I think that is a good idea. If this is going to be more of a marketing event than a tech, I do not think I'm that interested in attending either as I really do not think I want to know what they have to say about their OTB offerings like CMDB or ITSM or SRM. Personally I would love to know where the system is headed as a platform. As a techy I hardly care about what has already been done using the system. I'd love to know what I could do with it given the underlying platforms new features etc.
My feeling is that this event may draw a different kind of a crowd. Joe _____ From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of LJ LongWing Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 8:28 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: ENGAGE ** I guess the best 'rejection letter' you can possibly get is the accepted list coming out and not being able to find yourself anywhere on there. Looking through the sessions, I see there are 120 sessions total. 46 are 'Remedy' related, that's ITSM or ROD (38%) in some way or another. Of those only 12 are not being done by BMCers (10%). 4 of those are listed as 'Technical' (3%). All 4 of them are directly related to ITSM (3 SRM, 1 CMDB). Nothing that's directly related to Remedy as a development platform, but as a platform to sell their OOTB tools....part of me is disappointed, but not surprised. Both of the topics I submitted were of a technical nature, relating to Remedy, not ITSM...so, I guess that's likely why neither topic was selected for presentation.... and due due to the fact that I was counting on not paying the admission fees, I'm not going to be able to justify the expense to attend this year...so...maybe I'll do them anyway, but post them on my site instead so everyone can benefit instead of just the ones that attend Engage...who knows. On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 5:57 PM, Jason Miller <[email protected]> wrote: ** By doing our own thing we would simply be creating an overlay on ENGAGE. Once we create the overlay we can customize and changes by BMC won't have an impact. Except if they delete one of us in base, that will have an impact on the overlay. On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 4:42 PM, Tauf Chowdhury <[email protected]> wrote: ** Not if you do it from a hotel room though? I'll pitch in for a suite. We can set up a google hang out and a live tweet session. On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 7:40 PM, laurent matheo <[email protected]> wrote: ** Yeah I proposed this... Somekind of "genius bar" or something, maybe panel like, or small breakouts or something... Could have been setup like a "mini community onsite" using Matt for this... Maybe we could squat the booth location for this when it's not attended? If it's like wwrug, it's just opened for lunch / not a long time, we could use the place to do some small groups about a theme or something? So, a mix between the "bird & the feathers", "genius bar", "community" and whatever? We could even stream it live on the net so the others could see it (that could be a problem with BMC rules though). On 29 Jul, 2014,at 01:36 AM, Tauf Chowdhury <[email protected]> wrote: ** I was willing to sponsor a technical/learning lab at the conference. Reached out to numerous people. Deaf ears. Oh well... I'm still going. Love networking (by networking I mean drinking) with you guys if you decide to go. On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 7:33 PM, Tauf Chowdhury <[email protected]> wrote: In browsing through the sessions and speakers, the title of unnamed speaker pretty much sums up my assessment of the catalog: Lead Technical Marketing Consultant On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 7:31 PM, laurent matheo <[email protected]> wrote: ** The evening is still there, Tuesday from 6 to 8 PM: http://www.eventmgmt.aimia.com/events/bmc-engage-2014/custom-20-2bc888d975f2 496db5d3f819b9735209.aspx But that's weird... Since breakouts continue from 6 to 9 PM on tuesday... So or you go stalk the Engineers (and potentially miss 2 breakouts), or you attend the breakouts (and miss the candy)? On 29 Jul, 2014,at 01:26 AM, Rick Cook <[email protected]> wrote: ** And with so many evening sessions, where does the Evening with Engineering or the other evening activities go? Will they even have them? Rick On Jul 28, 2014 4:24 PM, "Jason Miller" <[email protected]> wrote: ** Not impressed. My first impress is welcome back BMC Marketing World. We haven't missed you all these years. Maybe I need to just let it soak in for a day or two?.?.?. Unless I am overlooking something it seems there are very few presentations by customers. On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 3:46 PM, Sanford, Claire <[email protected]> wrote: ** Just shaking my head. From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of laurent matheo Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 5:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: ENGAGE ** It seems the list is on now: http://bmc.g2planet.com/bmcengage2014/event_agenda On 29 Jul, 2014,at 12:25 AM, "Sanford, Claire" <[email protected]> wrote: You are certainly trusting Terry! I'll wait for the agenda and hope they extend the early bird rate. I can see it now. ME: Hi Mr. Director, please spend thousands of dollars for me to be gone for almost a week for a conference where we have no idea what the content is. There is an early bird discount!!! DIR: Come back when you have an agenda and a firm grasp on what you sessions are going to attend AND how much you are going to spend. ME: Big Sigh. From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tauf Chowdhury Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 4:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: ENGAGE ** Is that like the "good faith" deposit at a car dealer? Say goodbye to that $75! Hehe Sent from my iPhone On Jul 28, 2014, at 5:49 PM, Terry Bootsma <[email protected]> wrote: ** I believe early bird pricing expires July 31st. So, if the agenda is out today or tomorrow, that is just "under the wire". However, I had to make a call last week, so I registered and paid for the conference with the understanding that I could de-register up to a certain date with a $75.00 "admin" fee. Well, we'll see about that. :-) Terry _____ From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lynn Larsen Sent: July-28-14 5:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: ENGAGE ** I'm glad I'm not alone in the trying to get approval for a conference that we have no idea what the content is. There should not be "early bird" pricing that expires before the detailed agenda is even published, in my opinion. From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sanford, Claire Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 3:55 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: ENGAGE ** They missed one mark. in order to get a room you have to go through their conference desk. We are adults. We should be able to make our own reservations. If the conference is more "sales" than technical, there is no way I can get approval. I'll be disappointed if they go back to the way it was before it became WWRUG! From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jason Miller Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 3:51 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: ENGAGE ** I agree that our WWRUG friends are much better at communicating and giving people the information they need to decide, get approvals and make travel arrangements than BMC. Let's just hope they don't completely miss the mark on this conference. Jason On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 11:47 AM, David Boylan <[email protected]> wrote: I still haven't seen much of what is being presented other that lots of marketing. Is this even worth going to? 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