Over 2200 companies are now listed on THINKstrategies’ Cloud Computing Showplace and more than 4400 people are following THINKstrategies’ latest updates on Twitter.

The Cloud Computing Showplace is the oldest and largest, vendor-independent, online directory of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solutions, including Managed Services, and resource center of industry best practices. Over 15,000 corporate decision-makers have subscribed to the THINKstrategies Cloud Computing Showplace newsletter.

The latest example of the business value of our online directory and industry best practices resource center comes from Justin Phipps, Director of Marketing at DocLanding.com, a secure Cloud document management provider based in Omaha, Nebraska, who told us, “Cloud Showplace accounts for 12% of referral traffic and 7.4% of new accounts for DocLanding.”

If your company isn’t already listed on the Showplace, you an add your corporate information in the appropriate application, industry and service areas by completing online registration form at … Read More »

Don’t miss the opportunity to attend the second annual Cloud Analytics Summit this Thursday in New York City, and save $100 by registering now!

Click here to register for Thursday’s executive forum which will bring together leading CIOs and other corporate executives who will discuss how organizations of all sizes can capitalize on the latest Cloud innovations to address their escalating Big Data, Business Intelligence (BI) and Data Integration challenges.

Among the more than thirty (30) speakers who will be participating in this year’s Summit are:

Jeanette Horan, IBM’s CIO
Bill Krivoshik, SVP/CIO at Time Warner
Michael Hickins, Senior Editor, Wall Street Journal CIO Journal
Stephen David Spears, SVP, Application, ADI & IT Management, SAP AG
Joe Weinman, Author of Cloudonomics: The Business Value of Cloud Computing
Erika Jurrens, US Futures Manager, GlaxoSmithKline
Roman Stanek, CEO/Founder of GoodData
Chris Harrington, President of Domo
Eileen Boerger, CEO, CorSource Technology Group
Russell Hertzberg, Vice President Technology Solutions, SoftServe
Pedro Arellano, Director, Cloud Marketing, MicroStrategy
Michael Corcoran, the … Read More »

You can still save $100 if you register now to attend the second annual Cloud Analytics Summit on Thursday, May 2 in New York City.

The Cloud Analytics Summit will bring together leading CIOs, corporate executives and industry thought-leaders to discuss how organizations of all sizes can capitalize on the latest Cloud innovations to address their escalating Big Data, Business Intelligence (BI) and Data Integration challenges. Click here to see the roster of speakers presenting at the Summit and here to take advantage of the early bird discounts for the Summit.

The Cloud Analytics Summit is the first of the 2013 Cloud Innovators Summit executive forum series hosted by THINKstrategies, the Cloud Computing Showplace and Rising Tide Media. The series is aimed at helping corporate decision-makers better understand how they can leverage the latest Cloud innovations to achieve their business objectives. The second event of the Cloud Innovators Summit series will be the … Read More »

A growing number of CIOs, Cloud solution providers and industry thought-leaders have agreed to share their views and experiences at the second annual Cloud Analytics Summit, Thursday, May 2 in New York City, about how organizations of all sizes can capitalize on the today’s Cloud innovations to address their escalating Big Data, Business Intelligence (BI) and Data Integration challenges.

The latest industry leaders who have added their names to the Summit roster of speakers are:

Joe Weinman, Author of Cloudonomics: The Business Value of Cloud Computing
Erika Jurrens, US Futures Manager, GlaxoSmithKline
Christian Beedgen, Co-Founder & CTO, Sumo Logic
Jim Eberlin, Founder & President, JBara Software
Mat Ellis, Founder & CEO, Cloudability
Ryan Fuller, Co-Founder & CEO, VoloMetrix
Aaron Newman, CEO, CloudCheckr
Guy Nirpaz, CEO & Founder, Totango

These speakers will join the following previously announced presenters:

Jeanette Horan, IBM’s CIO
Bill Krivoshik, SVP/CIO at Time Warner
Michael Hickins, Senior Editor, Wall Street Journal CIO Journal
Stephen David Spears, SVP, Application, ADI … Read More »

Joe Weinman, the author of “Cloudonomics” and Senior Vice President of Telx, will present his views about the economics of Cloud, Mobile and Big Data at the second annual Cloud Analytics Summit on Thursday, May 2 in New York City.

The Summit will bring together executives from leading providers of innovative Cloud-based solutions addressing today’s escalating Big Data, Business Intelligence (BI) and Data Integration challenges, and CIOs and other key corporate decision-makers who are successfully employing these solutions to achieve their business objectives.

Weinman is the founder of Cloudonomics, a multidisciplinary analytical approach leveraging economics, behavioral economics, statistics, calculus, computational complexity theory, simulation, and system dynamics to assess the multi-dimensional business, financial, and user benefits of cloud computing and other on-demand, pay-per-use business models. Weinman is also responsible for leading Telx’s cloud services business development and strategy. He has also been named a “Top 10 Cloud Computing Leader” by TechTarget.

Joe is the … Read More »

The second annual Cloud Analytics Summit is attracting a growing number of CIOs and other important corporate decision-makers seeking to better understand how they can capitalize on Cloud-based solutions to address their Business Intelligence (BI), Big Data and Data Integration challenges.

The Summit is scheduled to take place on Thursday, May 2 at the Apella conference center in NYC, and will bring together an audience of key executives from a wide array of major corporations and institutions including the following enterprises:

AIG
Avaya
Credit Suisee
Exante
The Dana Foundation
Standards & Poor’s
Metropolitan Life
Temple University
EGL USA
Cable & Gauge
HMS Productions
SIFY News
Sharp
Thomson Reuters

The Cloud Analytics Summit is the first of the 2013 Cloud Innovators Summit executive forum series hosted by THINKstrategies, the Cloud Computing Showplace and Rising Tide Media. The series is aimed at helping corporate decision-makers better understand how they can leverage the latest Cloud innovations to achieve their business objectives. The second event of the Cloud Innovators Summit … Read More »

SAP, Domo, MicroStrategy, CorSource Technology Group, and SoftServe have agreed to sponsor and support the second annual Cloud Analytics Summit on Thursday, May 2 in New York City.

In addition, APM Digest, CloudTimes, Datamation, DealMaker Media, E-Commerce Times, Sandhill.com, SaaS University, SIIA, SIM, Technology Council of Southern California, TiE, Trainer Communications and Web Hosting Industry Review (WHIR) are among the leading publications and associations supporting the Summit.

The Cloud Analytics Summit is a one-day, executive forum focused on the latest innovations which are enabling organizations of all sizes to address their Big Data, Business Intelligence (BI) and Data Integration challenges in the Cloud.

We are also pleased to have Jeanette Horan, IBM’s CIO; Bill Krivoshik, SVP/CIO at Time Warner; Michael Hickins, Senior Editor, Wall Street Journal CIO Journal; Stephen David Spears, SVP, Application, ADI & IT Management, SAP AG; and Dr. Irving Wladawsky-Berger, Strategic Advisor and … Read More »

Executives from AppFirst, Domo, Datadog, Indicee, Sailthru, SoftServe and Big Data Boston Ventures are the latest industry innovators who have agreed to speak at the second annual Cloud Analytics Summit on Thursday, May 2 in New York City.

These executives will join Jeanette Horan, IBM’s CIO; Bill Krivoshik, SVP/CIO at Time Warner; Michael Hickins, Senior Editor, Wall Street Journal CIO Journal; Stephen David Spears, SVP, Application, ADI & IT Management, SAP AG; and Dr. Irving Wladawsky-Berger, Strategic Advisor and 37-year veteran at IBM, as speakers at the peer-to-peer networking event.

The Cloud Analytics Summit is a one-day, executive forum focused on the latest innovations which are enabling organizations of all sizes to address their Big Data, Business Intelligence (BI) and Data Integration challenges in the Cloud.

In addition to the leading innovators who are speaking at the Summit, a growing number of IT and corporate decision-makers from prominent businesses are also registering … Read More »

IBM’s CIO, Jeanette Horan, is the latest industry executive who has agreed to speak at the second annual Cloud Analytics Summit on Thursday, May 2 in New York City.

Ms. Horan’s organization supports IBM’s transformation agenda by ensuring that its technology strategy is aligned with its business objectives so the company can attain the goals established in IBM’s 2015 roadmap which include annual sales from analyzing business data of $20 billion in 2015. Since 2005, IBM has spent over $16 billion on 35 acquisitions to boost its analytics capabilities.

Ms. Horan was appointed CIO of IBM in May 2011. Previously she was the Vice President of Enterprise Business Transformation at IBM and was responsible for worldwide product development for the Information Management business in Software Group, and General Manager of IBM’s Silicon Valley Laboratory. Prior to joining IBM, Ms. Horan spent four years with Digital Equipment Corporation … Read More »

Tim FitzGerald, Avnet Services  - Vice President of Cloud Solutions, will kickoff the third annual Cloud Channel Summit on Monday, November 4 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA.

The Cloud Channel Summit is part of the 2013 Cloud Innovators Summit executive forum series hosted by THINKstrategies, the Cloud Computing Showplace and Rising Tide Media. The series is aimed at helping corporate decision-makers better understand how they can leverage the latest Cloud innovations to achieve their business objectives. The first event of the 2013 Cloud Innovators Summit series is the second annual Cloud Analytics Summit on Thursday, May 2 at the Apella Executive Conference Center in New York City.

Tim FitzGerald oversees the development and growth of Avnet’s Cloud Solutions business building an ecosystem of leading providers and partners to address the demand for market-ready cloud solutions. With more than 25 years of experience, FitzGerald joined Avnet in 1989 and has held positions of increasing … Read More »