The most important aspect of this blog post is the “PubCon Discount Code”. I happily renamed the blog title from Webhosting Industry Overview at PubCon 2008 to PubCon Discount Code as more important than hearing the self promotion of myself and organization is your opportunity to save 20% on a PubCon registitration.   This willresult in a savings of $179.80 (before Nov 1st 2008) or $259.80 (after November 1st, 2008).

With a few extra dollars in your pocket I wanted to discuss my involvment with PubCon, what PubCon is and what I will be speaking about in Vegas.
Wednesday November 12, 2008 I will be positioned in Las Vegas, NV to speak at PubCon!

PubCon Discount Code : ph-99220

What is PubCon?
WebmasterWorld’s PubCon is an educational conference and industry trade show programmed specifically for web professionals and website site owners. Although our center piece is Search Engine Marketing, Whether your primary role is in web site marketing, corporate IT development, or as a technology business management, you will find something of value at PubCon (aka: Publishers Conference). It is also designed to be fun and entertaining with ample opportunity for quality networking.

Check out www.pubcon.com and www.webmasterworld.com

Brett Tabke happened to moderate a panel at HostingCon that centered around the marketing of hosting services.   Following the panel he recriuted the speakers to bring the show on the road and join him at PubCon 2008.

PubCon will bring a new audience and the focus of the panel will be much different than HostingCon.   Partaking in the moderated panel are 3 superstars all from various backgrounds.

Webhosting Industry Overview (our topic of discussion)
A Web site cannot exist without hosting, yet this has remained a choice that is infrequently researched and the importance of which is often overlooked. This session will review the Web hosting industry and key hot topics such as shared hosting, shared IPs, DNS issues, uptime, speed, reliability, dedicated servers, server farms, redundancy, backup options, e-mail options, and other value added services.

Ben Fisher is a long time web hosting industry marketing guru and Vice President of TechPad Agency. TechPad Agency is the creator of the world’s best game called “ServerMania” which pit’s fellow “web hosting providers” against each other in an all out battle for lower churn and more customers.

Amy Armitage brings some brilliant affiliate marketing and organic growth strategies to the conferance, she is Director of Business Development, Lunarpages Web Hosting.  With years of background in the shared hosting industry she will provide key insights into questions about hosting providers.

Aaron Phillips (that’s me) hails as Vice President of Sales and Marketing for FastServers.Net (A Layered Tech Company) and has been involved with the industry for 10 years.    Aaron has both a technical and marketing based background in managed hosting, dedicated server, cloud computing, and virtualization.
As a moderated panel we encourage you to bring any and all questions you have about web hosting, service providers, search engine optimization, and industry related topics to the 45 minute session and Ben, Amy, and Aaron will work hard to provide you the insight that could make or break you when it comes to partnering with a web hosting provider!

I am sure Brett didn’t mean for this to be included “as is” but I thought it would be good to release it to the public!

You guys are old pros at this, so lets cut to the chase:

Below is a 20% off coupon to PubCon Las Vegas that you can offer your peeps. You earn 10% every time it is used.

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Hopefully you will enjoy additional funds I have saved you and if you want to learn about web hosting come check us out.

First and foremost a great big thanks to all who attended the show and had a chance to stop by our booth or visit with us at various networking events.   This event provided a venue for us to meet clients, visit with vendors, and of course meet a series of new people in the industry.    Don’t hesitate to give us a call or email to discuss any of your dedicated server, grid hosting, or virtualization needs, now or in the future!

The setting was once again The Navy Pier in Chicago, Illinois and HostingCon 2008 brought some familiar faces and new faces to the event, which provided an unusual surprising and great event for those that attended.   This year also brought prizes, giveaways, drawings, and even a board game that was introduced by TechPadAgency last year called “ServerMania“.

HostingCon started it’s pre-show game show by announcing that it had been acquired by iNET Interactive.  iNET Interactive is the company behind such properties as WebHostingTalk.Com, Hotscripts.Com, and a series of other tech related properties.    The show was sprinkled with iNET Interactive staff members and I was informed that next’s years show will be held in Washington DC.    I am speculating that the keynote will be either Obama or John, but only time will tell.     I recently read, Obama loves to hang out on WebHostingTalk to keep up on the latest trends in the Web Hosting Industry and his plan for offshore drilling, might also include some offshore data centers!

As expected a line up of super star speakers took the stage with a change in theme.   Last year at this time the buzz of the industry was Software As A Service and a shift has taken place to discussions centered around Cloud, Grid, Elastic, and Virtualization platforms.    John Pozadzides, CMO of LayeredTech spoke on these technologies with a session called “Every Cloud Has a Silver Linking” and booth #301 engaged with ongoing conversations about this technology.

A few companies stepped up the schwag wagon with Nerf guns, game console giveaways, champaign, root beer floats, cash money, beer tickets, and even a chance to win a Harley Davidson motorcycle.    The conference hall was filled with WII’s, Playstations, and XBoxes with live games including RockBand, Basketball Shootouts, and WII Sports.      LayeredTech also brought some a console, which consisted of a Live Grid Demo, and giving away the best prize of all:  KNOWLEDGE (just a quick plug and opinion here).

For the second year in a row the night ended with a rooftop networking event that included fireworks and yet more games! My night ended with a very competitive game of ServerMania, a board game focused on acquiring the most money and highest number of servers possible.    While I was defeated in my quest to conquer the board game as I had the least amount of servers and money, I did notice that the winner seemed to have a distinct advantage over his competitors as he CREATED the game!

Live GRID/Cloud Computing DEMOS at Booth #301

This year “Booth #301″ will be stocked with something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.

Something OLD, Something NEW…

Returning to HostingCon for the 4th year in a row (OLD) will be some familiar faces from FastServers.Net. However, they will have a new-found image and a glitzy new booth sporting the (NEW) LayeredTech brand. Combined, you’ll see the latest “hosting vendor of choice” providing both self-managed and fully-managed hosting solutions as well as innovative virtualization and utility-based offerings.

Something BORROWED, Something BLUE…

Leading the way in technology innovation focused on virtualization (BORROWED term) is LayeredTech’s primary focus. In conjunction with our standard hosting solutions, we’ve been deemed the pioneers in on-demand virtualization offerings including Grid computing, Hyper-V, Citrix, Sun Solaris, as well as many others. All this taken into account, LayeredTech’s recent rebranding efforts include a new (Yes, BLUE) logo which reflects the layers of products, services and innovation being offered today. So stop by and CHECK IT OUT!

Witness the power of the GRID with a live demo!

Booth 301: The Grid is ready. Are you?

Stop by Booth 301 and learn more about LayeredTech’s unique “GRID/CLOUD” computing solution, the ultra reliable multi-server configuration that is scalable, affordable, reliable and yes, simple to use. Come by, ask questions, see a live demo and let’s talk about the technology that can enable your organization to offer GRID/CLOUD Computing.
Wed 8:30am Presentation: “Every Cloud has a Silver Lining” by John Pozadzides, CMO, Layered Tech

Have you ever wondered how Cloud Computing is going to change this industry? If yes, then grab your coffee and come listen to John Pozadzides, CMO of LayeredTech, who will be presenting WEDNESDAY from 8:30am to 9:15am. He will bring to light key trends in hosting virtualization. After this AM session, you’ll walk away smarter and more stimulated (ahhh coffee!). If you miss it, stop by Booth 301. We’ll be happy to answer your questions.

We’re looking forward to this event - seeing friends old and new. If nothing else, stop by, say hi and pick-up some of our cool free schwag.

If you are not attending HostingCon 2008 and want educate yourself on GRID/CLOUD computing you can schedule a web demo and one of our highly trained GRID Experts will walk you through the features and benefits.

Schedule a GRID DEMO NOW!

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