Conference 7.286::digital

    That show is run by a third tier trade show/conference company.
    
    I know a few people who work there, they usually have to give vendors
    free space so as not to look bad
    
    Jeff
    
                                                       

    We have very little database marketing and promotion funds right now.
    At the time when the invitation circulated for this one, we had none.
    
    - Evan

    While it is true that this is run by a "third tier" company who may
    have to give away space, the event was very well attended. IBM was
    there in force, with an estimated 30 people and a large area. Lotus
    Notes and associated partners took up much of one of the areas.
    Microsoft put together an area for itself and its partners. Lots of
    small companies, and a few of the big ones (Oracle and other data base
    vendors for example).
    
    Digital was not present in any way that we could see. Sure, this is not
    a "real" trade show, but I noticed that the attendees there came from
    all over the country, as well as occasionally from outside the States,
    and from all sorts of companies. It appeared to be a good place to get
    some attention.
    
    Okay, so we did not have a client server group when the invite went
    out. DO we now? Isn't that one of our "core competencies?". Will we be
    at future shows, whether this one or ones like it?
    
    /thorgan

    We were at DB Expo in force (Late April?)  It was a conscious decision
    to do DB Expo, not this show.  DB Expo was a higher-profile show,
    better attended, better supported by Digital.  Also, this one happened
    at our year-end, traditionally a time of change at Digital.  There is
    no lack of focus on c/s selling.

    re:.3 There was a Digital Infoserver 1000 demo-ing some neat roadmap
    software in one of the small booths downstairs. I think the vendor was
    an OEM.
    
    I didn't notice too many Digital systems in the booths. Its too bad
    since many of the software vendors are porting/have ported their
    software to Alpha. It would have been nice if they were showing it on
    Alphas and not SUNs or Intel-based PCs (non-Digital).
    
    Debbie
    

We were there in spirit.

Larry Elison's plenary speed on client server futures highlighted ORACLE 
performance on clusters and ALPHAs. I noticed several folks near me taking
careful notes.

An INTERLEAF developer commented - you should see this on an Alpha.
Several vendors prouded announced - "We run on your platforms !"

Have a great 4th.
Jon

    
    I wasn't at the show, but was given a rough description of what Ellison
    said. Lots of good things are happening here, but if he actually was
    making the benchmark claims I was told of, don't hold your breath waiting 
    for them...
    
    Dave
    (Who does many of the TPC commercial clusters benchmarks...)

re: .5

�    re:.3 There was a Digital Infoserver 1000 demo-ing some neat roadmap
�    software in one of the small booths downstairs. I think the vendor was
�    an OEM.

	Nice to know my product at least got some visibility, considering
how much of a secret InfoServers are in general within the company.

						--Doug
						  InfoServer Project Leader

    The Infoserver is one of the best kept (for no reason) secrets.  My
    customer uses many of them, but mainly for Window Terminals.  The only
    problem is they only support a few users (about 8 I think) at a time. 
    Do we have a way of turbocharging these machines?  Also, my customer
    seems to believe that the Infoserver 150 has better performance than
    the 1000, so he buys refurb instead of new.
    
    ..Larry

re: .9

	I'm the project leader, not the product manager (big difference) and 
I've sent mail to clear up some of the misconceptions in .9.

	For any of you with InfoServer Questions, the conference is at
CDSRV::INFOSERVER or you can send me mail (but mail is often lower priority
since if I naser it in the conference I answer it for everyone.)


						--Doug

Notefile: humane::digital
Note: 3227.10
Author: WAYLAY::GORDON "Coast-to-coast with Mujibur & Sirajul..."
Topic: Opportunity=Visibility
Title: We don't try to be a secret product...
Date:  5-JUL-1994 13:04
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re: .9

	I'm the project leader, not the product manager (big difference) and 
I've sent mail to clear up some of the misconceptions in .9.

	For any of you with InfoServer Questions, the conference is at
CDSRV::INFOSERVER or you can send me mail (but mail is often lower priority
since if I naser it in the conference I answer it for everyone.)
           ^^^^^

						--Doug

Was this a Freudian slip?

/harley

>	For any of you with InfoServer Questions, the conference is at
>CDSRV::INFOSERVER or you can send me mail (but mail is often lower priority
>since if I naser it in the conference I answer it for everyone.)
            ^^^^^
    
Interesting (albeit scary) typo!
    

	Yeah -- wow!  I might start acting si'kick!

	That's what happens when you get two hours sleep between tearing down
a show and spending the day on the Esplanade.  Nasserisms!


					--Doug