MANGOLASSI World/Con/give me a name idea please
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having something in the title that denotes SMB IT would be awesome. Or that tells people that it is about getting social with IT. But no idea how to do that without having a really cheesy name.
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What about something simple like TechCon?
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These will not be one hour sessions.
Idea at this point: 3-6 hours on a subject
With a few different tracks to choose from
There will be a full lab situations to play in as well -
I definitely like the SMB aspect of your idea Scott. Not sure about the social aspect - management will probably frown on that, think we are all just sitting around getting drunk, etc..
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This will be 2 full days of real training not marketing.
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@Minion-Queen said:
This will be 2 full days of real training not marketing.
Awesome that is my biggest complaint about SW. Most of the vendor session that talk about new tech are really just marketing.
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@Dashrender said:
@nadnerB said:
Anti-Raid 5 Alliance?
Anti-Raid 5 Congress? (ARC!)Didn't you hear? RAID 5 is back with SSDs.
That's not the point. I was going for cool sounding, not practical
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@nadnerB said:
@Dashrender said:
@nadnerB said:
Anti-Raid 5 Alliance?
Anti-Raid 5 Congress? (ARC!)Didn't you hear? RAID 5 is back with SSDs.
That's not the point. I was going for cool sounding, not practical
touche
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@coliver said:
@Minion-Queen said:
This will be 2 full days of real training not marketing.
Awesome that is my biggest complaint about SW. Most of the vendor session that talk about new tech are really just marketing.
Yes, outside of Rob's session each year, it is generally a tech-free zone with just marketing talk. Some sessions are better than others. The ethical hacking was ridiculous, like "security for your grandparents" explaining super basic things like "how you get a trojan" rather than talking about ethical hacking. Definitely no meant for IT people.
There is some value is product presentations, like Scale and Exablox who have complex products that people don't know about. But having nothing but that is tough.
SW suffers from having to have SW product sessions, vendor product sessions and then having a tech session or two. Plus tons and tons of "common" stuff like big keynote sessions, long sessions on giveaways, internal product marketing, etc. That stuff eats up a lot of time and it makes sense that they do it but if your goal is the tech sessions, there just isn't time.
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SW and MangoCon are really two very different conference ideas. Figuring out exactly what MangoCon will be will be.... interesting, I am sure. SW has evolved a lot since 2008, it has taken several years to find its groove. And it is still changing a lot.
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The plan from the beginning on MangoConn is to keep the Marketing for the Vendor Booths and the training for the session rooms. The Vendors getting to show off their hardware/software is still important but there is a place/time for that. Part of the place and time for that is getting to use their stuff in labs. Just Seeing it at a table but not having hands on doesn't help a ton.
I know that lots of people have mentioned full Powershell training session/s.
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@Minion-Queen said:
I know that lots of people have mentioned full Powershell training session/s.
A BASH or Linux CLI one would be really handy as well.
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I loved Darren's panel on CEO/CFO speak. Breaking it down to what you need to present, how to present multiple options, but framing them in such a way that you lead them to the decision you want.
I attended Darren's VMWare DR plan in 2011. That presentation definitely opened my eyes to new ways to present options to the powers that be.
The Group Policy panel on Thursday was pretty good as well. Wish I would have gone to the Friday one. Now I'm waiting on the video for that one to come out.
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@Minion-Queen said:
Part of the place and time for that is getting to use their stuff in labs. Just Seeing it at a table but not having hands on doesn't help a ton.
^ This x 1000. I love watching the demos they have running at the table... but nothing beats getting to use $Product in a lab environment and seeing how it actually really does work.
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@dafyre said:
@Minion-Queen said:
Part of the place and time for that is getting to use their stuff in labs. Just Seeing it at a table but not having hands on doesn't help a ton.
^ This x 1000. I love watching the demos they have running at the table... but nothing beats getting to use $Product in a lab environment and seeing how it actually really does work.
This was what I was promised by the Cylance guys, but alas their VM broke and they couldn't recover onsite. They were suppose to do live demos of them downloading the most recent (from that morning) viruii from VirusTotal.com then execute and show how they were all caught while never having a definition file.
The hands on live stuff is definitely a huge plus. Helps someone like me who will remember better when I've done it myself, instead of just watching or reading.
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I prefer LassiCon as having more cachet. Plus you won't get as many mango vendors showing up
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@Nic said:
I prefer LassiCon as having more cachet. Plus you won't get as many mango vendors showing up
Wouldn't Mango vendors be good? I mean.... yum!
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@Nic said:
I prefer LassiCon as having more cachet. Plus you won't get as many mango vendors showing up
Just people who love those Lassie movies
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Free entry to anybody who brings a dog or sack of mangos (mangoes?)?
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Either way, Mango Lassi's MUST be served. I think that's something that we can all agree on.
