Richard Davies wrote: The UK has a good crop of technology pioneers in cloud computing - for example ElasticHosts, FlexiScale, Flexiant, OnApp - and also some strong government initiatives such as G-Cloud.
We will have to see whether this kind of technical leadership converts into swift mass-market adoption or not.
JOENSUU, Finland, November 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Blancco, the global leader in data erasure and end-of-lifecycle
solutions, today announced a hat trick in terms of their expansion into
Eastern Europe, with three new channel partners, with a representative for
each country of Slovenia, Poland and Romania. Blancco have selected three
prestigious partners to support the sales of data erasure and IT asset
management solutions with Miska in Slovenia (https://www.miska.si) , AutoID
in Poland (https://www.autoid.pl) and Crescendo International in Romania
(http://www.crescendo.ro/en/ ).
Blancco has already earned credibility and customers in the region, and
for some time held a certification as the only data erasure software
certified by the Polish authorities. As of the 3rd November 2009 the Czech
Republic`s National Security Authority is also recommending Blancco after
conducting an evaluation of Blancco products and setting the conditions for
their usage in the area of national classified information
(http://www.nbu.cz).
Constantin Buda, Blancco's sales manager for Eastern Europe, a Romanian
citizen, joined Blancco in 2009 and in addition to consulting directly with
customers in the region will be available at the European Brokers Meeting in
Praque Czech Republic (http://www.europeanbrokermeeting.com/index.php), on
the 12th and 13th November.
With so much focus on the global economy right now Blancco have
identified some new regional growth opportunities. According to IDC's
September 2009 markets alert the Polish security software market reached a
value of $66.28 million, the Romanian IT market grew 6.0% year on year in
2008 to $2.68 billion and the Slovenia IT market reached $1,038.09 million,
up 4.1%.
About Blancco
Blancco software is the proven data erasure solution for millions of
users around the globe and is the industry's most certified erasure software.
The company serves users across a wide range of industries, including
banking, finance, government and defence, as well as IT Asset Disposal
professionals. Blancco operates from an extensive network of international
offices and partners across Europe, North America, Asia, and Australasia.
More information is available at http://www.blancco.com.
About AutoID in Poland
AutoID belong to a limited pool of companies, offering comprehensive
solutions in this area. Each of our customers receives individual treatment.
Our offering comprises the analysis, a fitting proposal, implementation and
maintenance. Among others, we cooperate with dmt - systemy informatyczne
company, designing and creating systems tailored to fit the customer's needs.
Our deliveries include document processing (OCR/ICR/OMR), document back-up
and flow management (DMS, CMS), security (KD/RCP, biometry), warehouse and
inventory management, identity management and encryption systems.
About Crescendo
Crescendo is the IT&C solution house through which companies get maximum
returns from the business information.The clients of the CRESCENDO IT&C
solution house save effort and resources as they can find under the same roof
a unique contact point for both implementing new IT&C solutions as well as
for their integration with the existing ones.Thanks to the partnerships with
IT&C world leaders, the clients take advantage of modern worldwide validated
solutions. It is these partnerships that set the foundation upon which
Crescendo builds customized IT&C solutions, according to the specific needs
of each and every one of the clients.
About Miska
Miska's core activity is providing security and cryptographic solutions
for Communication and Information system, specialized in confidential
networks. To our customers we offer consulting, engineering, sales, design
and maintenance services. We consult and help companies in performing
assessments, analyzing risks, choosing security and cryptographic equipment.
Miska provides comprehensive security and cryptographic solutions to
secure voice, video, data communications and solutions for secure data
erasure. Our goal is building long-term relationships with our partners and
customers. Miska is trusted supplier for governments and large companies in
the region.