It has already been reported in a number of places that Interjuncture, the company that created and ran the premiere hosting event HostingCon, had agreed to sell the conference to iNET interactive at the end of the 2008 event. The final event of HostingCon 2008 was a networking barbecue event on the rooftop of Navy Pier. The event ran from 5:00 pm until 10:00 pm on Wednesday, July 30 and offered good food, great networking and a phenomenal view. I considered myself lucky to be at the event and doubly so to get a picture or two of the actual signing of the HostingCon sale contracts.
Pictured: Troy Augustine, iNET’s President and CEO, George Roberts, the CEO of Interjucture, and Frank Spaulding, Interjucture’s COO.
iNet Interactive is the owner of Web Hosting Talk, the largest online gathering of hosting services professionals, making the acquisition of HostingCon a natural addition. I had the opportunity to meet iNet’s President Troy Augustine as well as a number of his iNET team and was impressed by the entire group. I expect HostingCon to thrive under iNET Interactive’s leadership a sentiment shared by Interjuncture’s CEO George Roberts.
“Although Frank (Frank Spaulding, Interjucture’s COO) and I will remain involved as advisors, we are very excited to hand over the reins to iNET Interactive”, George Roberts stated. “We have complete confidence that iNET Interactive will continue to grow and develop HostingCon with the same passion and commitment that Frank and I have applied.”
Finally, just to give you an idea what an amazing stage the contract signing had here is a picture I snapped moments before the proceedings.
Pictured: Chicago skyline from the rooftop of Navy Pier.
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