conferences and trade shows

Just back from three intense and encouraging days at the Assises de la Sécurité conference in Monaco. It’s the first time commonIT has been to the event, an annual fixture in the French information security calendar now in its ninth year. The number and the quality of the contacts we made was impressive, with a lot of interest in the Virtual Browser solution. As word got around, with CSOs, industry analysts and consultants speaking to each other about commonIT, it was as if we were watching our technology grow from day to day, evolving from “technical innovation” to “enterprise solution” before our eyes. Journalists from leading French industry media including Distributique, 01 informatique,  Journal du Net, Global Security Mag, and virtuanews joined the buzz.

We’re going to have our work cut out following up all the leads — but that was what we went for! A big thank you to DG Consultants for the organisation and management of the event.

ECS, the European leader in IT infrastructure management with a turnover of €1.9bn, is holding its very first Partner Days on 1st and 2nd October at the Château Saint-Just near Paris, and commonIT has been invited to participate. The aim of the Partner Days, which will consist of a series of information and technical and sales training sessions, is to develop joint business opportunities by offering innovative, value-added technology solutions to clients of ECS and its partners.

The event will be attended by around 300 people from all over Europe. Representing ECS will be the Board of Directors, the Product Managers, the Sales and presales teams, technical support and Project Managers. An opportunity for us at commonIT to develop a tighter relationship with a valuable partner.

Does what, exactly? Why, winning the Monaco Grand Prix, of course! When commonIT heads for Monaco next month we won’t be trying to emulate Formula 1 drivers (though some of the team regret this) — but we’re going there to win.

From October 7th to 10th around a thousand of the most senior CSOs representing practically every major enterprise, ministry and government and local authority agency in France will be in Monaco for the ninth annual “Assises de la sécurité” get-together. As one of the sponsors of the event commonIT will man a stand for the three days of conferences and workshops, and deliver a 40 minute workshop on virtualisation and browser security. Through a partnership with the French edition of Global Security Mag all delegates will also receive a copy of a new white paper on enterprise web security developped by commonIT — the English version will be available shortly, watch this blog!

The three days of close interaction with high-level contacts from every sector of the French economy are a once-a-year opportunity to reach key decision makers, to spread the Virtual Browser message, to listen to their needs, and to detect new business opportunities. That’s why we’re sending a team of three people; commonIT will represented by Daniel, Albino and myself. Just like Jenson Button, we’re going there to win. But we’ll be driving a little more slowly.