Convergence 2009 brought many great messages this year, one of particular 'picking up speed' interest in today's business world "SaaS" and "S+S". The keynote opener touched on the importance of technology evolution and how more and more businesses will be moving to a cloud model in the next few years. The other keynote focused on 'exploring' and illustrated how their R&D areas are constantly evolving, gathering and changing. Both of these topics - constant technology evolution and exploration tie perfectly into what Businesses need to focus on today. Especially in our economy. Being forward moving, evolving and thinking is going to be key for businesses now and in the future. I had the chance to network with business owners at all levels; software users, ISV's, Developers, and VAR partners and the interest in hosting services and offering subscription based offerings is very prevalent.
The conference also outlined excellent new technologies including surface, Microsoft Tag, World telescope (Microsoft) and more. The world is changing by the minute it seems ... hosting services are going to quickly become an 'adoptive' way of doing business!