Thank you to all the 150 participants of the January BD Event. I think it was a great success. I'm very pleased with the high-quality executives in attendance as well as the tremendous activity between companies going on. I look forward to seeing you all at the next Event in Boston.

Hello BDevent Crowdviners! Many of you have asked, and yes, there are more folks attending than are registered here on Crowdvine, at least double the number. After we get to the end of this week and we have the agenda 99% final and the attendee list about a week out, I will release the list of names, companies and emails for attendees for draft one. Last event, a number of folks registered during the last week, so another list will go out just a ... [read more]

Greg Duplessie: Actually, my lovely wife and I have not communicated very well here. While we did, in fact, distribute the attendee list prior to the Boston BD Event, my intention it not to do that now. Rather, I would like to get all of the attendees to simply regi... [read more]

Greg Duplessie: FYI - as of today we have more than 130 attendees registered. Obviously not all have joined this community yet....but we'll trying to get them in.

Hello all, I just wanted to let you know that all of our festivites are on one floor. The Justine's Ballroom is the site for the general session and our breakout rooms are Sequoia & Oak which are next door to each other. They are first come, first served. We also have the Piazza courtyard space that will be available along with the random nooks and crannies you'll find around the hotel. The rooms are available from 8am -5pm Tuesday, Wednesday & T... [read more]

Any background info on the emerging vendors that will be presenting? Thanks, Larry

Sunshine Mugrabi: Larry, you probably know some things about Ocarina Networks. But just in case you would like a little more background, here are the two sites to check out: www.ocarinanetworks.com http://onlinestorageoptimization.com And for more of a tech deep dive,... [read more]

Brad O'Neill: Hi Larry, I'll be talking about my company, TechValidate. We're a content automation software service, working with many vendors in the data center space to improve their demand generation and outbound marketing programs. Info on us is available here... [read more]

Camberley Bates, channel consulting executive, will lead this panel. Senior executives from Avnet, PeakData, FusionStorm and more will discuss "In the channel, out of the channel? Get the scoop on driving revenue with channel partners straight from the source. Executives from leading channel partners will discuss how and when to engage the channel. They will talk about how early and mature stage vendors have succeeded and what really makes a diff... [read more]

Very happy to announce that Mike Heald, Sr. Partner at Accenture (and former storage industry sales guru) will be educating executive attendees about key selling tactics and strategies. This is a great way for companies who don't fit the "Accenture model" (ie, huge company with lots of money) to learn what the big boys are doing to enhance their sales practices.

We have Jack Domme, CEO of HDS, as our first confirmed keynote speaker (Thanks, Jack !)

Greg Duplessie: We have also added Dave Hitz, founder of NetApp, as our second confirmed keynote speaker.