tas&jnarciso1&tastx02&6.0.0&&&tastx02&&&bcarico@actscorp.com&N.Y.N.N 1.1.o.o.o.N.0&tastx02.001&tastx02.002&tastx02.003&tastx02.004&tastx02.005&tastx02.006&tastx02.007&tastx02.008&tastx02.009&tastx02.010&tastx02.011&tastx02.012&tastx02.013&tastx02.017 &::tas.0:1:1:0&::tas.0:1:1:0&::tas.0:1:1:0&::tas.0:1:1:0&?0=0?1=0?2=0?3=0?4=0::tas.0:1:1:0&?0=0?1=0?2=0?3=0?4=0::tas.0:1:1:0&YES::tas.0:1:1:0&::tas.0:1:1:0&::tas.0:1:1:0&?0=1?1=0?2=0?3=0?4=0::tas.0:1:1:0&::tas.0:1:1:0&::tas.0:1:1:0&::tas.0:1:1:0&?0=0?1=0?2=0?3=0?4=0::.0:1:1:0 &for+me+the+location+was+good+the+price+was+hard+to+complain+about.%0D%0Ai+liked+the+speakers+with+the+real+world+experiences...the+gents+from+Progressive+Insurance,+Sprint+PCS,+Dennis+Wunder%27s+talk+was+particularly+relevant.::&the+flies,+the+onslaught+of+the+Texas+allergy+season.++The+phone+conference+speakers+were+not+good+because+of+difficult+to+understand+foreign+accent+and+poor+sound+quality+of+the+PA.++Too+much+time+spent+on+gee-whiz+stuff+like+the+difference+between+Mega-+Giga-+and+Tera-+...+::&David+Hines...great,+real-world,+enthusiastic,+into+his+work.%0D%0ADennis+Wunder+was+great...good+insight+into+what%27s+happening+in+web-land.+Very+relevant+As+I+struggle+to+try+to+figure+out+what+to+do+career-wise,+his+information+was+probably+of+more+value+to+me+than+others.%0D%0ADale%27s+info+about+quality+was+interesting...possibly+useful...but+not+what+I%27d+expect+at+%27tech+awareness%27%0D%0AGuru...hard+to+understand.+%0D%0AJoe%27s+very+entertaining+and+enthusiastic...I+hear+his+zTaLK+tape+program+each+month.++I+didn%27t+much+like+hearing+that+my+job+was+going+away+cuz+of+outsourcing.++Some+provocative+thoughts+re+open+source,+linux,+dismounting+the+tiger,+etc.%0D%0A%0D%0AIn+general,+those+areas+of+less+interest+to+me+were+probably+those+areas+where+I%27d+heard+the+information+one+or+more+times+(that%27s+what+I+get+for+being+a+returning+attendee).++I+don%27t+know+if+others%27+backgrounds+were+substantially+different+from+mine.::&Guru+Rao...be+there.++Too+hard+to+understand+over+the+speaker-phone.++Also,+cover+all+the+material+in+the+book...lots+of+interesting+looking+stuff+we+didn%27t+get+to,+e.g.+the+x-Series+stuff...EXA,+VIGIL+Servers.++I+didn%27t+get+what+those+were+about.+Bill+Carico...I+don%27t+ever+want+to+hear+another+word+about+virtual+storage...and+suburbans+and+trailers.+I%27ve+heard+it+and+taught+it+too+many+times.++%0D%0AI+would+like+to+see+the+section+on+storage+reworked+a+bit.++Less+time+on+history,+esp+of+irrelevant+stuff,+more+time+on+current+technologies.++E.g.+more+detail+on+SAN,+Brocade,+McData,+Inrange+switches,+directors,+1Gb+vs+2Gb+SAN+speeds,+B/U+technology+choices+like+Veritas,+Legato,+TSM,+tape+technologies+like+LTO,+VTS.++Shark+was+discussed+but+little+was+said+about+FAStT+products.++Also,+some+other+competitors+that+seem+to+be+getting+attention+like+XIOTECH.++Maybe+some+real-world+SAN+customer+could+talk.::&?xxx?xxx?2?xxx?xxx::I think you probably got burned on a couple of speakers not showing up. You covered well as only you can do. I guess since you let me come for free, the least I can do is give you a tough eval, eh? No good deed...&?xxx?xxx?2?xxx?xxx::&YES::&Whether+we+like+it+or+not,+NT+and+Intel+are+out+there.++How+do+we+deal+with+managing+or+dealing+with+those.+%0D%0AMaybe+some+vendors+other+than+IBM...it+would+be+interesting+to+hear+their+criticisms+of+IBM+and+maybe+then+to+hear+IBM%27s+rebuttal.::&30+years%21++I+should+be+retired+by+now.++Not+a+chance.++Primary+strengths%3F++None.++Primary+area+of+responsibilty%3F++Producing+cash.::&?0?xxx?xxx?xxx?xxx::&n/a::&TAS+is+a+great+overview+of+today%27s+relevant+Information+Technologies+with+an+emphasis+on+medium+to+large+businesses.::&Earl+Lambert,+IT+Director+Enterprise+Products+Company,+Houston+713+880+6808.%0D%0A::&?0?1?xxx?xxx?xxx::maybe we can talk later in the year r.e. a) and b) Not Scored by Definition