FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SPTechCon 2009 San Francisco Succeeds with Blow-Out Crowd
Despite the recession, attendees flock to BZ Media's debut SharePoint Technology Conference
Huntington, N.Y., January 27, 2009 — BZ Media LLC today announced a blow-out attendance at SPTechCon™ San Francisco: The SharePoint Technology Conference. The debut event defied conventional wisdom during tough economic times by attracting more than 600 attendees.
SPTechCon 2009 San Francisco, held Jan. 26-28, 2009, at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport, is an exciting new event for IT professionals, business leaders and software developers whose organizations use Microsoft Office SharePoint Products and Technologies.
BZ Media is the publisher of SD Times, the newspaper of record for software development managers as well as Systems Management News, the authoritative source for IT professionals and systems administrators. More than 600 people have preregistered for SPTechCon 2009 San Francisco, and are expected to attend the first dedicated SharePoint technology event in the Bay Area.
• They’ll be attending more than 60 workshops and technical classes.
• They’ll be attending keynote addresses by Tom Rizzo, Director of SharePoint at Microsoft, and by Errin O’Connor, the founder and CEO of EPC Group.
• They’ll be learning from more than 30 top-quality faculty member, including Microsoft SharePoint team members and Microsoft MVP experts.
• They’ll be meeting 24 SharePoint solutions providers, lead by SPTechCon Platinum Sponsors Citrix, CommVault and Quest.
Ted Bahr, President of BZ Media, said, “When the going gets tough, the tough get smarter! Businesses large and small are seeing how SharePoint technology can help them weather today’s difficult economic climate by improving operational efficiency. What’s more, they see that their investment in education at SPTechCon is possibly the single best way they can take full advantage of SharePoint’s ability to boost business productivity, and manage or even reduce IT and line-of-business budgets by streaming workflows, improving internal communications and collaboration. If ever there’s an example of how technology and training can help business thrive in tough times, it’s SharePoint and SPTechCon 2009 San Francisco.”
Based on the strong attendance for SPTechCon 2009 San Francisco, BZ Media has announced SPTechCon 2009 Boston, which will follow the same format (see separate release) from June 22-24, 2009, at the Hyatt Regency Cambridge. Between 500-700 attendees are expected at the industry’s first northeast SharePoint conference.
The Call for Speakers for SPTechCon 2009 Boston is open through Feb 6, 2009; contact Kathy Bruin at kbruin@bzmedia.com or +1-415-642-6108.
Sponsorship opportunities are also available; contact David Lyman at dlyman@bzmedia.com or +1-978-465-2351.
