Time Warner, IBM, GlaxoSmithKline and SAP to Discuss Driving Value From Cloud and Big Data Solutions at Cloud Analytics Summit

WELLESLEY, MA--(Marketwired - Apr 24, 2013) - THINKstrategies today announced that executives from Time Warner, IBM, SAP and GlaxoSmithKline, along with other leading organizations and industry experts, have confirmed their participation at the second annual Cloud Analytics Summit hosted by THINKstrategies, the Cloud Computing Showplace and Rising Tide Media on Thursday, May 2, 2013 at the Apella Conference Center in New York.

The Summit provides a unique meeting place and executive forum for corporate decision makers to learn about the latest cloud solutions aimed at addressing their Business Intelligence and analytics needs.

Speakers include:

• GlaxoSmithKline US Futures Manager Erika Jurrens
• IBM CIO and VP Jeanette Horan
• SAP SVP, Application, ADI and IT Management, Stephen Spears
• Sumo Logic co-founder Christian Beedgen
• Time Warner CIO and SVP Bill Krivoshik

"Today's business and technology executives need to easily and quickly access, interpret and distribute insight from real-time organizational data," said Jeffrey M. Kaplan, managing director of THINKstrategies, Inc. organizer of the Cloud Analytics Summit, and founder of the Cloud Computing Showplace. "This year's Cloud Analytics Summit brings together an impressive lineup of technology executives and customers in a high-caliber discussion on Big Data, cloud-based BI, and data integration opportunities and solutions."

The second Annual Cloud Analytics Summit will be held Thursday, May 2, 2013 from 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. at the Apella Conference Center, 450 E 29^th St, New York, NY. The event will be followed by a reception.

Contact Jeff Kaplan if you would like more information about Cloud Summit events. Details regarding upcoming conferences are also available on Twitter @CloudSummits.

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