John Treadway

I am here at Interop in Las Vegas (note – I really loathe this town).  Interop claims over 14,000 registrations, and by the crowds it seems that they may not be exagerating too much.  The energy is good and there are a lot of people here to learn and develop partnerships.  It’s been a while since I’ve seen a conference with this much vitality.  Most conferences in Boston seem pretty lame in comparison. Even some S.F. events I’ve been to in recent years were pretty slow.

I guess it is a testament to the market addressed by Interop – IT infrastructure, SaaS and Cloud Computing.  I love seeing some of the vendor presentations in the booths – many of which are just really lame.  But it’s still fun to see them having fun because there are 20+ people sitting there and listening – really listening.

As I’ve started to get a lot more cloud-focused these days, I thought it might make sense to put all of my cloud computing content on a dedicated blog. Announcing CloudBzz!  

As some of you may know, I am a complete convert when it comes to cloud computing.  It’s my goal to never, ever, purchase another piece of data center equipment.  For my career, it’s my goal to find like-minded people and help companies achieve the promise of cloud computing – with services, products or both.

Long live the Cloud…