CEO Lance Crosby to Discuss Market Trends and Opportunities in IT Hosting Industry Parallels APAC Summit 2011
DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SoftLayer® Technologies, the innovation leader in Cloud, Dedicated, and Managed hosting, today announced that CEO Lance Crosby will deliver a keynote address at the Parallels APAC Summit 2011, in Sentosa, Singapore, on Friday, September 23, 2011 at 11:45 a.m.
Mr. Crosby will present his views on the state of the IT hosting industry discussing key trends, customer adoption and market growth opportunities. He will also outline different strategies for capturing market share based on SoftLayer's ability to innovate and automate data center services around customer pain points. In addition, Mr. Crosby will provide an update on the company's expansion into Asia as well as the successful merger of SoftLayer and The Planet®, which created the largest privately-held hosting company in the world.
"Participating at the Parallels APAC Summit gives us a great opportunity to share ideas and best practices with other leaders in our industry," said Mr. Crosby. "As our industry continues to evolve and rapidly change, IT hosting providers must find new ways to adapt and add value. As we move into Asia the opportunity and market demand has never been greater to truly deliver on the promise of cloud computing for businesses and consumers alike."
SoftLayer is aggressively expanding in Asia, opening its first data center and network Points of Presence (PoPs) in Singapore, Tokyo, and Hong Kong. Beginning Sept. 23, customers can pre-order services in the new data center, to be deployed when the data center and PoPs officially open for operations on Oct. 3.
"SoftLayer built their data center services business from the ground up with the keen understanding that automating their systems and services are the keys to driving costs down in a price sensitive industry," said Birger Steen, CEO of Parallels. "We congratulate SoftLayer on their ongoing global build out of their data centers, and look forward to helping our valued partner continue to automate their Cloud infrastructure and other hosted services."
Mr. Crosby will speak on Friday morning alongside other leaders in the hosting industry. Other events at the conference include:
- Product and Industry general sessions
- Exhibition hall featuring the latest products and services from the industry's top companies
- Networking events including a cocktail reception, dinner, and team-building activities
- Real-time access to Parallels developers and executives
For more information about Parallels APAC Summit 2011 visit http://www.parallels.com/summit/apac/2011/.
About SoftLayer Technologies
Headquartered in Dallas, SoftLayer is the innovation leader in Cloud, Dedicated, and Managed hosting and is the largest private hosting company in the world. SoftLayer provides cloud, dedicated, and seamlessly integrated computing environments, with world-class data centers in Dallas, Houston, San Jose, Seattle, Washington D.C., Asia-Pacific (via Singapore), and Europe (via Amsterdam) and has network Points of Presence worldwide. The company integrates and automates all elements of its platform, empowering enterprises of any size with complete control, security, scalability, and ease-of-management via a leading Customer Portal and Open API. For more information, please visit softlayer.com or call 866.398.7638.
About Parallels APAC Summit
The Parallels APAC Summit in Singapore, is the only place in Asia to gain exclusive and comprehensive insight into the lucrative business opportunities with SMBs in 2011, and for years to come. This is the premier conference for service providers-hosters, communications service providers (CSPs), value-added resellers (VARs), software vendors (ISVs), even web designers-looking to rapidly and profitably deliver the widest range of integrated, easy-to-use Cloud services that small businesses are eager to acquire.
Contacts
SoftLayer Technologies
Andre Fuochi, 469-394-7274
Director, Corporate Communications
afuochi@softlayer.com
or
Bite Communications
Nicholas Ferguson or Mike Cheong, +65-6323-7377
nicholas.ferguson@bitecommunications.com
mike.cheong@bitecommunications.com