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.
