Salesforce.com, Dell-Boomi, Progress Software and Birst are the latest Cloud companies sponsoring and speaking at the Cloud Channel Summit, on Monday, November 7, at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA.

These Cloud companies join a growing number of sponsors, partners and speakers participating in the one-day executive forum which will bring together senior executives from leading Cloud vendors and their channel company counterparts to share industry best practices and innovative ideas for building profitable and successful channel partnerships in the Cloud. 

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CompTIA, the largest association of technology solution providers; ChannelPro, a leading publication dedicated to helping solution providers stay abreast of industry best practices; and the Channel Tech Network, a rapily growing online resource spotlighting industry trends and success stories, are the latest channel-oriented organizations to support the Cloud Channel Summit, hosted by THINKstrategies, the Cloud Computing Showplace and Rising Tide Media on Monday, November 7.

These organizations join an expanding array of sponsors, partners and speakers participating in the one-day forum focused on building successful channel relationships in the Cloud. The Cloud Channel Summit will take place at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA, and 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. 

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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. Other Summit sponsors include GoodData, Safenet, SoftServe, 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.”

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The topic of building effective channel alliances in the Cloud continues to gain greater attention. This past week, I spoke at two events and attended a third in the Boston area in which Cloud channel strategies and solutions were a central theme.

The first event was a local gathering called, “Mondays in the Cloud”, organized by Sonian and hosted at the UMass-Boston Venture Development Center. The session was kicked off by Greg Arnette, Sonian’s Founder and CTO, who provided his perspective on the state of the Cloud marketplace. I followed Greg with a talk about the Cloud industry trends driving the demand for a stronger channel network to build on the initial success of Cloud services. My talk was followed by Erik Sebesta of cloudTP who talked about how Cloud integration services companies like his are becoming an important channel to market for Cloud vendors seeking to sell private … Read More »

THINKstrategies announced today that CloudLock has been named the latest winner of the Best of SaaS Showplace (BoSS) Awards program, which is aimed at promoting the measurable business benefits being delivered by today’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions.

The BoSS Awards is an ongoing program of THINKstrategies’ new Cloud Computing Showplace which recognizes SaaS companies that are producing tangible business benefits for specific user organizations. These benefits can include increased sales, lower costs, higher customer satisfaction, faster operations and greater profitability.

CloudLock delivers enterprise-class data security solutions for organizations using Google Apps. The company’s flagship solution, CloudLock Security for Google Apps, provides the controls and visibility that enable customers to achieve governance, compliance and operational efficiencies, and is available directly from the GoogleAppsMarketplace.

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For more information about how to apply for a BoSS Award or to find a list … Read More »

The plans for our Cloud Channel Summit on November 7 in Mountain View, CA, are gaining momentum. Last week, we announced our growing ecosystem of industry association and media company partners. Click here to read more.

We have also signed five new sponsors ranging from one of the largest systems and software vendors to one of the most prominent law firms in the industry. We’ve also added a rapidly growing business intelligence (BI) start-up, major offshore software development company, and key Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) security and provisioning vendor as sponsors. Stay tuned for official announcements shortly.

We also got a great write-up by Mike Vizard in Channel Tech Network about the Summit.

Contact me if you have questions regarding the conference agenda, or Marc Sternberg of Rising Tide Media if you’d like to investigate sponsorship opportunities. And, click here to learn more about the Summit or to register to attend.

THINKstrategies, Inc. announced today that ComSci has been named the latest winner of the Best of SaaS Showplace (BoSS) Awards program, which is aimed at promoting the measurable business benefits being delivered by today’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions.

The BoSS Awards is an ongoing program of THINKstrategies’ new Cloud Computing Showplace which recognizes SaaS companies that are producing tangible business benefits for specific user organizations. These benefits can include increased sales, lower costs, higher customer satisfaction, faster operations and greater profitability.

ComSci delivers Technology Financial Management solutions that empower organizations to implement more effective IT financial governance. Through a suite of web-based tools, ComSci helps IT organizations enhance IT cost transparency and visibility, which in turn enables business units to understand and optimize demand and utilization of technology resources.

Click here to read about the measurable business benefits which earned ComSci THINKstrategies’ latest BoSS Award.

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In case you missed it, I published a couple of commentaries and participated in a three videos over the past two weeks discussing the industry implications of the major announcements at Salesforce.com’s annual customer/partner extravaganza, Dreamforce 2011.

Here are the two recent commentaries:

E-Commerce Times: Dreamforce Takeaway – It Is All About Cloud Channel Strategies, 09/09/11 
Datamation: Are You Ready for the Social Enterprise? 09/06/11

And, here are the recent videos,

The Pulse Network: ITEC This Week, 09/09/11 
DreamSimplicity: At Dreamforce, 09/05/11
TechTarget: Is Salesforce.com’s DRO the First Step to a Private Option? 09/01/11 

The Pulse Network also gave me an opportunity to promote our upcoming Cloud Channel Summit. Check it out here.

Stay tuned for more perspectives regarding the business implications of Salesforce.com’s latest initiatives and announcements.

THINKstrategies, Inc.  announced today Zuora has been named the latest winner of the Best of SaaS Showplace (BoSS) Awards program, which is aimed at promoting the measurable business benefits being delivered by today’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions.

The BoSS Awards is an ongoing program of THINKstrategies’ new Cloud Computing Showplace which recognizes SaaS companies that are producing tangible business benefits for specific user organizations. These benefits can include increased sales, lower costs, higher customer satisfaction, faster operations and greater profitability.

Zuora’s subscription billing and commerce platform changes the way businesses manage and sell their services to customers. Zuora’s platform allows them to bring new products to market more quickly, in a more flexible manner and less hassles. Zuora customers include Reed Business Information, InsideView, Marketo, Ricoh, Box.net, Ning, Ustream, Xplorenet Communications, Open Range Communications, and Tata Communications.

Click here to learn about the measurable business benefits which earned Zuora THINKstrategies’ latest … Read More »

THINKstrategies, Inc. announced today that BMC RemedyForce Service Desk has been named the latest winner of the Best of SaaS Showplace (BoSS) Awards program, which is aimed at promoting the measurable business benefits being delivered by today’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions.

The BoSS Awards is an ongoing program of THINKstrategies’ new Cloud Computing Showplace which recognizes SaaS companies that are producing tangible business benefits for specific user organizations. These benefits can include increased sales, lower costs, higher customer satisfaction, faster operations and greater profitability.

BMC is a global leader in IT management solutions. The Remedyforce Service Desk delivers a simple and fast IT service management solution that increases IT service desk productivity by automating the entire IT support process with pre-configured, ITIL®-based incident, problem, self service, change, and inventory management processes. cloud-enabled service desk, self-service, and inventory management capabilities Hosted on the number one SaaS platform from Salesforce.com, Remedyforce enables IT … Read More »