IT Nation is the biggest conference on the MSP annual calendar, and each year the show gets bigger and better. 2017 was no exception with a crowd of nearly 2,500 MSPs descending on Orlando, Fla., for 3 days of sessions, networking, and parties.
Palm trees, sunshine, and Universal Studios next door — not a bad place to spend 3 days in November!
First on the agenda was the Welcome Reception on Wednesday night. And would you believe it — some dude was walking around without his pants on! I mean, who is this guy?
The guy without pants at IT Nation 2017
We weren’t the only ones who had questions.
Ohhhh! It all became clear the next day when it was time for Alex Hoff, Auvik’s VP Product & Sales, to give his breakout session.
Alex Hoff’s breakout session at IT Nation
Credit is also due to the many folks who figured out the joke early on. The purple pants stickers and giant pants sign at our booth may have given it away. 😉
During the show, Auvik also announced its upcoming integration with IT Glue. Pay no mind to our Nanook here, who appears to be mauling IT Glue’s Luis Giraldo. The bear is friendly, I assure you.
Left: Luis Giraldo (IT Glue) / Bottom right: Nanook and Carlos Santiago (IT Glue)
In fact, our Nanook was found visiting with just about everyone at the show, including our Auvik friends at Datto, itopia, Collabrance, Wise-Sync, Pax8, ConnectBooster, and more.
Left: Alex MacFarlane (Auvik), Christine Gassman (Datto), Nanook / Right: Alex MacFarlane, Ted Hulsy (itopia), Nanook
Left: Collabrance team with Nanook / Right: Wise-Sync team with Nanook
Left: Jacqui Murphy, Nanook, Jennifer Bodell (Pax8) / Right: Nanook, Alex MacFarlane, ConnectBooster team
Thursday night was the very popular pub crawl. We were excited to meet so many of you at this event — cheers!
IT Nation 2017 pub crawl
Rumor has it there were some Auvik socks to be had but the sightings were rare. These two fellows are happy owners though!
Socks!
#WheresTheBear? The bear was everywhere.
How many polar bears do you see?
Nanook (Ashley Cooper) keeping it cooooool at IT Nation 2017
See you next year!
