“Wow!”

That was all I could say while watching the incredible fireworks display from the rooftop barbecue at Navy Pier on the final evening of Hostingcon 2007. It pretty much summed up the entire experience at HostingCon this year.

The barbeque was sponsored by CRE Loaded, a company the provides value added ecommerce service to hosting companies. What a great event! A rockin’ band on the roof with a killer view of the entire lake and the Chicago skyline, plus authentic Chicago food, and drinks a’plenty. Thank you so much CRE Loaded!

The final day of the exhibit hall was very exciting as well - seeing tons of vendor drawings and giveaways including a few iPhones, Wii gaming consoles, and skateboards. The foot traffic to the floor continued its strong pace right up until the show staff started tearing up the carpet. In fact, I was having a meeting in one of the booths while the carpet was being ripped up around us!

The keynotes and sessions were informative and productive as well - the details will be published at a later date - and the speaker’s presentations will be available for download here at the HostingCon.com web site.

Many congratulations to George Roberts and his HostingCon staff for pulling off the best HostingCon ever!

A couple of final notes:

If you are contemplating exhibiting at HostingCon 2008 (July 28-30, 2008) when the event returns to Chicago next year, sign up now. If you commit to reserving your booth space by August 3, 2007 - you will save 10% off your booth fees. That can add up to real money. Also - the best spots and booth spaces are available now - they will start to get snapped up as time goes on. For any further details use the ‘contact’ info here at HostingCon.com.

And finally, if you EVER ride in a car that Frank Spaulding is driving - for goodness sakes - PUT ON YOUR SEATBELT!!

It’s been fun writing about things leading up to the show. I’ll keep touching base here from time to time to follow up on HostingCon 2007 and to look forward to HostingCon 2008!

This content was written by Derek Vaughan and is provided courtesy of the dedicated server experts at The Hosting News.

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