Tech Field Day Coverage
Our delegate panel includes independent writers and thought leaders, and we collect their coverage of the event, Tech Field Day presentations, and sponsoring companies here.
Back to the Future With Tintri
Storage Field Day delegate Dan Frith had the chance to see Tintri present at the event last month. On his blog, Dan looks back through Tintri’s transition throughout the years and notes that not too much has changed when it comes to the core benefits of their products like VMstore. He writes that this consistency has been a solid foundation for Tintri to build on and that the features that they offer have aged well over the years. He also appreciates Tintri’s attempt to decrease the work involved in infrastructure and free up customers to focus on other things. Check out Tintri’s presentations from Storage Field Day to see what they’re up to now!
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Back To The Future With Tintri
StorPool : New Capabilities, New OPEX Model, and Stronger Support for Cloud Customers
Max Mortillaro writes about a recent debrief he and the team at TECHunplugged had with Cloud Field Day presenter StorPool. Max saw StorPool present at Cloud Field Day on what they call “SDS 2.0”; high-performance scale-out architectural designs. Max writes about StorPool’s focus on the Cloud and containers and thinks they are “in the perfect lane to become very soon a top-tier players in software-defined block storage.” Check out all of Max’s thoughts on StorPool on the TECHunplugged website!
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StorPool : New Capabilities, New OPEX Model, And Stronger Support For Cloud Customers
The Future of Commvault Is Metallic
Chris Evans was a delegate at Tech Field Day Exclusive at Commvault GO 2019 and had the chance to see Commvault launch their Metallic platform. With Commvault’s announcement earlier this year of a significant expansion of Metallic, Chris has some thoughts on their transition and path forward. Writing for Architecting IT, Chris reviews the history of the product and says that the future of Commvault is completely intertwined with the success of the Metallic platform. Check out the post from Chris as well as the videos from Tech Field Day Exclusive Commvault Go 2019 on our website!
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The Future of Commvault is Metallic
CTOA Briefing – Storpool
The software-defined storage company, StorPool, presented at Cloud Field Day in November. Keith Townsend had the opportunity to speak with StorPool CEO Boyan Ivanov in this CTOA Briefing to discover what makes this special company profitable. For the full conversation, watch the video on TheCTOAdvisor.com!
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Translating Your Network With Cisco Crosswork Network Controller
Cisco presented its Cisco Crosswork Network Controller at Networking Field Day last fall. Tom Hollingsworth takes a look at this networking solution and states: “In short, the Crosswork Network Controller helps make your multivendor network environment homogeneous.” For more information and Tom’s thoughts, check out his post on GestaltIT.com!
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Translating Your Network with Cisco Crosswork Network Controller
Eradicating Tier 1 and Tier 2 Support
Juniper Networks presented Juniper Mist at AI Field Day last November. Juniper Mist has eradicated tier 1 and tier 2 support, so customers will now speak with Marvis. Marvis is a self-automated AI customer service virtual network assistant. For more on the Juniper Mist AI experience, watch the company’s presentations on the Tech Field Day website!
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Eradicating Tier 1 and Tier 2 support
Latency? What Latency: Intel Optane Lightning-Fast Storage and Memory
Last August at Storage Field Day, Intel presented its latest Optane developments. Optane is persistent and a super low latency media. Intel introduced two new device types: Intel Optane Persistent Memory and Intel Optane SSDs. To learn more about Intel Optane Technology, watch Intel’s presentations from Storage Field Day on the Tech Field Day website!
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Latency? What Latency: Intel Optane Lightning-Fast Storage and Memory
News From Cloud Side #7
Writing his latest update on news from the world of Cloud, Lino Telera tackles the news of Andy Jassy as Amazon’s new CEO, MinIO’s product integration with VMware vSphere and vSAN, and his nomination as a 2021 vExpert! He also points out what we already knew, Cloud Field Day is coming up! Congratulations to Lino on being a vExpert for the 7th straight year, we look forward to having him back at an event soon.
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Illumio Adds Microsegmentation of Microworkloads
Delegate Justin Warren saw Illumio present at Tech Field Day 22 in December and says that, since seeing them first in 2016, they have consistently improved their product with every passing year. Writing on his blog, Justin says that Illumio makes it easier to make what you already have secure. Instead of forcing users to adopt completely new systems, Illumio will work on the platform they already utilize and also helps users to adopt more secure practices. Check out Justin’s take on Illumio’s Tech Field Day presentations on his website!
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Illumio Adds Microsegmentation of Microworkloads
Managing the Control Plane: AWS
AWS drives the evolution of cloud computing. Widely seen as the industry leader in the field, they don’t put on the brakes when it comes to growing services and adding new features. The Gestalt IT staff writes that AWS’s development of Elastic Container Service (ECS) and Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) “greatly simplify deploying, managing, and maintaining a container orchestrator system.” Check out the Gestalt IT take on the latest from AWS and check out the AWS presentations on our website!
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Managing the Control Plane: AWS
Riverbed Wants You to Stop Being the Network Superhero
You might fancy yourself a superhero: running around, solving all the problems around you just in time to save the day. But doing all that can be exhausting and hard to keep up. Instead, Tom Hollingsworth thinks you should be a Supervillain…just hear him out! At Tech Field Day last year, Riverbed presented on how you can move away from being a “wrench turner” and instead become a “conductor.” With Riverbed harnessing the power of AI and machine learning, you too can have your own minions focus on the wrench turning while you focus on the scheming. Check out Tom’s thoughts on GestaltIT.com and the Riverbed presentation from Tech Field Day on our website.
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Riverbed Wants You To Stop Being The Network Superhero
Storage Options for the Distributed Enterprise
Writing for GigaOm, delegate Enrico Signoretti discusses different approaches to defying data gravity. Enrico references solutions from Nasuni and Hammerspace, both of which presented last month at Storage Field Day. You can find all the presentations from Storage Field Day on the Tech Field Day website!
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Storage Options for the Distributed Enterprise
Presenters React to the Storage Field Day 21 Experience
Storage Field Day was our first event of 2021, and we think it went swimmingly! After the presentations, we spoke to each of the presenting teams to get their thoughts on their Storage Field Day appearances and we compiled some of their answers into a video. A big thank you to Hammerspace, Intel, NetApp, Pliops, MinIO, Tintri, and Nasuni for making the event such a success! Check out their thoughts on Storage Field Day on the YouTube video or take a look at the many great presentations on our website.
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Presenters React to the Storage Field Day 21 Experience
Meet Field Day Delegate – Jason Gintert
Jason Gintert is a new delegate joining us at Networking Field Day next week! He is the co-founder of WAN Dynamics, a professional networking services company focused on WAN & cloud. He took a few minutes to tell us a little about himself in this Meet the Field Day Delegate post! Welcome to the Tech Field Day community, Jason!
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Meet Field Day Delegate – Jason Gintert
Meet Field Day Delegate – Deirra Footman
Deirra Footman will be a new delegate at Networking Field Day this month! She is a Network Engineer and Tech Blogger. As a woman and person of color in the technology field, she understands the unique challenges those looking to enter the industry can experience and hopes to inspire others by sharing her story. To learn more about Deirra, check out her Meet the Field Day Delegate post!
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Meet Field Day Delegate – Deirra Footman
Storage Field Day 21 – (Fairly) Full Disclosure
Storage Field Day in January was a success on all fronts, and Dan Frith shared a bit about the side of the event not usually seen by anyone but the delegates and Tech Field Day staff. Head over to Dan’s Penguin Punk blog to see his “fairly full disclosure” about the goodies he received from the Storage Field Day sponsors and from us.
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Storage Field Day 21 – (Fairly) Full Disclosure
Object Storage Is Heating Up
Enrico Signoretti joined us as a delegate at Storage Field Day last month! He follows the event with his thoughts on object storage and its rise in popularity. Some reasons for this growing popularity include information such as the hybrid cloud, digital transformation, and the affordability of flash. Enrico points to MinIO’s presentation from Storage Field Day about Kubernetes and how it’s leading the way. He also points to another presentation from this event, where Nasuni presents its solution. To see what else Enrico had to say, check out this blog on gigaom.com!
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Addressing the Cloud Deployment Headache: VMware
The Cloud can potentially provide an almost limitless horizon for companies trying to scale up and improve efficiency, but many are finding that the actual management of that cloud can prove very difficult. VMware is working to simplify the complexity around cloud management with their vRealize management suite. At Cloud Field Day last year, VMware presented on their vRealize solution that is designed to help with the burden of running on the Cloud. Check out the Gestalt IT perspective on the vRealize product as well the VMware presentations from Cloud Field Day on our website!
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Addressing the Cloud Deployment Headache: VMware
Why MinIO Wins the Private Cloud
It was great to host MinIO at Storage Field Day last month! In the last of their blog posts on the event, MinIO makes their case on why they’re winning the Hybrid Cloud. If you want to learn more about MinIO, check out this great post, download their code and give a whirl, or check out their Storage Field Day presentation on our website!
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Why MinIO Wins the Private Cloud
A VAST-ly Different Unicorn
We saw VAST at Storage Field Day last year where they presented updates on their Disaggregated Shared Everything (DASE) architecture. As they highlighted in their presentations, VAST has been called the fastest growing storage company in history. But what’s next for VAST Data? Writing for GestaltIT.com, Georgina Ford calls VAST a bit of a “unicorn” company and she looks at where they have been as well as where they are going. Take a look at the article on GestaltIT.com and be sure to watch Vast Data’s presentations from Storage Field Day!
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