HostingCon 2009 August 9, 2009

HostingCon 2009-- the largest gathering of hosted services professionals will take place this year in Washington D.C. from August 10th-12th.

This year’s show, celebrating its Fifth Anniversary, brings together practitioners and visionaries from companies like Microsoft, Google, Parallels, Rackspace, Soft Layer, Peer 1, UK2, cPanel, Verisign, SpamExperts, Salesforce.com - hundreds of executives, marketers, and technology professionals from hosted service providers across 32 countries!

HostingCon 2009 provides an exceptional opportunity for you to experience multiple keynotes and over 40 educational sessions covering technology, marketing, business development, and emerging trends focused on helping hosted services professionals compete and thrive in a changing environment.

Some of this year’s keynotes and general sessions include:

• Gain a vision for cloud computing as defined by industry giants including Google, Microsoft, Salesforce.com and Rackspace.

• Discover how virtualization will enable hosting providers to be successful in the new era of SaaS services presented by Zane Adam from Microsoft.

• Gain competitive strength through an in-depth market analysis delivered by Sergei Beloussov, CEO of Parallels.
• Uncover U.S. and EU data protection policies from top government delegates.
• Discover how to survive the financial crisis directly from hosting industry CFOs.

• Learn “Models and Approaches to Cloud Services” from leading-edge companies like Soft Layer and Mezeo.

• Determine whether to “Build, Buy or Colocate” from a leading telecom analyst, Iain Grant of Seaboard Group.

• Get the latest strategies and insights from one of the brightest minds in search engine optimization and linking building – Rand Fishkin from SEOMoz.

Beyond technology, HostingCon 2009 will deliver proven and practical strategies from many of the brightest leaders from inside and outside the hosting industry on topics including search engine optimization (local, mobile and international), social media marketing, lead generation, and new product launches.

Plus learn the latest data security challenges, uncover PCI compliance issues, and experience complete immersion in the biggest issues and opportunities facing the hosted services industry today! View the entire program at:
http://www.hostingcon.com/2009/attend/schedule.php.