Now that HostingCon 2010 is said and done, we are starting to see what innovative ideas and hot topical discussions were had at this place where the brightest and best minds of the web hosting industry have come to gather. Unfortunately nobody has uploaded videos of that, so instead I give you professional wrestling!
Not sure who these indy wrestling stars are, so if you know – please drop in a mention via the comments.
Yeah, I am a little offended nobody asked the web hosting industry’s media rock star to do the play by play of the action – but it does look like it was a lot of fun.
I’m not here to save the day. I’m not here to change the face of web hosting. So what am I here for? I am here to help. Help you learn more about the web hosting world in a podcast. All that I ask is for around 10 to 15 minutes of your time and I promise you will walk away at least knowing something you didn’t know before. Let’s have our own hosting conference, me, you and hundreds of our closest friends.
That is the question a lot of people are asking about coming out of this year’s most recent HostingCon. Paul Hirsch of the 
Tons of fun to be had on this week’s show. It was a big week for those us us in the hosting business and I’ll cover it from headline to footer and everything in between. We have buyouts, we have failures, and we even have the Juggernaut.
For most people, green hosting is that kind that has been sitting in the back of the refrigerator a little too long. Pretty soon though I have a feeling that either by hook or crook we will all be impacted by in in one way or another in the future. I’ll talk about it, tell you what it is and let you know what you can do to help. The Web Hosting Show is now on the air.
The one thing I didn’t see from the coverage I have read thus far on it is an idea. You would think with this many web hosting people grouped together you could see something emerge as a whole to make the business better. Maybe we start a conversation about not hosting splogs. Maybe somebody suggests that we all hosting companies try to hire more American workers. Those are only a few examples of what one hopes would come from an event like this. If it happened it either has not been covered or it wasn’t “buzz-worthy” enough for anybody else to pick up on.
iNet Interactive adds HostingCon to Their Portfolio
Now let me quickly give you my positives and negatives on this.
On the bad side of things, we see one more diamond of the web hosting world being gobbled up by the web hosting equivalent to the Juggernaut, iNet Interactive.
On the positive side of things, I have a lot of trust in Troy Augustine, he is a good guy and I think he will continue to do what is best for the business in a whole. iNet also has the capital to move the conference forward to make it even bigger and better than before.
George Roberts, the guy who was behind all the other HostingCons to date has really turned this conference from just a gathering to THE event of any web hosters calendar year. He deserves the pat on the back and congratulations the most out of this deal. Right now it is planned for George and Interjucture COO Frank Spaulding, to both remain involved in HostingCon as members of its advisory board.
For more coverage of HostingCon 2008 be sure to check out their web site and you can check out my previous interview with Troy “Juggernaut” Augustine back on podcast 111.