AppDirect is returning to sponsor and speak at the fourth annual Cloud Channel Summit hosted by THINKstrategies and the Cloud Computing Showplace on Wednesday, December 3 in San Diego. INetU is also sponsoring and speaking at the Summit, and the Channel Company’s NexGen Cloud Conference and Expo for the first time.

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AppDirect offers a cloud service marketplace and management platform that enables companies to distribute web-based services, including ADP, Samsung, Deutsche Telekom and Red Hat’s OpenShift Marketplace. Daniel Saks, the company’s Co-Founder and President, will also return to the Summit to provide his perspectives regarding best practices for partnering in the Cloud.

INetU is a customer-centric cloud company that combines state of the art managed cloud and hosting solutions with premier service and support. The company’s global data centers, award winning hosting, technical expertise and unique approach to managed services and … Read More »

A growing number of industry associations, publications, professional services firms and other organizations are supporting the fourth annual Cloud Channel Summit , hosted by THINKstrategies and the Cloud Computing Showplace on Wednesday, December 3 in San Diego. Register now to save $100.

The Summit is being hosted in conjunction with the Channel Company’s NexGen Cloud Conference & Expo December 4-5. The Summit Partners also include SIIA, Spiceworks, Customer Success Association, Chief Digital Officer, Cirrostratus Group, East Coast Catalyst, APMdigest, CRN, Data & Storage Management Report, E-Commerce Times, Sandhill.com, VentureBeat and famaPR.

The Summit is also being supported by Salesforce.com, Oracle, Avnet Technology Solutions, INetU and Corent Technology. Corporate executives from these companies have agreed to speak at the Summit, along with key executives from IBM, 6fusion, Pivotal, Spanning, Cloud Technology Partners, CohesiveFT and SingleHop. Click here to see the current list of industry executives speaking at the Summit. Click here if you’d like to submit a proposal for the limited … Read More »

Salesforce.com, Oracle, Avnet Technology and Corent Technology have agreed to return to the fourth annual Cloud Channel Summit as sponsors and speakers at the executive forum focused on building successful partnerships in the Cloud.

This year’s Summit will be hosted by THINKstrategies and the Cloud Computing Showplace on Wednesday, December 3 in San Diego, in conjunction with the Channel Company’s NexGen Cloud Conference & Expo on December 4-5.

The Cloud Channel Summit is a peer-to-peer, executive networking forum focused entirely on helping attendees build successful partnerships in the Cloud. The Summit has been the ‘go to’ event for key executives from leading Cloud vendors and their channel partners to share ideas and showcase success stories since 2011. Click here to see highlights from last year’s Summit, as well as the speakers, sponsors and partners who participated in last year’s executive forum.

By combining forces with the Channel Company, the publisher of Computer Reseller News … Read More »

THINKstrategies and Cloud Computing Showplace are excited about the enthusiastic response to our announcement that we are teaming with The Channel Company, publisher of CRN magazine, to host the fourth annual Cloud Channel Summit on Wednesday, December 3, in conjunction with the NexGen Cloud Conference & Expo in San Diego, December 4-5.

We are now accepting speaker proposals for the limited number of slots available during the one-day, one-track event. Click here to submit your proposal.

We are looking for senior executives who can present real-world perspectives regarding the keys to building successful partnerships in the Cloud industry. We will consider each proposal on a first-come, first-serve basis with Summit sponsors given priority consideration in the selection process. So, submit your speaker proposal now!

The Cloud Channel Summit is a peer-to-peer, executive networking forum focused entirely on helping attendees build successful partnerships in the Cloud. The Summit has been the ‘go to’ event for key executives from leading … Read More »

THINKstrategies and Cloud Computing Showplace are teaming with The Channel Company, publisher of CRN magazine, to host the fourth annual Cloud Channel Summit on Wednesday, December 3, in conjunction with the NexGen Cloud Conference & Expo in San Diego, December 4-5.

The Cloud Channel Summit is a peer-to-peer, executive networking forum focused entirely on helping attendees learn how to build successful partnerships in the Cloud. The Summit has been the ‘go to’ event for leading Cloud vendors and their channel partner counterparts to share ideas and showcase success stories since 2011. Click here to see what the attendees of last year’s Summit said about the event.

By combining forces with The Channel Company, the 2014 Cloud Channel Summit will,

Attract an even broader audience of Cloud vendors and solution providers seeking to better position themselves in the rapidly expanding Cloud marketplace and better serve their mutual customers.
Gain a broader set of valuable insights from the industry experts associated with … Read More »

Full-Day, Peer-to-Peer, Executive Networking Forum Will Bring Together Industry Leaders and Innovators on Thursday, September 18 in Boston

I’m excited to announce the launch of our new Cloud Innovators Summit focused on the rapidly growing market opportunities created by the ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT), called the Connected Cloud Summit, on Thursday, September 18 in the State Room in Boston, MA.

The full-day, executive forum will examine how the Cloud is enabling enterprises to network together a widening array 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. Click here to read THINKstrategies’ latest perspectives in Datamation regarding today’s IoT challenges and opportunities.

The Connected Cloud Summit will showcase the latest innovations and spotlight real-world success stories. We are recruiting senior executives from leading IoT solution providers, Cloud companies, enterprise decision-makers across a variety of industries, and other industry thought-leaders to speak … Read More »

Based on the success of the third annual Cloud Channel Summit last November, THINKstrategies is launching a new Cloud Innovators Summit in 2014, and we are offering a wider array of services to help companies host their own executive forums to build stronger corporate relationships and capitalize on new Cloud opportunities. Here are more details –

2014 Cloud Innovators Summits

We are putting plans in place to launch a new executive conference focused on the rapidly growing market opportunities created by the ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT), called the Connected Cloud Summit. This event will examine how the Cloud is enabling enterprises to capture valuable data from a growing population of mobile devices and embedded sensors to improve the quality of services and create new business opportunities. We are finalizing our plans for this event and will announce the date and location of the Connected Cloud Summit soon. Contact us if you’d like to learn how your … Read More »

The third annual Cloud Channel Summit on November 4th at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA, was a tremendous success! And, now you can view the session recordings and one-on-one speaker interviews online.

The peer-to-peer, executive networking event brought together over 200 attendees, speakers, sponsors and partners.

Click here to view the highlight video and session recordings of the keynote presentations and panel discussions with key executives from the leading Cloud companies and others who participated in this year’s Summit. 

Click here to see the one-on-one interviews with the Summit speakers, and hear their perspectives on the key issues affecting channel relationships in the Cloud marketplace and the benefits they gained by participating in the Summit.

You can also click here to read my perspectives regarding the industry implications of the Summit sessions and presentations in Sandhill.com.

Based on the success of this year’s event, I am making plans to host another … Read More »

Now that cloud computing has become a viable alternative for a growing number of small and midsize business (SMBs) and large-scale enterprise decision makers, the question facing a widening array of SaaS, PaaS and IaaS providers is how to build a vibrant network of third-party channels to extend their reach in the rapidly expanding marketplace.

This has been the focus of attention at THINKstrategies’ annual Cloud Channel Summit, supported by Sandhill.com. The first Cloud Channel Summit, two years ago, discussed how to get traditional resellers, value-added resellers (VARs) and distributors to recognize the new business opportunities in the cloud. Last year’s Summit showcased channel initiatives aimed at capitalizing on the new market opportunities. And this year’s Summit examined the key issues that still need to be addressed to build profitable channel relationships in the cloud marketplace.

Click here to read a summary … Read More »

Last week’s Cloud Channel Summit has generated a lot of positive feedback from the attendees, sponsors, speakers and partners. For instance, Ananth Appathurai, Vice President of Global Business Development & Alliances at NComputing, gave me the following testimonial regarding the event:

Unarguably the most educative, effective and valuable technology conference that I have ever attended. The most value-for-money as well! Insightful content, well thought of session formats with emphasis on roundtables that encouraged open dialog and broader set of perspectives. Rounded off with fantastic structured networking opportunities. The Cloud Channel Summit has everything to transform into the must-attend industry conference!

Daniel Saks, President & Co-CEO of AppDirect, has been a sponsor and speaker at all the Cloud Channel Summits, and gave us the following testimonial after last week’s event:

The Cloud Channel Summit has been the annual go-to gathering for leaders defining the future of … Read More »