Midway, KY and Framingham, MA – Photizo Group announced today that the Everything Channel, a UBM company, has selected Photizo as the strategic event partner for the upcoming Print & Imaging Summit, "Transforming the Print & Imaging Marketplace: How Innovators are Embracing a New Era of Disruptive Technologies and Services." The summit takes place May 3 - 4, 2011 at The Peabody Orlando, Orlando, FL. As the recognized leader in research and market intelligence for the managed print services (MPS) market, Photizo was a natural fit with the event, designed to engage leading technology vendors and customers in meaningful discussions about the future of "Office Printing and Managed Print Services."

This year's Summit will highlight the key trends and innovations shaping the print and imaging marketplace, with a keen focus on the burgeoning MPS market. The new partnership will bring together Photizo's leading edge MPS content with insights from other thought leaders to create a forum that is ideally suited to engage with relevant executives to explore the many facets of technology and services for 21st century print. Key themes of the event will focus on the transformation taking place in the MPS market and the growing, strategic importance of print and imaging to C-Level executives.

"The print and imaging market is clearly at an inflection point. The decisions made today around technology and services platforms are going to have long-term ramifications. That is why it is important to partner with world class organizations that can provide market insight and decision-making tools for our attendees and sponsors. Photizo is one of the leading research and consulting organizations in the print and imaging market, and we are proud to partner with them on the 2011 Print and Imaging Summit," said Robert C. DeMarzo, Senior Vice President of Strategic Content, Everything Channel.

Ed Crowley, Chief Executive Officer of Photizo, will give the opening keynote address," The MPS Trifecta - Cost Savings, Environmental Benefits, and Improving IT Productivity", to kick off the conference. "Photizo is pleased to partner with one of the world's largest and most influential IT and channel publishing companies. We see this as the first phase of a relationship that combines the depth of our managed print services industry knowledge with one of the strongest IT media brands to bring unique content across the widest audience possible. We are excited about this opportunity and believe it represents not only a recognition of Photizo's thought leadership in managed print services, but also, the movement of managed print services from the 'early adopter' community to acceptance by the 'mainstream' market."

For more information about the Print and Imaging Summit, visit: http://everythingchannelevents.com/pims11