The Channel Company Brings Meg Whitman and Michael Dell to Channel Elite at 2013 Best of Breed Conference

FRAMINGHAM, Mass., Sept. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Channel Company will host industry thought leaders Meg Whitman, CEO of HP, and Michael Dell, CEO of Dell, as well as entrepreneur Robert Herjavec of ABC's Shark Tank  at the 2013 Best of Breed (BoB) Conference. Now in its third year, the executive-level event features an agenda created exclusively by conference advisory board members. During the conference members of the IT channel elite will debate the market's most pressing issues and collectively set the channel agenda for the year ahead. The 2013 event will take place October 15-17^th at the Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay in Florida. To learn more visit www.bobconference.com/.

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Created in partnership with the top channel players in the market, the BoB Conference is the IT channel's only event targeted at the needs of today's executives. Featuring some of the industry's most sought after thought leaders, attendees can contribute to the industry debate, learn about emerging business models, network with their peers, and take home new insights to grow their business.

Topics will include:

• Where cloud computing will take us
• The new centers of vendor power and influence
• The impact of M&A on the channel landscape
• Today's CIO and their evolving role
• New age marketing techniques
• Leadership skills
• Mobility's impact on a go-to-market strategy
• Using and selling analytics to drive decisions

The event will also feature the CRN Solution Provider 500 awards. A ceremony to celebrate the solution providers who have achieved some of the highest levels of recognition in the industry will be held on Thursday, October 17th.

"The industry transformation everyone has been talking about has arrived. Thanks to profound change at a rapid pace, nothing is the same. The partners, the customers, even the business models and the technologies from just a few years ago are completely different," said Robert Faletra, CEO of The Channel Company. "The BoB Conference is for the industry thought leaders who aren't intimidated by all this change, but instead are embracing it. Together we will address the future sales model IT integrators must develop, the leadership skills required to build it, and the new partnerships that must be forged to make it a success."

To view the full agenda visit www.bobconference.com.

About The Channel Company
The Channel Company is the channel community's trusted authority for growth and innovation, with established brands including CRN, XChange Events, IPED, and SharedVue. For more than three decades, we have leveraged our proven and leading edge platforms to deliver prescriptive sales and marketing solutions for the technology channel. The Channel Company provides Communication, Recruitment, Engagement, Enablement, Demand Generation and Intelligence services to drive technology partnerships. Learn more at www.thechannelcompany.com.

Press Contact:
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The Channel Company
508.416.1182
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SOURCE The Channel Company