Offered in Virtual Seminar Center from UBM Studios
CHICAGO, June 15, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ --UBM Everything Channel's CRN presented India's first virtual show for the channel community on May 17-18, 2011. Targeted to the channel community, the two-day event offered insightful information and presentations from industry experts as well as best of breed offerings from technology vendors from India and abroad. The virtual event was presented in UBM Studios' Virtual Seminar Center. UBM Studios leads the industry in world-class user engagement for virtual environments, social networking and gaming.
The virtual event drew over 600 attendees from 139 Indian cities. On average, more than 140 attendees participated in each live conference session. In addition, attendees downloaded over 4300 videos, documents and whitepapers.
"The first CRN Virtual Channel Show received an overwhelming response with more than 600 unique visitors from across 139 Indian cities logging in. In a vast country like India coverage for a virtual event is unprecedented. The compelling engagement of the visitors and relevance of a virtual platform is evident from the fact that each visitor spent an average 4.5 hours at the virtual event. The environment UBM Studios' produced for the event is simple and yet very feature rich and operates on a low bandwidth which made it possible for many enterprise VARs from smaller Indian cities having lower bandwidth to benefit from the show," said Dhaval Valia, Associate Publisher & Executive Editor, CRN India Edition.
The conference program included:
"It was a privilege to have the opportunity to be part of the CRN Virtual Channel Show and share thoughts with peers in the industry. Despite being the first-of-its kind by UBM in India, the team did very well to execute it in a professional manner and ensure high level of attendance. Kudos to the UBM team for putting up a spectacular show!" said Sanchit Vir Gogia, Associate Research Manager - Software, Springboard Research.
The event's platinum partner was EMC. The exhibitors included: EMC, Belkin, D-Link, EATON, eScan, HP Networking, LG, See Beyond, Tally Solutions and Tata Communications.
"Congratulations CRN for launching such an innovative platform. The format was non-intrusive and partners could attend at their convenience and priority. For vendors it provided reach at lower cost and a platform for a meaningful dialog. A true win-win proposition," said Amit Mehta, Director, Marketing, EMC India and SAARC.
The event was supported by leading Indian industry and channel associations -- Compass, CMDA, CONFED ITA, International Association of Microsoft Channel Partners, ISODA, PCAIT, TAIT, MITDA and GIBA.
In addition, the event's Knowledge Partners included: AMI-Partners, Ernst & Young, CIO Klub, Springboard Research, and SB Gabhawalla & Co.
The complete on demand event can be viewed here.
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About Everything Channel
Everything Channel is the premier provider of IT channel-focused events, media, research, consulting, and sales and marketing services. With over 30 years of experience and engagement, Everything Channel has the unmatched channel expertise to execute integrated solutions for technology executives managing partner recruitment, enablement and go-to-market strategy in order to accelerate technology sales. Everything Channel is a UBM company. To learn more about Everything Channel, visit us at http://www.everythingchannel.com. Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/everythingchnl.
About UBM Studios
UBM Studios leads the industry in world-class user engagement for virtual environments, social networking and gaming. A global marketing service, UBM Studios delivers content, audience and in-depth analytics driving deeper award-winning user engagement paired with vision, process and execution.
About UBM plc
UBM plc is a leading global business media company. We inform markets and bring the world's buyers and sellers together at events, online, in print and provide them with the information they need to do business successfully. We focus on serving professional commercial communities, from doctors to game developers, from journalists to jewellery traders, from farmers to pharmacists around the world. Our 6,000 staff in more than 30 countries are organised into specialist teams that serve these communities, helping them to do business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently.
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