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Veeam On (Part 2)

It has been a great week.  VeeamOn has been a great conference and its clear Rick and the team really wanted to have a different spin on the IT conference.  While there are some impressive grand gestures, speakers and sessions (I Seriously feel like I’m in a spaceship right now) its the little details that stand out too.

My favorite little things so far.

  • General Session does not start at 8AM.
  • Breakfast runs till 9AM not 7:45AM like certain other popular conferences. (Late night networking and no food going into a General Session is not a good idea!).
  • Day 2 keynotes are by the partners, giving me a mini-taste of VMware, HP, Cisco, Netapp’s and Microsoft’s “Vision” for the new world of IT.
  • A really interesting mix of attendees.  I’ll go from having a conversation with 10TB to someone else with 7PB’s and some of the challenges we are discussing will be the same.
  • LabWarz  is easy to wander in and tests you skills in a far more “fun” and meaningful way than trying to dive a certification test between sessions.
  • The vendor expo isn’t an endless maze of companies but are companies (and specifically only the products within them) that are relevant to Veeam users.

Veeam On! (Part 1)

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I’m in Vegas rounding out the conference tour (VMworld,SpiceWorld,VMworld,DellWorld) for what looks to be a strong finish. This is my first time at VeeamOn and I’m looking forward to briefings across the full Veeam portfolio. I’m looking forward to being shamed by the experts in Lab Warz and getting my hands dirty with the v9.

More importantly I”m looking forward to some great conversations. The reason why I value going to conferences goes beyond great sessions and discussions with vendors at the solutions expo. The conversations with end users (small, large and giant) help you learn where the limits are (and how to push past them) in the tools you rely on. I’ve had short conversations over breakfast that saved me six months of expensive trial and error that others had been through. A good conference will attract both small and massive scale customers and bring together great conversations that will help everyone change their perspective and get things done.