Star, the business ISP, aims to map ‘The Road Ahead’ for SMB technology
Gloucester, UK – 06 June 2008: Star, the business ISP, is bringing together some of the world’s most influential technology providers, along with small and medium sized business end-users, to create a vision of the future at a unique event billed as ‘the most important SMB seminar of the year’. ‘The Road Ahead’ will provide SMBs with the chance to see the product roadmaps from leading vendors including Star, Microsoft, Juniper, VMware and BT and discuss the technology challenges they need help with over the next few years.
In his keynote address, Star’s CEO Ben White, will talk about the importance of coupling technology innovation with a detailed understanding of the current and future challenges facing the small and medium-size sector in order for both SMBs and vendors to prosper.
Ben White explains, “SMBs want to embrace the latest generation of Internet technologies, including MPLS, VoIP, Software-as-a-Service, but they are often unsure whether it meets their specific business need. ‘The Road Ahead’ brings the leading names in the vendor community together with small and medium-sized businesses to enable us to create a shared vision that creates opportunities for both.”