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Networking Field Day 17

L-R: Nick Buraglio, Dominik Pickhardt, Greg Ferro, Drew Conry-Murray, Phil Gervasi, Ben Gage, Dustin Beare, Larry Smith, Tom Hollingsworth, Marena Karasevich, Eyvonne Sharp, John Herbert, Chris Grundemann, Richard McIntosh

Networking Field Day 17

January 24–January 26, 2018

#NFD17

Who: Networking

What: Field Day

When: Past

Location: Silicon Valley

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Delegate Panel

Delegates are selected by the Field Day Delegate community. For more information on our selection process, please see our page about becoming a Field Day Delegate.

Chris Grundemann

@ChrisGrundemann

Independent advisor, analyst, and consultant. Specializing in internet routing, network architecture, and automation.

Dominik Pickhardt

@NetworkAutobahn

InfoSec veteran on the NetworkAutobahn

Drew Conry-Murray

@Drew_CM

I’m a tech blogger and podcaster with 17 years’ experience covering IT, networking, security, and more.

Dustin Beare

@Net_Introvert

ISP Network Engineer, IPv6 enthusiast,

Eyvonne Sharp

@SharpNetwork

Eyvonne Sharp is a network architect for a Fortune 100 healthcare enterprise.

Greg Ferro

@EtherealMind

Greg is a freelance Network Architect and Engineer, host of Packet Pushers Podcast and semi-professional writer.

John Herbert

@MrTugs

CCIE #6727 Emeritus, technology afficionado, scripter, nerd. What’s not to love?

Larry Smith

@MrLESmithJr

Technical Solutions Architect for World Wide Technology(WWT) focusing on automation.

Marena Karasevich

@Renegade604

Network shaman and recovering switch hoarder.

Nick Buraglio

@ForwardingPlane

Network Architect, engineer, researcher, and blogger.

Phil Gervasi

@Network_Phil

Senior Network Engineer currently working in security.

Richard McIntosh

@802Tophat

Richard is a network engineer with over 8 years experience and multiple industry certifications.

Presentation Calendar

Most presentations are streamed live on this page, at TechFieldDay.com, and on the Tech Field Day LinkedIn page. After the event, the following pages contain video recordings of these presentations.

Wednesday, Jan 24 09:30-11:30
Juniper Networks Presents at Networking Field Day 17
Presenters: Aniket Daptari, Jacopo Pianigiani, Randy Bias
Wednesday, Jan 24 13:00-15:00
ThousandEyes Presents at Networking Field Day 17
Presenters: Alex Henthorn-Iwane, Nick Kephart, Ricardo Oliveira, Thom Haddow
Wednesday, Jan 24 15:30-17:30
Extreme Networks Presents at Networking Field Day 17
Presenters: Chirag Kachalia, Lindsay Hill, Patrick LaPorte, Ram Golla, Yousuf Hasan
Thursday, Jan 25 08:00-12:30
Juniper Networks Presents at Networking Field Day 17
Presenters: Bikash Koley, Colby Barth, Fawad Shaikh, Guru Shenoy, James Kelly, Matt Oswalt, Sumeet Singh, Travis Newhouse
Thursday, Jan 25 13:30-18:00
VMware Presents at Networking Field Day 17
Presenters: Fan Gu, Geoff Wilmington, Jonathan Morin, Nitin Kumar, Pere Monclus, Rachna Srivastava, Rohan Naggi, Sai Chaitanya, Y'ves Fauser
Friday, Jan 26 08:00-12:30
Cisco Presents at Networking Field Day 17
Presenters: Akshat Sharma, Hariprasad Holla, Larissa Overbey, Michael Kopcsak, Patrick Warichet, Rupak Chandra, Viktor Osipchuk
Friday, Jan 26 13:30-15:30 Mellanox Technologies Presents at Networking Field Day 17 with Ixia and Cumulus Networks
Presenters: Amit Katz, Joon Jeon, Karthik Mandakolathur, Pete Lumbis, Yuanwen Sun
All dates and times listed are local time in Silicon Valley, US/Pacific.

Event Staff

Ben Gage

@BenTGage

Ben Gage has a professional background which started in logistics and supply chain for manufacturing and agriculture. To subsidize the methodical nature of these fields he started and performs with an original Americana band. With a penchant for the ra …

Claire Chaplais

@CChaplais

Claire Chaplais has over 20 years experience in business operations, marketing communication programs, and event management for the high tech industry. She worked for great companies like Wind River Systems, StorageTek, Common Sense Media, and Harris B …

Tom Hollingsworth

@NetworkingNerd

Tom Hollingsworth, CCIE #29213, is an event lead for the Tech Field Day event series specializing in networking, wireless, and security topics.


50 Links with Tag #NFD17

  1. Coverage: Cumulus VX Spine and Leaf
    • Marina Ferreira
    • Cumulus Networks
  2. Coverage: Getting Out From Under the Policy Boulder with Juniper’s Contrail Policy Framework
    • Rich Stroffolino
    • Juniper Networks
  3. Coverage: Looking at the Internet with ThousandEyes
    • Rich Stroffolino
    • ThousandEyes
  4. Coverage: Predictable VxLAN EVPN Scale with Mellanox Spectrum
    • Chris Grundemann
    • Mellanox Technologies
  5. Coverage: Unlocking VXLAN with Mellanox
    • Tom Hollingsworth
    • Mellanox Technologies
  6. Coverage: Field Area Networking
    • Nick Buraglio
    • Cisco
  7. Coverage: Short Take – Cisco Field Area Networking
    • Nick Buraglio
    • Cisco
  8. Coverage: Simplifying Network Security with Context-Aware Micro-Segmentation
    • Phil Gervasi
    • VMware by Broadcom
  9. Coverage: Mellanox, Ixia and Cumulus: Part 3
    • John Herbert
    • Cumulus Networks, Ixia, Mellanox Technologies
  10. Coverage: Mellanox, Ixia and Cumulus: Part 2
    • John Herbert
    • Cumulus Networks, Ixia, Mellanox Technologies
  11. Coverage: Mellanox, Ixia and Cumulus: Part 1
    • John Herbert
    • Cumulus Networks, Ixia, Mellanox Technologies
  12. Coverage: Extreme Networks SLX Platform – Extremely Easy Analytics
    • Tom Hollingsworth
    • Extreme Networks
  13. Coverage: Some Things I Learned About VeloCloud SD-WAN
    • Greg Ferro
    • Packet Pushers, VeloCloud
  14. Coverage: Considering The Future Of Juniper’s Contrail And OpenContrail/Tungsten
    • Greg Ferro
    • Juniper Networks, Packet Pushers
  15. Coverage: OpenContrail & dNOS Join The Linux Foundation, Get New Names
    • Drew Conry-Murray
    • Juniper Networks, Packet Pushers
  16. Coverage: Extreme Automation with Extreme Networks (& StackStorm)
    • Chris Grundemann
    • Extreme Networks
  17. Coverage: Cumulus – Not Your Average Networking
    • Larry Smith
    • Cumulus Networks
  18. Coverage: Secure Multicloud Networking with Contrail
    • Chris Grundemann
    • Juniper Networks
  19. Coverage: Cumulus Linux and NetQ
    • Richard McIntosh
    • Cumulus Networks
  20. Coverage: Orchestration From the Top Versus Automation From the Bottom
    • Tom Hollingsworth
    • Extreme Networks, Juniper Networks
  21. Coverage: Juniper Woos The Enterprise With New Products
    • Drew Conry-Murray
    • Juniper Networks, Packet Pushers
  22. Coverage: The Winds of Change From January
    • Tech Field Day Extra at Cisco Live Europe 2018
    • Cisco, Extreme Networks, Juniper Networks
  23. Coverage: Strategy Series: How do you view outside of your network?
    • Nick Buraglio
    • NetBeez, ThousandEyes
  24. Coverage: Bringing DevOps To Routing – Cisco XR
    • Larry Smith
    • Cisco
  25. Coverage: How to fit an Elephant into a small car to transport it over the Networkautobahn
    • Dominik Pickhardt
    • VeloCloud, VMware by Broadcom
  26. Coverage: BiB 029: Cisco At NFD17 – Automation, Telemetry & Intent
    • Drew Conry-Murray, Greg Ferro
    • Cisco, Packet Pushers
  27. Coverage: BiB 028: VMware NSX At NFD17 – SD-WAN & Security
    • Drew Conry-Murray, Greg Ferro
    • Packet Pushers, VMware by Broadcom
  28. Coverage: BiB 027: Juniper Networks At NFD17 – A Platform Emerges
    • Drew Conry-Murray, Greg Ferro
    • Juniper Networks, Packet Pushers
  29. Coverage: BiB 30: Mellanox, Ixia & Cumulus At NFD17 – VXLAN & Whitebox
    • Drew Conry-Murray, Greg Ferro
    • Cumulus Networks, Ixia, Mellanox Technologies, Packet Pushers
  30. Coverage: Networking is Finally Catching Up
    • Phil Gervasi
    • Extreme Networks
  31. Coverage: Packet Capture – NSX 6.4
    • Karel Novak
    • VMware by Broadcom
  32. Coverage: Step by Step – Upgrade NSX 6.3.5 na NSX 6.4
    • Karel Novak
    • VMware by Broadcom
  33. Coverage: Intentional Infrastructure
    • Matt Oswalt
    • Juniper Networks
  34. Coverage: #NFD17 – It’s A Wrap
    • Larry Smith
  35. Coverage: Off the Cuff – NFD17 Wrap Up
    • Drew Conry-Murray, Eyvonne Sharp, John Herbert, Jordan Martin, Nick Buraglio, Phil Gervasi
    • Cisco, Cumulus Networks, Extreme Networks, Ixia, Juniper Networks, Mellanox Technologies, ThousandEyes, VMware by Broadcom
  36. Coverage: What’s new and how to one click upgrade to NSX 6.4.x ?
    • Mariusz Kaczorek
    • VMware by Broadcom
  37. Coverage: Networking Field Day 17: Hawt or Naught
    • Chris Grundemann
    • Cisco, Cumulus Networks, Extreme Networks, Juniper Networks, Mellanox Technologies, VMware by Broadcom
  38. Coverage: New Role, Same Goal
    • Matt Oswalt
    • Juniper Networks
  39. Coverage: Networking Field Day 17 (NFD17) Redux
    • John Herbert
    • Cisco, Cumulus Networks, Juniper Networks, VMware by Broadcom
  40. Coverage: Are network vendors ignoring serverless security?
    • Keith Townsend
    • Juniper Networks
  41. Coverage: BiB 26: Extreme Networks At NFD17 – Composing Workflows For Mean Time To Payrise
    • Drew Conry-Murray, Greg Ferro
    • Extreme Networks, Packet Pushers
  42. Coverage: Automatic Product Pitch Generator
    • John Herbert, Jordan Martin
  43. Coverage: Legacy IT Is Not A Monument
    • Tom Hollingsworth
  44. Coverage: Cisco, Mellanox, Ixia and Cumulus: Last Day of NFD17!
    • John Herbert
    • Cisco, Cumulus Networks, Ixia, Mellanox Technologies
  45. Coverage: BiB 25: ThousandEyes At NFD17 – Expanding Into User Experience
    • Drew Conry-Murray, Greg Ferro
    • Packet Pushers, ThousandEyes
  46. Coverage: BiB 24: Juniper OpenContrail At NFD17 – One Fabric To Bind Them
    • Drew Conry-Murray, Greg Ferro
    • Juniper Networks, Packet Pushers
  47. Coverage: Networking Field Day 17 – Here We Go!
    • Chris Grundemann
  48. Coverage: NFD17 and Tech Field Day Extra Cisco Live Europe 2018
    • Tech Field Day Extra at Cisco Live Europe 2018
    • Dominik Pickhardt
  49. Coverage: Network Field Day 17: Mark Your Calendars!
    • Drew Conry-Murray
    • Cisco, Cumulus Networks, Extreme Networks, Ixia, Juniper Networks, Mellanox Technologies, Packet Pushers, ThousandEyes, VMware by Broadcom
  50. Coverage: Its time for Network Field Day 17
    • Greg Ferro
    • Cisco, Extreme Networks, Juniper Networks, ThousandEyes, VMware by Broadcom

More Information

If you would like to sponsor or attend these events as a delegate, please contact Tech Field Day, [email protected].


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