UBM Studios Virtual Environment Connects Virtual Enterprise 2.0 Conference Together With Audience of Business and IT Professionals

CHICAGO, Feb. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- UBM TechWeb's Enterprise 2.0 Conference (www.e2conf.com), the largest and most important gathering place for people focused on bringing the power of collaboration to their organization, presented the Virtual Enterprise 2.0 Conference on February 16, 2011.  The conference brings together IT and business professionals focused on the importance of a social software strategy to drive business performance.  UBM Studios, a turnkey virtual environment producer, provided the virtual platform for the event, which drew over 1,200 registrants. The event is now available on demand.

Business leaders are under enormous pressure to streamline operations, drive new opportunities and enable a more efficient and productive workforce.  A successful strategy includes not only the right technology solutions but also their alignment around specific business goals, establishing measureable objectives and creating a plan to address underlying organizational change and culture issues.

Presentations in the Auditorium offered key information on how to create a highly engaged and productive workforce by changing workforce dynamics to meet the needs of socially connected customers; leverage social software for measureable performance gains; and overcome common pitfalls and discover best practices from business and technology leaders as well as customer practitioners.

The Exhibit Hall showcases booths from platinum sponsors OpenText and Microsoft; media sponsor The Brain Yard; and gold sponsors SkyTap and IBM.  

Additionally, in the Networking Lounge event attendees were able to chat with peers one-on-one or in group chats.  

All presentations were immediately available on demand.

For additional information on UBM Studios or to purchase a virtual business solution, contact Kate Spellman, SVP, Managing Director, UBM Studios at 516 562 7383 or kate.spellman@ubm.com.

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About UBM TechWeb

UBM TechWeb, the global leader in technology media and professional information, enables people and organizations to harness the transformative power of technology. Through its three core businesses – media solutions, marketing services and paid content – UBM TechWeb produces the most respected and consumed brands and media applications in the technology market. More than 14 million business and technology professionals (CIOs and IT managers, Web & Digital professionals, Software Developers, Government decision makers, and Telecom providers) actively engage in UBM TechWeb's communities and information resources monthly. UBM TechWeb brands include: global face-to-face events such as Interop, Web 2.0, Black Hat and Enterprise Connect; award-winning online resources such as InformationWeek, Light Reading, and Network Computing; and market-leading InformationWeek, Wall Street & Technology, and Advanced Trading magazines. UBM TechWeb is a UBM company, a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than $2.5 billion.

About UBM Studios (www.ubmstudios.com)

UBM Studios is a leader in virtual events and virtual business solutions.  A pioneer with virtual platforms, UBM Studios delivers deep expertise in live and online events that brings business value to customers.  UBM Studios connects, educates and enables virtual communications through a portfolio that fits every budget.  UBM Studios is the only virtual event provider to offer platform, content, audience recruitment, reporting and social marketing and gaming.   UBM Studios virtual events include Virtual Trade Shows, Virtual Career Fairs, Virtual Seminar Centers, Virtual Resource Centers, Virtual Product Launch, Virtual Business Continuity, Virtual Corporate Meetings, Virtual Sales Meetings, Virtual Focus Group Centers and Virtual Training.  UBM Studios delivers a complete global communication solution in Asia, Europe and North America in industries including, health, finance, technology, building and education.

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

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