T
he fact that IT company annual events and
conferences are often massive affairs is not
really surprising when you think about it.
With technology being such a pervasive and
dominant force in today’s modern society, it’s
only natural that some of the world’s biggest corporations
are in IT and tech field. Add to that just how quickly technology is developing and changing, and it’s clear that annual
tech giant conferences are not only going to be spectacularly large in terms of number of attendees and partner activity,
but will be packed with news, information, product releases,
keynote speeches, roundtable debates, demo stands and
anything else technology-related you can think of as well.
Often too big to be contained to a single venue, the conferences will sometimes span multiple venues and appear to
dominate the cities in which they’re hosted.
As such, First Distribution’s vendors host some of the IT
industry’s biggest annual events. Always interesting conferences for regional partners to attend, the networking opportunities can be invaluable, with the only drawback being an
unfavourable exchange rate for South Africans impacting on
the ability for many smaller local ICT businesses to travel
overseas and attend.
With that in mind, here are some of the biggest and most
influential industry conferences hosted by vendors of First
Distribution. Partners take note, and start saving!
Microsoft Convergence
4-7 April 2016
New Orleans
Microsoft’s Convergence conference is mainly for businesses to explore emerging trends and solutions.
Attendees are able to see how business leaders are bringing fresh, innovative ideas to market using a combination
of busi