Amazon Consulting Launches New Exclusive Channel Research on Engaging the Services Partner; Free Webinar Discusses Findings on May 20 at 11am PST

Mountain View, Calif. (Vocus) May 11, 2010

Amazon Consulting, a leading partnering services firm dedicated to helping companies elevate the impact of partnering, today announced the release of it newest exclusive channel research focused on services business engagement models. The company will host an in-depth panel discussion on May 20th at 11 a.m. PST and will include panelists Paul Cronin, Chief Executive Officer of InService and Susan McKay, Director of Strategy and Alliance Development at EMC. Visit http://www.AmazonConsulting.com to register for the webinar or click here.

This webinar tackles questions around what channel service-based business models are successful, which services grow fastest, and what field engagement models are most effective between vendor and partner in delivering services to the customer, said Diane Krakora, Amazon Consulting CEO. Vendor channel professionals wanting to understand what type of program support solution providers need should definitely plan on listening in.

Weve had a lot of interest in this topic over the last 18 months, indicated Beth Vanni, Amazon Consultings Director of Market Intelligence. Our research and consulting work shows us that having a clean engagement model and strong channel program for partners delivering professional services, managed services or support has been an area targeted for improvement with many leading vendors. We think this research bring more details to light about how vendors should be engaging these emerging services-based partner types over the next 12-18 months.

The companys full research on this topic includes an Executive Brief of findings, two detailed research reports and the webinar featuring a panel discussion of the findings on May 20th at 11:00 a.m. PST. The research reports are available exclusively to subscribers of Amazon Consultings annual market intelligence subscription service called PartnerG2.

PartnerG2

Amazon Consulting offers market research studies through a comprehensive annual market intelligence subscription program called PartnerG2. Fueling channel management professionals with valuable research, analysis, thought leadership tools and expert advice to guide partnering success, PartnerG2 offers unlimited users under a corporate subscription, quarterly studies based on industry hot topics, a complete library of thought leadership materials and 4-hours of complementary consulting services. Channel industry analyst and speaker Beth Vanni is the Director of Market Intelligence for Amazons Partner G2 program and can be followed at http://amazonconsultingblog.wordpress.com/ or http://twitter.com/bvanni.

About Amazon Consulting

Amazon Consulting, LLC is a partnering development firm based in Silicon Valley, California, wholly dedicated to helping companies elevate the impact of partnering. We achieve this by effectively designing, implementing and automating channel and alliance models. We offer services ranging from channel models and program development plans to partnering operations and program execution. PartnerPath

Amazon Consulting Launches New Exclusive Channel Research on Engaging the Services Partner; Free Webinar Discusses Findings on May 20 at 11am PST

NYIT Hosts Sixth Annual Interdisciplinary Symposium Focused On Engaging Students In The Global Century

New York, N.Y. (Vocus) March 23, 2010

New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) hosted its sixth annual interdisciplinary symposium, Engaging Students in the Global Century, on Friday, March 19, 2010, at its Manhattan campus.

The symposium served as an exchange of new ideas, initiatives, and technologies in higher education. Presentations focused on addressing how to successfully engage international students in American-style education.

This symposium attracts people who are passionate about sharing ideas and information on cutting-edge technologies, curriculum, and other creative methods in higher education, said Roger Yu, dean of NYITs College of Arts and Sciences.

The symposium included a number of presentations led by prestigious leaders in education from NYIT, Columbia University, Utah Valley University, and William Paterson University. The session, Engaging Students in College Literacy: The Nanjing Experience, presented personal accounts of teaching abroad from NYIT professor Gary Stephens and adjunct professor Margaret Stacey. They shared specific successes and challenges faced when they taught students at NYITs campus in Nanjing, China. In addition, Ryan Kelsey and Ashlinn Quinn, from Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning at Columbia University, presented Lessons Learned from a Three-Year Curriculum and Technology Design Experiment in a Global Synchronous Course.

Technologys impact on higher education was a prevalent theme throughout the symposium, and presenters identified and discussed resources such as blogs, Facebook, and YouTube that connects campuses with one another.

For a full symposium schedule, visit http://engagingnyit.wordpress.com/schedule.

About NYIT

New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees in more than 90 fields of study, including architecture and interior design; arts and sciences; education; engineering and computing sciences; health professions; management; and osteopathic medicine. A non-profit independent, private institution of higher education, NYIT has more than 15,000 students attending campuses on Long Island and Manhattan, online, and at its global campuses. For more than 50 years, NYIT has been guided by its mission to provide career-oriented professional education, offer access to opportunity to all qualified students, and support applications-oriented research that benefits the larger world. To date, 81,500 students have graduated from NYIT. For more information, visit http://www.nyit.edu.

Contact:

Amy Wu

Global Communications Specialist

646.273.6008

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NYIT Hosts Sixth Annual Interdisciplinary Symposium Focused On Engaging Students In The Global Century