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.
Meet Field Day Delegate – Marc Staimer
Let’s welcome Marc Staimer to the Tech Field Day community! Marc is an industry expert and consultant in the Data Center and Cloud. He has joined us for Tech Field Day Presents Scality and HPE and AI Field Day so far. Head on over to GestaltIT.com and get to know Marc in this Meet the Delegate post!
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Meet Field Day Delegate – Marc Staimer
BlueCat Moves DDI to the Cloud
Bluecat is completely changing the DDI game by shifting it entirely to the cloud, as they presented during April’s Tech Field Day event. This piece dives into just what exactly that means for the industry as a whole, and how their cloud DDI solution solves four key issues the cloud presents in the realm of DDI. Learn more by reading the post, or watching BlueCat’s presentation for yourself.
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BlueCat Moves DDI to the Cloud
Riverbed Optimizes Your Network and Applications Through Performance and Visibility
April’s Tech Field Day event served as the spotlight for Riverbed to talk about how their new Unified NPM platform is painting a bigger picture of network and app telemetry. This post details their presentation, specifically how the platform works and the benefits it provides enterprises. Read on to learn more, and be sure to watch Riverbed’s Phil Gervasi present on the Unified NPM platform during their Tech Field Day appearance.
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Riverbed Optimizes Your Network and Applications through Performance and Visibility
Hybrid Cloud Data Management With Scality at Cloud Field Day
This piece by Gestalt IT’s staff writer dives into Scality’s presentation from the Cloud Field Day event in March. There, Scality presented the various ways their products can help organizations to better manage their data in the cloud. Read on for a full breakdown of the presentations, or watch the presentations themselves for more info.
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Hybrid Cloud Data Management with Scality at Cloud Field Day
BrainChip Highlights Its Akida Neural Processor at AI Field Day 2
This press release covers the exciting announcement of the Akida neural processor by BrainChip at May’s AI Field Day. Capable of advancing a number of smart edge use cases, the neural processor SoC features high performance in a small form factor. Read the press release for more, and be sure to watch BrainChip’s AI Field Day to see Akida in action.
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BrainChip Highlights Its Akida Neural Processor at AI Field Day 2
The Enterprise Is Not Ready for AI
This episode of the On-Premise IT Roundtable podcast, released just before May’s AI Field Day events, features host Stephen Foskett who is joined by Chris Grundemann, Ayodele Odubela, and Frederic Van Haren. Their discussion surrounds the feasibility of using AI on an enterprise scale, including the infrastructure and skill set required to roll it out at scale, as well as the potential ethical dilemmas that it could spark. Listen to the full episode to hear why the enterprise simply isn’t ready for AI.
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The Enterprise is Not Ready for AI
DDI Scenarios That Can Hurt Your Hybrid Cloud Strategy
BlueCat’s Andrew Wertkin presented at Tech Field Day in April. During the presentation, Andrew whiteboarded three scenarios to show how DDI challenges affect your hybrid cloud strategy. These scenarios were setting up a VPC, the use of a single DNS zone across multiple namespaces, and hybrid cloud DNS routing setups. Head over to BlueCat.com to explore these instances and catch the full presentation video!
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DDI scenarios that can hurt your hybrid cloud strategy
NFD25 – Juniper + Apstra – IBN
This article from the Portuguese Rodrigo Rovere, blogger at Cisco Redes and Tech Field Day delegate, describes his experiences acting as a delegate at May’s Networking Field Day event. The piece focuses on the presentations by Juniper Networks and Apstra, specifically their demos and what their announcements mean for the networking industry. Read on for Rovere’s full opinions, and watch the presentations by Juniper and Apstra to see for yourself.
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NFD25 - Juniper + Apstra - IBN
Juniper Powered by MIST AI – This Stuff Is Hard
This post by Keith Townsend of the CTO Advisor blog is the first in a series called “This Stuff is Hard,” translating vendor messages taken from analyst briefings into a format that’s easily understandable by business decision makers. The post specifically hones in on Juniper Networks’ presentation from the first AI Field Day Event regarding their Mist AI solution. Read on to see how Townshend describes AIOps from Juniper, and be sure to watch the original AI Field Day presentation for context.
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Juniper powered by MIST AI - This Stuff is Hard
AI Field Day Returns May 27 and 28
AI Field Day is back for its second ever event! Read this post to learn about what companies presented during the event and what topics they covered. Watch the actual presentations to learn more!
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AI Field Day Returns May 27 and 28
Networking Field Day 25, Part 1
Bryton Herdes was invited be a delegate at May’s Networking Field Day event, and after attending was not disappointed. In his blog on the topic, he covers his first impressions of the event and the presentations by Kemp, VMware, Arrcus, Intel, and PathSolutions. Read on to learn more, and be sure to watch the presentations Bryton attended to get the full picture.
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Networking Field Day 25, Part 1
Impact of 6 GHz on the Future of Wi-Fi
Rowell Dionicio of the Packet6 blog shares his takeaways from his time as a delegate watching Aruba’s recent Networking Field Day presentation. In particular, Dionicio hones in on Aruba’s announcement of WiFi 6E and the effects of the 6 GHz on the networking space. Read on to learn the impact of 6 GHz on the future of WiFi, and be sure to watch Aruba’s Networking Field Day appearances to learn more.
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Impact of 6 GHz on the Future of Wi-Fi
Intel Silicon Photonics – The Way Forward
Ed Horley, curator of the Howfunky blog and self-titled “crazy IPv6 dude,” details his experiences at May’s Networking Field Day event. Specifically, Horley emphatically covers Intel’s presentation on Silicon Photonics, which he believes is the future of networking going forward. Dive into that potentially controversial statement by reading his piece and watching Intel’s presentation to learn more.
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Intel Silicon Photonics - the way forward
Data://express 0006 – YANG Ohne YIN, Lambda Vor Kappa Und Wenig IPv6 Auf Dem Network Field Day 25 – Pt. I
This episode of the German podcast, data://disrupted, contains the story of editor-in-chief and show host, Kerstin Stief, and her time as a delegate at May’s Networking Field Day. The show dives into what all she learned, including the two main themes that the presenting companies seemed to hone in on. Listen to the full show to hear what all was covered, and be sure to watch the presentations from the Networking Field Day event to hear for yourself!
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Evaluating Cost and Availability in the Cloud With VMware at Cloud Field Day
When VMware appeared at March’s Cloud Field Day event, they detailed the capabilities of their new cloud integration with AWS. This piece describes what was discussed in their Field Day presentation, including the features and use cases that drive the integration. Read on to learn more, or simply watch the presentation yourself to see how it works.
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Evaluating Cost and Availability in the Cloud with VMware at Cloud Field Day
MinIO Delivers Hybrid Cloud Object Storage to the Enterprise
At Storage Field Day earlier this year we were happy to welcome MinIO as a presenter who showcased their cloud-native, software-defined object storage platform. The staff at GestaltIT.com took notice and wrote about the presentation including a basic overview of the product and their thoughts on how many commercial solutions are utilizing MinIO to make their products better. Head over to GestaltIT.com to check out their take and watch the videos from the MinIO presentations at Storage Field Day!
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MinIO Delivers Hybrid Cloud Object Storage to the Enterprise
Micron and the Coming of CXL
Curator of the Eigen Magic blog and perennial Tech Field Day delegate, Justin Warren, discusses his time as a delegate at Micron’s recent Tech Field Day presentation. With Micron’s announcements of the discontinuation of 3D XPoint persistent memory and their Compute Express Link (CXL) product, Warren certainly has a lot to talk about in this piece. Read on to learn what all he took away from the presentation, and be sure to watch the event yourself for more information.
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Threat Hunter: How AI Protects Your Business
This article comes from Kerstin Stief, Tech Field Day delegate and proprietor of data://disrupted. The article dives into the role that AI plays in the modern enterprise, specifically in terms of security and how it can be used to radically advance whitelisting capabilities and root cause analysis, such as the products offered by Riverbed. Read on to learn more, but reader beware, you will need a functional understanding of the German language, or at the very least, a Google Chrome browser with the Translate function active to read.
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Threat Hunter: How AI protects your business
Networking Isn’t Just a Tool
Writing for his blog, the “Networking Nerd” Tom Hollingsworth writes some of his thoughts as he sees all of the great companies and presentations come through Networking Field Day earlier this month. He writes that we need to treat the Network as more than just a tool that we can purchase and ignore in terms of investing further time, effort, and resources into. Head over to the Networking Nerd blog to read his take on the topic!
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Tech Field Day Delegates Thoughts Regarding Scality ARTESCA
Barry Coombs, the masterful creator of Tech Doodles, shares another one of his colorful graphics regarding his time on the delegate panel at Scality’s exclusive Tech Field Day event with HPE. This doodle in particular covers the reactions of each member of the panel in regards to ARTESCA, Scality’s newest product which the launched at the event. Check out the doodle for summaries of each delegate’s thoughts, and be sure to watch the Scality launch event to learn more about ARTESCA.
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