Hosting industry executives will come together with Microsoft at this invitation only event to help shape the future of the hosting industry.

groupSPARK, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and a provider of hosted software services including hosted Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 SP1, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP1, and Dynamics CRM, announced its participation in the Microsoft Hosting Summit 2008.

The company believes that Microsoft Hosting Summit 2008 is an exclusive invitation and only event that will bring together 400 hosting industry executives, key decision-makers and leading analysts from around the world.  The Summit is taking place at the Westin Hotel and Conference Center in Bellevue, Washington, from April 8-10, 2008. Further it adds that the topics include Software plus Service, mobility, small business hosting, and new hosted applications.

It also stated that other industry leaders will exchange knowledge, share ideas and provide feedback to help shape the future of the SaaS market. All attendees will have the opportunity to join Microsoft hosting team executives to develop the next generation roadmap for hosted services.

"Software as a Service, and Exchange hosting in particular, is a very dynamic and fast growing market," said Ravi Agarwal, Senior Executive Officer, groupSPARK division of mindSHIFT Technologies, Inc. "We look forward to working with Microsoft at the Hosting Summit to help shape the future of the hosting industry, enabling us to bring new and innovative hosted services to our reseller channel."