Twitter has exploded as a social networking tool in the last couple of years. There are a number of influential people in the hosting industry that tweet frequently. I wanted to share my list of people I enjoy following the most.
@MSFT_Hosting – Topical and useful information for the hosting team at Microsoft.
@DrBobParsons – Arguably the best marketer in hosting, he has built close to a billion dollar company based on great marketing and making big bets.
@the451group – Great information for those interested in hosting and datacenters.
@Scobleizer – Scoble’s employment with Rackspace was brilliant, his execution in the social media space is flawless.
@laughingsquid.com – Scott Beale has transcended hosting to become a Twitter phenomena with almost 60,000 followers. While his posts don’t focus on hosting, they have built a great business for him.
@LiquidWeb – These guys do social media right, their 16,000 followers are among the largest in the hosting industry.
@theWHIR – The WHIR is one of the “go to” sources for hosting industry information, following their tweets helps me stay up- to-date with the latest hosting news.
@utollwi – William Toll from Navisite is a prolific tweeter and one of the best product managers in hosing. His tweets are topical, insightful and timely.
About Stacy Griggs
Stacy Griggs is Sr. Director of Customer Experience for Cbeyond Cloud Services , previously Stacy was the Vice President of Sales for MaximumASP which was acquired by Cbeyond in 2011. Cbeyond (NASD-CBEY) is a publicly traded provider of telecommunication and cloud services, which has been recognized by Microsoft at its 2009 Worldwide Hosting Partner of the Year and 2010 Hyper-V Cloud Provider of the Year. Prior to Cbeyond Stacy held a series of positions at Hosting.com including Chief Sales Officer, Chief Service Officer and General Manager for their flagship Delaware data center.
Stacy has led several information technology services companies over the last 15 years. He was a Managing Director for KForce a $1 Billion publicly traded professional services firm. At KForce Stacy managed 5 business units that collectively generated $18 Million in revenue and had 140 employees. Prior to KForce Stacy was a Vice President and part-owner of Diamond Technologies, an 80 employee custom software development firm. Previously Stacy held management positions at TMP Worldwide, the University of Pennsylvania, and Humana.
Through his theWHIR blog, Stacy will touch upon sales and service in the Web hosting space, web hosting events, cloud computing and industry trends.
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