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Canalys Channels Forum hits sponsor target
- Early success of one-to-one meeting system means the event has
already begun
Reading, UK - Thursday, 23 August 2007
For immediate release
Canalys is delighted to announce that the inaugural Canalys
Channels Forum has met its sponsorship targets following the
addition of McAfee earlier this week. There are now a total of 10
sponsors involved in the forum, showing how broad the industry
backing is for this major channels event. The list currently reads:
HP, Microsoft, Cisco, Intel, Nokia, Fujitsu Siemens, Acer, RIM,
ViewSonic and McAfee.
“This event is designed to meet the needs of mid-market resellers
across EMEA. These resellers must sell solutions that encompass a
broad range of vendors and technology areas. It is therefore
important that the forum recognises the breadth of their business.
We are delighted to have sponsors that bring expertise across
applications, security, unified communications, mobile devices, PCs,
servers, storage, printers and displays,” said Rita Chaher, Canalys
event manager, adding, “The fact that the first ever Canalys
Channels Forum has attracted such impressive support shows how much
need there is for a high quality event of this type in the region.”
The A-list keynotes are a major factor influencing the popularity
of the forum. Many attendees are excited by the chance to see Don
Tapscott talk live. Mr. Tapscott is acknowledged as one of the
world’s leading authorities on Web 2.0, and his speech is expected
to cause many in the audience to recognise new business
opportunities. His keynote coincides with the launch of the European
edition of his latest book, “Wikinomics – how mass collaboration
changes everything”, which will go on sale during the weekend
following the conference. Some of Mr. Tapscott’s work can be seen
at:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF0k6dEm0zQ
The online one-to-one meeting system is also proving to be a
popular feature of the event. Attendees gain access to the list of
delegates as soon as they register for the forum (excluding the few
who choose to opt-out). They are then able to use the secure site to
request a meeting with another delegate, a Canalys analyst or
journalist, in advance of the conference. Meeting times are
interactive and can be mutually agreed. Canalys guarantees that all
meetings set up via this system will have a dedicated, private
meeting space assigned to them.
Rita Chaher continued, “The content of our event is important,
but so is the opportunity to establish and develop business
relationships. We have all experienced conferences in the past where
we have been left to squint at delegates’ badges and struggled to
find the people we want to meet. This system removes that anxiety by
allowing people to set meetings up efficiently, in a quiet and
confidential manner. There have already been around a hundred
meeting requests and, with a couple of weeks still to go, the system
is already a huge success. The number may well triple by September
4th.”
With the forum so close, those who have not registered are
strongly advised to do so quickly. Visit
www.canalyschannelsforum.com or call Rita Chaher on +44 (0) 118
984 0539 to register. The Canalys Channels Forum runs from the 4th
to the 6th of September in Monaco.
About Canalys
Canalys specialises in delivering high quality market data,
analysis and advice to the world’s leading technology vendors. It is
recognised as a key provider of continuous advisory services and
confidential custom projects for marketing managers and strategists
within blue-chip IT, telecoms, navigation and consumer electronics companies. It
has unrivalled expertise in European routes to market for all kinds
of high technology products and services in the consumer, SMB and
large enterprise segments, and provides worldwide market data and
trends analysis.
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