Channel partners looking for inspiration and validation will have the opportunity to engage with analysts and vendor executives to accelerate their ability to exploit the ‘Digital First’ portfolio of opportunities.
Digital transformation is taking place in every industry around the world. But for every step forward the IT industry makes, new challenges emerge. Only companies that are managing this transformation correctly are succeeding. This disruption is changing the addressable market for channel partners. Keeping these things in mind, Canalys is all set to host the Channel forum in Macau on 25 -27 October 2016. The event will unite senior executives from leading technology vendors, distributors and channel partners to discuss industry trends, forge new business relationships and create sales opportunities.
The theme for this year’s Canalys Channels Forum is ‘Digital First’, where we will explore the approaching wave of opportunities and challenges facing channel partners. For most customers, digital transformation has largely meant making current products, services or processes better by adding digital capabilities. With a ‘Digital First’ mindset, customers will seek to explore digital options first, and then plan to move away from past practices as the follow-on requirement. This means their trusted IT partners must be able to inspire confidence in supporting this ‘Digital First’ journey.
‘Digital First’ is the theme that will shape the agenda. ‘The global technology landscape continues to be a vibrant one, with the digitalization of more parts of the economy fueling greater interest in enabling tools. But in some segments, such as computers and storage, innovation is disrupting traditional product propositions. This disruption is changing the addressable market for channel partners,’ said Steve Brazier, President and CEO at Canalys.
Canalys today announced the C-level keynote speaker line-up for this year’s Canalys Channels Forum events, the only independent conferences totally dedicated to the channel. Following the success of last year’s sold-out conferences, Canalys has so far secured an exciting and world-class speaker line-up that includes:
Michael Dell, Chairman and CEO, Dell Technologies.
Dion Weisler, President and CEO, HP Inc.
Gianfranco Lanci, Corporate President and COO, Lenovo.
Edwin Paalvast, President, EMEAR, Cisco.
Antonio Neri, EVP and General Manager, Enterprise Group, Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
Alfredo Yepez, VP and General Manager Latin America and Caribbean Region HPE Managing Director MCA, Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
Luca Rossi, President EMEA and LATAM, VP Lenovo Group, Lenovo.
Peter Ryan, Chief Sales Officer, Enterprise Group, Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
Richard Bailey, President, Asia Pacific and Japan, HP Inc.
Amit Midha, President, Asia Pacific and Japan, Dell EMC.
John Byrne, President, Global Channels, Dell EMC.
Steve Brazier, President and CEO, Canalys.
This year’s EMEA forum, which has now sold out, will return to the Hotel Arts in Barcelona, while the APAC event will venture to Macau for the region’s largest channels conference. The LATAM event, which has achieved extraordinary recognition in just three years, is pushing to achieve the 1,000 delegate mark that has been achieved in the other regions. It will be held in the beautiful Riviera Maya, Mexico in November.
‘Our events’ success goes hand in hand with the seniority of the audience, our C-level speakers and the use of our sophisticated app,’ said Rita Chaher, VP Marketing and Events at Canalys. ‘We have created the most advanced app on the market. Its design is simple and intuitive, we have understood the delegates’ requirements, and it is available on all platforms and in different languages. Delegates can ask questions to the presenters live, share their location with the use of eBeacons, view partner profiles that will help them schedule one-to-one meetings, and use the chat function to make the most of their time.’
The event has once again seen a huge uptake from the top distributors in the regions. Distributors that have confirmed their participation so far include Also, Arrow, Avnet, AxizWorkgroup, Exertis, First Distribution, Ingram Micro, Prianto, Tech Data, Westcoast, Cadensworth, Comstor, VST ECS, Innovix Distribution, Redington, Westcon, Dicker Data, Ardent Networks Inc, HC L Infosystems, Aktio, CanalDigital, CompuSoluciones, Distecna, Intcomex, MPS, Solution Box, Licencias Online, Adistec, Microglobal, Team and Impresistem.
