Telx takes its virtual Marketplace physical again on June 6th in New York City Enabling Thought-leadership & Networking for Financial, Healthcare, Content, Media, Cloud and Network Providers.

New York, NY (February 20, 2013) – Telx®, a leading provider of global interconnectivity, cloud computing enablement services and data center solutions, today announced its MarketplaceLIVE 2013 event to be held on Thursday, June 6th at the TimesCenter in New York City. MarketplaceLIVE is a unique senior leadership level experience that brings together an impressive mix of companies and Telx’s global marketplace of clients for “face-to-face” networking and thought provoking sessions around new impactful technologies and industry trends.

Building on the event’s 2012 success, MarketplaceLIVE continues to attract interest from industry thought leaders, key decision makers and numerous media influencers. Visionaries, partners and industry experts showcase new and emerging solutions, products and services while learning about industry trends, challenges and success stories that directly impact their businesses. The event facilitates “one on one” relationships among the world’s leading global network providers, cloud computing & service providers, capital markets firms, large enterprises, media and entertainment companies. Attendees have the opportunity to interact with senior strategists and technology experts from industries spanning the economic landscape.

The event provides the opportunity to explore each other’s services and offerings as well as to network and exchange ideas. Many of the companies exhibiting and sponsoring MarketplaceLIVE can offer services from within Telx’s 19 North American C3 (Cloud Connection Centers), making this a highly targeted and relevant event across a variety of industry verticals in need of secure connected solutions and or colocation services.

“MarketplaceLIVE 2012 was an incredible success and has quickly become a marquee business event in North America. Our clients wanted a new and unique non-tradeshow format that facilitated meeting new prospects and other potential customers in addition to learning more about emerging trends affecting their industries” said Ron Sterbenz, senior vice president of product & marketing at Telx. “At Telx we still value the human element behind all of the thousands of square feet of datacenter equipment we support. This year’s event will build upon the success of 2012, and our agenda for 2013 is shaping up to include an impressive roster of industry innovators and speakers that will certainly provide our prospects and clients alike with insight and business opportunity.”

In 2012, MarketplaceLIVE brought together more than 600 senior technology leaders and visionaries, representing over 400 companies from over 20 countries. MarketplaceLIVE attendees focused on creating new business opportunities that extended their networks while contemplating new services to drive business growth.

“MarketplaceLIVE is a proven top-tier event that without question facilitated Bloomberg to forge new connections and strengthen existing ones,” said Vipul Nagrath, CIO of Bloomberg Enterprise Products & Solutions. “The captivating trends discussed at MarketplaceLIVE along with the ability to interact with industry leaders provided our team with valuable insight on how to prioritize our investments and budget.”

This year’s event will feature thought provoking sessions on cloud computing, financial services, data center infrastructure and digital media, led by business leaders.  These interactive sessions will give attendees valuable, real-world information on connectivity and technology trends that may impact their own enterprises.

MarketplaceLIVE 2013 will once again offer a virtual press room, where sponsors or exhibitors can make impactful business announcements to an audience of the IT industry’s leading analysts, journalists from publications such as 451 Research, GigaOM, TABB Group and many more.

Sponsorship and exhibit opportunities for Marketplace LIVE 2013 are currently available. To learn more about sponsorship packages or exhibition space for Marketplace LIVE go www.telxmarketplacelive.com.

About MarketplaceLIVE 
Telx’s MarketplaceLIVE is an industry leading brand exposure and networking event that brings together Telx’s global marketplace of clients with thought leaders in the areas of cloud computing, financial services, telecommunications and media. MarketplaceLIVE is attended by key decision‐makers and media contacts, where colocation customers, partners and industry experts showcase new and emerging solutions, products and services while learning about industry trends that directly impact their businesses. Attendees are encouraged to shop services and offerings as well as network and trade ideas with industry experts. All the companies exhibiting and sponsoring at Marketplace LIVE can offer direct capacity from any of Telx’s 19 (C3) Cloud Connection Centers, making this a highly targeted and relevant event across a variety of industry verticals in need of cost-effective interconnection services. For more information visit www.telxmarketplacelive.com.

About Telx 
Telx is a leading provider of interconnection and data center services in strategic, high-demand North American markets. With 19 premier (C3) Cloud Connection Centers by Telx SM, Telx increases speed to market and reduces connectivity costs by providing direct connections to a community of the industry’s highest performance networks and access to 1,000+ customers, including leading telecommunications carriers, ISPs, cloud providers, content providers and enterprises. Telx is a privately held company headquartered in New York City, servicing 13 US markets with five facilities across the New York / New Jersey Metro area, two facilities in Chicago, two facilities in Dallas, four facilities in California, (Los Angeles, San Francisco, and two in Santa Clara), two Pacific Northwest facilities, Seattle and Portland and facilities in Atlanta, Miami, Phoenix and Charlotte, N.C.

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