We are rapidly approaching this year’s IT Nation event in Orlando sponsored in large part by ConnectWise. I have been attending their event now for a number of years, and have also been able to present content as well as serve on their partner advisory council. Many people have wondered throughout the years what this IT Nation thing is all about. There have been plenty of hallway conversations about the motives. And there have been many questions regarding the commitment to the channel and us as partners – is this thing real?
I’m here to tell you that it is real, the motives are right, and this is a really big deal. I have been privileged and blessed to be able to spend time inside the ConnectWise machine for a number of years. Inside the growth and maturation of a company that has become more than a little PSA tool that we use to do some service management to become the central business operating system that runs our entire business. It has at times seemed too good to be true. So I was skeptical and admit I was not one of the earliest adopters – it took a couple years for me to be willing to move off our homegrown Access based system to ConnectWise. But as we began to grow, it was essential to get a scalable solution that addressed our needs more effectively.
In Varvid’s last shoot of CompTIA Breakaway 2010, Aaron Booker chats with Jeannine Edwards, Director of the ConnectWise Community, about the upcoming IT Nation 2010, which runs November 4-6 in Orlando, Florida. IT Nation is ConnectWise’s national user group conference and it’s already sold out, 90 days before the event!
Thank you IT Nation for responding so enthusiastically to our event! Registration was closed on August 4th, with over 1,000 ConnectWise partners signed up to attend. If you are a registered partner, you can look forward to a fantastic 3 day experience, November 4th-6th. We’re committed to making this year’s IT Nation gathering even better than last year’s, with many improvements based on your feedback. We have an action-packed agenda, including exciting main stage speakers, tons of breakout sessions – 88 to be precise – and plenty of networking opportunities to keep you collaborating.
We’re excited about our latest venue, the brand-new Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek, which adjoins the luxurious Waldorf Astoria Orlando. This luxury Floridian hotel is located in a private, natural setting on 482 acres and surrounded on three sides by Walt Disney World. Visit the hotels’ websites to see all their fabulous amenities.
Update! Daniel “Rudy” Ruettiger, author, motivational speaker and subject of the film Rudy, will be a keynote speaker at the highly anticipated IT Nation 2010, the 6th annual ConnectWise Partner Summit being held at the Hilton Bonnet Creek hotel in Orlando, Fla. November 4-6. Registration is now open to ConnectWise partners, and is filling up at a record-setting pace.
We are rapidly approaching this year’s IT Nation event in Orlando sponsored in large part by ConnectWise. I have been attending their event now for a number of years, and have also been able to present content as well as serve on their partner advisory council. Many people have wondered throughout the years what this IT Nation thing is all about. There have been plenty of hallway conversations about the motives. And there have been many questions regarding the commitment to the channel and us as partners – is this thing real?
Update! Daniel “Rudy” Ruettiger, author, motivational speaker and subject of the film Rudy, will be a keynote speaker at the highly anticipated IT Nation 2010, the 6th annual ConnectWise Partner Summit being held at the Hilton Bonnet Creek hotel in Orlando, Fla. November 4-6. Registration is now open to ConnectWise partners, and is filling up at a record-setting pace.
