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.
Clouds, Kubernetes, Terraform… And Flux Capacitors?
Brad Parks from Morpheus Data describes his experience with Morpheus at June’s Cloud Field Day event in this piece. He breaks down each of the company’s presentations, including an intriguing reference to the Back to the Future franchise as noticeable in the title. Read on to learn about what Morpheus presented on, and be sure to watch the recorded presentations for more info.
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Clouds, Kubernetes, Terraform... and Flux Capacitors?
How to Install Zerto’s Virtual Replication Package (V8.5U3P1) for VMware
This blog by Al Rasheed details the process of installing the Zerto virtual replication package on VMware. Zerto, who recently appeared at Cloud Field Day before becoming acquired by HPE, offers the replication package for free with a Zerto account. Read this piece to learn how to install it effectively.
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How to Install Zerto’s Virtual Replication Package (v8.5U3P1) for VMware
Mobility Field Day 6
Tim Titus of PathSolutions presented at Mobility Field Day in July! This post previews Tim’s presentation, which consisted of discussing wireless and client networking and device management, as well as a look at RemoteView, a way of troubleshooting remote and work-from home users. Check out all of PathSolutions’ videos from the event at TechFieldDay.com!
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Mobility Field Day 6: Meet the Delegates
Aruba joined us for Mobility Field Day in July! In this article, Aruba’s Kirstin Tanaka speaks with delegates Peter Mackenzie and Dan Jones to get their thoughts on AI for IT operations, Wi-Fi 6E, and location services. Check out this piece and then head to TechFieldDay.com to see all of Aruba’s videos from the event!
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Mobility Field Day 6: Meet the Delegates
Cloud Field Day Recap and Kasten Session Breakdown
Anthony Spiteri, a veteran presenter for Veeam at Tech Field Day, didn’t present at June’s Cloud Field Day but definitely tuned in to watch Kasten by Veeam! This post by Anthony recaps their appearance, as well as the timeline of the presentations that occurred. Read on to learn more, and be sure to watch the Kasten by Veeam presentations while you’re at it.
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Cloud Field Day Recap and Kasten Session Breakdown
Disclosure: CFD11
Justin Warren delivers another one of his disclosures in this post, honing in on his time as a delegate for June’s Cloud Field Day event. In it, he breaks down the swag he received from each presenting company as well as accompanying minutia. Be sure to watch all of the Cloud Field Day presentations to see Warren in action.
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HPE Acquires Zerto for $374 Million
This article by perennial Field Day delegate, Justin Warren, is from Forbes, detailing the recent acquisition of Zerto by HPE. Having just recently presented their offering at June’s Cloud Field Day event, the acquisition marks a bold future for Zerto and HPE. Read the whole article for details.
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HPE Acquires Zerto For $374 Million
Kasten, Kafka & the Quest to Protect Data
Ray Lucchesi, delegate at June’s Cloud Field Day, details his experience at the event, and his takeaways from the presentation by Kasten by Veaam. He hones in on how the product can be used to backup Apache Kafka instances, diving into deep technical detail about his takeaways. Watch the presentation from Kasten by Veeam to learn the basis behind Lucchesi’s breakdown.
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Kasten, Kafka & the quest to protect data
vRNI ( VMware vRealize Network Insight )
This piece from the Portuguese Rodrigo Rovere covers VMware’s Networking Field Day appearance and his experience of it first hand as a Field Day delegate. The company’s presentation mainly covered their vRNI (vRealize Network Insights) product and how it can be used to increase network visibility, and this piece addresses those uses and Rovere’s take on them thereafter. Visit Rovere’s site, ciscoredes.com, for all of his opinions on the matter, and be sure to watch VMware’s presentation for full context.
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vRNI ( VMware vRealize Network Insight )
Morpheus Data: Making the Spice Flow With Agnostic Infrastructure Management
Max Mortillaro describes his experiences as a delegate during June’s Cloud Field Day in this post from TECHunplugged.com. Specifically, he hones in on the presentation by Morpheus Data, on of his self-proclaimed highlights of the event. Read on to learn why Mortillaro was so impressed with Morpheus, and watch their Cloud Field Day presentations for a technical deep dive into their product.
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Morpheus Data: Making The Spice Flow With Agnostic Infrastructure Management
BrainChip Akida Puts AI at the Edge
This piece covers the appearance of BrainChip at May’s AI Field Day event. There, they presented their Akida neuromorphic chip, which enables IT practitioners to leverage AI at the edge. Learn more by reading on or watching BrainChip demo the product in their video presentation.
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BrainChip Akida Puts AI at the Edge
Tackling Big Data With Intel’s Open-Sourced Analytics Zoo
When they appeared at May’s AI Field Day event, Intel presented their Analytics Zoo product for tackling problems of big data analytics in AI. This piece covers the presentation, including the customer use cases shared at the event. Read on for a full breakdown, and watch all of Intel’s AI Field Day presentations for more product demos.
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Tackling Big Data with Intel's Open-Sourced Analytics Zoo
Meet Field Day Delegate – Rocky Gregory
We are excited to welcome Rocky Gregory as a delegate at the upcoming Mobility Field Day event in July! Rocky heads up Wireless for Nike and loves enterprise wireless deployments and the wireless security of implanted medical devices (including his own!). Without any further ado, let’s learn a little more about Rocky!
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Meet Field Day Delegate – Rocky Gregory
Meet Field Day Delegate – Landon Foster
We are excited to welcome Landon Foster as a first-time delegate at the upcoming Mobility Field Day event in July! He’s a former Marine, and when he’s not working on WiFi and RF, you’ll find Foster raising money with his two boys at the Tap Cancer Out BJJ Open, a Brazilian Ju-Jitsu charity tournament. Without any further ado, let’s learn a little more about Foster!
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Meet Field Day Delegate – Landon Foster
Meet Field Day Delegate – Firas Shaari
We are excited to welcome Firas Shaari as a delegate at the upcoming Mobility Field Day event in July! Firas is a senior WiFi engineer for Comcast who loves spending time with his family when he can and listening to live metal music. Without any further ado, let’s learn a little more about Firas!
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Meet Field Day Delegate – Firas Shaari
Liqid Makes AI Composable
This piece covers the AI Field Day presentation of Liqid, who showcased their composable AI server building blocks and Matrix platform. Liqid likens their Matrix platform to a virtualized hypervisor for on-premises servers, which makes it very effective for supporting ML models. Read on for more info, and watch all of Liqid’s presentations to learn more.
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Morpheus at Cloud Field Day 11
This piece by Wences Michel details his experience as a delegate during June’s Cloud Field Day presentations, specifically those by Morpheus Data. Michel highlights Morpheus’ integrations and how they help IT admins by automating and orchestrating processes that are usually tedious. Read on for the full breakdown, and watch Morpheus present at their Cloud Field Day appearance for more.
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Morpheus at Cloud Field Day 11
The Pliops Storage Processor: Niche Product, or Game-Changing Technology?
This piece comes from Max Mortillaro, who writes about his time as a Cloud Field Day delegate in June. Mortillaro shares his takes on the presentations by Pliops, who presented their storage processor. Read on for all of his takeaways, and be sure to check out the presentations by Pliops for even more technical detail.
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The Pliops Storage Processor: Niche Product, or Game-Changing Technology?
CFD 11 – Day 3 – No One Cares About Backups
In his coverage of the final day of June’s Cloud Field Day event, Adam Post discusses a common denominator task of nearly every IT admin: backups. The piece then goes on to speak about the presentation by Kasten, whose product provides backups to Kubernetes deployment. You’ll find the entire post at semitechnical.com.
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CFD 11 – Day 3 – No one cares about backups
CFD 11 – Day 2 – It’s All About the Ingress
This piece by Adam Post covers his time as a delegate during June’s Cloud Field Day event. Specifically, he hones in on NGINX and their cloud-based ingress controller. Read on for Post’s “Semi Technical” breakdown of the product, and watch NGINX’s Cloud Field Day presentations for more info.
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