I’m at a HP Storage event in Dublin to learn about the next generation of enterprise class storage. The place is full of “suits” who are allegedly shopping and, of course, sales people from HP and resellers. Normally at these events, those sales folks are all over you like a cheap suit.
However, I have a cunning and devious plan!
I haven’t shaved in 2 days. I’m standing in a corner with my Dell laptop looking all moody and dishevelled as if I came in off the street for the free coffee. Sales folks are assuming I’m not a decision maker and that the suits from the government agencies are here to buy stuff – more fool them! I’ve learned from being on the dark side with an very clued in salesman that those folks just turn up for the free stuff and the raffle. They usually have preferred suppliers and have no intention of doing anything.
I’ll see if I can blog anything I learn from here. I had to sign some sort of NDA when I came in. I’ll soon see if this is “top secret” or not.