Last week, a group of us participated in a groundbreaking new anti-trade show, The Business Development Event. Organized by industry veterans Greg and VaNessa Duplessie, the event was the second of its kind and the first in the Silicon Valley area. Held in Palo Alto, California, it drew dozens of storage industry members who spent three days talking, networking, making deals happen and sharing their skills and expertise.
Online Storage Optimization was on the scene–tweeting, talking and taking the occasional sip from a glass of wine that happened our way. Our parent Ocarina Networks was also featured in the “emerging vendors” showcase. And this blogger was on a panel on social media with VaNessa and Stephen Foskett, director of consulting at Nirvanix and publisher of Gestalt IT.
Here’s a small video “tribute” to the event that I hope gives a sense of it:
The BD Event, January 2010 from Sunshine Mugrabi on Vimeo.
In this video:
Nancy Hurley, CEO Bocada
Bill Basinas, Dir. of Business Development Tarmin
Alan Atkinson, Pres. & CEO Xiotech
Jerome M. Wendt, DCIG
Steve Sicola, CTO, Xiotech
Camberley Bates, Managing Director, Evaluator Group
Julie Ryan, Director of Alliances, Engenio Storage Group LSI
The next BD Event will be held in Boston this summer. Woe betide any east coast storage folks foolish enough to miss it!
