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Networking Field Day 6

Ivan Pepelnjak, Jason Edelman, Stephen Foskett, Brent Salisbury, Ethan Banks, Claire Chaplais, Anthony Burke, Tom Hollingsworth, Bob McCouch, Greg Ferro, Chris Marget, Ed Horley, Brandon Carroll, Matt Oswalt, Carole Warner Reece

Networking Field Day 6

September 11–September 13, 2013

#NFD6

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.

Anthony Burke

@Pandom_

Engineering his way ‘downunder’ to the CCIE.

Bob McCouch

@BobMcCouch

Bob is a career network engineer/architect with over 20 years experience in enterprise, OEM, and integrator roles.

Brandon Carroll

@BrandonCarroll

Consulting System Engineer, Instructor, Blogger, and Technology Fan. CCIE #23837.

Brent Salisbury

@NetworkStatic

Brent Salisbury works as a Network Architect, CCIE #11972.

Carole Warner Reece

@cwreece

Carole is a senior network consultant with over twenty five years of industry experience.

Chris Marget

@ChrisMarget

Chris is an independent network consultant, recovering UNIX sysadmin and protocol aficionado

Ed Horley

@EHorley

20 years in tech, “Crazy IPv6 dude”, co-chair California IPv6 Task Force, author (Apress and Pluralsight), blogger and occasional speaker

Ethan Banks

@ECBanks

Network architect, CCIE, podcaster & blogger.

Greg Ferro

@EtherealMind

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

Ivan Pepelnjak

@IOSHints

Ivan Pepelnjak, CCIE#1354 Emeritus, is a network architect and independent blogger at ipSpace.net AG.

Jason Edelman

@JEdelman8

Runs a consulting company bridging the gap between DevOps and Networking. CCIE 15394, VCDX-NV 167.

Matt Oswalt

@Mierdin

Matt Oswalt is a network software developer and blogger.

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, Sep 11 09:30-11:30 Spirent Presents at Networking Field Day 6
Wednesday, Sep 11 13:00-15:00 Plexxi Presents at Networking Field Day 6
Wednesday, Sep 11 15:30-17:30 ThousandEyes Presents at Networking Field Day 6
Thursday, Sep 12 10:00-12:00 WildPackets Presents at Networking Field Day 6
Presenters: Jay Botelho, Tim McCreery
Thursday, Sep 12 13:00-15:00 Big Switch Presents at Networking Field Day 6
Presenters: Guido Appenzeller, Kyle Forster, Rob Sherwood
Thursday, Sep 12 16:00-18:00 Nuage Networks Presents at Networking Field Day 6
Friday, Sep 13 08:00-10:00 SolarWinds Presents at Networking Field Day 6
Friday, Sep 13 10:30-12:30 Aruba Networks Presents at Networking Field Day 6
All dates and times listed are local time in Silicon Valley, US/Pacific.

Event Staff

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 …

Stephen Foskett

@SFoskett

Stephen is the President of the Tech Field Day business unit for The Futurum Group and focuses on AI, edge, and cloud

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.


61 Links with Tag #NFD6

  1. Coverage: 20/10 Vision: Aruba’s 20th Presentation at Tech Field Day’s 10th Anniversary
    • Mobility Field Day 3, Networking Field Day 21, Security Field Day 1, Tech Field Day 20, Wireless Field Day 2, Wireless Field Day 4, Wireless Field Day 8
    • HPE Aruba Networking, Tech Field Day
  2. Coverage: A New Home: Looking Back
    • Matt Oswalt
    • Tech Field Day
  3. Coverage: Big Switch, Cumulus, and OpenFlow
    • Tech Field Day Extra at ONUG Fall 2013
    • Jason Edelman
    • Big Switch Networks, Cumulus Networks
  4. Coverage: SolarWinds DPI – Looks Interesting
    • Lindsay Hill
    • SolarWinds
  5. Coverage: Application Monitoring with ThousandEyes
    • Bob McCouch
    • ThousandEyes
  6. Coverage: 998 Extra Eyes on Your Applications
    • Bob McCouch
    • ThousandEyes
  7. Coverage: Nuage Networks at #NFD6
    • Anthony Burke
    • Nuage Networks
  8. Coverage: Spirent Avalanche Next
    • Anthony Burke
    • Spirent
  9. Coverage: 2013 Recap and 2014 Goals
    • Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure Launch
    • Matt Oswalt
  10. Coverage: The year of 2013!
    • Anthony Burke
  11. Coverage: Appropedia: Sharing Knowledge To Build Rich Sustainable Lives
    • Ethan Banks
    • Brocade
  12. Coverage: Use ThousandEyes to Implement IP SLA on Steroids
    • Ivan Pepelnjak
    • ThousandEyes
  13. Coverage: Should Microsoft Buy Big Switch?
    • Tom Hollingsworth
    • Big Switch Networks
  14. Coverage: Stuff Spirent didn’t cover at NFD6
    • Chris Marget
    • Spirent
  15. Coverage: Plexxi Data Services Engine
    • Anthony Burke
    • Plexxi
  16. Coverage: DPI in Controller Networks – Jason Edelman’s Blog
    • Jason Edelman
    • Big Switch Networks, Embrane
  17. Coverage: Plexxi – Optimized Workload and Workflow
    • Matt Oswalt
    • Plexxi
  18. Coverage: Big Switch Networks and the (possible) Future of Networking Hardware
    • Bob McCouch
    • Big Switch Networks
  19. Coverage: Solarwinds RAW
    • Anthony Burke
    • SolarWinds
  20. Coverage: Can You Find SQL Injection Vulnerabilities with Spirent Avalanche NEXT?
    • Ivan Pepelnjak
    • Spirent
  21. Coverage: The Point of Software Defined Networking
    • SDDC Symposium 2013
    • Carole Warner Reece
    • Nuage Networks
  22. Coverage: Network Field Day 6 – Post Mortem
    • Ed Horley
    • ThousandEyes
  23. Coverage: ThousandEyes Peers Into Cloud Performance
    • Ethan Banks
    • ThousandEyes
  24. Coverage: Tightening the screws
    • Anthony Burke
    • ThousandEyes
  25. Coverage: Aruba RAP-3 Remote Access Point – A Hands On Review
    • Brandon Carroll
    • HPE Aruba Networking
  26. Coverage: To ULA or not to ULA, That’s the Question
    • Ed Horley, Ivan Pepelnjak
  27. Coverage: Spirent Avalanche NEXT – Making Network Testing Approachable
    • Bob McCouch
    • Spirent
  28. Coverage: Nuage Networks at Network Field Day 6
    • Matt Oswalt
    • Nuage Networks
  29. Coverage: ThousdandEyes and onePK
    • Jason Edelman
    • ThousandEyes
  30. Coverage: Configure physical firewalls based on VM groups? Sure, use DSE from Plexxi
    • SDDC Symposium 2013
    • Ivan Pepelnjak
    • Plexxi
  31. Coverage: My Networking Field Day 6 Experience
    • Bob McCouch
  32. Coverage: Understanding The SolarWinds Value Proposition
    • Ethan Banks
    • SolarWinds
  33. Coverage: SDN Product Rundown from September
    • SDDC Symposium 2013
    • Brent Salisbury
    • Big Switch Networks, Nuage Networks, Plexxi
  34. Coverage: ThousandEyes: A Better Cloud-Based Application Performance Monitoring Solution
    • Brandon Carroll
    • ThousandEyes
  35. Coverage: The Vision Of A ThousandEyes
    • Tom Hollingsworth
    • ThousandEyes
  36. Coverage: Plexxi PSI: MAU at Gigabit Speed
    • Ivan Pepelnjak
    • Plexxi
  37. Coverage: Monitor Public SaaS Providers with ThousandEyes
    • Ivan Pepelnjak
    • ThousandEyes
  38. Coverage: Test virtual appliance throughput with Spirent Avalanche NEXT
    • Ivan Pepelnjak
    • Spirent
  39. Coverage: Dizzy from the Kool-Aid
    • SDDC Symposium 2013
    • Ivan Pepelnjak
  40. Coverage: Show 162 – The Bourbonator Rises at #NFD6
    • Packet Pushers, Spirent, ThousandEyes
  41. Coverage: What is the Plexxi Data Services Engine And How Does It Fit Into SDN?
    • Derick Winkworth
    • Plexxi
  42. Coverage: Content from Networking Field Day 6
    • Paul Stewart
  43. Coverage: Plexxi DSE: An Informal Analogy
    • Matt Oswalt
    • Plexxi
  44. Coverage: NFD6 Preview: Solarwinds
    • Matt Oswalt
    • SolarWinds
  45. Coverage: NFD6 Vendor Preview: Nuage Networks
    • SDDC Symposium 2013
    • Matt Oswalt
    • Nuage Networks
  46. Coverage: Network Virtualization vs. Network Virtualization
    • SDDC Symposium 2013
    • Jason Edelman
    • Big Switch Networks, Nuage Networks
  47. Coverage: Networking Field Day 6 Is In My Travel Plans
    • Brandon Carroll
  48. Coverage: What’s up, Big Switch?  Talk to us.
    • Jason Edelman
    • Big Switch Networks
  49. Coverage: NFD6 Vendor Preview: Aruba Networks
    • Matt Oswalt
    • HPE Aruba Networking
  50. Coverage: NFD6 Vendor Preview: Big Switch
    • Matt Oswalt
    • Big Switch Networks
  51. Coverage: NFD6 Vendor Preview: Plexxi
    • Networking Field Day 5
    • Matt Oswalt
    • Plexxi
  52. Coverage: Software Defined Networking vs. Traditional Networking
    • Brandon Carroll
    • Big Switch Networks
  53. Coverage: Getting Ready for Networking Field Day 6 (NFD6)
    • Carole Warner Reece
  54. Coverage: Networking Field Day 6
    • Matt Oswalt
  55. Coverage: Network Field Day 6
    • Anthony Burke
    • HPE Aruba Networking, Plexxi, Savvius, ThousandEyes
  56. Coverage: Network Field Day 6
    • SDDC Symposium 2013, Tech Field Day Extra at Interop New York 2013
    • Jason Edelman
  57. Coverage: Network Field Day Six – Pre-Event Review – Sep 11 – 13
    • Greg Ferro
    • Big Switch Networks, HPE Aruba Networking, Nuage Networks, ThousandEyes
  58. Coverage: Plexxi & Affinities Part 1
    • Jason Edelman
    • Plexxi
  59. Coverage: Selected as a Network Field Day Delegate!
    • Brandon Carroll
  60. Coverage: The Software Defined Datacenter Symposium 2013 – Tech Field Day
    • SDDC Symposium 2013
    • Matt Oswalt
  61. Coverage: Why Would A Vendor Care About Network Field Day Events?
    • Networking Field Day 5
    • Ethan Banks
    • Packet Pushers

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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