ChannelPro-SMB Announces September 2014 SMB Forum Live Event for IT Professionals in Boston
Raleigh, NC (PRWEB) August 25, 2014 -- ChannelPro-SMB, the premier source of business and technology insights for channel partners serving the small and midsize business market, will hold its second of three 2014 live events on Septembers 8-9 in Newton, Mass.
The full-day, live event for channel resellers, integrators, consultants, and managed service providers offers interactive, in-depth conversations with some of the industry’s top channel pros who have pioneered profitable businesses from cloud computing and managed services, and who are successfully leveraging end of support for Windows XP and Server 2003. A showcase of SMB vendor solutions provides additional learning opportunities and enables channel pros to get one-on-one advice on employing new technologies and services to better serve their customers.
No other event puts attendees directly in the conversation like the ChannelPro SMB forum, whose success has led to the addition of several new forum venues for 2014.
Vendor support for the September 2014 event reads like a who’s who of the IT channel elite: Platinum sponsor Hewlett-Packard (committed to all 2014 events), as well as Gold sponsors Carbonite, Datto, F-Secure, GFI, Ingram Micro, LogMeIn (committed to all 2014 events), StorageCraft Technology (committed to all 2014 events), and ViewSonic.
Silver sponsors include ACRBO, ADTRAN, APC by Schneider Electric, ASCII Group, ASI, Autotask, AVG Technologies, Buffalo Americas, Canon U.S.A., Cargill Consulting, Channel Eyes, Channel Partners, CloudConnect, CompTIA, ConnectMeVoice, Continuum Managed Services, eFolder, Excel Micro, GlobalScape, Highly Reliable Systems, The ICN Group, Intronis, Lenovo, Managed Maintenance, McAfee, Nuvotera, OKI Data Americas, One Loyalty Network, RapidFire Tools, SaasMAX, SMB Nation, SMB Tech Network, SYNNEX SMB Connect, Tech Data, Vertical Axion, and Webroot. Tech Trends sponsors are Canon and ViewSonic. Product sponsors include Bamboosa, Bass Computers, Griffin, HP, Highly Reliable Systems, Intel, ioSafe, and OKI Data Americas. More sponsorship announcements are pending.
Interactive discussion topics for the September event in Newton, Mass., are:
• Secrets to Making Money in the Cloud
• Extreme Makeover: Managed Services Sales Edition
• Life after Server 2003 and Windows XP: The Long Tail of Opportunity
• Tech Trends: Hardware Innovations
• CompTIA Training: Quick Start Guide to IT Security
All sessions are led by leading industry experts. Complete details for sessions, speakers, and panelists can be found at http://www.ChannelProForum.com.
“By participating in the ChannelPro SMB Forum, channel partners have a unique opportunity to learn the ins and outs of today’s top IT trends from colleagues who have learned by doing and paved the way for their success,” says Cecilia Galvin, executive editor of ChannelPro-SMB and host of the event. “They can also take advantage of the showcase of vendor solutions that will enable them to meet the growing IT needs of their SMB customer base.”
To ensure that everyone at the ChannelPro SMB Forum can freely participate in the conversation, seating at each event has been limited. A few open seats remain for attendees at the September event in Newton, Mass., and interested parties should register immediately at http://www.ChannelProForum.com.
The final 2014 event is November 4-5 in Philadelphia.
Interested sponsors should contact Joel Zaidspiner at 561-422-5119 or Lisa Sherman at 917-388-9531. More sponsorship info can be found at: http://ChannelProForum.com/sponsors/how-to-sponsor.
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Michael Siggins, ChannelPro-SMB Magazine, http://www.ChannelProSMB.com, +1 (339) 225-2352, [email protected]
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