Welcome to the 30th CoffeeCAST with Stephen Hayward of Project X.  Today though we are having a gloomy weather day, I thought we could talk about some items that have been circling around me. So here I am enjoying a cup of Starbucks by myself, so I am really counting on you to join in the conversation through comments or email.  Today’s topics includ: Conferences – BEA, Netezza, SAP, Teradata – The month of Enterprise Apps conferences Appliances The golf analogy – Tiger Woods Follow-up from today’s post The talk about technology and total cost of ownership SODA – Might as well go for a SODA – The Kim Mitchell song wraps up our conversation where we talk a little about Service Oriented Data Architecture. Download cc_30_conferences_appliances_and_sodas.mp3 So grab your soda or coffee of choice and join in the conversation. Listen in and we hope you enjoy and more importantly, hope you join in the conversation.  So drop a comment in the blog or send me an email and share your thoughts on the topic. The Podcast is available on iTunes or here for download.  Have a great day and join the conversation.