Everything Channel's NexTI Defines "What Comes Next" for the IT Channel

FRAMINGHAM, Mass., Sept. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Everything Channel, a UBM company, today announced details of its NexTI:The NexT Generation Solution event, taking place October 3rd-5th at the Doral Resort in Miami, Florida. The three day event, "Innovative Strategies for Success in an Era of IT Transformation," will bring 120 solution providers together with top technology vendors and the CRN Test Center editors of Everything Channel to discuss the technologies, services and product building blocks that will propel their business over the next several years.

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Over the course of the event, the most pressing issues of the day will be dissected, debated and discussed including next-generation solutions, future service offerings, reshaping the product portfolio, partner program evolution, the emerging vendors with whom to partner and the development of sustainable solution provider models. With a theme of defining what comes next, the agenda will explore such topics as the next Cloud opportunity and virtualization wave.

Highlights of the event include:

    --  "Where Have You Innovated?" a panel discussion highlighting where VARs,
        solution providers and system builders have pushed the envelope of
        innovation with their own R&D, their own solutions and their own
        breakthroughs. This will include live tech demos from some of the
        channel's most innovative VARs.
    --  "Zen and the Art of Information Security" presented by security expert,
        Ira Winkler to educate attendees on how to tell if they are dealing with
        people who are properly skilled, and how to plan their security programs
        accordingly.
    --  "Next Gen Solution Provider Panel & Next Gen Awards" will feature top
        executives from award-winning CRN Next-Gen 250 solution providers who
        will share their insights on driving growth through new business models
        and innovative technologies, including cloud computing, virtualization
        and mobility.

"It's no secret that the channel landscape is shifting. To be successful, it is imperative channel executives are armed with the most innovative and compelling solutions on the market today to navigate these changes," said Robert C. DeMarzo, Senior Vice President of Strategic Content, Everything Channel. "The NexTI event was designed specifically to help forward thinking channel executives exploit new opportunities by leveraging cutting-edge technology and propel their business to the next level."

To learn more about this event, please visit: http://www.everythingchannelevents.com/nexti_11

Everything Channel

Everything Channel is the premier provider of IT channel-focused events, media, research, consulting, and sales and marketing services. With over 30 years of experience and engagement, Everything Channel has the unmatched channel expertise to execute integrated solutions for technology executives managing partner recruitment, enablement and go-to-market strategy in order to accelerate technology sales. Everything Channel is a UBM company. To learn more about Everything Channel, visit us at http://www.everythingchannel.com. Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/everythingchnl.

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:Betzi-Lynn Hanc, Marketing ManagerEverything Channel508.416.1182betzi.hanc@ubm.com

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