Cisco Networks long-time CEO John Chambers will end two decades at the helm of the world’s largest networking company later this summer. At next week’s Cisco Live!, I expect to see a changing of the guard as Chambers passes the Cisco CEO baton into the able hands of senior vice president of worldwide field operations Chuck Robbins.
Read moreWhen it comes to event planning, Microsoft subscribes to the “go big or go home” school of thought. The house that Bill Gates built does not host small parties. So after deciding to combine the Lync Conference, the SharePoint Conference, the Microsoft Exchange Conference, plus the flagship TechEd North America conference into one event, Chicago was a logical choice of venue.
Read moreGlobal Knowledge has been a long-time Microsoft training partner, but amazingly I’ve never been to a Microsoft event. For one reason or another whenever Microsoft TechEd rolled around in years past, I was already booked or we were already well represented. But this year is different.
Read moreAs I daydream about hot, cheesy deep-dish pizza, I can’t help but to salivate over my upcoming trip to Chicago. This visit serves not only as my first time in the Windy City, but also my organization’s first attendance at a HiMSS conference. As Global Knowledge has served the health care space for many years, it’s exciting to finally have our organization represented at such a large health care IT event.
Read moreThe first thing I noticed on the floor of HDI 2015 in Las Vegas was the people. Of course there were lots of them, it’s HDI after all, in Las Vegas and the Mandalay Bay! But these attendees were different. What I immediately noticed was the lack of large bags stuffed with tchotchkes. They didn’t seem to be on the stereotypical trade show mission of gathering t-shirts. Indeed, I saw only a couple of booths laden with squeeze toys and other free promotional items typically dispensed at trade shows, conventions and similar events.
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