Tuesday 31 August 2010

The Excitement of Oracle Open World 2010



There are just 20 days leading to this year's Oracle OpenWorld - an event which is extremely famous for bringing in the hottest rock stars (and the latest technology of course)!

We have seen smash hits from Aerosmith and Roger Daltrey, to celebs like Billy Joel and Elton John!  Last year, we even had California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger joined Oracle CEO Larry Ellison in his keynote!  

It is, I have to say proudly and undoubtedly the funkiest event in the whole I.T. industry and I tell you this year's line up will be equally staggering: with Grammy Award Winners the Black Eyed Peas and Eagles co-founder Don Henley as headline acts. 

Free flow of food and drinks, everyone's going to be there on Treasury Island, it's basically THE networking party not to be missed.   Last year, the best line came from Aerosmith, they stopped between songs to ask the audience,

"What's the difference between Windows and viruses?   Viruses keep getting better."

LOL...

"What's it like to be in Oracle?"

Well, the thing is, the majority of Oracle employees were not invited to that event, so he could hardly get an answer from the audience!   In fact, only the board members and C-levels were there, along with a smattering of salespeople who were told to close anything they could, even if the customer has had a few beer and was on the ferris wheel!

Man, that's just insanely unfair.  

I am going to hold on to my wristband tightly, behave well and try to be extremely good to the security guards.  Let's see if I can get a back-stage glimpse of it all this year.   



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