I spoke to my sales rep and confirmed that the 2017 Engage in Vegas is cancelled. The comments that I heard about Engage 2016 were in line with what I noticed at the conference as well. The fact that they pushed Innovation Studio and did not have any sessions on it or any workshops was crazy. They were really pushing Blade Logic and Control M but did very little with ITSM. The funny thing is that all the ITSM sessions and workshops were booked and the Blade Logic and Control M sessions were empty or half empty. They really need to focus on tech for these instead of sales and more people would come and maybe even buy stuff! When you go to CES or even something like Blizzcon, you see product and get to try stuff out. They should have scheduled labs with HRCase, Innovation Studio, etc, going the whole entire time. In general, they should have planned way more labs/training sessions and encouraged developers to bring their apps to showcase. Also, moving it from the second week of September would really help as most schools are too busy with the start of the school year. Well…. we will see what happens at the new format but basically it will probably end up being more sales. ☹
Paul From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rick Cook Sent: Tuesday, February 7, 2017 2:34 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: BMC Engage ** Yeah, given how well the last one was attended, there has to be some other reason. I'm guessing it has something to do with sales goals. Rick On Feb 7, 2017 11:31, "Saji Philip" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: ** I hear they are trying to revive the WWRUG (the founders) in a different format, if BMC does announce no more Engages. BMC really blew it with this one.. And everything they are saying is 'we conducted surveys and listened to the public and decided that multiple geo-centric events is betier than a 4 day global conference.' Really? Who did they talk to? I say the new CEO did not want to fork over a million to subsidize and organize these events. Probably gave the pink slip to the BMC event dept. On Tue, Feb 7, 2017, 6:27 AM Joe D'Souza <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: ** I haven’t been to an ENGAGE yet so can’t comment on it but yes the WWWRUG were definitely worth it for a lot of reasons if you could afford the cost and expense associated to making to one.. So where would these “exchanges” be held at? Joe ________________________________ From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Tales - Grupos Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2017 7:19 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: BMC Engage ** This seems to be true as I found here: https://communities.bmc.com/thread/159503 "...But essentially, we are changing it up to a more flexible, innovative and approachable format for our customers. In 2017, we'll be hosting MORE locally based, one day FREE events (think mini Engage) and they will be called BMC Exchange. We already host BMC Exchanges outside North America and have for many years. They're widely successful! We understand and have heard from our customers that being away from the office for a week, the conference fee and the T&E expense to come to LV is a lot. So more exciting information to in Jan and thank you for you patience as we work on the details/schedule..." 2017-02-07 9:34 GMT-02:00 BradRemedy <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>: ** I mean - even Sevicenow is having a conference....http://knowledge.servicenow.com/ On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 1:33 PM BradRemedy <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: yeah I also heard the same thing. And just when I wanted to go to it this year. I really wish BMC would just stick to one thing. I also wish that WWWRUG would come back. There is no way that I will be able to get motivation to fly to a one day event. I managed to convince the business that the 4 day event in the states was fantastic and worth the money. On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 4:50 PM Saji Philip <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: ** I am hearing that BMC Engage for 2017 is not happening.... _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years"
