CUSP Point Software Blog

We’re back! The CUSP team has just returned from Budapest after another great PRISM/NAID event.

We arrived late on Sunday to prepare the booth for the Monday evening reception. The exhibition area was mainly focused on physical storage and destruction so we had the EDM market cornered. There were lots of great people there - our booth was situated between Rick from Regal Document Protection and Michael and the rest of the team from EasyBox.

The event had a strong US presence and plenty of attendees from Ireland and the UK. There was a good attendance from Eastern Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean region, too.

The presentations covered a variety of topics. I didn’t get to them all but enjoyed Joaquin Bayo Delgado‘s talk on EU regulations and recommendations on Data Protection.

As a former judge he gave a good summary of the application of these regulations in terms we could all understand. Glen Reid from the OASIS Group had an informative look at financial KPIs to help plan and assess your company’s growth.

Obviously the highlight of the event was the presentation from our CEO Seamus Brennan on Achieving Compliance in ISO 27001 and SAS-70. A CUSP white paper on the topic - Security Certication – A Problem or an Opportunity? – was released to mark the event, and is available for download in the Library. If you would like a copy of the slides from the presentation, just email Seamus with your request.

So what’s new? Talking to some of the attendees from the region it appears there is a strong regulatory push towards electronic storage of documents, and that record accessibility is a major concern. The Czech Republic, for instance, is pushing to have data available electronically in most businesses as early as next year. All good news for us and VARs looking to expand in the region.

But it wasn’t all work – the conference was held in the Intercontinental Hotel in the centre of Budapest. The CUSP booth was located overlooking the Danube against the magnificent backdrop of the Buda Castle and Matthias Church.

It’s a stunning city with very friendly locals - well worth a visit. The Oasis Group sponsored a fabulous evening’s entertainment in the Museum of Ethnography and Iron Mountain invited all to a tour of their facility.

Special Thanks to the sponsors, Jim Booth and all the rest of the PRISM and NAID organisers for a great event.

Dave Fitzgibbon
Director of Product Management
CUSP Point Software Ltd.