Heroes Happened Here!
Heroes Happened in Kuala Lumpur on April 8, 2008!!!
It was the historical joint launch of three wave products: Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008 in Malaysia.
Here are some launch highlights from Tuesday 8th April:
Crowd: Biggest server launch in the history of MS Malaysia – 3,023 attendees comprising IT Professionals, Developers and Press Media! The main tent session was at bursting capacity together with the spillover room, and the breakout tracks in the afternoon were full right till the end of the day, wow!
People-Ready, Business-Ready : Besides all the cool speakers which you can see at the pictures below, three Early Adopter customers (Genting, Carsem and Cinema Online) shared their experiences very candidly to the audience at the panel discussion during keynote which made it one of the highlights!
Partners: Over 20 partners including HP, Dell, Intel, Sun, Quest, Guidance View, Rentwise, Infotrek, Iverson, iTrain, ChassAsia, MS Security & Exchange teams, Symantec, Kingston, ObTech, FalconStor and many others wowed the crowd with their solution showcase at the expo hall.
Last but not least, our awesome {heroes} i.e. everyone who attended the launch!
Congrats to all four winners of the {IT Heroes} contest: Paul Tham, Kang Chian Gim, Siang Hwee Goh and Low Weng Seng!
Apart from the track sessions for different products, there was hands-on-labs running throughout the day; ask-the-expert sessions as well as a series of activities such as mobility smackdown, lucky draw and etc to keep the attendees busy.
