I just received an email from IBM regarding being a sponsor at Impact 2013:
http://www-01.ibm.com/software/websphere/events/impact/
Note: Impact 2013 will be held at The Venetian in Las Vegas, NV on April 28 – May 2, 2013.
From an MQ point of view, does anyone find Impact useful? Now I said “MQ” and not “WebSphere”. Inquiring minds want to know. 🙂 IBM is expecting 6000 people at Impact 2013 but how many are interested only in MQ – 600-700 people (maybe less)? I’m not trying to be negative just realistic. IBM has a million products under the WebSphere umbrella and the vast majority of people use WAS.
I used to be a sponsor at the original Transaction & Messaging Conference and at the first Impact 2007. I found at Impact 2007 which had about 4200 people, 80% of the attendees were not interested in MQ. So, it was hard to justify the humungous price increase to be a sponsor at Impact. The last Transaction & Messaging Conference (2006) cost me $3700 USD to be a sponsor and IBM wants $17000 USD ($14000 for early-bird) to be a sponsor at Impact 2013. That’s quadrupole (4x) the amount and there is absolutely no way there will be quadrupole (4x) the MQ people at the Impact 2013 (compared to the last T&M Conference). So, what is a little company to do? 🙁
I wish IBM would bring back Transaction & Messaging Conference to North America. I have told many IBM people over the years that I would be the first in line to put my money where my mouth is!!! Is anyone at IBM listening to the little guy?
Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.
