IBM has become the latest company to agree to speak and sponsor the Cloud Channel Summit, hosted by THINKstrategies, the Cloud Computing Showplace and Rising Tide Media on Monday, November 7. IBM joins a growing list of sponsors, partners and speakers participating in the one day forum focused on building successful channel relationships in the Cloud.
IBM's announcement follows last week's addition of GoodData, Safenet and SoftServe as Summit sponsors and speakers.They all follow the first round of companies to announce their support of the Summit: AppDirect, Agilis Solutions and Scribe Software.
The Cloud Channel Summit will take place at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA. It will bring together senior executives from leading Cloud Computing vendors and their channel company counterparts to share industry best practices and innovative ideas for building profitable and successful channel partnerships in the Cloud.
The Cloud Channel Summit will kickoff with a keynote presentation by Google's Director of Channels and Business Development, Stephen Cho, entitled, "Making Rain in the Channel: New Opportunities in Cloud Computing."
"IBM's participation in the Cloud Channel Summit represents a major endorsement of our event and clearly shows the growing importance of the channel's role in the Cloud," says Jeffrey M. Kaplan, Managing Director of THINKstrategies and founder of the Cloud Computing Showplace.
The Summit is also being supported by a broad array of industry organizations dedicated to building strong channels and promoting the Cloud, including publications such as ChannelPro, Cloudbook, Sandhill.com, Datamation, E-Commerce Times and Softletter; conference groups including Under the Radar, the World Research Group and Keynote World Media; industry associations such as the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) and the ASCII Group; and other companies, such as DreamSimplicity, a virtual community and marketplace directory for business applications and the industry professionals that deliver them; and Mikael Blaisdell & Associates, Inc. (MBAI), which assists a wide spectrum of clients to increase their customer retention rates and enhance per-customer profitability.
Contact Jeff Kaplan of THINKstrategies and the Cloud Showplace if you have questions regarding the conference agenda, or Marc Sternberg of Rising Tide Media if you'd like to investigate sponsorship opportunities.
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We look forward to seeing you November 7 at the Cloud Channel Summit.
