XYPRO
recently returned from the NonStop Technical Bootcamp, held at the Doubletree
Hotel in San Jose, and it turned out to be a great
event. There were almost 200 attendees, of which approximately 60% were
customers, with the remainder being HP staff and vendor
partners like ourselves. The San Jose location proved to be a major
positive, with HP being willing and able to send a large number
of technical resources to present, given we were “just down the road”.
As a
result, the agenda was fairly well packed with strong technical content.
XYPRO sent some of our own internal resources for training/general
knowledge purposes, and all came away feeling like it was time well spent.
The
customer attendees were there to learn, and it was a great opportunity for us
to provide information. Our co-presentation with HP
on XYGATE Merged Audit (XMA) explained how a large number of customers now have
XMA as a result of its inclusion on the SUT, and
how those customers can start to use it to help with compliance, integrate with
HP Arcsight or other SIEM devices, and increase their
system security in general.
The
show opened with a bang, with a traditional Tandem “Beer Bust” in the
Doubletree’s restaurant/bar, sponsored by XYPRO and Tributary
Systems. Jimmy Treybig, the CEO and one of the founders of Tandem
Computers, joined in and many took the opportunity for
a photo. The following morning, Jimmy gave the keynote speech, which he
terms a “love note” speech, given that it was mainly focused
on the User community, and the value of groups like ITUG over the years.
An excellent, inspiring presentation, most of which was
recorded and can be viewed here… (http://www.connect-community.org/blogpost/550209/153083/Jimmy-Treybig-s-Love-Note
).
The
majority of the conference consisted of session tracks, focussed on various
technical areas, and all were well attended. The breaks were
an opportunity for networking, and for users to consult with the large group of
vendors that showed their support for the event by
exhibiting and sponsoring. An important point – the food was generally
excellent, and received many positive comments!
At
this stage it sounds like a similar event is in the pipeline for next year, at
the same venue, so look out for that, and see you there! http://www.connect-community.org/?TBC2013
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