SITC - Security Innovation & Technology Consortium

Venue: San Fransisco, USA.

Background

Following the success of last year's mission, UK Trade & Investment is organising a second Cloud Mission to Silicon Valley.

The Cloud landscape is becoming clearer, the PaaS market continues to expand, hybrid Clouds are a reality, and enterprises and governments are planning to adopt Cloud services beyond Dev & Test and for a range of their business functions. The US market is looking for further Cloud technologies, products and services to drive adoption.

The mission is currently recruiting CEOs of cutting edge companies whose software deliverables might include:

• Compliance, security, reliability, or privacy benefits which address business concerns around Cloud adoption 
• Cloud enabling features for scaling, performance, virtualisation, storage, or middleware 
• Real cost reductions for business users of private or hybrid Cloud architecture 
• Analytics of Real-time / Big Data across the Cloud

Or, whose technology forms part of the Cloud: powering smartphones and tablets, mobile and collaborative working etc.

Programme

The UKTI's 4 day agenda will including meetings with a selection of the following major vendors: Salesforce, Citrix, VMware, HP, IBM, plus local incubators, business environment advisers, strategists and peer companies.

Mission activities will aim to:

• Foster relationships between UK companies and US industry leaders; potential technology and Go-To-Market partners 
• Provide access to the latest, market-specific strategic thinking, to enhance your company's US strategy, knowledge of the competitive landscape and credibility in this key market 
• Provide practical guidance on doing business in the US 
• Provide networking opportunities with Silicon Valley's Cloud community 
• Provide opportunity to attend FailCon on Monday 24th October with a UKTI 20% discount

Booking

Application to attend this mission does not guarantee selection.  Selection to attend is via a competitive review process.

Delegate companies must be a UK headquartered SME.

Participation in the mission will require commissioning a £888 Overseas Market Introduction Service (OMIS) through UK Trade & Investment.   This service provides for overall mission programme and outlined activities.  Delegates are responsible for covering the cost of their own transportation and accommodation.

For further details please contact Fiona King or call 01622 767912 and to register online for this mission please go to: http://ukticloudmission.eventbrite.com