Sage Summit Recap

We set up our booth at Sage Summit 2009 with fairly low expectations of any kind of turnout. As the doors opened for the Tradeshow we were surprised to have several visitors to our booth. But more than that, the people that were there, seemed to be there hungry to find solutions to better their business. And as the conference progressed, we received plenty of traffic to our booth.

Our iPhone App for hh2 Remote Payroll was a huge success there. Even though all we had was a poster and a live demo on my laptop and iPhone, we impressed everyone who stopped by. Some people asked us if we’re also going to build an interface for the Blackberry, but we had to tell them that it wasn’t in our immediate plans. Several others left excited because their company had already made the switch to iPhones and couldn’t wait until the final release. One lady asked if she could take home our poster because it was perfect to show her colleagues back at the home office.

It was fun to stand out and really be different from the rest of the solutions there. By adding the iPhone as a new client interface for our hh2 Remote Payroll software, we are boldly stating the claim that the iPhone is ready for the construction industry. And boy did we get some attention. The Otterbox cases allowed us to drop our phones on the hard floor and show the durability of the cases and the phone inside.

We also got the chance to demonstrate the software, including the iPhone App, to several key Sage Executives who stopped by our booth. We just couldn’t have bought that kind of face time. Strengthening our ties with Sage will help us accomplish our goals of developing outstanding web services for the construction industry and making them affordable for companies of all sizes.

While there we got to see some of the sites and restaurants of Atlanta Georgia. We ate one night at a small but very nice diner called Wysteria. The seafood there is excellent. I personally ate the Skate which is kind of like Stingray, but to me, it tasted like halibut. Another night we ate at another seafood place called Six Feet Under. It too had excellent food. We ate the Snow Crab Legs there. Very Good.

All in all is was a very productive trip. Made some friends, forged some partnerships, found several very intriguing prospects, and sure made some impressions on the people we met with.