Back to Press Releases Crimson Consulting Group Partner Dylan Charles to be a Featured Panelist at September 19, 2007 Ziff Davis Enterprise Channel Summit Los Altos, Calif. - September 18, 2007 - Crimson Consulting Group, a marketing consulting firm that provides marketing strategy and execution consulting services to high technology companies, has announced that Partner Dylan Charles will be a featured panelist at the Ziff Davis Enterprise Channel Summit to be held September 19 at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare in Rosemount, Illinois. A seasoned channel marketing expert and guest contributor to eWeek’s Channel Insider, Charles will participate on a panel discussion entitled, “What Kinds of Products Are Driving Profitable IT Services Revenue?” The session will also highlight results of the Ziff Davis/Crimson SP Business Practice survey, which identifies and analyzes a number of trends in the channel, from the growth in managed services to the importance of vendor support. Pedro Pereira, Editor of eWEEK Strategic Partner and Channel Insider, will moderate the panel, with a presentation by Mike Vizard, Senior Vice President of Ziff Davis. Panelists will include Wes Herschberger, CEO of MapleTronics Computers, Tracy Butler, President of Acropolis Technology Group and Boris Pevzner, President and CEO of Lontra. Dylan can be reached at dcharles@crimson_consulting.com and his blog Achieve Market Leadership is at www.achievemarketleadership.com/author/dylan_charles Panel Information Date and Time: Wednesday – September 19, 2007 9:30 am – 10:30 am Location: Hyatt Regency O’Hare Rosemount, IL About Ziff Davis Enterprise Channel Summit The Ziff Davis Enterprise Channel Summit is a one-of-a-kind conference at which solution providers will hear senior IT managers and business executives share their thoughts and insights on the technology trends shaping purchasing decisions in 2007. Attendees will leave with the knowledge on how to craft solutions that better anticipate the needs of their customers, thereby giving their companies a strategic edge. For more information on the Summit, go to: http://www.ziffdavis.com/products/events/channelsummit About the Speaker, Dylan Charles A Partner at Crimson Consulting Group, Inc., Dylan Charles heads up Crimson’s Channel Strategy and Interactive Services practices. Charles is a former Partner at KPMG (BearingPoint) and The McKenna Group, and has over 20 years of strategy and planning experience in a range of industries including high technology, telecommunications, media, and consumer products. His expertise includes market analysis and strategy development, positioning strategy, market infrastructure planning including Web and customer/partner management systems, and operations strategy. Charles’ clients include Cisco, HP, Microsoft, Ingram Micro, Symantec, Seagate, and others. Founded in 1991, Crimson Consulting Group (http://www.crimson-consulting.com) provides marketing strategy and execution services for high technology companies. Clients include Adobe, BEA, Cisco, HP, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, Seagate and Symantec. For more information: Maura McNulty Mediahook 650 804-4456 maura_mcnulty@yahoo.com