Tech Trailblazers Awards announces new mentoring partnership with Cloud Security Alliance

Global enterprise technology awards strengthens ties with leading cloud security industry association

London, UK – June 27 2013 – The global Tech Trailblazers Awards (Twitter: @techtrailblaze) for enterprise information technology startups today revealed a new mentoring program for award winners with the Cloud Security Alliance (@cloudsa).

New for the 2014 awards, the Cloud Security Alliance’s mentoring program is one of the grand prizes for Tech Trailblazers Awards winners in the relevant technology categories. The mentoring program will ensure that winners get a high level of support from a range of experts within the CSA membership. In addition, all technology category winners will receive invitations to contribute to a Cloud Bytes webinar.

Raj Samani (@raj_samani), Tech Trailblazers judge and Chief Innovation Officer, Cloud Security Alliance, said, “The Tech Trailblazers Awards are fast becoming the definitive awards for the rising stars in the global enterprise technology startup community. Tech Trailblazers award winners get a dynamic combination of tangible benefits in the form of industry and media recognition plus mentoring and fabulous prizes. We’re looking forward to adding our own mentoring and membership benefits to the prize packages.”

Security Trailblazers Award Winner Discusses the Trailblazers Experience

The first Security Tech Trailblazers winner Ventisys (@Ventisys)— the software development house of Oudles Vault, a security and data protection software for heterogeneous digital devices –  talks about its experience of being a winner.

Joe Morrissey (@Joe_Morrissey), CEO of Ventisys, commented, “Being named the security Tech Trailblazer has been a massive boost for Ventisys. We have made amazing connections and gained real kudos within the community. The prizes were an unexpected but most welcome bonus. We’ll definitely be trying our luck again this year.”

Tech Trailblazers Awards: Benefits for Sponsors and Entrants

The Tech Trailblazers Awards have become the world’s first truly global startup launch platform for the following enterprise information technology areas: big data, cloud, IT security, mobile, networking, storage, sustainable or “green” IT, and virtualization. Sponsors, large or small, can tailor their Tech Trailblazers Awards sponsorships to fit with their regional, global or category-specific business strategies. The independence of the Tech Trailblazers Awards means there are no restrictions on sponsorship: Everyone can get involved.

For entrants, the Tech Trailblazers Awards make it easier and more cost-effective to gain global credibility and provides the resources to build and develop fundamental industry interest and the connections required for success in a highly competitive market.  

From July 4th 2013, entry forms may be downloaded from the Tech Trailblazers Awards website, www.techtrailblazers.com. Please email innovate@techtrailblazers.com to be added to the mailing list to receive updates or to ask about sponsorship.