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.

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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!

We’ve uploaded the first of a series of time lapse videos of the construction at our Eden Prairie data center. Enjoy the clip below.

(Note: The video lightens up halfway through.)

To help get the word out about VISI’s new Twitter and Facebook presence and spread the word about our Cash for Servers promotion — we will be sponsoring a social media contest.

VISI will be giving out a $1000 Visa gift card to one lucky winner who completes all of the qualifying steps below. You must complete each of the steps before October 7th, 2009. We will announce the winner on Wednesday, October 7th through Twitter, so be sure to follow @VISIHOSTING!

The four steps:

1. Register online at www.visi.com/1000giveaway.
2. Become a fan of VISI Incorporated on Facebook. (facebook.com/VISIHOSTING)
3. Tweet the following: “#CashforServers $500 rebate on dedicated server with @VISIHOSTING”
4. Update your LinkedIn status to: “Just heard about VISI’s new promotion. Check it out at visi.com/cashforservers”

Read the full contest rules at www.visi.com/1000giveaway.  Good luck!