Oracle Corporation has agreed to be a Marquee Sponsor of the 2014 Connected Cloud Summit, hosted by THINKstrategies and the Cloud Computing Showplace, which will bring together key executives from across a variety of industries to discuss the unprecedented business opportunities being created by the rapidly growing ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) marketplace. The Summit will take place on Thursday, September 18 in Boston, MA.

Peter Utzschneider, Oracle’s Vice President of Product Management, will also kickoff the executive forum with a keynote presentation that will examine how enterprises and software vendors are working together to capitalize on the new IoT market opportunities and address key technology challenges.

The full-day, Connected Cloud Summit executive forum will examine how the Cloud is enabling enterprises to leverage an expanding population of mobile devices and remote objects, capture the rising volume of data being generated, and create exciting new commercial and consumer business opportunities across nearly every industry.

Mr. Utzschneider is responsible for product management for Java SE, JavaFX, Java ME and Java Embedded products, focusing on the vibrancy of the Java community and Oracle’s commitment to the IoT ecosystem. Prior to joining Oracle, Mr. Utzschneider was the Vice President of Marketing at Tangosol, whose revolutionary Coherence Data Grid product provides reliable and scalable data management across the enterprise. He has spent over 19 years successfully marketing and selling best-of-breed software solutions in Europe and the U.S. by leveraging his ability to translate early market demand into broader market adoption. Click here to read’s Peter’s views regarding the rapidly evolving IoT market.

The Connected Cloud Summit is the latest of a series of Cloud Innovators Summit executive forums hosted by THINKstrategies that showcase the most recent innovations and industry best practices being generated by today’s widening array of Cloud solutions, strategies, providers and users.

In addition to Oracle’s sponsorship of the Summit, a growing number of industry associations, publications, research and other consulting firms are also supporting and participating in the Connected Cloud Summit, including:

• Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council
• SIIA
• APMdigest
• Datamation
• E-Commerce Times
• Chief Digital Officer
• East Coast Catalyst
• Data & Storage Management Report
• Sandhill.com
• VentureBeat

Register now for the Summit to take advantage of our Early Bird Discounts and save $100 on the standard conference admission fees.

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Contact me if you’d like to learn more about how your company can participate in the Connected Cloud Summit. I look forward to seeing you there!

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