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DEMO 09 – Opening Reception, Interview 7: Sobees

March 2, 2009 / / 0 Comments

Graeme Thickins of Tech~Surf~Blog interviews Francois Bochatay, CEO, and Nicholas Helke, chief communications officer, of deskNET about their “Sobees” social desktop aggregator at the DEMO ’09 conference, which was held March 1-3, 2009, in Palm Desert, CA.

I went on the lookout for more presenting company teams, and struck up a chat with two fellows who’d come at the way from Switzerland. Their company, deskNET SA, is introducing Sobees, which is a social desktop aggregator. I spoke with Nicholas Helke, chief communications officer (shown at left), and Francois Bochatay, CEO.
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DEMO 09 – Opening Reception, Interview 6: Gazaro

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Graeme Thickins of Tech~Surf~Blog interviews Sam Zaid, CEO, and Dominic Plouffe, VP-R&D, of Gazaro at the DEMO ’09 conference, which was held March 1-3, 2009, in Palm Desert, CA.
One of the presenting companies I ran into as the party started to wind down was Gazaro, based in Ottawa, Canada. I talked with Sam Zaid, CEO (pictured at right), and Dominic Plouffe, VP of R&D.
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DEMO 09 – Opening Reception, Interview 5: Mike Garity

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Graeme Thickins of Tech~Surf~Blog interviews Mike Garity, VP-marketing of Network World Events, at the DEMO ’09 conference, which was held March 1-3, 2009, in Palm Desert, CA.
Mike Garity is one of the executives in charge of DEMO at Network World Events, a part of IDG, which owns DEMO. I chatted with him about his take on this year’s event, how it compares to last year, and how people who can’t be here can watch a live stream of the entire conference.
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DEMO 09 – Opening Reception, Interview 4: Golden Capital Network

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Graeme Thickins of Tech~Surf~Blog interviews Alan Chamberlain of Golden Capital Network at the DEMO ’09 conference, which was held March 1-3, 2009, in Palm Desert, CA.
I ran into a a guy who recognized my name as somebody he’s following on Twitter, so I just had to stop and talk with him…  🙂  Alan Chamberlain is with Golden Capital Network and is a co-promotion partner with DEMO. AlanChamberlain-DEMO09-350w

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DEMO 09 – Opening Reception, Interview 3: Zuora

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Graeme Thickins of Tech~Surf~Blog interviews Erik Haus, product manager at Zuora, at the DEMO ’09 conference, which was held March 1-3, 2009, in Palm Desert, CA.
I was chatting with my longtime friend and former client Steve Larsen, CEO of Krugle Inc., when I met a former employee of his, Erik Haus, who’s now with Zuora, a company presenting at DEMO 09. Erik told me a bit about the firm and who’s behind it. (He’s pictured here on the left; Steve Larsen at right.)

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