The new year starts with two media appearances for commonIT. The January 7th edition of 01Informatique, France’s leading weekly for IT professionals, dedicates (almost) a full page to commonIT — the founders, the first steps, the technology — by journalist Stéphane Bellec. Should you get your hands on a copy, commonIT is on page 20. Hard on the heels of the 01Informatique article I was interviewed for the 01Business show on French radio station BFM (Business FM) — 3 questions, 3 minutes. You can listen to the interview as a podcast here — skip to 42″40 (unless you’re also interested in the French market for e-learning solutions, the focus of the broadcast).
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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.
“Double nonfat soy vanilla latte”
“Give me a soy macchiato… No, make that a soy caramel macchiato”
“A triple long extra pump white mocha, please”
Huh? Has commonIT started a side business training future baristas? No, it’s the guys practising their Starbucks jargon for the upcoming invasion of the American market.
OK, we’re not quite there yet. But when John Dunn, Security editor at TechWorld (a leading UK IT news site) interviewed Dan and David about Virtual Browser release 1.0, the news was quickly duplicated to Network World, probably the most widely read news source (print and online) among IT professionals in the US. And thanks to the miracle of news syndication the same story reaches a different audience, more Web 2.0, in The Industry Standard.
All of which provides a welcome boost in visibility in the run-up to the Infosecurity Europe show in London, April 28th to 30th — come by and see us on the French Pavilion, stand N65.
And here in Lyon, “un café” is the only phrase you’ll need to learn for your daily dose of caffeine.
