery capabilities. Alteva’s hosted Unified Communications clients reduce their total cost of ownership by 20% with a 70% reduction in startup expenses and no ongoing maintenance fees, as compared to premise-based PBX systems.

Rhianna: You have partnerships with some of the leading technology companies. How important is the partner ecosystem? Do you have any advice for our members when it comes to building a successful partner program?

Louis: WVT Communications Group believes that a high tide raises all ships – something that Alteva has always held to. That’s why our philosophy has always been to seek co-marketing opportunities with not just partners, but even fellow cloud communications service providers. When any cloud communications company promotes hosted technology and educates the public about the benefits of the cloud, it serves the entire cloud industry. Alteva can tout its own solution as the best, but when its partners are touting Alteva it provides a much more credible and powerful third party validation. It’s important to have good relationships with your partners, and to have strategic discussions on ways to work together and help one another. If our partners names can help to validate our brand quality, then it is to their benefit to provide quotes for our press releases and put representatives in our trade show booths and attend our events.

Rhianna: Your customers cover a range of industries. Are certain industries more likely to adopt these cloud-based communication solutions? Are there any industries that have surprised you with their rate of adoption? Do you see any significant movement from the public sector?

Louis: Many industries can benefit from cloud communications, but there are some that can benefit even more so than others. For example, law firms benefit from the mobility features that enable user to communicate from any location, as well as hosted call recording and detailed phone reporting features. Law firms, health care facilities and other organizations that tend to have multiple locations or satellite offices will see notable cost savings. We are not surprised by any industries specifically, but we are thrilled by the increased adoption by the SMB space in recent years, as they see that solutions like Alteva Unified Communications are affordable for smaller companies.

Rhianna Collier is VP for the Software Division at SIIA.

 

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