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Parallels Summit 2009 Agenda and Featured Speakers Announced
2008-11-20
Includes Service Provider, Enterprise IT, Industry and Technology Tracks for
Over 1000 Expected Attendees
RENTON, Wash., November 19, 2008 ? Parallels today announced a detailed
agenda and several well-known featured speakers at the fourth annual Parallels
Summit 2009. Key topics will include Cloud Computing, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS),
Automation, and Virtualization ? all part of the Parallels Optimized Computing
vision. Customers, partners and industry participants can register at no charge
for this three day event being held February 2-4 at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and
Casino in Las Vegas, NV.
Featured speakers include Bernie Meyerson, VP Strategic Alliances and CTO Server
Business at IBM; Dylan Larson, Director of Server Platform Marketing at Intel;
Bob Parsons, CEO and Founder of Go Daddy; Morris Miller, Founder of Rackspace;
Andreas Gauger, Former CEO of 1&1 Internet; Guillaume Bouchard, President & CEO
of nvisolutions.com; Bill McNee, Founder and CEO of Saugatuck Technology;
Antonio Piraino, Senior Analyst at Tier1 Research; Serguei Beloussov, CEO of
Parallels and additional top-level executives representing industry leaders and
innovative companies who will discuss technology developments shaping the
industry.
"This marks the first year that Parallels Summit will expand to include the
enterprise, ISV and hosting provider audiences," said Serguei Beloussov, CEO of
Parallels. "Parallels Summit 2009 is the biggest event in hosting, giving
attendees practical insights and providing business opportunities that companies
cannot afford to miss in these uncertain times. This is a must-attend event if
you are involved in virtualization, SaaS, hosting, or cloud computing."
Agenda Highlights
The Parallels Summit 2009 begins Tuesday morning, February 3rd, with Serguei
Beloussov?s opening keynote address followed by track breakouts including:
A Service Provider Track focused on helping service providers to compete in this
dynamic and evolving market, build competitive advantage, market end-user
solutions effectively and to discuss other strategic insights aimed at improving
the bottom line.
An Enterprise IT Track focused on how businesses can automate their internal IT
or shift their IT departments into a service provider model.
An Industry Track focused on specific solutions that are available in the market
to optimize computing.
A Technology Track focused on product-specific implementations, architectures
and hands-on problem solving.
A detailed agenda of planned sessions and activities plus free registration is
available at:
www.parallels.com/summit/agenda/.
The event will also include hands-on technical labs for learning more about
Parallels? products, including Parallels Automation, Parallels Plesk Panel,
Parallels Plesk Billing, Parallels Virtuozzo Containers, Parallels Desktop for
Mac, and more.
Parallels will also host two evening networking events. On Monday night,
Parallels welcomes event participants with an opening reception including
appetizers and a hosted bar. Tuesday evening, attendees are invited to the
Parallels Plesk Panel 9 party at the Mix Lounge, located on the top floor of
Mandalay Bay overlooking the Las Vegas strip.
Parallels Summit sponsors include Microsoft, IBM, VeriSign, Intel, AMD, Novell,
Acronis, Tucows, ZT Systems, WebhostingDay, Mesh.eu, Open-Xchange, Cloudmark,
and R1Soft. If you are interested in being a sponsor this year, please contact:
sponsors@parallels.com.
Reserve Hotel before January 12th, 2009
Parallels Summit 2009 is expected to attract business and IT professionals from
around the world. Space is limited and registration and hotel accommodations are
subject to availability. To register for free, visit
www.parallels.com/summit/
today.
About Parallels ? Optimized Computing
Parallels is a worldwide leader in virtualization and automation software that
optimizes computing for consumers, businesses, and service providers across all
major hardware, operating systems, and virtualization platforms. Founded in
1999, Parallels is a fast-growing company with 800 employees in North America,
Europe, and Asia. For more information, please visit
www.parallels.com.
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