7x24 Exchange held its 2019 Spring Conference June 2-5, 2019 at the Boca Raton Resort & Club in Boca Raton, FL. The theme was “Processing At The Edge.” The organization is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year; 7x24 Exchange was founded as the Uninterruptible Uptime Users Group in November of 1989.
The conference featured keynotes from Kris “Tanto” Paronto, who presented the conference keynote, “Bottom Up Leadership and How It Saved Lives in Benghazi;” Chris Crosby, CEO, Compass Datacenters, presented the Tuesday keynote titled, “Data Centers: From Tech to Utility;” and Jack Pouchet, vice president, sales, Natron Energy, who spoke on “New Power Architectures for the Edge,” on Wednesday, June 5. In addition, a tribute was paid to David Schirmacher, president of 7x24 Exchange International, who passed away in January.