SMB World™ 2005, Canada's Small & Medium Business Solutions Show, provides small- and medium-sized enterprises with a unique environment designed to address their unique operational challenges and business needs. The SMB World speaker roster will include renowned management experts, executives of industry associations, industry consultants, top-tier suppliers, and top-ranking financial & technology analysts. The event also serves as a great networking forum between local end users and local suppliers/solution providers. The show will be held in the SMB hotbeds of Canada.

"We are delighted to be working with the Globe and Mail again," said Jacob (Jake) Gordon, Chairman of SMB World 2005. "The independent nature of the report, the award-winning quality of The Globe and Mail's editorial and its large readership base will provide executives of small- and medium-sized businesses from coast to coast, with invaluable insight on how to utilize IT and telecom solutions effectively for increased productivity and greater prosperity. The editorial report will cover numerous technology innovations - in the areas of IP communications, web-based applications, security, storage, telecom, wireless, mobility and convergence - that are designed specifically to meet the business needs of SMB customers, while providing fast payback on technology investment and helping executives improve their company's bottom line," adds Gordon.

In addition to its public availability on newsstands on the publication date (Tuesday, May 17th), extra copies of the report will be circulated to all the attendees of the SMB World 2005 shows across Canada. The report will also be available for download from the SMB World event web site following publication.

"This special report will help us achieve two main marketing objectives," said Gordon. "It will help increase the adoption of technology solutions within the Canadian SMB market segment, and at the same time serve as a great promotional educational tool to attract key SMB executives to the SMB World 2005 shows across Canada."

The report provides great advertising opportunity to all the technology solutions providers who are active in Canada and target the SMB marketplace with their products and services. To promote broad industry participation, Jake Gordon and Associates has secured special display advertising rates for all Sponsors and Exhibitors of SMB World 2005 and for all members of the IT Executive Club.

IMPORTANT DATES

• Publication Date: Tuesday, May 17th, 2005
• Space Deadline: May 3rd, 2005
• Material Deadline: May 10th, 2005

• To download the Special Report Advertising Rate Card (PDF), please click here.
• To inquire about advertising opportunities in this special Supplement please e-mail advertising@SMBWorld.com.

• To register for SMB World™ 2005, please use our online registration form.
• For more detailed information about SMB World™ 2005, please visit the event website.
• For information about Jake Gordon & Associates, please visit www.jakegordon.com.