Testimonials

“We target the Breakaway reseller to see how we can grow our business. We’re excited to say that we grew our business within this reseller base by 71% over the past year. Breakaway is really important to us.”
David Roberts, Senior Vice President of Americas Sales, Websense

“We find it a very strategic event for us because of the channel recruitment efforts that we have. The converged channel is of huge interest to us, given that’s the space that we play in with unified messaging and unified communications. We find that CompTIA is very strategic for us because it does bring both the IT Channel and the Telephony Channel together in one spot.”
Nick Matejuk, Vice President Strategic Client Development, Objectworld Communications

“Every year I come it gets better and better. More partners continue to show up. It’s a great opportunity to interact with them all.”
David Dickison, Senior Vice President North America Channels, McAfee

“We’ve recently launched a new division to focus on non-core business and we see Breakaway as a great opportunity to speak to the resellers, the system integrators and the VAR’s who are also in transition and looking for new opportunities.”
Dan Waldinger, Director Technical Awareness Marketing, Ricoh Americas Corporation

“Breakaway is a chance for us to engage a number of VAR’s and resellers that we would not normally get a chance to see. It’s also an opportunity to collaborate with the other vendors in the market place as far as good programs and things that are working for them.”
Jim Wittry, Director of Operations, ATEN Technology

“We are really trying to broaden out our relationship with more traditional solution VAR’s and we think CompTIA’s Breakaway event is a great opportunity for us to do that because of the quality attendees that you attract and bring to this event.”
Eric Thompson, Intel Corp.

“We find Breakaway to be a great show for us....we are usually able to meet with 5-10 top customers over a couple of days in one location, which is extremely valuable and cost effective. Second, the reseller roundtables give us a chance to get a generous share of quality time with potential new customers. Overall, it’s a first-class event and well worth the time.”
Mike Ferney, Director of Sales, Paracon

“Breakaway is great because it gives us the chance to find new partners that are really the right partners.”
Tom Gall, Director Inside Sales, Xerox Corp.

“We’re at Breakaway to work with our partners and look for new partners and I think it’s a great opportunity for the Solution Provider community to look at vendors, look at the opportunity and do the collaboration with their peers.”
Dan Wensley, Vice President Partner Development, Level Platforms

“We come to Breakaway to visit the high quality of VAR’s that it provides to us and they’re very, very good for our business.”
Tom Fulmer, National Sales Manager, Seiko Instruments USA Incorporated

“Breakaway is a great location where you have a lot of different VAR’s, vendors and networking resources that we can really talk about our product, figure out how it fits and how we can better fulfill the market for their needs.”
Egan Christensen, Everdream Corporation

“We have seen all of our current customers and we are actually meeting new customers every single day. I think the best part has been that we have such a strong fit with this VAR base. It’s actually an incredible way for us to meet and see a lot of people that we know will really benefit from our solutions. Breakaway has been a terrific show. Thank you.”
Laura Blackmer, Vice President IPG Channels, OnForce

“Attending the sessions at Breakaway, we see a lot of value in what CompTIA is bringing to the market space. The research, the information that is being gathered and being shared with the VAR’s, it’s a really important step for the industry.”
Bill Stewart, Vice President Marketing, N-able Technologies

“Thanks CompTIA for another great event in 2007! The opportunity to discuss offerings from vendors I don’t currently work with and explore ways that their products can help me strengthen my company’s service offerings is invaluable. The icing on the cake is the opportunity to talk to other business owners to see how they are integrating the tools I am currently using with tools new to me. This is an opportunity that every technology business owner should take advantage of.”
Linda Lynch, President, KI Technology Group

“This was my first Breakaway, but by no means the last! As the owner of a small IT service company, my time is precious, but being able to meet with vendors and partners – and future partners! – one-on-one or in small groups made this as valuable as billable time.”
Luis M. Alvarez, President, Alvarez Technology Group, Inc.

“Breakaway- a chance to break down barriers to growth, a time to breakup unproductive habits, a place to break into new relationships, and a space to break away to new technology insights.”
Lester Keizer, President, Ron Cook’s Connecting Point, Las Vegas NV.

“Breakaway was a great venue for our organization to meet with new technology vendors, discuss business trends with our peers, and to interact with the industries trends setters. These meetings and forums at Breakaway provide us with great insight and market intelligence which in turn allows us to provide the competitive solutions desired by our clients.”
Amir Sohrabi, Executive Vice President, MSPX

“I never cease to come away from a Breakaway without a renewed excitement about the Information Technology industry. The innovation and interaction of the attendees is always one of respect and future profitability. The speakers are of the highest quality, the VAR panels continually show me that the industry has the highest ethics of any industry. The value to me has been and continues to be the ideas and trends for the future have helped me redesign my company six or more times over the 33 years we have been in business.”
John R. Marler, President, MarFam Computer Solutions

“CompTIA Breakaway provided IT Matters with a fantastic overall perspective on the current state of the information technology market and it also provided the right forum to complete visionary exercises with our key vendor partners. The networking opportunities were abundant with other technology professionals and to create new vendor relationships. We have an abundance of new strategies and tactics that will benefit IT Matters throughout our entire business both in the short and in the long term.”
Stuart R. Crawford, Director of Business Development, IT Matters Inc.