Unfortunately the turn out was not that great only a handful of folks showed up. Traffic was terrible and it took a little over an hour to make the 30 minute drive from Chesapeake to VA Beach, probably a reason for the low turn out.

Despite the small crowd it was still a great event. Tom Lennon from RSA Security did a presentation on some of their current and upcoming offerings. RSA’s log collection and analysis product – enVision – looks pretty interesting, definitely something to get a little more info on. I got to say a little bit about my experiences at EMC World (I am still working my blog post about it – so much good stuff, so little time). Chatted with a couple of other EMC customers and partners about technologies they are planning on or currently using – AVAMAR, VMware, Celerra, etc.

The appetizers were good, the drinks were cold, and Stephanie & Joe from EMC were great hosts.

A couple of folks from Varrow out of NC were there and it was pretty cool chatting with them. Check out their community blog at http://www.varrowblogs.com/ – some good info there.

The local EMC folks are planning to have User IT Group meetings once a quarter. I’ll be sure to post when the next one is, hope you can make it.