KEYNOTE ROUNDTABLE: CHANNEL PARTNERS' CLOUD CONVERGENCE COUNCIL

As the IT and Telecom channels converge in the cloud, Channel Partners seeks to bridge the gap...

As the IT and Telecom channels converge in the cloud, Channel Partners seeks to bridge the gap by bringing together thought leaders from both channels to form a council that will consider strategic issues such as evolving business models and identifying opportunities and challenges as well as tactical issues such as reconciling terms and language and setting governance and performance expectations. The inaugural council will be introduced and share their initial work and goals in a roundtable discussion.

Moderator:

Larry Walsh, President, The 2112 Group

Panelists:

Ron Culler, CTO, Secure Designs
Lori Cornmesser, Vice President of Service Provider Sales, Juniper Networks
Mike Ferney, Vice President of Merchandising, Catalyst Telecom
Andrew Pryfogle, President and CEO, Terrapin Solutions LLC
Peter Stewart, Senior Vice President Collaboration Technology Solutions, PGI

Co-Produced by:

The 2112 Group and Channel Partners

The 2112 Group is an independent consultancy specializing in technology and channel communications and intelligence services. The 2112 Group was founded on the principle of community collaboration and "crowdsourcing" solutions to complex business and technology problems. The 2112 Group provides critical communication, business strategy and relationship services to technology vendors, solution providers and consumers. The 2112 Group is dedicated to the idea that change is permanent, and permanent change requires forward, advanced thinking.

For more than two decades, Channel Partners has been the leader in providing news and analysis to indirect sales channels serving the communications industry. It is the unrivaled resource for resellers, aggregators, agents, brokers, VARs, systems integrators, interconnects and dealers that provide network-based communications and computing services, associated CPE and applications as well as managed and professional services. Channel Partners is the official media of the Channel Partners Conference & Expo.