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MODERNBILL
WORKSHOP V3.0
On April 5-6, 2007, ModernGigabyte held their 3rd annual
ModernBill Hosting Workshop at the Marriott Hotel in downtown
Louisville, Kentucky. The Workshop was another success following
in the footsteps of the two previous years. A great deal
of focus this year was in the areas of New Revenue Generation,
Domains, Reseller Hosting, Reselling ModernBill, Exchange
Hosting, and Windows Hosting. Over 100 attendees flocked
from all parts to participate in the workshop.
The sessions this year were split into two tracks, which at
times were combined, allowing attendees the ability to choose
the sessions based on in depth technical information, or support
with other software companies and integration. Track One
started with Customizing the Look and Feel of ModernBill followed
by a session on Modern Accounting. ModernGigabyte’s
own Sean Stafford, Jon McCarrick, and Kris Bailey covered
Installs and Configurations in depth. This Track also featured
coding and working with MBAPI, and migrating from previous
versions as well as other billing applications. A session was
also in place presented by Dan Kimball and David Stadler covering
new developments and the future of the reseller program.
Track One was concluded with a Developer Roundtable where
future features were discussed with the entire development staff
through input by the attendees toward their own needs in the future.
Track Two consisted of sessions by Dave Koston of cPanel,
Dennis Hopp of Ensim, Todd Crumpler of SWsoft, Michael
Johnson of Microsoft, and Domain Sponsor by Jothan Frakes
of Oversee.net. Both tracks were combined in special sessions
to cover Exchange Panel by William Toll of Intermedia.net, Domains
of a web host by Jude Augusta, the Executive Director
of The Internet Commerce Association, as well as Tom Murphy
of BuyDomains speaking on names, revenue, and customer
satisfaction in the domain aftermarket. David Snead spoke on
legal issues surrounding the Web Hosting industry, followed by
Jon McCarrick, VP of Operations for ModernGigabyte, covering
chargebacks in the Dark Side of Fraud. The sessions also
featured a reseller panel moderated by Isabel Wang with voices
from some of ModernBill’s top resellers including HostNine and
MBLiscenses.
A social session sponsored by BuyDomains was held at The
Pub on beautiful 4th Street Live in Downtown Louisville. Here,
attendees and company personnel alike were able to converse
in a wonderful laid-back environment. This was a definitive
chance for old colleagues as well as for new faces to break the
ice and integrate with one another. Many discussions on the
future were had, along with many a business card exchanged.
If you are a current or potential ModernBill user, the workshop
should be first priority in order to get the most out of the package
as well as to keep in the know on the issues involved with and
surrounding the industry to date.
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