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 … Read More »

Strategy Analytics has agreed to support and participate in the 2014 Connected Cloud Summit, hosted by THINKstrategies and the Cloud Computing Showplace, which will bring together key executives to discuss the unprecedented business opportunities being created by the rapidly growing ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) marketplace.

The Connected Cloud Summit will take place on Thursday, September 18 in Boston, MA. The full-day, 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.

We are very excited to have Strategy Analytics participating in the Connected Cloud Summit. Strategy Analytics will provide the Summit participants a unique, real-world perspective about today’s rapidly evolving IoT market dynamics that can help them identify important new … Read More »

As the idea of ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) and an increasingly connected world gains attention, there is still plenty of debate regarding the real value of this rapidly expanding new marketplace. As we see it, the IoT can produce three types of business benefits in both the commercial and consumer sectors. How we measure the value of these benefits will be critical to the long-term success of the widening array of IoT vendors and the organizations that are leveraging their innovative technologies. Click here to read how THINKstrategies categorizes the key benefits derived from IoT and their business implications in Datamation.

The hottest tech topic in 2014 is the Internet of Things (IoT), and THINKstrategies is very excited about the positive response we received about our announcement of our latest Cloud Innovators Summit focused on the unprecedented business opportunities being created by the rapidly evolving IoT marketplace – the Connected Cloud Summit, Thursday, September 18 in Boston.

Not sure why you should participate in the Connected Cloud Summit? Here are four quick reasons.

The IoT is a Transformative Trend

The IoT is enabling innovative organizations across nearly every industry to better monitor and measure the behavior of their products and services via remote sensors and connected objects via the Cloud.

Check out our brief video about today’s exciting new IoT business opportunities and the lingering technology challenges surrounding today’s IoT initiatives, and how the Connected Cloud Summit will showcase the latest innovations in this rapidly evolving market.

Here are THINKstrategies’ latest views about the business implications of the IoT market:

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THINKstrategies and the Cloud Computing Showplace are very pleased with the enthusiastic response we’ve received to last week’s announcement of our latest Cloud Innovators Summit focused on the unprecedented business opportunities being created by the rapidly evolving ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) – the Connected Cloud Summit, in Boston on Thursday, September 18.

Click here if you’d like to propose a speaker for the upcoming executive forum. We are looking for speaking proposals focused on key business issues and exciting success stories rather than talks about specific technical topics. 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!

Contact me if you have questions regarding the speaking opportunities or have technical problems submitting your proposal.

Also, take advantage of our Early Bird Discounts and save $100 on the conference admission fees by registering now for the … 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 »

Thursday, October 31, is the last day you can take advantage of pre-conference savings of $150 to attend the third annual Cloud Channel Summit on Monday, November 4, at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA. Click here to register now and save $150 off the on-site registration rates!

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 will include a series of keynote presentations and highly interactive roundtable sessions, along with a Speed Networking session where you can quickly meet potential partners and an ‘unConference’ luncheon where you can discuss the issues of greatest interest to you. Click here to see the full agenda, and click here to see who’s attending this year’s Summit and to register now.

The Summit sponsors are led by Marquee Sponsor, VMware, and include AppDirect, Aria Systems, BetterCloud, CallidusCloud, Corent Technologies, CorSource Technology Group, HP, Oracle, Ping Identity, Progress Software, Salesforce.com and SoftServe. 

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The ‘Consumerization of IT’ has spawned a growing number of commercial Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) appstores, and is now inspiring corporate decision-makers to also launch internal, enterprise appstores that are creating new channel opportunities for Cloud solution providers.

Learn how you can leverage these new Cloud marketplaces at the third annual Cloud Channel Summit on Monday, November 4, at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA. Click here to attend the Summit and save $150 off the current conference registration rates!

The Cloud Marketplace roundtable panel session will be hosted by AppDirect and includes:

Nima Badiey, Business Development, Cloud Foundry, Pivotal
James Mumma, Executive Director, Comcast Business Services
Dipan Patel, Executive Director, Cox Communications
Jamie Perlman, Sr. Director of Business Development, Box
Daniel Saks, President and CEO, AppDirect

This panel is one of a series of highly interactive sessions during the Cloud Channel Summit which will give participants a unique opportunity to share experiences and industry best practices about building successful partnerships in the Cloud with their peers. Click … Read More »

Sanjay Sharma, Director of Business Development for HP Cloud has agreed to participate in the Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) Industry Roundtable at the third annual Cloud Channel Summit on Monday, November 4, at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA.

HP Cloud is also the latest sponsor to support the Summit which provides a peer-to-peer, networking forum for executives focused on building successful partnerships in the Cloud.

The IaaS Industry Roundtable will discuss – Creating New Customer Opportunities via Cloud Partnerships, and be moderated by Andy Schroepfer, Founder & CEO, Big Cloud Sales. The following industry executives are also participating in the Roundtable session:

Tom Halle, Sr. Director, Global Alliances, Savvis/CenturyLink
Nikesh Kalra, Global Cloud Services, Equinix
Brian Matsubara, Head of Global Technology Alliances, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Sean McCaffery, Vice President of Channel Sales and Operations, ViaWest

Click here to save $150 off current pre-conference registration rates!

The IaaS Industry Roundtable is one of a series of highly interactive panel sessions during the Cloud Channel Summit which will give participants a unique opportunity to … Read More »