Qoncert Promotional Events

May 26th, 2010

Tampa Bay Rays vs. Boston Red Sox

With the 2010 Baseball season underway, the Tampa Bay Ray's are off to a tear winning 30 games faster than any other team in the majors.  Of course, that can be stopped with a trip to the stadium by the Qoncert crew.  The Red Sox took the first two of the series and unfortunately Qoncert wasn't able to stop the bleeding as the Red Sox decimated the Rays. Fortunately, the real fun came earlier in the day when Qoncert set up a live demo of the UCS B and C Series Servers with Nexus 5000 Chassis.  The most challenging event yet, but thanks to the Ray's for providing the advanced power requirements and thanks to NetApp for bringing their 3040 Series SAN.  Qoncert was able to set all of this equipment up within 48 hours and show Unified Communications 8 running on Cisco's new Unified Computing System!  Check out the photos!

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March 23rd, 2010

Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Carolina Hurricanes

On March 23rd we had a great event, Cisco introduced their Unified Communications 8.0 platform, the Lightning finally won a game after a horrible losing streak, and Qoncert announced their new Hosted VoIP platform.  Steve Marcinek and Lou Rossi presented to an excited crowd.  Some of us thought they were excited about UC 8.0 and Qoncert's Hosted VoIP but when we unleashed them on the Frank Crum Club bartender we realized there were more excited about the food and drink (engineers eh?).  Please click below to see what a great time we had and be sure to check back to see when our next event will be!

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February 4th, 2010

Tampa Bay Lightning vs. New York Islanders

Well the Lightning are looking good!!!  If we can keep it up we will be playoff bound which is great for Qoncert and Qoncert Customers because Qoncert has a suite for every game of the playoffs including the Stanley Cup Finals should we get there so be sure to call your Qonert Representative to get on the list!  This event was a fun time for all, after getting started a little late Phil Escarsega of Cisco went over some details of the Nexus 7000 features before we headed up to the Frank Crum Suite for some drinks, socializing, and an awesome win by the Lightning.  We were just too much for the boys from Long Island and we blew them away!

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December 9th, 2009

Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Edmonton Oilers

Unfortunately our beloved Lightning are continuing the streak of losing at our events.  Although they had a somewhat decent start to the season, they have dropped off in the last several weeks and after losing on December 7th 3-0 to the hated Nationals, blew an opportunity to get a win against a hapless Edmonton Oiler team.  The game was feisty with a half dozen full on fights, but the Lightning went down 3-2.  Of course, the real excitement came before the game as Kat Walsh of Cisco gave a sparkling presentation on Cisco's new Data Center 3.0 initiative.  Covering the Nexus 7000, 5000, 4000, 2000, and 1000 boxes as well as Cisco's new Unified Communications Servers proved to be much more exciting than hockey game!

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September 28th, 2009

Tampa Bay Rays vs. Baltimore Orioles

THE STREAK IS BROKEN, after 5 straight losses at our events, we finally pulled one off as the Ray's pull out a squeaker 6-5.  But the real fun came before the game as Lou Rossi and Jamie Hill gave a presentation on SIP and VoIP.  Yes, it is true SIP and VoIP are much more interesting than a baseball game!  The game was exciting with the Ray's hitting a three run homer in the 7th to tie it up at 6 all, for a little while we thought we were going to lose again.

August 20th, 2009

Tampa Bay Rays vs. Baltimore Orioles

After a brief presentation on Virtualization in the Data Center, the Ray's came out flat yielding an 8-4 lead to the visiting Orioles.  However, late in the game, the bats came alive and with a couple of nice home runs zinging right by us in the Checker's club, they managed to cut the lead to 8-7.  In the ninth, they managed to get a runner all the way to third with two outs and then it was up to Evan Longoria, second in the American League in RBIs.  Unfortunately, he whiffed and alas, the Ray's lost 8-7.

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May 20th, 2009

Tampa Bay Rays vs. Oakland A's

With the Ray's riding a 4 game win streak and Oakland sitting alone in the basement of their division we all were expecting a great win for our home town Ray's.  Unfortunately, the pitching wasn't too good and Oakland jumped out to a 7-3 lead late in the game.  However, the Ray's had just enough fight in them to leave us all wishing the game was10 innings and not 9 as we fell 7-6.

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March 19th, 2009

Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Washington Capitals

After a presentation on Cisco's Unified Communications by Steve Marcinek and a presentation on Qoncert's Physical Access and Video Surveillance practice everyone was ready for some fun.  Unfortunately the Lightning didn't deliver as they played flat against the Capitals and we were once again disappointed!  At least the food and drink was plentiful!!!
 

November 13th, 2008

Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Detroit Red Wings

A great day of fun for all but those rooting for our beloved Lightning as they lose a heartbreaker in the 3rd Period.  Of course, we had a 3-1 Lead going into the final minutes of the 2nd Period.  At that point the officials had to get into the act and called not one, but two penalties on the Lightning giving the Red Wings a 5 on 3 advantage that propelled them into several goals at the end of the 2nd Period and beginning of the 3rd.  From there they took over and finished us off!