Axceler's Global Trek = Mission Accomplished
Well first things first. It seems my months of training and going to bed early to get up for 6am runs paid off. Not only did I complete my marathon, but I ran a PR of 3:32.36 and qualifed for the Boston Marathon! However, getting on an eight hour flight that evening to Germany was not so much fun!
After a quick cat nap upon arrivial, I had a new surge of energy and was ready to take on the beautiful and sprawling city of Berlin (although I was hobbling around all week).
The Estrel Hotel and Convention Center was a great venue for the SharePoint Conference and our booth location was perfectly situated near a session room and the ever important coffee break station!
Another reason you couldn't miss our booth was because we had the "brightest" booth in the hall. It was almost as if you were entering the Emerald City of Oz, as we lit up the show with green blinky pins, pens and cups!
So many highlights, so little time, so here are our top highlights from the week.
1. Excellent demonstrations led by Gail Shlansky and Alex Davenport on ControlPoint, Davinci and FileLoader. Whenever there was a break, we had a demonstration going on in our booth.
2. Co-sponsoring a great SharePint event (impromptu) with Metalogix, NewsGator, HiSolutions, and Qorus at Am to Pm bar. We had a huge turnout, a great dance party, and more importantly welcomed anybody in the SharePoint Community to attend!
3. Great networking with attendees led by our amazing sales team from our London office. We had so many great conversations during exhibit hours and then those "after" hours as well.
4. Well attended and well received conference sessions presented by Christian Buckley. Christians sessions received great traction and always led to people stopping by our booth afterwards to learn more!
5. Gail Shlansky, our Director of Product Development took on Quest and AvePoint in the Administration Shootout and while we are biased about who "won," the feedback from customers and partners we spoke to agreed.
Team Axceler had a great time at the European SharePoint Conference and hope to have a simliar experience at Connections 2011 in Vegas next week!