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Zumasys Customer Solution Summit a Big Success


Lake Forest, California – November 01, 2005 –We missed you at Zumapalooza 2005!  Zumapalooza definitely exceeded our expectations with more than 160 customers and vendors participating from more than 22 states around North America. The event was a huge success and I wanted to let you know that although you were unable to attend, we have made the vendor presentations available to you at www.zumapalooza.com.  
 
As you can see from the survey data below, it appears that our customers really enjoyed Zumapalooza and found it very informational giving Zumapalooza an overall rating of 4.7 our of 5. A few of you felt the content was over your head but still found the sessions to be worthwhile. Some also felt that their should have been AM and PM breaks, that it might be nice to extend Zumapalooza an extra half day and  that they'd like to see more demos, all of which we are taking under advisement for the planning around next year's event, which has already begun.
 
If you have questions about any of the technologies/services presented at Zumapalooza, please feel free to email the Zumasys sales department or by dialing 800-841-3879, option 3.
 
We value our relationship with you and we hope to continue to earn your trust.
 
Regards,
Paul Giobbi
President 
Zumasys, Inc. 

Congratulations to the following prize winners at Zumapalooza!

  • Verizon Aircards
    Fred Poland (Supply One), Judy Evert (Richards Plumbing), Kim Adler (Servall), Kenneth W. Wertz (Wilkinson Supply Co.)
  • Panasonic W4 – Stephen Yurcaba (Sterling Research Group)
  • SonicWALL – Dan Driscoll (WNS)
  • Sharp AQUOS – Chris Barbour (Northwest Pipe Fittings)
  • iPod Nano – Mike Bond (Metro Group, Inc.)
  • TaylorMade r5 Driver/Airfare – Brad Ault (Standard Pacific Homes)
  • Odyssey Putter – Jon Warner (Cannon Sports)
  • First Place Golf Team – $100 Amex Gift Check – Brad Ault (Standard Pacific Homes), Tim Wong (Standard Pacific Homes), Paul Than (Standard Pacific Homes)
  • $100 Amex Gift Check – Rodney Koche (Rio Tinto)
  • iPod Shuffle – Scott Barbour (Northwest Pipe Fittings)

Customer Feedback
 
"I just wanted to take a moment to send you a big congratulations on a wonderful event … you would never know it was the 1st Zumapalooza!!! It was obvious that it took you and your staff a tremendous amount of work along with expense to pull off such a fantastic event. The interaction between the different vendors and the ability to Q&A them was worth the trip just for that along with the interaction between our fellow users…and the Reggae just topped it off nicely!! Thank you for inviting Servall."
Jeff Meyers, VP IT, Servall

"Great event and nice to see you and your GROWING team."
Troy VanWormer, XCD

"Wonderful opportunity to see and hear about the technology options."
Ken Wertz, President, Wilkinson Supply
 
"I've finally back at work in my cube. I didn't feel my Zumapalooza experience would be complete without letting you know how beneficial I found it to be. I am glad to have received the opportunity to interact with high-calibre vendor execs, be exposed to these new resources, personally meet and mingle with other D3 users and to be treated so well by your company. I want to thank you and the rest of the Zumasys team for including PAML among your customers worthy to attend. I have no doubt that we will be in touch to further our professional relationship. Please let the rest of the Zumasys team know that they have done a great job making Zumapalooza a success!"
Larry Lepinski, Pathology Associates Medical Labs (PAML)
 
"I just wanted you to know how much I enjoyed the meeting/party. I thought everything just went perfectly!!"
Betty Vendig, VSS
 
"Great job! Hope we are invited back next year."
Chris Barbour, Northwest Pipe
 
"Thanks for a great meeting. As I mentioned, this is the kind of forum we want to participate – and then follow up with anyone who is interested."
Neil Sundstrom, VP Sales, Trapeze Wireless

"Wanted to say thanks for letting us participate in your first event. It was done very well and I believe it will go a long way with your customers."
John Ross, VP Technical Services, Alternative Technology

"The event was incredible.  Thank you for allowing us to participate and enjoy some of the success that you have built up over the past several years.  We have great things yet to accomplish and I am extremely proud of your team and the results that we have been able to achieve in a relatively short time period.  Thank you again."
Adam Towle, Channel Manager, SonicWALL 

Survey Says!
Top 5 reasons for attending…

Learn about New Technology 1
Meet our vendors 2
Learn about Zumasys services 3
Networking 4
Meet Engineers 5
Golf 6
Other 7

On a scale of 1 to 5 with 5 being the best, you rated…

Zumapalooza overall 4.7
the value 4.6
the format 4.6
the length 4.5
the activities 4.5

The top 5 presentations were…

Sierra Bravo 4.5
General Session 4.5
Unitrends 4.5
SonicWALL 4.5
Netmotion 4.4