Press Release
Joel Allen, Founder and CEO of AllenPort Named One of the Top 100 Most Influential Executives, garnering Top 25 Ranking for Most Innovative in the Industry by Everything Channel’s CRN
Princeton, NJ November 30, 2009 – AllenPort today announced that Joel Allen, Founder and CEO, was named one of the 25 Top Most Influential Executives in the Industry by Everything Channel’s CRN. Additionally, Joel Allen was counted among Everything Channel’s Top 25 Most Innovative Executives, ranking Number 18, for his thought leadership in Cloud Computing: mobilizing applications and providing hosted solutions by connecting the Client and the Cloud.
“I appreciate this recognition from Everything Channel CRN,” said Joel E. Allen, President of AllenPort. “AllenPort’s vision is to create a hosted service that takes the place of a traditional local office network, and Everything Channel CRN has shown their own leadership by seeing that the industry will ultimately move to a hybrid architecture. The Cloud will certainly be a prominent ingredient of any IT infrastructure, but the power will remain at the periphery…on our PCs where the productivity occurs. The future is in connecting these two worlds.”
"With so many innovative channel executives in the industry today we’ve expanded our list to include 100 executives. We’ve highlighted the most influential, the sales leaders, the most innovative, as well as those who have changed the rules of the channel. We salute these leaders for their hard work and devotion to the technology channel," said Robert C. DeMarzo, senior vice president and editorial director, Everything Channel.
The Top 100 Most Influential Executives in the Industry were selected by the editors of CRN. The Top 100 Most Influential Executives in the Industry listing recognizes the executives who have changed the way the channel does business today and in the future. This year’s list salutes the 25 Most Influential Executives – individuals who are focused on innovation, as well as consistency and those overcoming remarkable challenges individuals who exude innovation from either a technology or business strategy front. Winners were announced in the November 30 issue of CRN. To read about the Top 100 Most Influential Executives in the Industry, go to www.channelweb.com.
About AllenPort Co.
Founded in 2003, AllenPort’s Virtual File Cabinet offers a Hybrid “SaaS” that connects local applications, local data, and local settings to the Cloud. The AllenPort Virtual File Cabinet provides small and mid-sized businesses, managed service providers and software publishers a hosted solution for their file management and software subscription needs. For information, visit www.allenport.com. To view AllenPort founder, Joel Allen's message to SMB's visit www.allenport.com/smbvideo
About Everything Channel (www.everythingchannel.com, www.channelweb.com)
Everything Channel is the one-stop shop for managing and accelerating technology sales. From branding and recruiting to marketing and sales, Everything Channel offers technology marketers the unmatched breadth and depth of global brands and market intelligence combined with unparalleled audience loyalty and credibility serving all technology sales channels through an extensive database. Everything Channel provides innovative field sales and marketing solutions to arm the sellers of technology with the resources they need to achieve measurable and significant results.
About United Business Media Limited (www.unitedbusinessmedia.com)
United Business Media Limited (UBM) is a global media and marketing services company that informs markets and brings the world’s buyers and sellers together at events, online, in print, and with the information they need to do business successfully. UBM serves professional and commercial communities, from IT professionals to doctors, from journalists to jewelry dealers, from farmers to pharmacists around the world. UBM employs more than 6,500 people in more than 30 countries. UBM's businesses operating in the US include CMPMedica, Commonwealth Business Media, Everything Channel, PR Newswire, RISI, TechInsights, TechWeb and Think Services. UBM is listed on the London Stock Exchange (UBM.L) and has a market capitalization of $1.6 billion.
