astro posted on March 11, 2010 09:06
About a month ago I spoke with the executives at TMCnet.com at its Miami and was advised that it was pursuing a possible collocation with the MSP Alliance. Two days ago, March 9th, this became official news. It underscores the trend we are seeing (and hopefully leading) of the voice+ data communities coming together in SMB. We have engaged in a similar manner with Channel Partners in our recently completed SMB VoIP workshop.
Witness the "news" on this collocation.
MSPAlliance Brings Premier, MSP-Focused Conference to Industry’s Major, International Communications Event
CHICO, CA (March 9, 2010) – The MSPAlliance, (MSPA) the International Association of Managed Service Providers (www.mspalliance.com), today announced that its wholly owned MSPWorld™ Conference will be co-located with ITEXPO West 2010, October 4-6, at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Since its inception, MSPWorld™ has been the only event with a single, vendor-agnostic focus of supporting Managed Service providers and their respective ecosystems.
According to MSPAlliance President & Founder, Charles Weaver, hosting MSPWorld at ITEXPO makes perfect sense. “The inherent synergies from bringing together these two fantastic events under one roof are very compelling. Not only does this make MSPWorld potentially the largest managed services event of note, but it also fulfills our objective of bringing together MSPs and end-user companies in a forum through which they can directly engage each other on VoIP, Unified Communications, and other telephony managed services.”For 10 years, the MSPAlliance has been the only unified voice for the Managed Services Industry, and the only organization that promotes the highest level of professionalism, reliability and integrity. As the world's largest Professional Association and Accrediting Body for the Managed Services Industry, the MSPAlliance was created to meet the needs of the Managed Services Professional and to educate the end-user community on the benefits of using a Managed Service Provider.
Hosted by Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC), ITEXPO is the global industry event with the unbiased conference program that draws decision makers and the most serious attendees. Show managements estimates a minimum of 7,000 attendees – ranging from influential buyers, to resellers, to potential partners.
"Strengthening its position as the world's leading business communications conference, TMC is very pleased to have added MSP World to this year's ITEXPO in Los Angeles. The subject matter is a perfect fit for the conference program, and visitors to the expo floor will undoubtedly appreciate the change to meet so many potential business partners in one place at one time,” said Rich Tehrani, ITEXPO West 2010 Conference Chairman. “Our team looks forward to working hand-in-hand with the MSPAlliance to create a valuable experience for all exhibitors and attendees."Also of note, is the number of new collocations taking place in Los Angeles this Fall. Combining the already in-depth ITEXPO conference program with these exciting events ensures that there is no other communications event that covers more topics crucial to the communications industry.