Speakers:
James Staten, Forrester Research
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James serves Infrastructure & Operations Professionals providing insights and best-practice use of emerging infrastructure technology and services trends including cloud computing (IaaS and public and private clouds), strategic rightsourcing, infrastructure consolidation, and application-specific infrastructure optimizations. James is the author of best-practice analysis on maturing your virtualization practices, building a cloud computing consumption strategy, and optimizing website infrastructures for blazing fast performance. He also advises clients on IT's role in business empowerment and HERO enablement.
Joe Panettieri, Editorial Director
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Joe is executive VP and co-founder of Nine Lives Media Inc. Joe oversees our content strategies, search engine optimization and audience development for our digital platforms (MSPmentor, MSPtweet, The VAR Guy, VARtweet and WorksWithU). Phone: 631-423-3536. Email: joe@ninelivesmediainc.com.
Andy Schroepfer, VP, Enterprise Strategy, Rackspace Hosting
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Andrew Schroepfer has been covering the hosting, SaaS, and cloud marketplace since its inception in the mid-1990s. At Goldman Sachs, Andy was VP and Sr Equity Analyst covering the Internet Infrastructure sector. Subsequently, Mr. Schroepfer founded and led Tier1 Research, which he later sold to The451 Group. He then managed a technology sector hedge fund Exponential Capital prior to joining Rackspace in 2009.
MC/Moderator: Ryan Morris, Principal Consultant,Morris Management Partners
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Ryan has more than 17 years of experience in marketing, sales, and management in the technology industry. Prior to joining MMP, Ryan was the WW Practice Director for Channel Development and Consulting at IPED (a division of Everything Channel). Through the unparalleled research assets of IPED, Ryan worked to identify and implement best practices for business development, marketing, and sales for vendors, distributors, and solution providers.
Participating Partners:
- Advance 2000
- Agathon Group
- Bird Hosting/InnoScale
- Boston Limited
- Broadcloud
- CarrierCloud
- CEPRA
- Cirrhus9
- CompuRedes S.A
- CorePLUS World
- CPM Braxis S/A
- DNS Europe Ltd
- Dupaco Distribution B.V.
- eTegrity Systems Int'l
- Globalweb Outsourcing
- Go2next Cloud Computing
- GTSI Corp..
- HCL Technologies Inc.
- Heinsohn Business Technology.
- Hosting Ireland.
- Infosys.
- Merlin.
- MicroTech.
- Mycroft Inc.
- Northrup Grumman
- Peak 10, Inc.
- Radix Technologies SA
- ScaleMatrix
- ScaleUp Technologies
- Skygone Inc
- Sleepy Giant Entertainment, Inc.
- StratITsphere Data Center Solutions
- Techark Internet Services
- Tenzing Managed Services
- Universo Online S.A.
- Vnetrix Limited
- Wipro Technologies
- And more...
