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.
Continuous Cloud Optimization Through Spot by NetApp
Many of today’s organizations have adopted cloud-based resources and infrastructure as key parts of their operations. The next step is to optimize them, which is what NetApp aims to do through Spot Ocean, part of Spot by NetApp. At March’s Cloud Field Day, NetApp detailed how IT practitioners can evaluate their containers and microservices in Kubernetes to maximize output while minimizing costs. For more information, check out NetApp’s presentation at Cloud Field Day on our website!
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Continuous Cloud Optimization through Spot by NetApp
Presenters React to the Tech Field Day Experience
Tech Field Day last month was a success and presenters were thrilled with the experience. Check out this video and post to see what the presenters thought of the interactive format, delegate interaction, and more!
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Presenters React to the Tech Field Day Experience
Anticipating NFD25
Chris Cummings joined us for Networking Field Day earlier this month! In his post, Chris expresses how excited he is to attend and identifies the topics he was hoping to tackle at the event, from IPv6 to Automation and API Support. Head over to Twitter and follow Chris at @CrankyNetMan to see all his tweets from the event!
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Tintri VMstore Delivers Self-Optimizing and Intelligent Infrastructure for Virtual Workloads
Tintri, a presenter at Storage Field Day earlier this year, is working hard to balance peak performance and ease of management for on-premises workloads. While presenting, they highlighted their VMstore Intelligent Infrastructure which is “designed to self-optimize virtual workloads by leveraging analytics and machine learning.” The staff at GestaltIT.com write that that VMstore’s ability to self-optimize can help overworked infrastructure teams and improve performance. Head over to the Tech Field Day YouTube channel and check out Tintri’s Storage Field Day presentation to learn more!
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Tintri VMstore Delivers Self-Optimizing and Intelligent Infrastructure for Virtual Workloads
118: GreyBeards Talks Cloud-Native Object Storage With Greg DiFraia, Scality and Stephen Bacon, HPE
In one of the latest GreyBeards On Storage Podcasts, Ray Lucchesi and Keith Townsend talk with HPE’s Stephen Bacon and Scality’s Greg DiFraia to talk about their joint partnership to release ARTESCA: a new cloud native object storage solution. The Scality-HPE solution ARTESCA was announced at a Tech Field Day Exclusive event last month where Ray was a delegate. On the podcast they discuss the direction of the IT world, edge solutions, and of course ARTESCA! Head over to the GreyBeards On Storage page to listen to the full, enlightening conversation
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118: GreyBeards talks cloud-native object storage with Greg DiFraia, Scality and Stephen Bacon, HPE
Hammerspace Unlocks Scale and Performance With Hybrid Cloud Storageless Data
Is “Storageless Data” a thing? At Storage Field Day in January, Hammerspace made their pitch on how they could utilize it to “simplify and unify the management of disparate storage systems, whether on-premises or in a public cloud.” The staff at GestaltIT.com watched Hammerspace’s presentation and writes that “with Hammerspace, organizations can couple together disparate storage systems across multiple sites into a unified platform” and indicate implications for the management of that data. Check out the GestaltIT Staff take on Hammerspace’s unique offering and watch their Storage Field Day videos to learn more about it!
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Hammerspace Unlocks Scale and Performance with Hybrid Cloud Storageless Data
GigaOm Live 4.23.21
On their April 23rd broadcast of GigaOm Live, the team from GigaOm discuss Tech Field Day! Specifically, delegates Enrico Signoretti and Jason Collier who attended the latest Tech Field Day discuss appearances from several companies and focus in on Vcinity and Scality. Head over to YouTube to check out their thoughts or to the Tech Field Day website to watch videos from the event!
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Join Us on April 27th for Making the Future of Data Possible: An Event by Scality and HPE!
What is the future of data? See how Scality in conjunction with Hewlett Packard Enterprise are revolutionizing the way we store data in this exclusive Tech Field Day event. Stay tuned for the launch of Scality’s newest product, ARTESCA, to see how it works.
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Join us on April 27th for Making the Future of Data Possible: An Event by Scality and HPE!
StorageOS: Enabling Anything-As-A-Service Through Cloud Native Storage
When StorageOS appeared at March’s Cloud Field Day, they made a statement to the industry that their storage solution can serve as the backbone for delivering nearly anything as a service from the cloud. This post dives into their presentation, detailing how StorageOS positions their product as an extensible, agile way to store objects for cloud applications. Learn more by reading the post or watching StorageOS’s original Cloud Field Day presentations.
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StorageOS: Enabling Anything-as-a-Service through Cloud Native Storage
Making the Most of Unstructured Data With Komprise
At March’s Cloud Field Day, Komprise showed off how their data management solution is capable of tackling the problem of mass amounts of unstructured data in an organization. This piece covers the major takeaways from their presentation, as well as some of the reasoning behind Komprise’s approach to data management. Read on to learn more, and be sure to watch all of the Komprise Cloud Field Day appearance for technical deep dives and demos.
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Making the Most of Unstructured Data with Komprise
Scality & HPE #ARTESCA Launch, Discussion and Demonstration – Part Two
Delegate Barry Coombs is back with another doodle from Scality and HPE’s ARTESCA launch event! In Part Two of this doodle series, Barry focuses on the Tech Field Day portion of the event. This consisted of a DevOps panel discussion, ARTESCA UI Fly-Through, and a delegate roundtable. Barry notes that he was particularly impressed with ARTESCA’s ability to “allow for visibility and reporting of the underlying infrastructure layers including Kubernetes and the HPE hardware status.” Check out Barry’s blog for more doodles from the event!
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Scality & HPE #ARTESCA Launch, Discussion and Demonstration - Part Two
Data://express 0004 – Intel Ice Lake, NVIDIA Grace, Composable Infrastructure, RDMA Over WAN
In this episode of the German data://disrupted podcast, Wolfgang and Kerstin Stief describes Wolfang’s experiences as a delegate at Intel’s special Tech Field Day event surrounding the release of their Ice Lake 3rd Gen Xeon scalable processors. The pair dive into the release, as well as the announcement of the AI-focused CPU from NVIDIA, called Grace. Tune in to hear more, including the other topics discussed, and check out Intel’s exclusive Tech Field Day event to get all of the details about Ice Lake.
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data://express 0004 – Intel Ice Lake, NVIDIA Grace, Composable Infrastructure, RDMA over WAN
How Forward Networks Fosters Empathy in Tech
This article covers Forward Networks’ recent appearance at Networking Field Day, discussing how since their first even Networking Field Day appearance up until now, Forward Networks has focused on making the lives of network admins easier. This emphasis on empathy has propelled Forward’s products into the limelight, both here at Networking Field Day as well as in the minds of their customers. To learn more about what empathy means in the tech industry, read this article and watch Forward Network’s presentation.
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How Forward Networks Fosters Empathy in Tech
Simplifying Network Automation With Itential
In their appearance at Networking Field Day in February, Itential showcased their network automation solution. This piece dives into what benefits the product offers networking teams and how Itential looks to make automation easier by reducing the amount of coding required by networking teams. Read on to learn more, or watch Itential’s Networking Field Day presentation to see for yourself how it works.
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Simplifying Network Automation with Itential
JNCIE-DC and Networking Field Day 25
In a post on his blog, first-time delegate Bryton Herdes talks about his work towards getting JNCIE-SP and JNCIE-DC certifications and previews his participation in Networking Field Day. We’re excited to welcome Bryton, and his many certifications, to the Tech Field Day community! Head over to his blog to learn more about him conquering the JNCIE-DC including his list of best resources.
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JNCIE-DC and Networking Field Day 25
Meet Field Day Delegate – Chris Cummings
Making his debut at this month’s Networking Field Day is the fabulous Chris Cummings! Chris took the time to answer some question as well as tell us about how he got into technology and about his passion for automation. Check out the piece on GestaltIT.com where we get an insight into the world of Chris Cummings, and see him in action at Networking Field Day!
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Meet Field Day Delegate - Chris Cummings
Howfunky.com: Network Field Day 25 May 12-14, 2021 – A Changing Networking Landscape
The lineup of presenters at Networking Field Day this month shows how the networking landscape is changing. That’s what delegate Ed Horley thinks! In a post on his “Howfunky” blog, Ed writes specifically about some of the presenters including Aruba, Juniper, and Nokia. Head over to Ed’s blog to get his thoughts on those specific presenters as well as the direction of networking as a whole.
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Howfunky.com: Network Field Day 25 May 12-14, 2021 - A Changing Networking Landscape
Meet Field Day Delegate – Bryton Herdes
Our delegate community is always growing and adding new folks that help us stay current with the ever changing world of technology. One of the newest delegates that we’re excited to welcome in is Bryton Herdes! We got to know Bryton a little more recently including some scandalous details about how he bypassed the IT Admin’s security policies at his elementary school. Head on over to GestaltIT.com and get to know Bryton as he debuts at Networking Field Day!
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Meet Field Day Delegate - Bryton Herdes
Even More Networking Field Day Headed Your Way May 12-14, 2021!
Ready or not, here comes Networking Field Day! We’re so excited to share so many updates with you! Writing for GestaltIT.com, event lead Tom Hollingsworth has this to say about the event. “This Networking Field Day event is packed with companies that are building the next generation of hardware and software to keep your networks operating at peak performance. They’re helping you solve the hard problems to keep your users happy and productive. Whether it’s a router, a switch, or a software platform, you’re going to find something here that you need to know about.” Check out all Tom’s thought and tune in live for Networking Field Day!
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Even More Networking Field Day Headed Your Way May 12-14, 2021!
Meet Field Day Delegate – Kerstin Stief
We hope everyone will give a big Tech Field Day welcome to our newest delegate, Kerstin Stief! Kerstin is attending her first event as a delegate at Networking Field Day. She took some time to share with us her unusual journey into technology as well as some of her favorite things. Head over to GestaltIT.com to learn more about Kerstin and, most importantly, to see a picture of her cat Casimir!
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