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Just have time for a quick photo mashup before flying home to Toronto. This is the end of my 9-day, 3-event road trip, and will catch up on blogging from other events next week. I’ve just finished attending the RingCentral analyst event, in posh Napa Valley.

Pretty nice place to get spoiled, but it’s rather isolated for such a short event. No complaints, though, and they gave us a pretty extensive update on the state of their business, along with lots of NDA updates coming later this year and into 2023. I’ll have more to say soon, but it’s almost time to board my flight.

Below - one of my industry favorites, CIO Kira Makagon leading off Day 2. Two panel sessions - with customers, moderated by Blair Pleasant, and the channel panel, led by Zane Long.

The Napa vibe - a few photos from walking around the venue - what’s not to like?

But wait, there’s more! They had the NBA championship trophy on display, so I had to get next to it and make sure all the Celtics titles are there - yes they are, phew. Napa = wine, so they took us to Tamber Bey Vineyards for a wine tasting meal - it was every bit as good as it looks. The owners are also seriously into horses, so this made for a really great mix, wow. Finally, a 5-minute diversion to get a photo after crossing the Golden Gate Bridge. Yeah, it’s been a good week!