The 2011 Palo Alto storage event was a great success.  Thanks to the 140 CEOs, VPs and senior industry insiders for taking time to conduct business deals, talk with press, analysts, venture capitalists, investment bankers, consultants, and even a handful of executive job-seekers.  There was something for everyone that participated…. A few notes about the event: **  Ed Walsh, of the Avamar/Virtual Iron/Storwize selling fame, did an...

The ExecEvent provides a great way to get executives together for more than just attending a networking event.  For example, 2 different friends-of-the-event are having dinners for clients, executives friends, portfolio executives, etc. during the Palo Alto 2011 event. Valhalla Partners (VC firm) is having a dinner on Monday 01/24/11, hosted by Charles Curran. Strategic Advisory Services International (SASI) is having special dinners on...

I’m very excited to announce some very high-caliber industry speakers to our lineup of great programs in Palo Alto 2011. Mr. Ed Walsh will be doing our presentation to kickoff the first day of the event.  Unless you’ve been quite busy the past few years (or asleep at the wheel), you may have noticed that Ed has sold 3 significant companies (Storwize to IBM, Virtual Iron to Oracle, and Avamar to EMC) and has made quite a name...

We are very excited to announce our special VC program for the upcoming ExecEvent in January. The program and topics are designed for our executives to learn from and have access to some of the top VC firms and partners in the storage (and related) industry. Even if you and your company are not looking for VC funding right now, the importance of networking and creating new contacts cannot be overstated – especially for senior...