The 2007 Parallels Hosting Summit is a two day event that will feature in-depth product, business, and networking sessions. These sessions will increase attendees' knowledge of hosting solutions and industry knowledge. The business track will focus on product features, profitability, and use cases, while the technical track will focus on product-specific implementations, architectures, and problem solving.
Attendees will have numerous networking opportunities with the Parallels team and other hosting professionals. In addition there will be sponsored meals and after hours events in which you can participate.
Monday, May 7, 2007
| 6:00 - 8:00pm | Welcome Reception sponsored by Intel and AMD Networking, Drinks, Appetizers |
Tuesday, May 8, 2007
| 8:00 - 9:00am | General Registration and Breakfast sponsored by IBM |
| 9:00 - 10:00am | Welcome, CEO Keynote |
| 10:00 - 10:30am | Web Hosting 2007 - Potentials and Pitfalls |
| 10:30 - 10:45am | Break sponsored by Smart Online |
| 10:45 - 11:30am | Software as a Service (SaaS) Strategies for Hosting Providers |
| 11:30 - 12:15pm | Windows Hosting Opportunities |
| 12:15 - 1:30pm | Lunch sponsored by GeoTrust |
| Track 1: Business Track | Track 2: Technical Track | |
| 1:30 - 2:00pm | Virtualized Hosting Business Models | Plesk Advanced Q&A |
| 2:00 - 2:30pm | Hosting Interoperability and Integration | |
| 2:30 - 2:45pm | Advanced Collaboration Services | |
| 2:45 - 3:00pm | Increasing Online Confidence with SSL | |
| 3:00 - 3:30pm | Break | |
| 3:30 - 4:30pm | What's New In Hosting (Five Minute Partner Presentations) |
Break |
| 4:30 - 5:00pm | Backup and High Availability Hosting | Parallels Business Automation Advanced Q&A |
| 5:00 - 5:30pm | Break | |
| 5:30 - 6:30pm | Transportation to ESPN Zone in Downtown Washington, DC | |
| 6:30 - 10:00pm | ESPN Zone: Dinner, Drinks, Gaming and Networking Sponsored by Microsoft |
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Wednesday, May 9, 2007
| 8:00 - 9:00am | Breakfast and Day Two Welcome sponsored by Open-Xchange |
| 9:00 - 9:40am | Day Two Keynote: Hosting Industry Perspective |
| 9:40 - 10:00am | How Much is Your Company Worth? |
| 10:00 - 10:20am | Hardware Evolution in the Datacenter |
| 10:20 - 10:40am | Break |
| 10:40 - 11:00am | SUSE Linux for Hosting Providers |
| 11:00 - 11:40am | Building an Efficient SaaS Sales Force |
| 11:40 - 12:00am | Delivering Efficiency and Performance in the Hosting Provider Datacenter |
| 12:00 - 1:00pm | Lunch sponsored by Comodo |
| Track 1: Business Track | Track 2: Technical Track | |
| 1:00 - 1:30pm | Virtualization Update and Roadmap | Virtuozzo Linux Advanced Q&A (deployment and optimization) |
| 1:30 - 2:00pm | Control Panel Update and Roadmap | |
| 2:00 - 2:30pm | Increasing Revenue with the Domain Secondary Market | |
| 2:30 - 3:00pm | Provisioning Solutions for Hosting | Virtuozzo Windows Advanced Q&A (deployment and optimization) |
| 3:00 - 3:30pm | Content Management Update and Roadmap | |
| 3:30 - 4:00pm | Billing Solutions for Hosting |
