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

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:43

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 – will be held May 7-9 in San Francisco.

Much of the discussion about market disruption has focused on large, brand name businesses, but there is tremendous innovation taking place at companies that get little attention. NextGen companies– chosen by a Selection Committee comprised of M&A, VC and advisory executives–are young businesses that offer innovative software and services. The CEOs of these companies will participate in the “Next Generation of Cloud” panels during All About the Cloud.

The 2013 SIIA All About the Cloud NextGen companies are as follows:

Armor5 Inc. has a unique approach to solving some of the most challenging security and compliance problems in enterprise today – migration of corporate assets from intranet to cloud and increased use of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) into the workplace.

Appnomic Systems is a leading provider of preventive IT performance management and automation solutions enabling IT Operations to avoid major IT incidents, improve mean time to repair, increase IT staff productivity, and achieve new levels of compliance.

DICOM Grid a leading provider in cloud-based medical image exchange, DICOM Grid transforms the way healthcare systems worldwide share, manage, and store medical images. By leveraging ongoing advances in information technology and adapting them to healthcare, DICOM Grid solves a critical challenge in diagnostic imaging.

GoSpotCheck provides a mobile solution for retail companies to help improve their field reporting & intelligence. We provide a unique solution that enables these companies to get real-time & structured data from the field, improving the processes and understanding of their operations.

Integrate is the first advertising technology provider that empowers media buyers to plan, launch, analyze, and optimize marketing campaigns across performance, digital and traditional media. Integrate’s Centralized Media-Management Platform (CMMP) offers an end-to-end solution that supports the entire lifecycle of paid media campaigns in one intuitive dashboard.

PlaceIQ builds audience segments for advertisers by aggregating large amounts of location data from multiple data sources to understand what behaviors, people, and activities exist in a given place and time. This location targeting solution is a powerful and unique, privacy friendly way to define, reach, and learn about specific audiences in the world they live in.

Shopping Cart Elite is for online retailers who are dissatisfied with the limitation of their Shopping Cart, Shopping Cart Elite is a sophisticated shopping cart that will completely automate your business. We have created a system that doesn’t require you to pay thousands of dollars to App partners to have marketing and SEO tools for your business, we made a great product and bundled it all into one complete turnkey package.

Techcello is a ready to use application development framework stack on top of .NET that saves 90-150 people months of effort. Established ISVs, New SaaS Product companies,  Large multi-national Enterprises, BPOs, HROs and KPOs use Techcello to build .NET solutions with a configurable Multi-tenant architecture that can be scaled on a Private or Public Cloud.

VoloMetrix’s Social Enterprise Intelligence application applies privacy filters and then analyzes anonymous, real-time information from corporate email, calendar, instant messaging, and social platforms to provide deep actionable insights into the ways teams are spending their time on the most important business priorities.

xTuple business management software gives growing companies control over operations and profitability. xTuple integrates all critical functional areas in one modular system: sales, accounting and operations — including customer and supplier management, inventory control, manufacturing and distribution — the powerful tools to Grow Your World®.

Rhianna Collier is VP for the Software Division at SIIA. Follow the Software team on Twitter at @SIIASoftware.

SIIA Announces Software Finalists for 2013 CODiE Awards

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:35

Today SIIA announced the 127 finalists for the 2013 SIIA CODiE Awards in Software Business categories. These finalists recognize applications, products, and services, which deliver solutions for use by business, government, consumers, academic, or other organizations.

This year there were 27 Software categories, including twelve new and updated categories that reflect the continued growth and evolution of cloud computing, mobile, big data, and video. Highlights include Best Cloud Platform as a Service Solution, Best Big Data Solution, Best Mobile Device Application for Consumers, Best Mobile Device Application for Enterprise, and Best Video Tool.

Winners will be announced during a special Awards luncheon on May 9 in San Francisco during the industry’s most comprehensive ISV conference, All About the Cloud.

The SIIA CODiE Awards are the industry’s only peer-reviewed awards program. The first round review of all nominees include industry executives and analysts, representatives of media outlets, bloggers, and investors. The judges are responsible for selecting the CODiE Awards finalists. SIIA members then vote on the finalist products and the scores from both rounds are tabulated to select the winners.

Details about each finalist are listed at http://siia.net/codies/2013/finalists.asp

2013 CODiE Awards Software Finalists

Best Big Data Solution

Best Business Intelligence/Analytics Solution

Best Cloud Application Service

Best Cloud Infrastructure

Best Cloud Management Solution

Best Cloud Platform as a Service

Best Cloud Storage & Back Up Solution

Best Collaboration Solution

Best Commerce Solution

Best Enterprise Mobile Service

Best Financial Management Solution

Best Human Capital/Talent Management Solution

Best Integration Solution

Best Marketing Automation Solution

Best Mobile Development Solution

Best Mobile Device Application for Consumers

Best Mobile Device Application for Enterprises

Best Monetization Solution

Best Open Source Innovation

Best Project Management Solution

Best Relationship Management Solution

Best Security Solution

Best SEO Solution

Best Social Business Solution

Best Supply Chain Management Solution

Best Systems Management Solution

Best Video Tool

For more information on All About the Cloud, attending the CODiE Awards luncheon, and to see a full schedule of events, visit http://www.siia.net/aatc

Rhianna Collier is VP for the Software Division at SIIA. Follow the Software team on Twitter at @SIIASoftware.

AATC Speaker Profile: Mark Cunningham, Founder & CEO, Indicee

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 19:56

SIIA AATC Speaker Profile

Name: Mark Cuningham
Title: Founder & Cheif Executive Officer
Company: Indicee

 

Bio:
Mark Cunningham is a thought leader and entrepreneur with more than 20 years’ experience in the business intelligence (BI) industry. He has been on the founding team of four successful startups, including his current role as Founder & CEO of cloud BI company,Indicee. As a strong advocate for cloud computing and social business, Mark is passionate about bringing greater insight and data-driven decision making to the new breed of social enterprise.

Mark began his entrepreneurial career in 1992, when his family company began building the world’s first Windows-based reporting tool, Crystal Reports. Crystal was later acquired by Business Objects for $820M.

Home town: Vancouver, BC.

First job: Well, it depends on how far back I go! I collected golf balls from the water hazards and resold them to the golfers during my years in elementary school. I painted fences in high school. I worked as a bike courier during university. I guess my first real job was working on the team that created Crystal Reports.

What are you currently reading? I just finished reading Neil Young’s autobiography and now I am reading Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely, and Social Business by Design by Dion Hinchcliffe and Peter Kim.

All-time favorite music: I am a guitar player so I can’t answer that question. There are too many to choose. But I play rock, blues and jazz with a few of the bands that I’m in.

What is the best meal you have had recently? I had a great pork loin dish at Bix in San Francisco recently.

What is your next (dream) career? Vintage Cars and Guitars….buy, sell…whatever. I just like being around them. If I can make money along the way too, that would be cool.

Hobbies: Guitar, photography, kitesurfing, aviation, vintage cars, cycling…the list is long.

What do you think is the hot button issue for the software & services industry in 2013?
2013 will be all about “social business” and the advancement of technologies to support the new, collaborative way of working. This trend has seen many ISVs build social elements into the core of their applications over the last couple of years; in some cases, completely overhauling product suites or building new apps from scratch. This year, I expect to see greater sophistication in the tools that are helping to drive social business performance, including an increased demand for analytics. Businesses now want empirical evidence on the effectiveness of their social activities and the technologies they are using to support it. The need to link social strategies to business objectives is something we’re hearing all the time right now at Indicee and for that reason, I think 2013 will be a big growth year for social business analytics vendors.

What are you looking forward to most at AATC?
Can I only pick one? In that case, I’d have to say that I’m most looking forward to joining the panel on Selling More with Sales Intelligence. We have an interesting take on this subject at Indicee as we’ve been working with customers to prove, with real data, that using social channels internally to grow collective sales intelligence has a positive impact on sales performance. It should be a great conversation. I’m also excited to hear about this year’s NextGen companies, as we were winners last year. Oh, and the speed networking sounds fun. Ok, so that was three things…

Why is your company a member of SIIA?
We’ve been SIIA members for almost two years now and really value the networking opportunities that come with our membership. All About the Cloud is a great example of this!

AATC Speaker Profile: Rick Nucci, General Manager, Dell Boomi

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 19:43

SIIA AATC Speaker Profile

Name: Rick Nucci
Title: Founder & General Manager
Company: Dell Boomi

 

Bio: Rick Nucci is the Founder and General Manager of Dell Boomi where he is responsible for all operations and strategic direction. He has led the company’s successful transformation from a traditional software product company to a leading infrastructure provider in the SaaS and cloud computing industry. In his role at Dell Boomi, Rick is constantly engaged with customers and partners to ensure alignment between business needs and Dell Boomi’s strategy and operations.

Rick frequently speaks at industry and business events nationwide including Gartner AADI, Dreamforce, Cloud Expo and All About the Cloud.

Home town: Lebanon, PA

First job: DJ

What are you currently reading? Beezus and Ramona, and TechCrunch

All-time favorite music: Vanilla Ice (duh)

What is the best meal you have had recently?  Miso Cod at Ozumo

What is your next (dream) career?  Something combining music and technology…

Hobbies:  Music (attending live shows, etc.), travel

What do you think is the hot button issue for the software & services industry in 2013?  Big Data, Mobile, Social, and Cloud are top of mind for our industry.  Cloud is seeing continued and aggressive growth which is driving new levels of agility for enterprises of all sizes.

What are you looking forward to most at AATC? Networking with other ISV executives to understand best practices around sales, go-to-market, and product.

Why is your company a member of SIIA?  The connections we have made at SIIA have proven very valuable to both our BD efforts as well as helping us to learn and share with industry peers.

Webinar: 2013 SIIA Marketing Report Overview

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:27

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 the survey including how marketers have changed their focus over the course of the year. You will learn the metrics marketers are watching to determine ROI of marketing activities and the areas where marketers continue to face challenges. Following an overview of the marketing survey results, you will hear from Marketo and SoftServe who will share their marketing strategies and best practices for ROI.

Click on the links below to view a copy of each presenters slides:

SIIA
Marketing Report Overview

SoftServe
Keys to Marketing Success

Marketo
5 Secrets to Marketing Success

Presenters
Rhianna Collier
Vice President, Software Division, SIIA

Mary Brandon
Vice President, Marketing, SoftServe

Jason Miller
Social Media Manager, Marketo

 

 

Executive Profile: Feyzi Fatehi, Chief Executive Officer, Corent Technology

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 22:14

SIIA Software Division Executive Profile

 

  Name: Feyzi Fatehi
Title: CEO
Company: Corent Technology, Inc.

 

Bio:
Feyzi Fatehi is a Silicon Valley veteran with 25 years of leadership experience building high performance teams at HP and multiple software start-ups that commanded more than $1 billion in valuation. He has been a speaker at Harvard Business School, Wharton, Stanford, Pepperdine and UCLA Anderson School of Management. Feyzi is a member of the IBM Partner Advisory Council, as well as the UC Irvine Chief Executive Roundtable and serves as the chairman of the Technology Council of Southern California/ Orange County. He has a BS in Solar Engineering, an MS in Software Architecture and an MBA in International Management.

Home town: Laguna Niguel, California

First job:  Software Engineer at HP Cupertino, as a member of the small and elite team that invented the first ever commercial Real-Time Database, the HP Real-Time Database.
What are you currently reading?  Aleph; by Paulo Coelho, Mojo, by Marshall Goldsmith

All-time favorite music:  Imagine, John Lennon

What is the best meal you have had recently? Eggplant Parmesan, at Mama Cella’s Italian Kitchen, Rancho Bernardo, San Diego

What is your next (dream) career? Anything that would push me beyond my comfort zone, and would allow me to learn as well as contribute, while having the privilege of working with genuine, driven, energetic, visionary, and innovative people.

Hobbies: Reading, movies, golf, ski, ocean … and spending quality time with my family and good friends.

What do you think is the hot button issue for the software & services industry going into 2013? Recognizing that the “Cloud” is much more than just a set of virtualized systems hosted by third parties, and start looking at the next gen software platforms that help deliver the promises of the “Cloud” such as tangible and timely benefits that would accelerate and amplify SaaS success.

Why is your company a member of SIIA? The high quality of member companies, a first-class management, and the top SIIA industry events and programs.

All About the Cloud Program Committee: Russell Hertzberg, SoftServe

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:18

I recently sat down with AATC Platinum Sponsor and Program Committee member Russell Hertzberg, Vice President Technology Solutions for SoftServe, Inc. to discuss AATC 2013, their goals for the conference and what we hope to see from the program and our industry in the coming year.

Rhianna:Why was it important to you to be a part of the AATC Program Committee?

Russ: Being a part of the Program Committee helps SoftServe give input into the shape, structure, and content of the event agenda, while staying abreast of the latest developments with respect to the event plan.

Rhianna: What are your goals for the conference this year?

Russ: As always, to get some strong new ISV leads, or to further nurture existing prospects. We do this through networking, speaker presentations, and the sponsorship.

Rhianna: What is unique about AATC that makes it so valuable to ISVs?

Russ: AATC is the premier event for ISVs who are just entering or already leading in various segments of the Cloud Computing market. This event has it all: thought leaders, great panels, practical education, and how to content.

Rhianna: What are some of the topics you are excited to see in the program this year?

Russ: Mobile + cloud monetization strategies, the evolution of PaaS technology, a report card on Azure, and the role that Big Data platforms are playing in various SaaS offerings.

Rhianna: What are your industry predictions for what’s in store for 2013-2014?

Russ: 1. SaaS. Large ISVs are in an adaptive race to both build and buy SaaS capability. In this race, the course of 2013 will show increasing gaps between executing leaders and confused or denying followers. This race is the single most important determinant of the future value of the 100 largest ISV providers. The leaders will not simply make more SaaS acquisitions. They will also create hybrid solutions for current install bases. They will deliver new SaaS offerings in the SMB market by refactoring current on-premises technology. And they will adapt channel, sales and marketing models to the economics of the SaaS business.

2. DevOps. Cloud computing is changing the skill set and composition requirements of technical teams. Designing and developing software is now the front end for the long-run challenge: service delivery management and continuous application enhancement. Development operations (DevOps) are one of the critical disciplines for the new technical team. The skill set of a DevOps tech lead includes systems programming, build management, configurations management, service monitoring, security, backup, recovery and more. Over time, the technical team composition for a large SaaS deployment will trend towards an equal number of software engineers and DevOps engineers.

3. PaaS. PaaS remains a clever software technology for rapid application development or refactoring rather than a specific market. Small PaaS players can survive by deploying their technology primarily to create conventional and nimble SaaS solutions in established markets. PaaS technology will be combined with Big Data platforms to create new services and sites in several business and consumer markets.

4. Health Information Exchanges. The firmer establishment and acceptance of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009 (“Obamacare”) resulting from the re-election of Obama is driving acceleration in construction and deployment of Healthcare Information Exchanges and Health Insurance Exchanges. HIE construction and operation is attracting large hardware/software providers and major systems integrators. The cloud-based security and data integration requirements for HIEs will introduce new software and security technology like JSON and Oauth into the healthcare IT market. Other industry-specific community clouds may begin to develop in public education, finance, retail and manufacturing.

5. Social media. The technology behind the massive horizontal scalability of major social and search platforms is driving into the smaller-scale footprints of independent colocation facilities, hosters, ISPs, and enterprise data centers. Enterprises will refactor and redeploy more and more applications into hybrid and private cloud deployments, taking advantage of virtualization, multi-tenancy and horizontal scalability to become more competitive with public cloud-computing metrics and price points.

6. Mobile. Scalable back-end cloud services continue to be the anchor for mobile business and consumer applications. Mobility and cloud computing enjoy a virtuous synergy that can be seen in the rich native mobile applications for popular social networks, the hugely successful online store models for application purchase and delivery from Google/Apple/Amazon, and the overall growth in mobile device traffic on popular cloud-based sites and services.

All About the Cloud Program Committee: Eileen Boerger, CorSource Technology

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 18:01

I sat down with AATC Program Committee sponsor, Eileen Boerger, President of CorSource Technology to discuss AATC, her goals for the conference and why this event is so important for ISVs.

Rhianna: Why was it important to you to sponsor AATC and be a part of the Program Committee?

Eileen: Sponsoring All About the Cloud is important because the audience at AATC is our target market, ISVs, and one of our key consulting areas is consulting and cloud developing for ISVs. AATC allows us to network with our target audience and potential partners. We’ve seen success in the past and we look forward to continued participation.

Being part of the program committee is important because we have a much stronger network ourselves in terms of the types of topics people want to see and we know a number of people that are excellent speakers. We want to contribute to making this as strong a conference as possible by helping leverage our resources.

Rhianna: What are your goals for the conference this year?

Eileen: We’d like to hear about some of the new trends from other leading vendors and hear about the current key issues that ISV’s are discussing. We’re looking to establish some new partnerships as well as generate new business.

Rhianna: What is unique about AATC that makes it so valuable to ISVs?

Eileen: It’s one of the only forums where ISVs can come together and share what works, what doesn’t work and what is still needed to be successful in developing and delivering SaaS products. It’s also the one place they can go to talk to the vendors in the space and get a much better idea of what is possible for them.

Rhianna: What are your industry predictions for what’s in store for 2013-2014?

Eileen: ISV’s have been developing SaaS products and almost all new products are SaaS…the acceptance is ok, but Enterprises are still worried about cloud. We need to prove the environment is secureand make integrations easy between products to establish confidence with the larger Enterprises.

Announcing All About the Cloud 2013’s Program Committee

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 20:02

The Software & Information Association (SIIA) is excited to announce All About the Cloud’s (AATC 2013) Program Committee. Being represented by executives of SIIA’s Software Division members, the advisory group will provide strategic advice to shape the conference theme, networking events, workshops, and content.  You can view a complete list of the executives representing the Program Committee on the AATC 2013 website.  The event takes place from May 7-9 in the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, California.

The Program Committee for the industry’s most comprehensive ISV conference, AATC 2013 includes executives from:

CorSource Technology – the leading provider of strategic consulting, development services and technical staffing that businesses need to succeed in the fast-moving, highly competitive world of software development and IT.

FPX - the pioneering innovator of cloud-based Configure-Price-Quote® solutions that improve sales efficiency and effectiveness.  We enable salespeople to respond to customers faster by aligning sales processes with customers’ decision-making behavior.

LogiXML – offers the fastest way to create BI applications, deploy scalable dashboards and reports, and embedded analytics into existing applications – all for a fraction of the cost of other solutions. Unlike traditional Business Intelligence platforms that are complex and costly, LogiXML’s agile technology allows organizations to rapidly develop, refine, and adapt BI applications that serve any number of users on any platform, all without extensive development or professional services.

SoftServe – the global provider of proven high quality software development, testing and consulting services. SoftServe is committed to bringing the best commercial software to independent software vendors and enterprises. We combine our unmatched experience with best practices delivering SaaS/Cloud, Mobility and SDLC innovative solutions.

Corporations or individuals interested in registering, sponsoring, speaking opportunities at AATC 2013, please contact: Rhianna Collier, VP, Software Division, +1.408.884.3834, rcollier@siia.net or visit: http://siia.net/aatc/2013/.

Calling all Young and Innovative Tech Companies

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 19:42

Entrepreneur, Technology, and Innovation – is this the trifecta of what it takes to make it in today’s economy and ever changing landscape of the as-a-service space?

The SIIA is excited to launch our NextGen program for its 8th year. This program showcases the competitive nature of what truly makes a company the next generation of young companies to watch. We are calling all companies that are transforming the software and services industry. By being selected as one of the NextGen companies, you will receive:

Apply today to gain industry exposure, secure funding, form strategic partnerships, gain new customers, or form your exit strategy.


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