THINKstrategies, the Cloud Computing Showplace and Rising Tide Media are pleased to announce that Salesforce.com, Dell-Boomi, Progress Software and Birst are the latest leading Cloud companies sponsoring and speaking at the Cloud Channel Summit, on Monday, November 7, at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA.  

These Cloud companies join a growing number of sponsors, partners and speakers participating in the one-day executive forum which will bring together senior executives from leading Cloud vendors and their channel company counterparts to share industry best practices and innovative ideas for building profitable and successful channel partnerships in the Cloud.  
 
"The diversity of the latest companies to support the Cloud Channel Summit clearly shows the immense interest in our conference's goals and themes," said Jeffrey M. Kaplan, Managing Director of THINKstrategies and Founder of the Cloud Computing Showplace.  

The newest sponsors of the Summit will join IBM, Agilis Solutions, AppDirect, GoodData, Safenet, Scribe Software and SoftServe at the conference which will kickoff with a keynote presentation by Stephen Cho, Google's Director of Channels and Business Development, entitled "Making Rain in the Channel: New Opportunities in Cloud Computing."  

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. 

Contact Jeff Kaplan of THINKstrategies and the Cloud Showplace if you have questions regarding the conference agenda, or Marc Sternberg of Rising Tide Media if you'd like to investigate sponsorship opportunities.  And, click here to learn more about the Summit or to register to attend.
 

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