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Evolving From Technology Provider to Strategic Partner

Join Blend and Comcast Business for an exclusive executive dinner exploring how technology solution providers can evolve beyond connectivity to become trusted strategic partners. Discuss changing customer expectations, opportunities across networking, cybersecurity and managed services, and strategies for building long-term customer value and sustainable growth.
Event Location
Washington DC, TBC
Event Date
November 18, 2026
to November 18, 2026
Event Time
6:00 pm
- 9:00 pm
About this event

Today’s businesses are navigating an increasingly complex technology landscape. From cybersecurity and networking to communications, cloud, AI, and managed services, leaders are being asked to balance growing business demands while managing a rapidly expanding ecosystem of solutions and providers. As a result, customers are looking for trusted partners who can simplify technology decisions, align solutions to business outcomes, and deliver strategic guidance that extends far beyond individual products or services.

This shift presents a significant opportunity for channel partners. As enterprise networking and security continue to converge, partners have an opportunity to move beyond transactional connectivity conversations and become trusted advisors capable of delivering broader business outcomes. Success will increasingly depend on helping customers simplify technology decisions while expanding recurring revenue through managed solutions that solve real business challenges.

Join Blend and Comcast Business for an executive dinner exploring how leading partners are evolving their businesses to meet these changing customer expectations. Together, we’ll discuss what differentiates high-growth partners, how customer buying behaviors are changing, and where the greatest opportunities exist to build deeper customer relationships while expanding into networking, cybersecurity, and unified communications.

Our speakers
Kristin Thorne
Event Host & Moderator | Blend

Kristin Thorne is a 5x-Emmy-winning investigative journalist and host of Uncovered with Kristin Thorne – a true crime show produced in collaboration with Us Weekly magazine. She appears in several true crime shows on Hulu, Netflix, and Prime Video. She is a freelance anchor with CBS News and was a reporter for 15 years with ABC and CBS.

Key themes & discussion topics

The Changing Customer Conversation
How customer expectations are evolving as businesses navigate increasingly complex networking, cybersecurity, communications, cloud, AI and managed services environments.

Expanding Beyond Connectivity
Where partners can broaden their value proposition across networking, cybersecurity, managed services and unified communications to address more of their customers’ technology needs.

Becoming a Strategic Advisor
What differentiates partners that successfully move beyond individual solutions to become trusted, long-term strategic advisors to their customers.

Driving Sustainable Partner Growth
The capabilities, partnerships and investments that will be critical to building recurring revenue, deeper customer relationships and sustainable growth over the next three to five years.

Event agenda
01
Cocktails & networking

6:00 – 6:30 PM

02
Opening remarks & panel discussion

6:30 – 7:15 PM

03
Dinner & guided discussion

 7:15 – 8:45 PM

04
Event wrap-up & group reflection

8:45 – 9:00 PM

Why should you attend?

Gain insight into changing customer expectations and understand how increasingly complex technology environments are reshaping buying decisions and partner conversations.

Identify new opportunities for growth across networking, cybersecurity, managed services and unified communications as customers look for more comprehensive technology support.

Learn how to strengthen your position as a trusted advisor by helping customers simplify technology decisions and align solutions more closely with business outcomes.

Connect with fellow technology leaders to exchange perspectives on building deeper customer relationships, growing recurring revenue and creating sustainable long-term value.

Who should attend
This discussion is designed for senior leaders responsible for driving growth, strategic partnerships, and customer success within technology solution providers. The overall event will be particularly valuable for organizations looking to expand beyond connectivity into broader managed technology and security services while creating stronger, longer-term customer relationships.
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