BrightTalk: Selling Webcasting Services to a Spamtrap?

Professional community forum and webcasting service BrightTalk is sending bulk email to an email address that was closed in 2007. This email address has not received bulk email from BrightTalk since it was re-enabled after its timeout period in 2009. BrightTalk may be mailing a very old list after allowing it to remain uncontacted for years, may be allowing unconfirmed web form subscriptions, or might have purchased a list. The ESP is Silverpop.

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From: BrightTALK <webcasts@mail01.brighttalk.net>
To: <spamtrap>
Subject: Risks & Rewards of Private & Public Cloud
Reply-To: webcasts@mail01.brighttalk.net

Risks & Rewards of Cloud & Hybrid Data Centers
55-minute panel webinar available on demand at http://links.mkt2199.com/ctt?<xxx>

Cloud and hybrid data center technologies are hitting the mainstream with the majority of IT leaders rating cloud to be a priority over the next two years. This panel of experts takes you through the pros, cons and key questions for those who are evaluating cloud and getting started with their data center transformations. Key topics include data storage, security, consolidation, and integration and deployment techniques.

Presenters:
Billy Cox, Director Cloud Strategy, Intel
Sanjeet Singh, Senior Strategist, Dell Enterprise Solutions Group
Steven O’Donnell, S1NED (moderator)

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About BrightTALK:
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BrightTALK provides webinars and videos for professionals and their communities. Every day thousands of thought leaders are actively sharing their insights, their ideas and their most up-to-date knowledge with professionals all over the globe through the technologies that BrightTALK has created.

Connect with BrightTALK
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LinkedIn: http://links.mkt2199.com/ctt?<xxx>
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For more information, please visit us at http://links.mkt2199.com/ctt?<xxx>,
BrightTALK(TM), 501 Folsom Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105

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