First posted on February 01, 2007
Watch this blog for Nathan McNeill’s take on the 2007 DEMO technologies
This week, I’m thrilled to be back at the DEMO conference, this time in Palm Desert, California. DEMO is the launch pad for emerging technologies where products like JAVA, Palm, and TiVo got their start. Last year, NetworkStreaming launched SupportDesk 9 at DEMO in Phoenix, Arizona, and received one of only 10 DEMOgod awards out of a field of 70 companies (which had already been trimmed down from over 700 applicants.
The DEMO stage is possibly the most electrically charged place on the planet for four days a year. Fortunes can be made or lost here, and it gives those looking on a glimpse into 70 possible futures for the technology industry.
This year, I’m a spectator only, which gives me a unique opportunity to speak my mind without any obligation to perform. I’m going to try and comment on each of the 70 DEMOs that I attend, although you can probably count on the posts getting shorter and less descriptive as the demos pound on. I’ll be evaluating the products being presented, the presentation itself, the people behind the innovation and finally giving my opinion of what its possibilities are for the future.
Here goes…
