UBM Channel Announces Keynote Speakers for 2011 Best of Breed Conference

Exclusive Event Will Set the Agenda for the IT Channel

PR Newswire
FRAMINGHAM
Oct 21, 2011

FRAMINGHAM, Mass., Oct. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- UBM Channel today announced the impressive list of keynote speakers for next week's Best of Breed (BoB) conference. An invitation-only event, the BoB conference was created for the most progressive and innovative leaders dedicated to achieving the highest levels of business performance in the IT channel. With an agenda designed to encourage healthy dialogue, exchange ideas and solve problems collaboratively, the BoB Conference will set the channel agenda as the industry undergoes a dramatic transformation.


    Keynote speakers will include:
    + Robert Bloom - Widely respected authority on business growth
    + Larry Bonfante - CIO, USTA
    + Steve Fairbanks - Vice President, CA Technologies
    + Robert Faletra - CEO of UBM Channel
    + Lisa Gansky -  High-tech Entrepreneur and Author of "The Mesh"
    + Wendi Garrison - Director of Marketing and Partner Relations of Business
     Communications, Inc.
    + Scott McKain - Best Selling Author, CSP, CPAE
    + David Nour - Managing Partner, The Nour Group, Inc.
    + David Tapper -  Program Vice President for IDC's Outsourcing Services

"Despite its short 30 year history, the IT channel is undergoing one of its most significant transformations due in part to the disruptive forces of cloud computing, the shift to services-based business models, the emergence of new suppliers and the arrival of start-up IT consulting firms challenging more mature solution providers," said Robert DeMarzo, Senior Vice President of Strategic Content for UBM Channel. "These new dynamics have made the IT channel ecosystem more interdependent than ever before as solution providers, vendors, app developers and consultants must work together to deliver technology and business solutions for the customer. What worked in the past may not work tomorrow or even next week, so solution providers need to reevaluate their go-to-market strategy and adopt new innovative approaches to IT channel success."

This unique channel industry conference will take place on October 24-26 at the St Regis Monarch Beach Resort, Dana Point, CA. For more information or to view the full agenda please visit www.bobconference.com.

About UBM Channel

UBM Channel is the premier provider of IT channel-focused events, media, research, consulting, and sales and marketing services. With more than 30 years of experience and engagement, UBM 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. UBM Channel is a UBM company. To learn more about UBM Channel, visit us at http://www.ubmchannel.com. Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/ubmchannel.

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 Manager
UBM Channel
508.416.1182
betzi.hanc@ubm.com

SOURCE UBM Channel

SOURCE: UBM Channel

UBM Channel Announces Keynote Speakers for 2011 Best of Breed Conference Exclusive Event Will Set the Agenda for the IT Channel

PR Newswire

FRAMINGHAM, Mass., Oct. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- UBM Channel today announced the impressive list of keynote speakers for next week's Best of Breed (BoB) conference. An invitation-only event, the BoB conference was created for the most progressive and innovative leaders dedicated to achieving the highest levels of business performance in the IT channel. With an agenda designed to encourage healthy dialogue, exchange ideas and solve problems collaboratively, the BoB Conference will set the channel agenda as the industry undergoes a dramatic transformation.

Keynote speakers will include:

+ Robert Bloom – Widely respected authority on business growth

+ Larry Bonfante – CIO, USTA

+ Steve Fairbanks – Vice President, CA Technologies

+ Robert Faletra – CEO of UBM Channel

+ Lisa Gansky – High-tech Entrepreneur and Author of "The Mesh"

+ Wendi Garrison – Director of Marketing and Partner Relations of Business Communications, Inc.

+ Scott McKain – Best Selling Author, CSP, CPAE

+ David Nour – Managing Partner, The Nour Group, Inc.

+ David Tapper –  Program Vice President for IDC's Outsourcing Services



"Despite its short 30 year history, the IT channel is undergoing one of its most significant transformations due in part to the disruptive forces of cloud computing, the shift to services-based business models, the emergence of new suppliers and the arrival of start-up IT consulting firms challenging more mature solution providers," said Robert DeMarzo, Senior Vice President of Strategic Content for UBM Channel. "These new dynamics have made the IT channel ecosystem more interdependent than ever before as solution providers, vendors, app developers and consultants must work together to deliver technology and business solutions for the customer. What worked in the past may not work tomorrow or even next week, so solution providers need to reevaluate their go-to-market strategy and adopt new innovative approaches to IT channel success."

This unique channel industry conference will take place on October 24-26 at the St Regis Monarch Beach Resort, Dana Point, CA. For more information or to view the full agenda please visit www.bobconference.com.

About UBM Channel

UBM Channel is the premier provider of IT channel-focused events, media, research, consulting, and sales and marketing services. With more than 30 years of experience and engagement, UBM 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. UBM Channel is a UBM company. To learn more about UBM Channel, visit us at http://www.ubmchannel.com. Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/ubmchannel.

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 Manager                                  
UBM Channel                                                        
508.416.1182
betzi.hanc@ubm.com

SOURCE UBM Channel

Web Site: http://www.ubmchannel.com