EMC World 2009: Day 0 over, Day 1 starting now

By Renegade on Monday 18 May 2009 12:54
Category: EMC World 2009, Views: 2737

Well, my flight to the US was good fun, but i'll save some of my experiences for a later time.

For now I just wanted to give you a quick overview of what happened and what will be going on today. After flying to the US on Saturday I met up with one of my contacts from EMC. Met him at the bagage claim in the airport, picked up our rental car and after a small struggle with the Garmin we were actually able to go to the Hard Rock Hotel Orlando. Met some people I knew there, after some dinner called it a night.

Yesterday we used the time for some shopping. We were lucky enough that the kind people from EMC who take care of us in Germany collected the badges and the gifts, so I was able to pick up the backpack a little early. It's absolutely great!

In the evening we went over to the venue and enjoyed some drinks, and a great session by the Gin Blossoms. I was looking forward to meeting some people I sort of got to know online, and I ran into Stu, StorageNerve and EdSai. Didn't get too talk too much because of the volume, but I assume I will get a chance today. Got the recommendation from Stu that I shouldn't have twittered as much. Look who's talking....

So, what's up for today? A lot of tweeting. At 9:45 I will be looking at the keynote by EMC CEO Joe Tucci and VMware CEO Paul Maritz. I'm going to check out some Symmetrix session, and I intend to check in on the EMC bloggers lounge. Heard some good stuff about it.

See you later today when I've got more news and when I can give an impression of day 1 of EMC World!