This is it: The last METAmorphosis conference

In a few hours, the last ever METAmorphosis conference will kick off here at the Caesars Gauteng in Johannesburg, South Africa. Together with META Group's local consultants and Ex-META Group (now Gartner) analyst colleagues Willie Appel, Rakesh Kumar, Luis Leamus, Jean-Louis Previdi, Tom Scholtz, and Will Cappelli, I will be one of the last people to hold up the old brand during its final curtain. In fact, my last session during the conference (Thursday's main tent presentation on the business intelligence market and trends) will be the very last of all presentations ever delivered. After that, it's all said and done.