OpSource(TM), the SaaS delivery experts, today announced the keynote speakers and panelists for its third annual SaaS Summit. Jim Steele, Chief Customer Officer and President of International Operations, salesforce.com; Greg Urquhart, Microsoft's General Manager for its US independent software vendor and systems integrator partner channel; and Josh James, CEO of Omniture, will keynote. The SaaS Summit is dedicated to helping software-as-a-service (SaaS), on-demand and Web companies maximize their success in the world of Web software. This year's event will focus on how successful companies must not only think like Web companies, but also make the right platform choices and embrace Web services to build out and extend their offerings.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (Business Wire EON) January 23, 2008 --
OpSource™, the SaaS delivery experts, today
announced the keynote speakers and panelists for its third annual SaaS
Summit. Jim Steele, Chief Customer Officer and President of
International Operations, salesforce.com; Greg Urquhart, Microsoft’s
General Manager for its US independent software vendor and systems
integrator partner channel; and Josh James, CEO of Omniture, will
keynote. The SaaS Summit is dedicated to helping software-as-a-service
(SaaS), on-demand and Web companies maximize their success in the world
of Web software. This year’s event will focus
on how successful companies must not only think like Web companies, but
also make the right platform choices and embrace Web
services to build out and extend their offerings.
Jeffrey Kaplan, managing director of THINKstrategies, a SaaS
consulting firm that examines the business implications of IT
service trends, stated, “OpSource’s
SaaS Summit is a key industry event for established and startup
companies seeking to successfully compete in the SaaS, Web and
on-demand services market. I have attended and spoken at each of the
past Summits because it is a great event to find practical advice and
trade best practices with executives in the on-demand industry. Just as
Dreamforce, Oracle Open World and SAP’s
Sapphire have become the ‘go to’
conferences for their customers and partners, so too has OpSource’s
SaaS Summit become an important event for the broader SaaS, Web and
on-demand services industry.”
Treb Ryan, CEO, OpSource, said, “This year,
the focus will be how companies should evaluate the platform
choices that are out there, and how mash-ups and Web services affect
application development and integration. We are excited about the topics
and presenters that we are lining up for SasS Summit 2008 and expect
record attendance this year based on early responses. Like its
predecessors, the Summit is shaping up to be one of the most valuable
learning opportunities available for anyone who is in the SaaS business
or might be soon. Our presenters will include major players in the
industry and people who have learned through significant experience the
best ways to assure success.”
Summit panelists include on-demand experts from salesforce.com, Adobe
Systems, Business Objects, Credit Suisse, Intel Capital, Mulesource,
Oracle, Progress Software, SAP and Saugatuck Research, among other
leading companies.
Session topics for SaaS Summit 2008 will include:
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Platform Choices Will Define On-Demand Opportunity
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Integration Behind the Fire Wall - Take II
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Develop Like A Web Company
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Deliver Like A Web Company
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The Architecture of the SaaS Marketplace
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How the Disruptive Forces of SaaS and Open Source are Redefining the
Enterprise
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What is So Hard About Onboarding & Billing?
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Growing On-Demand
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Web2.0 and SaaS Valuations: Is the Sky Really the Limit?
SaaS Summit 2008 will provide an opportunity for executives from SaaS
startups, transitioning software and Web companies and established SaaS
providers, as well as industry analysts, venture capitalists and the
press to explore, debate and share their experiences and recommendations
for growing on-demand businesses. The conference takes place February 27
to 29, 2008 at The Westin St. Francis, San Francisco, Calif.
Registration is available now for SaaS Summit 2008. More information
about the summit, including an online registration form, is available at www.opsource.net/saas/summit2008
or by calling (800) 664 9973 (toll-free in the United States and Canada)
or +1-408-567-2000 (for international callers). Journalists and analysts
who wish to obtain complimentary credentials should contact Jay Farlow
or Maureen Miller, pr@totalmarketingconcepts.com.
About OpSource
OpSource™ delivers Web applications and
software-as-a-service for on-demand companies, with hundreds of
applications, millions of users and billions of transactions supported
daily. OpSource On-Demand, the leading platform for Web application
delivery, is defining how Web-based software is delivered. By choosing
OpSource as their Web application delivery partner, companies are freed
from investing in and managing the complex and costly infrastructure and
services necessary to deliver applications over the Web. They can
instead focus their resources on developing, marketing and selling their
applications and services. OpSource On-Demand is suitable for companies
at any stage of growth, with any type of on-demand application. OpSource
is the only company to offer Success-Based PricingSM,
a unit-based pricing model that allows businesses to begin with a modest
minimum commitment and scale expenses as revenues increase.
Headquartered in Santa Clara, CA, OpSource has Web application delivery
centers in Virginia, London and Bangalore. For more information about
OpSource, visit www.opsource.net.
OpSource, OpSource On-Demand and the OpSource logo are trademarks
of OpSource, Inc. Success-Based Pricing is a service mark
of OpSource, Inc. All other trademarks and company names mentioned are
protected by their respective owners.
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