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(in)spire /08

Zycko's Annual Partner Summit

Thursday 6 November 2008
Williams F1 Conference Centre, Grove, Oxfordshire, OX12 0DQ, UK


View the presentations from the event (in)spire /08 agenda
View the agenda (in)spire /08 agenda

What is (in)spire?

Zycko (in)spire is an annual event focused in providing industry and technology knowledge to help resellers keep up to speed and therefore recognise and close more opportunities.

The event is a combined conference and exhibition, bringing together analysts, futurologists, consultants, vendors and industry specialists to share knowledge.

What happened at (in)spire 08?

At (in)spire 08 speakers included Tony Lock from Freeform Dynamics, Nick Sundby from IDC, futurologist Dr James Bellini, Jon Collins from Freeform Dynamics and end user Ray Ford from Accident Exchange – amongst a total of over 20 speakers. Resellers had a choice of presentation stream picking from commercial, technical and vendor based.

Subjects included virtualisation (servers and storage), storage, data centre control, selling services in an economic downturn, marketplace evaluation for resellers, remote working amongst other useful industry information. For a full agenda please click here >>

The exhibition hall included stands from Force10, Hitachi Data Systems, Riverbed, Zeus, Exagrid, Spectra Logic, Eaton Powerware, SmartOptics, ONStor, Intransa, Isilon, Edgewater Networks, Lifesize, PowerDsine and Huawei.

The event was held at Williams F1 Conference Centre, and the day included a visit to their museum, access to their F1 simulator, and a guest speaking slot from Perry McCarthy, the original STIG from TopGear.

Quotes from (in)spire 08

"Zycko - Assisting to bring your business into pole position"
"Great event. Good to see futures but also new avenues to revenue for the finanacial year."
"A fantastic opportunity to meet up with my next 12 months, thank you."
"Better venue than last year. Choose again."
"Fantastic venue, people and event."
"Very informative, great venue, fantastic overall"
"I will definitely be recommending this event to my colleagues."
"Brilliant event. Outstanding organisation & stimulating presentations. Excellent opportunity to network with industry colleagues."
"An excellent event at a unique facility providing information on state of the art technologies at a venue of the highest quality."
"A welcome and refreshing change to competitor conferences visited
previously."
"A very well run event with high calibre content, presentations, and facilities.
Well done to all Zycko team."

accommodation

If you require accommodation here are some suggested hotels within 8 miles of the (in)spire /08 venue
*Milton Hill House is Zycko's preferred choice