Launchpad Europe Channel Index to Investigate Storage and Security Opportunities for IT Resellers and Integrators

Preliminary results will be announced at Storage Networking World and Infosecurity Europe.

Business accelerator Launchpad Europe has kicked off its first annual Channel Index survey into the top storage and security opportunities open to resellers and integrators in Europe and North America. The Launchpad Europe Channel Index 2011, open to responses until April 22nd, will also gauge the biggest IT spending stimuli as well as the influence of social media within the channel.

The survey (available athttp://www.surveymonkey.com/s/channelindex2011) takes five minutes to complete. Respondents may enter into a free drawing to win some fabulous prizes, including an iPod nano.

Preliminary results of the Channel Index will be announced at Storage Networking World in Santa Clara, California and at Infosecurity Europe in London.

Results will also be previewed on the Launchpad Europe blogs, Countdown2Infosecurity (www.countdown2infosecurity.com) and Countdown2StorageExpo (www.countdown2storageexpo.com). These blogs, alongside their sister title, Countdown2MWC (www.countdown2mwc.com), are rapidly becoming essential reading for sales, marketing and PR professionals within vendors and the channel community in the IT security, IT storage and mobile/telecoms industries, respectively.

The Channel Index follows last year’s success of the Launchpad Europe IT Security Index, which gauged attitudes towards data leak prevention and IT security in the cloud. For more information or to request an executive summary of the Launchpad Europe IT Security Index or the Launchpad Europe Channel Index 2011 (when available), please email the Launchpad Europe team at countdown@launchpad-europe.com.

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About Launchpad Europe:
Launchpad Europe is a leading market accelerator providing high-tech start-ups with a proven “rapid-entry” methodology to European markets. Launchpad specializes in IT security, IT storage, mobile and telcos.

Launchpad Europe provides and supports the full range of:

• sales, marketing and PR activities

• direct and indirect third party channel representation

• distribution

• technical backup and support services

• legal and financial advice

• HR functionality

A member of Intellect, the UK trade association for the IT industry, and a member of the Business Service Provider program of the US Commercial Dept., Launchpad Europe is continually expanding its range of US-focused activities aimed at accelerating transatlantic exchanges of innovative new technologies.

If you would like to meet with a member of the Launchpad Europe team at Storage Networking World or Infosecurity Europe, please visit www.launchpad-europe.com; telephone +1 781 519 0245 / +44 (0)20 8255 2345; email countdown@launchpad-europe.com; or follow us on Twitter: @launchpadeurope

About the Launchpad Europe Countdown blogs:
Launchpad Europe is producer of the popular “Countdown” blog series for information technology sales, marketing and PR professionals. These blogs – Countdown2StorageExpo, Countdown2Infosecurity and Countdown2MWC— provide news content, analysis, commentary, interviews and updates to help storage, security and mobile/telecoms professionals stay informed on relevant industry issues and prepared for upcoming events.

For more information on the Countdown blogs, please contact Countdown2StorageExpo atstorageexpo@launchpad-europe.com; Countdown2Infosecurity at infosecurity@launchpad-europe.com; or Countdown2MWC at mwc@launchpad-europe.com. For sponsorship enquiries, please contact rross@launchpad-europe.com.

Press contact:
Rose Ross, Omarketing Limited (for Launchpad Europe)
+44 (0)20 8255 5225
+1 781 519 0275
rose@omarketing.co.uk
www.twitter.com/omarketingnews
www.twitter.com/Rose_at_O

Client contact:
Mike Burkitt, Launchpad Europe
+1 781 519 0245
+44(0) 20 8255 2345
mburkitt@launchpad-europe.com
www.launchpad-europe.com
www.twitter.com/launchpadeurope