Comments on: Honey I shrunk the attendees http://andyonenterprisesoftware.com/2006/04/honey-i-shrunk-the-attendees/ Andy Hayler, founder of Kalido and The Information Difference, gives his views on the enterprise software market. Issues covered include data warehousing, master data management, business intelligence and data quality. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:31:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Andy Hayler http://andyonenterprisesoftware.com/2006/04/honey-i-shrunk-the-attendees/#comment-77 Thu, 27 Apr 2006 12:19:00 +0000 http://andyonenterprisesoftware.com/2006/04/honey-i-shrunk-the-attendees/#comment-77 Good to hear from you Andreas - the Royal Lancaster event was indeed packed out: nice photo by the way! Good to hear from you Andreas - the Royal Lancaster event was indeed packed out: nice photo by the way!

]]> by: bitblue http://andyonenterprisesoftware.com/2006/04/honey-i-shrunk-the-attendees/#comment-76 Wed, 19 Apr 2006 19:09:00 +0000 http://andyonenterprisesoftware.com/2006/04/honey-i-shrunk-the-attendees/#comment-76 Hi Andy, just discovered your blog. Re shrinking attendees, I wish we really could shrink them so they don't step on each other, like last time I saw you at the Royal Lancaster. Hi Andy, just discovered your blog. Re shrinking attendees, I wish we really could shrink them so they don’t step on each other, like last time I saw you at the Royal Lancaster.

]]> by: Andy Hayler http://andyonenterprisesoftware.com/2006/04/honey-i-shrunk-the-attendees/#comment-75 Tue, 18 Apr 2006 12:31:00 +0000 http://andyonenterprisesoftware.com/2006/04/honey-i-shrunk-the-attendees/#comment-75 Thanks for your comment Vinnie. I think your point is well made. Kalido itself was born out of a piece of research at a corporate (Shell) and only later spun out commercially. I suspect there is a lot of untapped potential wiithin internal IT shops. Thanks for your comment Vinnie. I think your point is well made. Kalido itself was born out of a piece of research at a corporate (Shell) and only later spun out commercially. I suspect there is a lot of untapped potential wiithin internal IT shops.

]]> by: Vinnie Mirchandani http://andyonenterprisesoftware.com/2006/04/honey-i-shrunk-the-attendees/#comment-74 Mon, 17 Apr 2006 13:50:00 +0000 http://andyonenterprisesoftware.com/2006/04/honey-i-shrunk-the-attendees/#comment-74 Andy, I presented and mostly stayed in the CIO track all day and there were several there and pretty vocal abotu changes they want to see in the industry. From my back of the napkin calucations the attendees reflected at least $ 20 b in annual IT spend. I presented on applied innovation and why CIOs/CTOs should pat themselves more for finding money for innovation when the utility IT spend is sucking up so much budget and oxygen. see my post here http://dealarchitect.typepad.com/deal_architect/2006/04/the_cio_unsung_.html Sometimes vendors are so eager to talk about themselves that they forget who does the tough job... Andy, I presented and mostly stayed in the CIO track all day and there were several there and pretty vocal abotu changes they want to see in the industry. From my back of the napkin calucations the attendees reflected at least $ 20 b in annual IT spend.

I presented on applied innovation and why CIOs/CTOs should pat themselves more for finding money for innovation when the utility IT spend is sucking up so much budget and oxygen. see my post here

http://dealarchitect.typepad.com/deal_architect/2006/04/the_cio_unsung_.html

Sometimes vendors are so eager to talk about themselves that they forget who does the tough job…

]]> by: Sabrina Horn http://andyonenterprisesoftware.com/2006/04/honey-i-shrunk-the-attendees/#comment-73 Tue, 11 Apr 2006 17:31:00 +0000 http://andyonenterprisesoftware.com/2006/04/honey-i-shrunk-the-attendees/#comment-73 Software 2006 was better this year than any year in the past. The content/sessions and the speakers were excellent. The opportunities for networking were excellent. Why this only took one sentence of your post I'm not sure, but isn't that (content and speakers) the whole point anyway? Weather is often a factor at these things. I don't know about you, but I spent 2 hours in the pouring rain that first morning to get there. So did most of the other attendees who are local. Sorry, I honestly think your headcount is off. By 10am, that room was full. I had trouble finding a seat. There were plenty of CIOs there, as advertised. They had their own private session which was done on purpose, not under some disguise. That's why you didn't see them...?? I don't know what to say about the electronic concierge except its a sign of the tech industry's influence on the hotel industry. That's what we wanted, right? Get customers... automate things... I certainly don't think that has anything to do with conference attendance. And if anybody thinks a trade show isn't about selling, I'll be a monkey's uncle. I guess I don't quite understand the focus of your comments, and why you're unhappy. You were invited there from among hundreds of companies to represent and showcase your company among your peers, partners, customers, influencers and media. This conference is one of the best out there. All those that matter in our business were there, including you. That's what's important. End of story. Software 2006 was better this year than any year in the past. The content/sessions and the speakers were excellent. The opportunities for networking were excellent. Why this only took one sentence of your post I’m not sure, but isn’t that (content and speakers) the whole point anyway?

Weather is often a factor at these things. I don’t know about you, but I spent 2 hours in the pouring rain that first morning to get there. So did most of the other attendees who are local. Sorry, I honestly think your headcount is off. By 10am, that room was full. I had trouble finding a seat.

There were plenty of CIOs there, as advertised. They had their own private session which was done on purpose, not under some disguise. That’s why you didn’t see them…??
I don’t know what to say about the electronic concierge except its a sign of the tech industry’s influence on the hotel industry. That’s what we wanted, right? Get customers… automate things… I certainly don’t think that has anything to do with conference attendance.

And if anybody thinks a trade show isn’t about selling, I’ll be a monkey’s uncle.

I guess I don’t quite understand the focus of your comments, and why you’re unhappy. You were invited there from among hundreds of companies to represent and showcase your company among your peers, partners, customers, influencers and media. This conference is one of the best out there. All those that matter in our business were there, including you. That’s what’s important. End of story.

]]> by: jeff nolan http://andyonenterprisesoftware.com/2006/04/honey-i-shrunk-the-attendees/#comment-72 Mon, 10 Apr 2006 21:47:00 +0000 http://andyonenterprisesoftware.com/2006/04/honey-i-shrunk-the-attendees/#comment-72 The show girl model was striking because she was like 6 foot 5" with the heels on. And when will conference organizers realize that wireless networks are no longer optional. The show girl model was striking because she was like 6 foot 5″ with the heels on.

And when will conference organizers realize that wireless networks are no longer optional.

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