HostingCon 2011

The upcoming San Diego conference, HostingCon 2011 will be starting soon, running from August 8th until the 10th, and for those amongst the 1800 attendees and 150 vendors displaying at the show, it is a must attend for anyone in the hosting industry. This includes designers and developers who use hosting in their work or owners of the many support businesses such as computer hardware manufacturers, software providers or bandwidth companies. Of course, anyone who is the owner of a hosting company is not only bound to be at the show, many will be on hand to talk about the current developments in the hosting industry. You can be sure that GMO Cloud America will have several of our people in attendance and we are hoping you will come by and say hello while you are there. In addition there will be an extended vendor hall with 150 booths displaying every element of the business. Even with the expansion from last year, all the booths are completely sold out and iNET Interactive who puts on the show has around 70 speakers lined up to present a wide array of talks about an industry that has seen tremendous change and growth since the last event. Networking will be Key It is no surprise that as part of the signup process a networking tool will be launched at the show to enable all attendees a chance to connect with potential business partners and make new alliances while at the show. Networking is the key to an event like this and the show is organized to help attendees make the most of it. There will be a WHIR-sponsored networking lounge as well as a special room for semi-private networking close to the speaker sessions. In addition, iNET’s Kevin Gold points out that there will be “numerous nooks throughout the conference center for ad-hoc meetings.” In addition to the networking locations, booths and educational presentations, there will be additional opportunities to meet and talk at the huge planned opening ceremonies, keynote talk, daily happy hours and lavish closing ceremony. A Prospect for Unparalleled Learning This is the seventh year for this event, and it seems that every year brings fresh opportunities to learn about the latest developments of the hosting world. That isn’t surprising, since it seems that every year the industry evolves and keeping up can be a job in itself. For many past attendees the show has become a chance to find out the latest technology, meet with vendors to discover recent developments and attend talks to hear some of the best and brightest in the industry share their knowledge. Speakers will be addressing a wide range of topics including business development, emerging trends, technology and operations as well as marketing and sales. Be sure to come by and hear our partner OnApp’s Ditley Bredahl talk about cloud hosting on Tuesday morning as well as Parallel’s Jack Zubarev’s talk on the future of automation for providers. With keynote talks from Leading Edge Forum’s Simon Wardley, Tier 1 Researcher Antonio Piraino and the legendary Birger Steen on the road ahead this is bound to be an enlightening and invigorating event. Our newsletters and blogs are written to provide you with tools and information to meet your IT and cloud solution needs. We invite you to engage in our online community by following us on Twitter @GMOCloud and 'Liking' us on Facebook.