I have to agree with Kate. I have attended most of the Vision
conferences since 1999 and this one left me wondering whether I'll
return. Previously the sessions were mostly limited to end-users
getting up and telling their experiences and lessons learned from using
or implementing Veritas products, which I always found valuable. Heck
back when I was working as a consultant, I wasn't allowed to present
unless one of my customers co-presented. I always found the sessions
prepared and presented by actual users of the software to be valuable
and they usually had insightful ideas for me to use. This year I didn't
see many sessions like that. There were certainly some good sessions,
like those done by the likes of Jim Senika and Bryan Blake, but I think
there were much fewer of them than in previous years.
There have always been the "new features" sessions taught by marketing
folks, but you expected that if you were looking to find out what's next
for NetBackup or VCS.
Hopefully folks got a chance to complete their feedback forms and let
Veritas know what you liked and didn't like about the conference this
year. I'd expect them to use that feedback to make next year better.
Steve
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From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Boger,
Mike
Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 11:41 AM
To: Greenberg, Katherine A; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Vision!
Kate,
I'll agree with you on the breakout sessions being lacking in tech info,
however I really didn't expect much "meat and potatoes" in an hour long
session. I found the NBU performance tuning particularly good with a lot
of good technical info...
Regards,
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: Greenberg, Katherine A [mailto:GreenbergKA AT aetna DOT com]
Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 11:28 AM
To: Boger, Mike; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Vision!
I, personally, found little of technical merit, beyond personal
conversations with other users and also with folks I encountered from
VRTS engineering. I found the technical breakouts to be lacking in
anything but marketing *NEW* products and services...
Anyone else?
~Kate
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Katherine Greenberg
Systems Engineer
Mid-Range Storage Management
Aetna, Inc.
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[mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Boger,
Mike
Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 2:02 PM
To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Vision!
Just a note to say that I enjoyed speaking with everyone that I met at
this year's conference... It was a good exchange of information and a
chance to meet some high-quality people. To those that didn't attend, I
recommend that you do so next year (San Francisco). There's a lot of
good information out here, and Vision is a great place to expose
yourself to it...
Regards,
Mike Boger, Texas Instruments
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