Novell Tech Summit 2012 – Day 1 (Kind of…)

Enjoying the Utah countryside…

“The best thing for the inside of a man is the outside of a horse.”

Personally, I agree with this statement wholeheartedly! It is my opinion that saddling up a horse and going for a ride through some wonderful scenery is, well…healing. Away from the concrete and noise of the city, from the traffic jams and construction detours, and most importantly, away from all your worries and cares for a few hours.

During the past year, I have been looking for fun places to ride as I travel across Canada and the US for business – after all, where is it written that you can’t mix a little pleasure with business?

This week, Novell is holding it’s Tech Summit meeting, where Sales Engineers and Partners are invited to come to Provo, Utah in order to meet with the product managers, gain insight into the product roadmaps and get hands-on training on some of their new offerings. I am here with our Director of All-Things-ZENworks, Gary Trepanier, and we are looking forward to a fantastic week!

I will be blogging as much as possible – hopefully, on a daily basis – about what we are learning. There is so much going on at Novell, so stay tuned to this site to learn more.

For those of you who have never been to Utah, well…it is perfect country for horseback riding, so Gary and I came in on Sunday and spent most of today riding with Rocky Mountain Outfitters. Ashley, our guide, is a professional rodeo competitor – barrel racing! – and was a fantastic guide!

Keep coming back to this blog during the week for info on the Tech Summit!

“Cowboy up!” It’s time to head out on the trail!

Now this is the kind of traffic I like! Soooo much better than looking out your windshield onto a long line up of cars, don’t ya think?

Gary, our ZENworks Director, contemplating a Great Train Robbery!