Tomorrow marks VISI’s 15th anniversary. It is fitting that VISI was founded on Halloween Day — day in and day out, the people of VISI demonstrate a youthful energy and enthusiasm. This liveliness abounds in the office on Halloween with our annual costume contest and chili cook-off. With Halloween comes comradery, and VISI has always been about the people.

The people of VISI are what make VISI special. It always has been this way and always will be. Just like any trick-or-treat bag is full of a wonderful assortment of candy, the people of VISI bring a variety of flavor to the office. It takes all sorts of personalities and skill sets to make a successful company. I am very proud of everyone who works at VISI or has contributed in the last 15 years. They are truly what makes VISI a special and wonderful place to work.

Thank you everyone and have a Happy Halloween!

P.S. To help you get to know our staff, marketing has put together a special 15th anniversary video. Check it out below!

Thanks again to all who attended Cloud VISION this past Wednesday! The Metropolitan was nearly bursting at the seams with all of the Business Executives and IT Directors who attended. After a breakfast of bacon, sausage, and eggs, Chris Howard of Burton Group kicked off the morning with a keynote on the topic of “Cloud Computing as a Business Advantage”. Jason Baker, CTO at VISI, gave the second keynote of the morning which included a live demonstration of the ReliaCloud platform.

Enjoy the videos below, and feel free to share them with your colleagues.

Chris Howard (1/6)

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Jason Baker (1/5)

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Jason Baker (5/5)

Thanks to all who attended our cloud computing event yesterday. A big thanks to Chris Howard with Burton Group and everyone from VISI who helped put on the event!

If you missed the seminar or would like to view the presentations again, you can download PDFs of the slides. Also, Jason Baker with VISI will be giving his cloud computing presentation (including a live demo!) again on November 4th, 2009 at 12:00pm CST. The webinar will be 60 minutes in length. You can register online at https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/223681226.

We will be posting videos from the event shortly.

Chris Howard, Burton Group - PDF

Jason Baker, VISI - PDF

The second in a series of data center construction videos of our Eden Prairie data center is ready for viewing. Ray Hagen, Product Manager at VISI, speaks about the construction process and our upcoming plans. Over the next few months, we will alternate between posting informational videos, such as the one below, and time lapse videos. Enjoy!

Thank you very much to August Ash, Incorporated, a Minneapolis Internet marketing firm, who partnered with us today to help bring you a webinar on search engine optimization. Two of their Internet marketing strategists, Shelley Sanders and Tim Karlberg, shared their expertise on the world of search engine optimization.

For quick access to the presentation, you can download a PDF of the slides.

If you missed the webinar or want to see it again, you can view the video in our webinar archive.