CHICAGO, May 14 /PRNewswire/ -- UBM Studios, the leader in world-class user engagement interface, delivered UBM Everything Channel's "Cloud Computing Is All the Rage: How Solution Providers Can Get Into the Game and Grow Their Business" virtual engagement solution. The virtual trade show took place on Wednesday, May 12, 2010 from 11 AM-6 PM Eastern. The virtual event provided an overview of the cloud offerings in the market including storage as a service, security as a service, software as a service, infrastructure and platforms as a service as well as different cloud models such as public, private and hybrid clouds. In addition, visitors learned how value added resellers (VARs) can resell these services, get strong margins, and avoid some of the common pitfalls that come with migrating customers, articulating cost savings/ROI and compliance concerns.
(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100514/CG05078)
According to Forrester, the virtual events market has growth rates over 30 percent yearly, with a growing interest and demand coming from corporate clients, media and internet users.
The virtual event offered an easy to use interface, seamless registration and social media. Event sponsors attended with booth presence including, platinum sponsors EMC, Microsoft Online Services and Oracle PartnerNetwork; gold sponsors Iomega, Novell, RSA, N-able, Panda Security and VaultLogix. The event also offered an Auditorium that delivered industry presentations as well as a Twitter feed and a Networking Lounge. In addition, all presentations were immediately available on demand.
For additional information on UBM Studios virtual events, contact Kate Spellman, SVP, Managing Director, UBM Studios at 516 562 7383 or kate.spellman@ubm.com.
To follow UBM Studios on Twitter, visit http://twitter.com/UBMStudios and to follow on Facebook, visit UBM Studios.
About Everything Channel (www.everythingchannel.com, www.channelweb.com)
Everything Channel, headquartered in Framingham, MA, is a technology marketing and sales solutions company. Through its "Complete Technology Channel Solution," Everything Channel offers the right business tools to accelerate technology sales. From branding and recruiting to marketing and sales, Everything Channel offers technology marketers the unmatched breadth and depth of global brands and market intelligence combined with unparalleled audience loyalty and credibility serving all technology sales channels through an extensive database. Everything Channel provides innovative field sales and marketing solutions to the sellers of technology to achieve measurable and significant results.
UBM Studios (www.ubmstudios.com)
UBM Studios, a UBM company, delivers next-generation virtual business solutions. UBM Studios specializes in interactive human engagement and behavior with actionable turnkey products that fit every budget from pre-packaged solutions to unlimited custom design. Through robust offerings including tradeshows, events, digital libraries, product launches, annual meetings, career fairs, sales meetings, training & learning centers and focus group centers, UBM Studios' virtual events engage audiences, reduce costs and increase productivity. Leading technology, healthcare, building, finance and insurance organizations have utilized UBM Studios' flexible and reliable virtual event platforms to deliver their events.
About United Business Media Limited
UBM (UBM.L) focuses on two principal activities: worldwide information distribution, targeting and monitoring; and, the development and monetisation of B2B communities and markets. UBM's businesses inform markets and serve professional commercial communities -- from doctors to game developers, from journalists to jewelry traders, from farmers to pharmacists -- with integrated events, online, print and business information products. Our 6,500 staff in more than 30 countries are organised into specialist teams that serve these communities, bringing buyers and sellers together, helping them to do business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently. For more information, go to www.ubm.com
SOURCE UBM Studios