My business partners and I had tossed around the idea of not attending HostingCon this year in Chicago. It’s not that we haven’t had a lot of fun and picked up on a lot of really good information at this conference in the past 2 years that we have attended in Las Vegas and Chicago, it’s just that we don’t really see ourselves entirely as a “hosting company”, we are about 80% development in all likelihood if you looked over our sales figures.
In the past we have always felt a little bit out of place at this conference because most of the folks we met up with were large wholesale hosting firms with sophisticated automation systems in place and didn’t provide any value added services to speak of, much less design and development. Also, a vast majority of the other attendees we encountered didn’t really have a clue who their existing clients were, for the most part they were focused on volume sales. Pleth is an entirely different company. We might have several hundred clients but we know all of our clients on a first name basis and are in contact with them pretty frequently, not to mention we know their applications inside out because we built them! Being a managed hosting firm we have always had the opportunity to meet up and touch base with our existing providers such as The Planet, Parallels (formerly Plesk SWSoft), and a few others.
We wanted to investigate some other conferences to possibly attend (see delicious links) this year instead of HostingCon but after researching what all was out there that might be well suited for what we do I didn’t see anything that really seemed to fit the bill, so I finally convinced them that HostingCon was a good idea for this year! I think we are planning on nailing down our travel plans the first of next week.
If anyone else in the industry that checks out my blog periodically is going to be in Chicago this year please don’t hesitate to drop me a note and let me know you are going to be there, would love the opportunity to say hello and catch up on things. Here’s a little bit of information about this years upcoming conference.
Great Location for HostingCon 2008: Historic Navy Pier in Chicago
Whether you’re an executive or a system administrator you’ll learn from the best and brightest in the industry and network with your peers. You’ll also meet the vendors in our exhibit hall who will help you take a step on the path to growing your hosted services business. There will also be special vendor demos in the exhibit hall to help you learn about the products offered by the sponsors and exhibitors.
Our conference program is packed with information and insight from professionals who know the hosted services industry. HostingCon 2008’s broad selection of conference sessions and keynote addresses will help you learn how to take your business to the next level.
It’s not all about hard work, it’s also about quality play! Join other professionals and vendor representatives in the fun and exciting events surrounding HostingCon 2008. There’s sure to be something for everyone to enjoy. And don’t miss the great exhibitor giveaways!
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For More Information: HostingCon 2008 => Hosted Services Industry Conference and Exhibition
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