Ingram Micro prepares to host META cloud event

Aptec, an Ingram Micro company will host its inaugural Cloud Summit 2016 event for channel partners and prospects across the Middle East, Africa, and Turkey region. Ingram Micro Cloud Summit META, will take place at Atlantis, The Palm in Dubai from November 13^th to 15th, and is the company’s first channel-focused event. It is expected to attract the region’s industry solution providers, cloud service providers, cloud vendors, telcos, hosters, ISVs, and other cloud visionaries.

Event sponsors include Microsoft, Dropbox, Cloud4C, Oracle, and other cloud industry leaders.

Themed – Where Rainmakers Thrive, the three-day conference will showcase the latest cloud-based tools and technology and deliver valuable best practices for marketing, selling, and supporting cloud services to meet company needs at any stage of their journey. Attendees will learn from cloud solution experts and network with influential voices in the cloud industry while attending sessions focused on building and growing a successful cloud business.

The event will also see the Middle East, Africa, Turkey launch of Ingram Micro Cloud Marketplace, a fully automated portal for resellers to order, provision, manage, and bill cloud services from multiple vendors in a single place.

Attendees will also have the opportunity to experience cloud-based solutions and services from industry’s top cloud vendors, cloud service providers, and ISVs at the conference’s Techtune Showcase.

In addition to the comprehensive agenda, Cloud Summit META will feature keynote presentations from industry leading figures, including Arjan Oude Kotte, SMB Channel Sales Director at Microsoft Middle East and Africa; Simon Aldous, Head of Channels EMEA at Dropbox; and Renee Bergeron, Senior Vice President, Global Cloud Channel at Ingram Micro, who will offer valuable insight and expert advice on a variety of cloud-driven topics and trends.

Rahul Bhavsar, Director, Cloud Sales, META, Ingram Micro said, “We are excited to bring Ingram Micro Cloud Summit to the META region.”