Motorola Solutions a Founding Member of Channel Partners Cloud Convergence Council

Phoenix, AZ (PRWEB) March 12, 2011

Virgo Publishing, a leading business-to-business information services company, and The 2112 Group, a technology business strategy firm specializing in technology and channel communications and intelligence services, announced today that Motorola Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of business- and mission-critical communication products and services, will be a founding member of the new Channel Partners Cloud Convergence Council.

The Cloud Convergence Council is a newly-formed community of telecom and IT vendors and their channel partners coming together to deliberate the issues and opportunities that come with the convergence of the two channels in the cloud. The inaugural council will be introduced and share their initial work and goals in a roundtable discussion at the 2011 Spring Channel Partners Conference & Expo, March 13-15, 2011 in Las Vegas.

?Channel Partners applauds Motorola Solutions for signing on as a founding member of the Cloud Convergence Council,? said Channel Partners Editor Khali Henderson. ?We expect the work of this unique cross-industry body will inform the dramatic transformation ahead for both the IT and telecom channels in the cloud by identifying and bridging gaps in understanding.

?Traditionally inflexible infrastructure solutions simply can?t support the critical services today?s enterprises and public organizations demand,? said David Green, senior director of worldwide channel solutions readiness and alliances, Motorola Solutions. ?Cloud computing holds tremendous potential and to be a truly effective option for customers, it will require the coordinated efforts of leading telecom and IT vendors. We are working with our channel partners and carrier eco-system to validate emerging communications solutions suitable for cloud computing, and will be able to bring this experience to the council?s efforts.?

To be the first to hear the findings of the Cloud Convergence Council you must be a registered participant of the 2011 Spring Channel Partners Conference & Expo. Visit http://www.channelpartnersconference.com for registration information.

About Motorola Solutions, Inc

Motorola Solutions is a leading provider of business- and mission-critical communication products and services for enterprise and government customers. Through leading-edge innovation and communications technology, it is a global leader that enables its customers to be their best in the moments that matter. Motorola Solutions trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker ?MSI.? To learn more, visit http://www.motorolasolutions.com. For ongoing news, please visit our media center or subscribe to our news feed.

About Virgo Publishing

Virgo Publishing is a dynamic information services company specializing in communications through print and electronic media, trade shows and special events, education and training, and value-added business services. http://www.virgopublishing.com

About The 2112 Group

The 2112 Group is a technology business strategy services firm specializing in indirect channels, security, managed services, cloud computing and business intelligence. Our mission is to optimize our clients? go-to-market strategies and communications, ensuring the highest level of return on their investment. The 2112 Group supports our clients with business planning and market research, facilitation of partner relations and communities, creation of high-impact communications and marketing development, and channel development. The 2112 Group publishes ?Channelnomics,? the business analytics blog of the channel. For more information about The 2112 Group, please visit http://www.the2112group.com.

About Channel Partners

For more than two decades, Channel Partners (http://www.channelpartnersonline.com) has been the leader in providing news and analysis to indirect sales channels serving the communications industry. It is the unrivaled resource for resellers, aggregators, agents, brokers, VARs, systems integrators, interconnects and dealers that provide network-based communications and computing services, associated CPE and applications as well as managed and professional services. Channel Partners is the official media of the Channel Partners Conference & Expo.

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Motorola Solutions Venture Capital Leads Series B Investment Round in Canvas

Reston, VA (PRWEB) July 25, 2011

Canvas, which provides a mobile business application service that makes it easy to find, customize and publish business apps for mobile devices, today announced it has closed the first $ 1.2 million in a $ 1.75 million Series B funding round. The round was led by an investment from Motorola Solutions Venture Capital, the strategic investment arm of Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI), which offers an industry-leading portfolio of mobile computing devices.

Ninety-five percent of an estimated 400 million mobile workers still rely on paper forms to conduct business. Canvas? mobile application platform enables businesses to find, create, deploy and share mobile business applications that significantly reduce the need for paper forms and surveys, paper consumption and redundant data entry. Canvas? cloud-based solution allows businesses of any size to quickly and cost-effectively shift from paper-intensive processes to data collection apps on smartphones, tablets, bar code scanning devices and other mobile devices.

Canvas enables mobile professionals to collect information using their mobile devices, analyze that data on the Canvas web site, and share information across their business community. In addition, Canvas has developed the first mobile business app store of its kind allowing business users to find mobile applications that work on a wide variety of mobile devices, with every application being customizable by Canvas users. The Canvas mobile app store now has more than 750 apps across numerous verticals, including transportation & logistics, healthcare, retail & wholesale distribution, government, education, hospitality and manufacturing.

?Canvas is well positioned at the epicenter of several shifts underway in the mobile business application market, including an increasingly mobile workforce and growing adoption of smartphones, tablets and enterprise digital assistant devices,? said Reese Schroeder, managing director, Motorola Solutions Venture Capital. ?With a proven management team, differentiated product offering and a scalable go-to-market strategy we are confident Canvas will continue to gain rapid traction in a ?mobile apps for business? market just beginning to take off.?

Motorola Solutions Venture Capital (formerly Motorola Ventures), through a diversified portfolio, is focused on ?new-idea? companies and opportunities that complement Motorola Solutions? business strategy. It invests at all stages in developing companies to accelerate access to new technologies, new markets and new talents.

?The dramatic growth in adoption of mobile devices by consumers is now impacting the business user, causing organizations to rethink the old way of collecting data and interacting with employees, partners and customers. Canvas is enabling this shift by delivering a scalable business application service and partnering with organizations on the front line of change, including wireless carriers, content providers, smartphone/mobile device providers, and others in the mobile ecosystem,? said James Quigley, CEO and co-founder, Canvas, Inc. ?The investment from Motorola Solutions Venture Capital and our Series B funders will allow Canvas to accelerate our already significant growth, continue to scale innovation, and empower more organizations to benefit from the shift to mobile business applications.?

About Canvas, Inc.

Founded in 2008, Reston, Virginia-based Canvas Inc. provides a mobile business application platform that makes it easy and affordable for businesses to find, customize and publish data collection apps for mobile devices. The firm?s mobile apps for businesses significantly reduce the need for paper forms and surveys, paper consumption and redundant data entry. Canvas? cloud-based solution and business app store allow businesses of any size to quickly and cost-effectively shift from paper-intensive processes to data collection apps on smartphones, tablets, bar code scanning devices and other mobile devices. For additional information on Canvas, visit http://www.gocanvas.com.

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