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Industry Leader to Lend His Expertise and Years of Experience to U.S. and Canada’s Top Technology Providers at TAG’s Annual Convention

 Alexandria, VA — January 20, 2011— The Washington Network, an industry leader in unified communications, announced today that Technology Assurance Group (TAG), an international organization of leading independently owned unified communications companies representing over $350 million in annual sales, invited RickEndres, President of The Washington Network, to present on the latest technologies impacting small to mid-sized businesses (SMB) at the 11th Annual TAG Convention.  Mr.Endres will share his extensive industry expertise and company’s experiences with top technology providers located throughout the United States and Canada.  TAG’s 2011 Annual Convention will be held on March 16th – 18th in San Antonio, Texas. 

 With the growth of cloud-based technologies, the theme of the 2011 Annual Convention is “Find Your Silver Lining in the Cloud.”  SMBs have begun to fully understand the true value of cloud technologies and the market is set to explode. According to predictions by IDC Research, “By 2014, sales of cloud computing products or services will generate almost $56 billion in annual revenues.” The expansion of cloud technologies will not only have a profound impact on the technology sector, but this growth will transform the manner in which SMBs conduct business across all industries. Endres will share his views on the future of cloud technologies, virtualization, hosted solutions, and managed services with other industry professionals. As a well respected business leader in the industry, many of his/her peers will gain valuable insight on where the cloud is taking businesses.

“We’ve always placed the utmost importance on being on the leading edge of technology which is why we spend so much time and energy educating our employees,” commented Endres. “When we truly understand where our industry is headed, it makes it much easier to increase our customers’ profitability and give them a competitive advantage. An ancillary benefit to running our organization in this manner is that we are able to share our experiences with our colleagues at events like the TAG Convention.”

“The TAG Convention brings the brightest minds and most innovative thinkers in our industry together to share best practices, learn from one another and plan for a successful future,” stated Brian Suerth, EVP and Partner of Technology Assurance Group. “We are honored to have PresidentEndres at our event, and we all look forward to learning from him.”

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