Build 2016 - Visiting the Hub Expo Floor

Richard Hay, Senior Content Producer

April 1, 2016

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Build 2016 - Visiting the Hub Expo Floor

 

As Build 2016 is wrapping up here in San Francisco at the Moscone Center I wanted to share a look into one of the biggest features of the conference - The Hub.

In a massive space on the bottom floor of the Moscone Center, Microsoft and a lot of its partners are displaying their hardware and software products for attendees to check out first hand.

Also scattered throughout the space are stages for speakers and audience members to learn more about the technologies on display.

Microsoft itself occupies about 65% of the show floor space with employees showing off every aspect of the companies technologies and services with hands on demos and interactions. Their partners take up most of the remainder of the floor space with a small piece of the floor space occupied by Destination: Mars.

Destination: Mars is a joint effort between NASA and Microsoft which uses images from the NASA Mars rovers and Microsoft HoloLens to give participants the experience of standing on Mars itself. You even get the chance to meet Buzz Aldrin who is your host. I got to experience that last night and will be writing more on that later.

So enjoy the short tour around The Hub and if you have any questions let us know.

 

About the Author

Richard Hay

Senior Content Producer, IT Pro Today (Informa Tech)

I served for 29 plus years in the U.S. Navy and retired as a Master Chief Petty Officer in November 2011. My work background in the Navy was telecommunications related so my hobby of computers fit well with what I did for the Navy. I consider myself a tech geek and enjoy most things in that arena.

My first website – AnotherWin95.com – came online in 1995. Back then I used GeoCities Web Hosting for it and WindowsObserver.com is the result of the work I have done on that site since 1995.

In January 2010 my community contributions were recognized by Microsoft when I received my first Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for the Windows Operating System. Since then I have been renewed as a Microsoft MVP each subsequent year since that initial award. I am also a member of the inaugural group of Windows Insider MVPs which began in 2016.

I previously hosted the Observed Tech PODCAST for 10 years and 317 episodes and now host a new podcast called Faith, Tech, and Space. 

I began contributing to Penton Technology websites in January 2015 and in April 2017 I was hired as the Senior Content Producer for Penton Technology which is now Informa Tech. In that role, I contribute to ITPro Today and cover operating systems, enterprise technology, and productivity.

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