SaaS User Group Roadshow Dates Announced for Raleigh and Charlotte

CHARLOTTE and RALEIGH, N.C., May 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The SaaS User Group, the leading association for software-as-a-service (SaaS) industry professionals in the Southeast, today announced that the group will host two upcoming events as part of the "SaaS User Group Spring 2010 Roadshow" in Charlotte on June 2 and in Raleigh on June 3.  

The SaaS Roadshow is the top destination in the Southeast for individuals to learn about SaaS, cloud-based services and service-oriented architectures (SOA).  The events will provide attendees with an opportunity to connect with business leaders on the forefront of the SaaS market and learn about the full range security, cost, risk and integration issues related to SaaS, cloud computing and SOA.

The events will feature internationally recognized industry expert David Linthicum as keynote speaker.  Linthicum is the author and co-author of 13 books on computing, including the best selling "Enterprise Application Integration," and his latest book "Cloud Computing and SOA Convergence."

"We're pleased to have a strong line-up of speakers and sponsors on board for this year's events, with David at the top of the roster," said Josh Wolff, Regional Director for Hosted Solutions and Founder of the SaaS User Group.  "In addition, we're very excited to have one of the co-founders of Jigsaw on board as a speaker.  Jigsaw is the leader in crowd-sourced data services and they were recently acquired by cloud computing giant Salesforce.com.  Jigsaw is incredibly progressive with their data cloud platform, which creates an enormous opportunity for developers and independent software vendors to deliver entirely new applications that leverage the business contact data found in Jigsaw. They'll have great insight to share with our group as well."

Hosted Solutions, the East Coast's premier provider of IT infrastructure as a service (IaaS), is the presenting sponsor of the events.  Platinum sponsors of the event are Jigsaw, Ping Identity and Akamai.  Alert Logic is the gold sponsor. Silver sponsors include Brooksource, Cisco, Clayton Parsons, CNP Technologies, Frontier Capital, Kognitio, Time Warner Cable, XO Communications.  WRAL's Local Tech Wire is the media sponsor for the event.   The American Diabetes Association is the charity partner for the event.

The audience at the events will include prospective customers of SaaS solutions (including non technical business personnel), application services providers, infrastructure providers, technology providers, and associated support providers. The event will be a great networking opportunity and an excellent opportunity to showcase the different offerings within the SaaS community.

The events will be held at the Renaissance Charlotte Suites Hotel on June 2, and the Raleigh Marriott City Center on June 3.  To register for either event, visit www.saasusergroup.org.

About the SaaS User Group

Founded in 2007, the SaaS User Group is a conglomerate of industry professionals in the Southeast promoting growth in the software industry through events, education, promotion, and the fostering of strategic industry relationships. The group was created as an educational endeavor to provide a forum for business leaders involved in the design, development, manufacturing, distribution, and integration of software as a service products, as well as related services that are sold through on-demand channels.

SOURCE Hosted Solutions