The Best of Breed (BoB) Conference meets the evolving needs of the IT channel’s largest, fastest-growing, and most progressive solution provider organizations and the top technology vendors and distributors. An invitation-only event, the BoB Conference brings together 100+ attendees from CRN’s elite solution provider lists ─ Solution Provider 500, Tech Elite 250 and Fast Growth 150 ─ to connect and engage over the course of 2 days. The in-person event features empowering CEO interviews, SP 500 solution provider spotlights, economic and market trend sessions, executive panel discussions and briefings, and peer-to-peer networking.
Chairman & CEO
IBM
Arvind Krishna is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of IBM. As a business leader and technologist, he has led the building and expansion of new markets for IBM in artificial intelligence, cloud, quantum computing, and blockchain. He has also played a significant role in the development of innovative IBM products and solutions based on these emerging technologies.
Over his 30-year career at IBM, Krishna led a series of bold transformations and delivered proven business results. He most recently drove the successful $34 billion acquisition of Red Hat – the largest software acquisition – that has defined the hybrid cloud market. Together, IBM and Red Hat give clients the unique ability to build mission-critical applications once and run them anywhere.
Krishna previously was senior vice president of Cloud and Cognitive Software, where he pioneered the company’s hybrid cloud business, transformed IBM’s entire software and services portfolio and offerings for cloud, and grew the business. He also headed IBM Research, where he drove innovation in core and emerging technologies including artificial intelligence, quantum computing, blockchain, cloud platform services, data-driven solutions, and nanotechnology. In 2016, Wired Magazine selected Arvind as “one of 25 geniuses who are creating the future of business” for his foundational work on blockchain.
As general manager of IBM Systems and Technology Group’s development and manufacturing organization, Krishna led the strategy for data-centric systems and the widespread industry adoption of open and collaborative technology standards. He also grew the IBM Information Management business by 50 percent.
At IBM, Krishna has been an outspoken advocate for learning at every stage of one’s career. He has made scientific contributions in a number of technical fields, including wireless networking, security, systems, and databases. In addition, he founded IBM’s security software business and helped create the world’s first commercial wireless system.
Krishna has an undergraduate degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IITK) and a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the recipient of distinguished alumni awards from both institutions.
CEO
CrowdStrike
George Kurtz is the CEO and co-founder of CrowdStrike, a global cybersecurity leader that has redefined modern security with the world’s most advanced cloud-native platform for protecting critical areas of enterprise risk — endpoints and cloud workloads, identity and data. Kurtz is an internationally recognized security expert, author, entrepreneur, and speaker. He has more than 29 years of experience in the security space, including extensive experience driving revenue growth and scaling organizations across the globe. His entrepreneurial background and ability to commercialize nascent technologies have enabled him to drive innovation to market throughout his career. His prior roles at McAfee, a $2.5 billion security company, include Worldwide Chief Technology Officer and GM as well as EVP of Enterprise.
Prior to joining McAfee, Kurtz started Foundstone in October 1999 as the founder and CEO responsible for recruiting the other founding team members. Foundstone, a worldwide security products and services company, had one of the leading incident response practices in the industry, and was acquired by McAfee in October of 2004. Additionally, he has held senior positions in security with EY and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Kurtz has been quoted or featured in many major publications, media outlets, and television programs including CNN, Fox News, ABC World News, Bloomberg, CNBC, New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Associated Press, Network World, and may others. He also authored the best-selling security book of all time, Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions.
President & CEO
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Antonio Neri is the president and CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise responsible for the development and delivery of enterprise technology solutions and services that make hybrid IT simple and power the intelligent edge. During his nearly 23 years at HP and HPE, Neri has held numerous leadership positions most recently as executive vice president and GM of HPE’s Enterprise Group, which included the company’s server, networking, storage and technology services business units. Prior to HPE’s separation from HP, Neri ran HP’s server and networking business. Before that, Neri led HP’s Technology Services business, which provided technology support and consulting services for HP’s products and solutions. Neri spent the earlier part of his career in various engineering and leadership roles in HP’s Printing and Personal Systems business units. Neri he strategy, development and introduction of many breakthrough innovations at HP and HPE. He currently serves as a director of Anthem Inc. He graduated from Escuela Nacional de Educación Técnica in Argentina and attended the Universidad Tecnólgica Nacional. He is also a Professor of Drawing and Painting.
CEO
VMware
Raghu Raghuram joined VMware in 2003 and currently serves as the company’s CEO. He is an industry thought leader and has successfully steered the company’s strategy and technology evolution across VMware’s rich history.
During his tenure at VMware, Raghuram has held multiple leadership roles, most recently Chief Operating Officer, Products and Cloud Services, where he had responsibility for all of VMware’s product and service offerings and centralized services, support and operational functions. Prior, he led the company’s software-defined data center business as the executive vice president and general manager, where he was responsible for the division’s strategy, business and product planning and engineering execution. Before, he led the company’s cloud infrastructure and management business as the general manager, and led worldwide product marketing, product management and business planning for the company, and served as part of the leadership team that took the company through its initial IPO. Raghuram began his career at VMware running product management for ESX and vSphere.
Prior to VMware, Raghuram held product management and marketing roles at AOL, Bang Networks and Netscape. Raghuram holds an MBA from the Wharton School of Business and a Master‘s degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai.
Arrow
Arrow
Since 1935, Arrow Electronics has developed technology solutions that improve business and daily life. Arrow’s enterprise computing solutions business is a leading IT distributor that helps IT providers and vendors thrive. With a global line card of 500+ vendors, we enable our community of over 3,000 channel partners to deliver modern IT solutions. We provide deep technology expertise and an unmatched ability to solve the complexities of today‘s IT and business landscape. We work as an extension of your team so you can accelerate your business growth and create better outcomes. Find out how Arrow can guide your business: arrow.com/globalecs/na/
Visit client website >Cynet
Cynet
Cynet’s end-to-end, natively automated XDR platform, backed by a 24/7 MDR service, was purpose-built to enable lean IT security teams to achieve comprehensive and effective protection regardless of their resources, team size, or skills.
Cynet delivers the prevention and detection capabilities of EPP, EDR, NDR, Deception, UBA, SSPM & CSPM, together with alert and activity correlation and extensive response automation capabilities.
Our vision is to enable security teams to put their cybersecurity on autopilot and focus their limited resources on managing security rather than operating it.
Bring sanity back to cybersecurity with a fresh approach that makes protecting your organization easy and stress-less.
Visit client website >Fortinet
Fortinet
Fortinet’s broad, integrated and automated Security Fabric platform provides the combined power of differentiated technology, proven credibility, and long-term commitment to the channel, so you can build long-term, profitable relationships with your customers.
Visit client website >HPE
HPE
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) is the global edge-to-cloud company that helps organizations accelerate outcomes by unlocking value from all of their data, everywhere. Built on decades of reimagining the future and innovating to advance the way people live and work, HPE delivers unique, open and intelligent technology solutions as a service. With offerings spanning Cloud Services, Compute, High Performance Computing & AI, Intelligent Edge, Software, and Storage, HPE provides a consistent experience across all clouds and edges, helping customers develop new business models, engage in new ways, and increase operational performance. For more information, visit: www.hpe.com.
Visit client website >IBM
IBM
IBM is the global leader in business transformation through an open hybrid cloud platform and AI, serving clients in more than 170 countries around the world. With 28 consecutive years of patent leadership, IBM is committed to being a responsible innovator and a force for good in the world.
Visit client website >Ingram Micro
Ingram Micro
Ingram Micro helps businesses Realize the Promise of Technology™. It delivers a full spectrum of global technology and supply chain services to businesses around the world. In the U.S., Ingram Micro is an indispensable business partner helping channel partners grow their businesses in ways they haven’t imagined yet. We are committed to enabling our partners to thrive in today’s new economy, where technology, data consumption and financial models are evolving at unprecedented rates. Our teams are constantly looking for better ways to provide partners a differentiated experience and improved operational excellence to their customers. www.ingrammicro.com
Visit client website >IT Complete Security
IT Complete Security
Small and Mid-size businesses are seeing mature attacks at a rate previously encountered only by the largest businesses and government institutions. Unfortunately, most Small Businesses don’t have the time, money, nor staff to mount a capable defense. With the ever-increasing number of devices connected to every network, the pathway for malicious agents to enter grows by the second. To mount a full defense, MSPs and small internal IT teams must find a way to safeguard every path despite limited budgets and resources
Kaseya answers the challenge for multi-function IT teams with comprehensive Dark Web Monitoring, Anti-Phishing – including simulations to expose the employee behaviors that lead to credential theft – and more. Coupled with Vulnerability Scanning, Awareness Training, Firewall, Anti-virus/Anti-malware, and robust Patching solutions, and you have a security stack that provides a complete blanket of protection. All unified and integrated in the single platform that is Kaseya IT Complete, so that they’re easier to use, manage and maintain. Kaseya‘s IT Complete Security Suite has “Got IT Covered”
Visit client website >Lenovo
Lenovo
Lenovo is a US$70 billion revenue global technology powerhouse, ranked #171 in the Fortune Global 500, employing 75,000 people around the world, and serving millions of customers every day in 180 markets. Focused on a bold vision to deliver smarter technology for all, Lenovo has built on its success as the world’s largest PC company by further expanding into key growth areas including server, storage, mobile, solutions and services. This transformation together with Lenovo’s world-changing innovation is building a more inclusive, trustworthy, and sustainable digital society for everyone, everywhere. To find out more visit https://www.lenovo.com.
Visit client website >N-able
N-able
N-able (formerly SolarWinds MSP) empowers managed services providers (MSPs) to help small and medium enterprises navigate the digital evolution. With a flexible technology platform and powerful integrations, we make it easy for MSPs to monitor, manage, and protect their end customer systems, data, and networks. Our growing portfolio of security, automation, and backup and recovery solutions is built for IT services management professionals. N-able simplifies complex ecosystems and enables customers to solve their most pressing challenges. We provide extensive, proactive support—through enriching partner programs, hands-on training, and growth resources—to help MSPs deliver exceptional value and achieve success at scale. n-able.com
Visit client website >Pax8
Pax8
Pax8 simplifies the way organizations buy, sell, and manage cloud solutions, empowering our partners to achieve more with cloud technology. Our born-in-the-cloud platform modernizes the channel’s cloud journey with consolidated billing, automated provisioning, and industry-leading PSA integrations. And our technology is backed by an experience that provides responsive, 24/7 support alongside the education and resources you need to grow your cloud business.
Visit client website >SentinelOne
SentinelOne
SentinelOne is pioneering autonomous cybersecurity to prevent, detect, and respond to cyber attacks at faster speed, greater scale and higher accuracy than human-powered technology alone. The Singularity XDR platform offers real-time visibility and intelligent AI-powered response. Achieve more capability with less complexity.
Visit client website >ThreatLocker
ThreatLocker
ThreatLocker® is a leader in endpoint security technologies, providing enterprise-level cybersecurity tools for the Managed Services Provider (MSP) industry, to improve the security of servers and endpoints. ThreatLocker’s combined Application Allowlisting, Ringfencing™, Storage Control, Elevation Control, and Endpoint Network Access Control (NAC) solutions are leading the cybersecurity market towards a more secure approach of blocking the exploits of unknown application vulnerabilities. To learn more about ThreatLocker® visit: www.threatlocker.com
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