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Andrew Blum Announced as Keynote Speaker by Penton for HostingCon Global 2016
📅 - Penton recently announced that Andrew Blum will be the keynote speaker at the HostingCon Global event held from July 24 to 27, 2016. The event will be hosted at the New Orleans Convention Center.
Penton is a New York-based media company with many different data centers and web hosting brands. Their brands include WebHostingTalk, Data Center Knowledge, TheWHIR, HostingCon and more.
Andrew Blum is a contributing editor and writer for many online magazines and publications including Wired Magazine, Urban Omnibus, BusinessWeek, Metropolis Magazine and more. .
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