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EuroCloud and SIIA start collaboration to drive global industry support for ISVs, SaaS and Cloud providers
Today, EuroCloud (www.eurocloud.org) and SIIA announce their collaboration on providing global membership support within the fast growing International SaaS and Cloud market. Through the partnership, they will support European based SaaS and Cloud providers growing their knowledge of the US market, and US based SaaS and Cloud providers growing their knowledge of the European market. ... [More]

Netflix Chief Cloud Architect Adrian Cockcroft & Other Top Tech Execs to Keynote AATC Next Week
Leading cloud executives for Netflix, HP and Telx will be the keynote speakers for the 2013 All About the Cloud conference taking place on May 7-9 at San Francisco’s Palace Hotel. This year’s conference will focus on the cloud marketplace’s most significant issues and trends – including risk management and cybersecurity, data analytics, new cloud ... [More]

SIIA Joins Broad Call for Email/Cloud Privacy
 This Thursday the Senate Judiciary Committee will take up legislation to reform the outdated Electronic Communications and Privacy Act (ECPA) to correct the current law’s double-standard that inappropriately provides for a lower level of privacy for communications stored remotely, or “in the cloud.” S.607, Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2013, is also referred ... [More]

SIIA to Hold AATC, Leading Annual Forum for Cloud Computing, May 7-9 in San Francisco
SIIA today announced that it will hold AATC (All About the Cloud) – the software industry’s most comprehensive ISV conference on the continually evolving cloud computing market – May 7-9 at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, CA. The eighth annual conference will bring together industry-leading executives, prominent analysts, venture capitalists and members of the ... [More]

Which Next Gen Companies Are Disrupting the Market? Find Out at All About the Cloud
SIIA announced today that 10 early stage technology companies have been selected as the 2013 SIIA NextGen companies. As part of the 2013 NextGen program each company is invited to participate in a special showcase at SIIA’s All About the Cloud conference. All About the Cloud – the software industry’s most comprehensive ISV conference – ... [More]

New SIIA Report: Software CFOs Say Cloud is Now Vital to Finance Operations
The SIIA Software Division released a new publication today featuring commentary and strategic guidance from the chief financial officers and other leading executives of nine software companies, including NetSuite, Avangate and Adaptive Planning. The report, called “Deciphering Finance,” provides unique perspectives on the dramatic changes that technology is bringing to corporate finance, with a particular ... [More]

SIIA Urges Support for Legislation to Reform ECPA as House Subcommittee Examines Cloud Privacy
SIIA called for a level playing field for cloud computing as the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations prepares for a hearing tomorrow regarding reform of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA). We have seen tremendous technological advances in communications and computing technology since 1986, when ECPA was enacted. The legal ... [More]

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 ... [More]

Webinar: The Data Center of Tomorrow
In partnership with CloudNOW, the SIIA and CloudNOW webinar series features thought leadership and best practices from some of the greatest minds in the industry. Webinar Description Software Defined Network introduces a new breed of computer network that exists only as software so that you can control it independently of the physical switches and routers ... [More]

This Week in Public Sector Innovation
Cloud/GOV 2013 to feature keynote address from Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel: SIIA’s annual Cloud/GOV Conference announced earlier this week that Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel will provide the opening keynote address at the association’s the 7th Annual Federal IT Conference. VanRoekel joins an already impressive list of keynotes that includes David DeVries, Deputy CIO for Information ... [More]

Upcoming Conferences (more conferences)

October 18-20, London, UK
2010 marks the 4th annual OnDemand Europe, the European software industry's most comprehensive annual ISV conference for understanding the business drivers around SaaS and Cloud Computing.

Webinar Recording (more webinars)