The Best of Breed Conference 2013

Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay, Tampa, FL October 15th - October 17th, 2013

Content. Connection. Change.

Join this year’s BoB’s attendees who are driving their organizations through a massive transformation sparked by fundamental changes in how IT solutions are delivered. This is an era of rapid technology advancements marked by total upheaval. Find the guidance you can trust to grow and best position your brand. Here you can glean insight from speakers of distinction. More importantly connect with peers—leaders of progressive solution providers.

Featuring Awards for CRN's Top Solution Provider Lists
With the best and the brightest in the channel together, we will celebrate the solution providers who have achieved some of the highest levels of recognition in the industry.

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Be a Part of Setting the 2014 Channel Agenda


LEADERSHIP
BoB is an exclusive 2.5 day thought-leadership conference designed for the most progressive and innovative executives dedicated to achieving the highest levels of business performance in the IT channel.

INSIGHT
In a setting intended to inspire, the conference gathers influential speakers from the upper echelon of the solution provider community along with industry visionaries, experts, and customers who are shaping the future of the channel.

TRANSFORMATION
Established channel executives connect to share and advance significant ideas to create lucrative road maps for their businesses that take into account both technology trends and high-growth opportunities.

ENGAGEMENT
VIPs from top-performing solution providers come together and actively engage with peers to develop and solidify relationships that will foster and nurture their businesses for years to come.


Focus on Industry Outlook & Technology Thought Leadership

  • The new reality of cloud
  • How mobility is reshaping the solution landscape
  • Investing in and leveraging the app dev ecosystem 
  • Social networking impact on customer relationships and brand extension
  • Evolution of the solution provider business model
  • Best practices for professional services
  • Extending the managed services phenomenon 
  • Business strategy & best practices
  • Enterprise and midmarket CIO perspectives
  • The new buyers of IT & the future of the CIO 
  • The new age of marketing IT solutions
  • Developing successful sales cultures
  • Growth through acquisition
  • POVs from next-gen & high-performance Solution Provider 500 leaders
  • Keynotes from innovators, high-achieving entrepreneurs, and top visionaries at major vendor organizations