Spending a week at Techie Bootcamp - IBM IOD Conference

OK Let's get the questions out of the way: 

Are you really working? First of all - it's VEGAS.  Second it's back to back to back sessions all week on industry trends, analysis, technical announcements and innovations. So of course I'm working.   

Did you drink the Blue Kool-Aid?  No I'm fairly industry/vendor agnostic when it comes to IT Infrastructure pieces but I have my favorites.  Favorite RDBMS product (IBM's Informix Dynamic Server), Favorite UNIX variant (UNIX is UNIX just the syntax changes), Favorite email editor (Outlook - no really), etc.  All that being said when I work as an Infrastructure Architect for a client I like to promote the best product for the given client's budget.  Best to me equals a mix of reliability, scalability, low TCO, etc. 

So I will be reporting from out here in Vegas a few times this week as ideas strike me.  Some will be technology based topics, other more related to industry or business based topics.  Some will bridge both categories:  Cloud Computing comes to mind.  If you have something you would like for me to investigate - submit a question/topic via this website and I will give my opinion.