A Pictorial Tale of Two Conferences (and more)
Recently I’ve attended two conferences two weeks apart in San Francisco, and the difference in style is shocking. One did not even feel like a conference, rather a Festival – Woodstock, Mardi Gras, SXSW – your pick:-) The other a decidedly more “closed” traditional corporate conference, so much so, that fellow commentators actually compared it [...]
Dreamforce: Decade of Inspiration
I was at the first Dreamforce. It was in a hotel — the Westin St. Francis in San Francisco and it attracted 500 people and perhaps another 200 employees — roughly 2/3 of the entire company. The big announcements were related to sales force automation, but the company also announced custom tabs and some nifty [...]
Anticipating Dreamforce
Dreamforce, Salesforce.com’s annual user meeting and thought leadership confab, is two weeks away and the anticipation for this event is palpable. In a tough economy people are looking for the company to do some magic and lift our spirits. The company did a smart thing by turning on its new collaboration product, Chatter, for any [...]
Vendor Events: 10 Oracle Open World Tips For #OOW10
Put These Tips To Work And Have A Great Oracle Open World Oracle Open World is on the list of enterprise Grand Slam must attend tech events. This year rolls in the JavaOne and the Sun folks into one big tent. Expect up to 70,000 attendees, support staff, and partners in full force. Here are [...]
