CEO, Michael Platner will be participating in a panel discussion at the Hosting Transformation Summit.

Layered Technologies, a provider of hosting services, today announced that Michael Platner, CEO, will be participating in a panel discussion at the Hosting Transformation Summit, the premier executive Summit for the hosting and Internet infrastructure sectors.

The Hosting Transformation Summit from Tier1 Research brings together executives, visionaries, senior architects, and financial professionals to talk about the future of hosting with context and guidance from T1R analysts. The Summit also features insights from key industry leaders, whose successes and failures will help to shape business strategies in the years ahead.

The third annual hosting Transformation Summit will be held at The Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada from September 17 - 19, 2007. Platner will be participating in a panel discussion on Tuesday, September 18, 2007 at 3:30. Panelists will discuss Utility and Grid Computing: Products, Enabling Technologies, or Distractions.

"We are extremely honored and excited to be participating in the Hosting Transformation Summit. The event delivers a truly unique venue for networking, collaborating and discussing the current and future evolution of the industry," said Michael Platner, CEO of Layered Technologies.

"One of the goals of this event is to provoke unique dialogue, in a senior executive-level environment, on how to meet head-on the challenges that face hosting executives. The panel discussion featuring Michael Platner is well aligned with that goal and the overall theme of this executive conference," said Daniel Golding, Vice President and Research Director of Tier1 Research and Conference Chair.