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Jeff Kaplan    

Cloud Computing Expert, Technology Consultant and Industry Speaker

Jeffrey Kaplan is a cloud computing expert, technology consultant, and industry speaker.

Kaplan founded THINKstrategies in 2001 to focus on the business implications of new 'on-demand' services, such as Cloud Computing, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and Managed Services on IT, Big Data, and the Internet of Things (IoT). THINKstrategies helps enterprises with sourcing decisions; software & IT solution providers, startups and established vendors with their go-to-market strategies, and VCs with investment decisions.

Kaplan also founded and administers the Cloud Computing Showplace, which is the largest vendor-independent online directory of Cloud solutions and best practices.

Kaplan hosts the Cloud Innovators Summit series of peer-to-peer executive forums, including the Cloud Analytics Summit and Cloud Channel Summit.

Kaplan is a former senior analyst and research director at IDC, Dataquest and META Group; Vice President of Marketing and Business Development at InterOPS Management Solutions; and Director of Strategic Marketing at International Network Services.

Jeff Kaplan is also a frequent speaker at industry conferences and contributing columnist for BusinessWeek, Mass High Tech Journal, Financial Times of London, NetworkWorld, Business Communications Review, ComputerWorld, InfoWorld, InformationWeek, and others on topics including SaaS, cloud computing, managed services, outsourcing, IT operations and service level management (SLM).

He has been recognized by Jeremy Geelan and Cloud Computing Journal as one of the Top 50 Cloud Bloggers and named one of Five Cloud Computing Channel Experts to Track by Talkin Cloud.

Jeff Kaplan has a BA in Urban Planning from Rutgers University and MBA from Boston College.

Speech Topics


The Business Implications of the Transformation of the Tech and Software Industry From a Product-Centric to a Services-Driven Model

Tech Trends

Outsourcing

IT Management

Managed Services

Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)

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How Cloud Computing Enables Enterprises to Overcome their Big Data Challenges and Gain a Competitive Advantage

How to Capitalize on Cloud Computing to Achieve Your Corporate Objectives

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News


January #cloudchat: Does SaaS take IT out of the cloud? - Thoughts ...
Jan 6, 2014 ... Jeffrey M. Kaplan is the Founder and Managing Director of ... Jeff is also the founder of the Cloud Computing Showplace, the largest ... is well-known as a subject matter expert in the areas of SaaS, IT Cloud services and ...
Best of SaaS Showplace (BoSS) Award
Jul 10, 2014 ... The BoSS Awards is an ongoing program administered by ... is a critical objective for every municipality and business today,” stated Jeffrey M. Kaplan, ... The Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Showplace is a part of the Cloud ...
Q&A with Jeff Kaplan: Cloud and Next-Gen Software Influencer ...
Mar 17, 2014 ... Jeff Kaplan: I founded a Managed Services Showplace and SaaS Showplace in 2006 when there wasn't another vendor-independent, online ...

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