Exhibit Hall Shines at HostingCon 2007
HostingCon 2007 debuted the exhibit hall yesterday to record numbers of attendees and exhibitors. Along with the second keynote panel of the event, the day’s activities also included the long awaited cruise on the lake sponsored by FastServers.net and Tophosts.com.
The keynote panel featured a lively discussion between panel members Serguei Beloussov, CEO of SWsoft, Lou Honick, CEO with HostMySite.com, David Koston, with cPanel, and Sean Richards, Technical Director with Touch Support. Moderator David Snead directed the discussions through issues of virtualization, how to determine which products to offer, and what the future holds for web hosting companies.
In the exhibit hall many interesting and informative presentations, product demos, and booth presentations were on display. Many of the vendors were accepting entries for a variety of great giveaways including two wii gaming consoles, iPhones galore, tee shirts, a Cooper Mini convertible, $25,000 in services and servers, and tons of smaller, fun toys that you can pick up at most of the booths.
The Tophosts and FastServers.net business networking cruise was the highlight of last evening for tons of HostingCon attendees and exhibitors. A tri-level yacht with an incredible open bar and all-you-could-eat dinner set the stage for both dramatic city views from the lake and great networking with the folks onboard.
There was also a party sponsored by Microsoft - which I will try to get the word on later today. I know it was held at Riva Navy Pier and that they were giving away an Xbox 360 at the reception.
Overall, the quality of people that I have met in the last couple of days and the fun times will be the basis for great memories and successful business relationships.
This content was written by Derek Vaughan and is provided courtesy of the hosting reseller experts at The Hosting News. Derek will be manning the TechPad Agency display in Booth #200 on the show floor.
