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Takeaways from the First Kevy Connects Event / Impact of the Cloud

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Tonight we had our first Kevy Connects event at the Atlanta Tech Village with over 250 registered attendees and a panel of Atlanta cloud software leaders including Reggie Bradford of Oracle / Vitrue, Michael Cohn of Cloud Sherpas, Bill Nussey of Silverpop, and Ed Trimble of Kevy. For the event, our goal was to bring together some of the major Software-as-a-Service companies in town to learn from each other and explore how we can continue to expand Atlanta’s strength in the world of cloud-based applications.

Here are a few takeaways from the first Kevy Connects event:

  • Cloud-based software, while it’s been around for well over a decade, is one of the fastest growing software segments and shows no signs of slowing down
  • Most companies that were originally averse to putting their information in the cloud due to security, availability, etc have come around and are now comfortable with it
  • Integration of cloud apps is a big challenge for the industry and an opportunity for new entrants
  • Atlanta’s extensive history of successful B2B software companies provides a strong foundation for the next generation of cloud-based software.

Overall, tonight’s event was a big success and we look forward to bringing the local cloud community together on a regular basis.

What else? What are some of your takeaways from the event and the impact of the cloud?

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3 responses to “Takeaways from the First Kevy Connects Event / Impact of the Cloud”

  1. Jason Swenk Avatar
    Jason Swenk

    Totally agree. One takeaway I loved is, you always need to innovate and constantly keep pushing forward. Nothing comes easy and in order to change things you need passion and focus.

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  2. Aaron Aycock (@aaronaycock) Avatar
    Aaron Aycock (@aaronaycock)

    Great event tonight. Kudos to the team. I think one of the reasons integration is getting so much attention is because we’re moving faster than we ever have. As Reggie said, marketing now has to be real-time. Even waiting a day is too long. So, you have to have the all data you need to make important decisions now. You can’t wait for an export, a nightly batch, or a dev project to build a connector. All good stuff. And a great use of Atlanta’s half-way house for entrepreneurs 🙂

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  3. Coty Rosenblath (@Coty) Avatar
    Coty Rosenblath (@Coty)

    My takeaway wasn’t cloud-related. It was Reggie’s comment that he “wanted to create a company where my kids would want to bring their friends to check it out.” I think that can be a handy heuristic to use, and it doesn’t mean you have to start something like Dragon Army (not that there is anything wrong with that.) Rather, I think it means you need to be excited enough about what you’re doing to make a kid excited. Not an adult who might be enthused by industry buzzwords, but a kid who absolutely will not be. I think it is a pretty high bar.

    P.S. Thanks to you, Ed, and everyone else involved in putting this event on. It was great.

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