UBM Channel's Solution Provider 500 Celebrates the Industry's Integration LeadersFormer White House CIO to Present at Solution Provider 500 Awards LuncheonMay 31, 2012 FRAMINGHAM, Mass., May 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- UBM Channel today announced details of the Solution Provider 500 (formerly the VAR500) conference, to take place at the Westin Charlotte Hotel in Charlotte, North Carolina, June 5th-6th. The elite, two day event was designed to connect high level executives with the top Solution Provider organizations in North America. With a focus on marketing strategies and direction, the agenda offers best practice insight through keynotes, think tanks and panel discussions from the largest and most influential solution providers. The highly anticipated Solution Provider 500 Awards luncheon, featuring the outstanding performance of the top Solution Provider 500 firms, will conclude the conference. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120531/NY16796LOGO ) Theresa Payton, the former White House CIO and National Cyber-Security Authority, is slated as guest speaker at the Solution Provider 500 Awards Luncheon. Payton, the only woman to ever hold this position, has Top Secret-SCI Clearance and is one of America's most respected authorities on Internet security, net crime, fraud mitigation, and technology implementation. As White House Chief Information Officer from 2006 to 2008, she administered the information technology enterprise for the President and 3,000 staff members. Agenda session highlights include:
The full agenda is available at http://www.xchange-events.com/sp50012/agenda/. "The largest and most influential solution providers lead the market when it comes to IT services and technology that drive customer success. These organizations are today's true integration innovators who put the needs of their customers' businesses first, and leverage technology to help their customers exceed sales goals, drive client satisfaction, expand internationally or accelerate new product development," said Robert C. DeMarzo, Senior Vice President of Strategic Content, UBM Channel. "The Solution Provider 500 event celebrates these organizations and provides the platform for discussion, debate and networking, unlike anything else on the market today." To follow the event on Twitter: @CRN #crnSP500 Sponsors at this year's event include APC, Arrow, Avaya, CenturyLink, Comcast Business Class, Dell, Emerson, Extreme Networks, Gigamon, IBM, Logitech, Microsoft, MicroStrategy, QlikTech, Red Hat, SGI, and SunGard. To view the sponsors list, please visit http://www.xchange-events.com/sp50012/sponsors/ About UBM Channel UBM plc (www.ubm.com) UBM plc is a leading global business media company. We inform markets and bring the world's buyers and sellers together at events, online, in print and provide them with the information they need to do business successfully. We focus on serving professional commercial communities, from doctors to game developers, from journalists to jewellery traders, from farmers to pharmacists around the world. Our 6,000 staff in more than 30 countries are organised into specialist teams that serve these communities, helping them to do business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently. Press Contact: SOURCE UBM Channel |