Cloud Channel Summit Announces Remaining Keynote Speaker and Panelists to Discuss Building Successful Partnerships in the Cloud   Event Adds Speakers from Amazon Web Services, Avnet, OpSource and SugarCRM to Roster Participating in Inaugural Forum November 7 in Mountain View, CA

Amy Anderson of IBM's Cloud Computing Independent Software Vendor (ISV) and Developer Relations Partner Program has joined the list of keynote speakers at the Cloud Channel Summit hosted by THINKstrategies, the Cloud Computing Showplace and Rising Tide Media on Monday, November 7, at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA.

Amy joins key channel relations executives from Google Enterprise, Salesforce.com and Dell Boomi, who will all give keynote presentations about the emerging channel opportunities in the Cloud Computing market. Amy's presentation will focus on IBM's perspective regarding opportunities for channel vendors to build their own Cloud solutions.

The other keynote presentations during the Cloud Channel Summit will be:  

• "Making Rain in the Channel: New Opportunities in Cloud Computing" presented by Stephen Cho, director of channels and business development at Google Enterprise.
• "5 Steps to Building a Successful Channel Program in the Cloud" presented by Ron Huddleston, senior vice president of ISV alliances at Salesforce.com.
• "The Cloud Era of Channel Success: Is Your Organization Partner-Ready?" presented by Rick Nucci, CTO, and Diane Ruth, executive director of business development, at Dell Boomi.

The Cloud Channel Summit organizers also announced the addition of executives from Amazon Web Services, Avnet Technologies, OpSource and SugarCRM to the more than 25 Cloud industry leaders who will participate in a series of executive roundtable panel sessions, focused on the following topics:

• "Real-World Cloud Success Stories"
•  "Building Effective Cloud Channels: What's Working and What's Not?"
•  "Selling and Supporting Cloud Services Together"
•  "Leveraging Cloud Alternatives to Meet Unique Customer Needs"
•  "Using a Cloud Ecosystem to Create New Customer Value"
•  "New Market Opportunities for Cloud Channels

Additional panelists include senior executives from Progress Software, Informatica, Birst, GoodData, Safenet, AppFirst, Aryaka, CloudLock, SoftServe, AppDirect, Agilis Solutions and Scribe Software, among other leading companies. 

"The growing interest in the Summit among leading players in the Cloud industry is a clear indication of the timeliness and importance of the channel opportunity," said Jeffrey M. Kaplan, founder and managing director of THINKstrategies. "We are very excited about creating a forum where industry executives will be able to share their experiences building successful partnerships in the Cloud."

The Summit is also being supported by an ecosystem of leading industry organizations dedicated to building strong channels and promoting the Cloud, including publications such as ChannelPro, Channel Tech Network, Cloudbook, Sandhill.com, Datamation, E-Commerce Times and Softletter; conference groups including Under the Radar, the World Research Group and Keynote World Media; industry associations such as the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), CompTIA, and the ASCII Group; and other companies, such as DreamSimplicity, a virtual community and marketplace directory for business applications and the industry professionals that deliver them, and Mikael Blaisdell & Associates, Inc. (MBAI), which assists a wide spectrum of clients to increase their customer retention rates and enhance per-customer profitability.

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