 Actually, we were talking earlier this morning about how women-friendly and environment Dell is from tech support from a technology perspective that a lot of women executives within Dell and that's not necessarily always the case with some companies. No. I guess the ratio of men to women within Dell is a much higher percentage than other companies. I was definitely higher. I started with Dell a few years ago and I've come from technology, from medical device to technology and still continuing technology living in Austin, Texas. Are you in Austin? Yep. Austin. I'm in Dallas. Oh, nice. Yeah. Love-hate relationship with Dallas. I know. I love your city. Oh no, it's a lot of fun. Come to ACL in September. Oh, definitely. Yeah. So yeah, it's great being a woman at Dell. It's fantastic. It's a lot of opportunities and of course, get to come to Orlando and talk to you five folks. It's fun. Well, you have done, so you're basically in charge of the Dell Storage Forum, correct? Yeah. One of the folks that are in charge of Dell Storage Forum. You have done an awesome job. Oh, thank you. Everybody I talk to is having fun. They're learning so much, so I can't say enough about that. How has it been from your perspective? I mean, obviously, running a conference, I think anybody who's ever done that before I've done that is just stressful. Oh, it's stressful. It's stressful. And my point is always on the customer and the partner, so luckily, I don't see a lot of the mayhem in the background and that's a good thing. And so we've grown up a lot. We started with the Ecologic User Conference a couple of times last year and with Compellant brought a lot of their expertise into putting together a user forum like this. And it's been really exciting. A lot of work since we've launched this in February with the combination of the two events and seeing it live and seeing the reaction from our partners as well as our customers. It's really exciting. And you see Dell and our brand everywhere. You do. It's really exciting. Yeah, it's really exciting. I just like to see people have a good time but also walk away with a lot of love learning. A lot of great feedback on the Hands On Labs. And this is new, the Hands On Labs. This was something that we did ad hoc in San Diego in October last year. So we have Dell Educational Services and their instructor-led trainings that are the pre- and post-conference this year. We've done it in the past and it's a huge driver for those certification classes. And they fill up really quickly. In fact, four weeks ago they were full. And so we've had a lot of our customers going like, I really need to get in the class, get in the class. And so one of our engineers said, you know, we can really develop this lab. Why don't we just do a lab? And can you customers, the 25 folks that were on the waiting list in October, they put this lab together, built a virtual lab. And they said, let's do that in June. Let's bring a Orlando. And now you see the labs and you have equal logic labs. They have a lot of sessions and a lot of a huge workbook you can walk through. And then the compelence and you know, this is a really good idea. Let's have Hands On Labs. And then we really expanded that across all the platforms that we have in the labs. And of course our new equal logic launch that we launched this morning with Darin. You know, their labs are here as well. So you can really get your hands dirty on a lot of our equipment, a lot of our solutions. So it's a really exciting, exciting point this year. It's new. So, so you'll be continuing it, obviously, for people coming next year. Yes. And the engineer who decided to do this is very proud of himself. So it's real exciting. OK. Yeah. It's an exciting aspect to this year. Well, the the vibe so far, you know, it's been very relaxed and community oriented, community driven, very fluid. I would say. Yes. Have you seen the logo in the pool? We swam in the pool. I did see the pool of the logo. I actually walked outside and I was like, oh, they got a logo in the pool. I thought that was cool. Yeah, they called us actually when we came in about 11 o'clock at night and walked through the little fluid archway there, it surprised us a bit. Yeah. And the kids loved it. Being a marketer, I've been here since Thursday. And so once they put the fluid walk through in the lobby, the kids were loving it. And I just started thinking that our customers aren't even here, but just the visibility that the Dell is getting just in Orlando, just on the families. That's right. The kids are loving it. The first thing I thought of when I saw it, I want to know how that's done. But no, I know you don't know. But that's just the way I work. I was like, oh, I know how that's done. I was like flushing the toilet. I was running water. Yeah. So with everything that's been happening within Dell, all the acquisitions, everything, has there been a shift in the company culture itself? You noticed? Not really. I think that with the acquisitions and we, Dell has already always had an entrepreneurial spirit. And so when you think of equal logic and you think of, I was just at the cost of the equal logic acquisition and been very integrated in the compelling acquisition. And they bring so much value into our culture. And we really, I respect that. I respect of what they bring. Because sometimes in a larger organization, you get a little overwhelmed and it's very fast paced. And so they just bring fresh air. And I think we adapt that really well and it's refreshing. Tony Parkinson was just saying that there really isn't any bureaucracy that they have to. Pretty flat organization. Yeah, yeah, not really. The only the only thing that are once we once we kicked off the launch of Compelent, they've come down to Austin a lot of times. So I won't go to Minnesota during the winter. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. You want to earn real points. You go in January, right? I'm a show I'm through and through. I am not tough. I am not tough. It's just too cold, but they their first trip here. I think it was 17 degrees in Austin. They're like, I thought that you said it was warm here. Oh, no. But I'll be up there in the summer. I enjoy their beautiful lakes. And I think in a couple of weeks, I'll be up in Minnesota with them. So, but it's fun. I look forward to it. Yeah, yeah. That's what I always hear is the culture of entrepreneurship. I always hear about that from Dell employees and outside of it. But how does a company, and from your perspective, who you've worked with, keep that going? What is it about Dell that stops the bureaucracy from coming in? Just the values, obviously. But how do you keep that going? I think it's top down. And I think it's, I know my manager and Darren really empowers us to be individuals, and he empowers us to really think strategically, but also be creative. And it really is, I love coming to work every day because I can see my friends and my family. And I think that you see that now here at the forum is that my friends in Nashua that are my coworkers, my friends in Minnesota, this is a place that we can come together, and it is friends and family. And we take that same philosophy, even with our partners and our customers, is that this is, we're bringing our closest friends and family together. So Nolan, do we have that here in Orlando? But we have it in Austin. We have it in Minnesota and Nashua and even our new design center on the West Coast. So it's just, it's from top down. It's an open door policy with Darren, with my executives, with my managers, all the folks that I report to, it's, you know, you walk up to their cubicles, literally, you know, it's Dell. But it has a closed door. So you walk up to them and it's, you know, we just really, you know, we hug it out, not to sound too, too worm and fuzzy. We're keeping this worm and fuzzy emotional. We were talking about today. Yeah, we have social responsibility themes going. We were talking to Phil and we were talking to Darren about social responsibility and contributions and things like that, places where we're trying to make a difference. I've even heard that, you know, Michael himself, you know, will. He has his own charity as well. Right, he has his own charity, yeah. And then he's very close with employees or he's very open and, you know, even on my side of things, he participates in social media. Just himself, he actually tweets. He loves the Twitter. Yeah, and I have a couple of clients who've emailed him directly and they get a response back almost immediately. You know, what's interesting about that is that we did our first Dell Storage Forum in March in Dallas last year and he wasn't scheduled to attend. Okay. In my real job, I'm in product marketing, so my real life is the product side. So, you know, I'm packing a box and who knows what I look like and all of a sudden I get a tap on the shoulder and it's Michael. He surprised us on the last day. Oops, should've worn makeup. Yeah, exactly. Oh God, I hope I looked all right. But, you know, he's surprised and how it happened was that through the social media aspect, he saw a lot of our customers. Oh, this is the best conference ever. This is a real user forum. And so, he was on the Twitter and he was coming to Dallas, apparently he has some high friends in Dallas, so he just showed up to see what was going on. And he surprised a lot of our classes, they walked in and some of our bloggers and some of our customers really got to meet him and just hang out to go. And so, he's very approachable. And not only is he approachable, but the rest of our executives, and again, it just comes from the top down of being very open and community-like. That's very cool. I hope that continues. I mean, you guys have been around for 25 years, so obviously it will. Are you gonna do more events throughout the course of the year? What events are you gonna be visible on? Yeah, definitely. So, our direction for the forum is we're definitely gonna take it to Europe. You are? Yeah, we've- When is that gonna be? Hopefully this fall. Okay. Fall, if not early winter. So, that's what we're looking for. We know how you like winter, so you wanna get it in the fall. Yes, exactly. So- In the Nordic countries, I assume. Yes, I think we're gonna go to Iceland. Maybe. So, yeah, so we're definitely, from a long-term perspective, we're looking, definitely having one large forum on each of the continents. So, we're definitely developing that strategy. You'll definitely see us next year, here in the U.S., in the fall, in Europe. So, we're definitely getting there. And, obviously, learning from each year as you go and each conference as you go, what are the things next year, outside of the labs- Right, right. That you'll probably implement or hope to, if you can talk about that a little. Again, we're still in early phases. We've learned a lot, coming together from two forums, bringing it together to make this one. We've definitely learned a lot, but, again, the big driver is certification. I think the technical content at this conference is unbeatable, but more of it. Okay. More technical content, more certification. A big driver is, yeah, it's a great conference, but how do I inform my boss and get the budget to come down here? Travel the tights. It's interesting, because I would say VMware, among all the communities, has probably done the best job of creating a culture around being a VMware-certified design expert, being a VMware vExpert, right? That sort of thing. So, do you see things- We're taking some of that methodology. It's a huge driver, and we know that the sessions from the, they start on Tuesday morning and end on Thursday, that's strong technical content, but creating that into, I don't know, a title, but into being that expert really drives the managers back home in these companies to say, you really need to attend this conference because you're going to learn how to use your equipment already. You know, what you've already purchased, how do you leverage that? With Equalogic, you have a lot of built-in software capabilities that sometimes you don't really take advantage of, so you can learn how to do that here at this conference. And again, that'll pay for your ticket next year. Right. And we don't tell the managers this, but you guys do a fantastic job at the parties. Exactly, I've enjoyed myself. The blue cocktails. Blue cocktails. I did not see those. You didn't see the blue cocktails? No, I didn't. No, we were working. It was the Del Fusion, I think, was the signature drink. Oh, that's cute. I didn't get to have one. Michael, if you're listening. She's been totally on key. Well, thank you so much. Like I said, fantastic job here, and everybody seems to be enjoying themselves, which is key to a conference. It's key. You work hard, but you also are able to enjoy yourself. Yeah, exactly, exactly. Well, thank you, Christy. It was great to meet you. Nice to meet you as well. Take care, no worry. Thank you. Pleasure. Bye. Thanks.