Behind the Scenes at GTC 2012
BY Will Park
On May 16, 2012 in Corporate
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We thought you might be interested in getting a peek at how a keynote address is powered at GTC. Back stage in the keynote hall, it’s a world of screens and wires, the digital guts of modern presentations. And technicians dressed in black, often with headsets, who are under staggering pressure once the curtain goes....
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