KioskCom NYC Day 1 evaluation

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Originally uploaded by Tim Burke Kiosk Guy

The first day of KioskCom was great. Lots of foot traffic, several potential projects to be followed up on afterwards. Compared to the April show, I'd say attendance and the number of exhibitors was higher at this show. We have had a lot of interest in our digital signage offerings which is good to see.
I've noticed a greater presence at this show by NCR, who appears to be attempting to take over IBM's dominance in the retail kiosk space.
I went to dinner afterwards with the guys from Provisio and Reality Interactive. Reality is competition to my firm, but these guys are great. A former employee works for them and I'm happy to see he landed at a good firm. It's important that a firms leadership believe in being nice people and good businessmen at the same time. Christo, Heinz and Minh from Provisio were a lot of fun to talk with, Christo and Heinz are from Germany so hearing their perspective, and seeing their fascination with America was refreshing. Again, good people, good company.

Okay, I've got to get over to the show again for the second day... I just hope my feet can hold up for one more day.