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.
Join Us for the First-Ever AI Field Day
Join Aruba Networks and other AI experts in their AI adventures in the during-COVID tech world at the first-ever AI Field Day on November 18th, 2020, where digital transformation plans have been accelerated, and networks are expected to work, all of the time. With the ability to report issues before they become apparent to users, AIOps has become the better way to manage enterprise networks.
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Join us for the First-Ever AI Field Day
Getting the Gang Back Together for SC20
November is the month of artificial intelligence (AI), with the very first AI Field Day being launched by us, featuring companies including Aruba, Brainchip, Intel, Juniper Mist AI, and Red Hat, plus SC20 in mid-November. Gina Rosenthal, one of our AI Field day delegates is trying to fit it all in. We look forward to welcoming her to AI Field Day, the place to be for everything AI!
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Getting the Gang Back Together for SC20
Network Field Day 23 Overview, or Throw Out Your Net Management Tools, They’re Obsolete!
There is a network management revolution going on, and legacy systems are no longer going to cut it. Airvine, Apstra, Arista, Boradcom, Catchpoint, Cisco, Intel, IP Fabric, Juniper Networks and PathSolutions came together at Network Field Day 23 to showcase how each of their products is making waves in the network management space. Peter Welcher, Network Field Day 23 delegate and tech expert came to the conclusion that it is time to modernize company’s network management tools, or die, based on what he saw at the event.
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Network Field Day 23 Overview, or Throw Out Your Net Management Tools, They’re Obsolete!
Network Field Day 23: IP Fabric
IP Fabric’s Automated Network Assurance Platform, presented at Network Field Day 23, is designed to analyze data and spit out discrepancies in a vendor and domain-agnostic way. The system is designed to retrieve and store data and allow it to be accessible across enterprise teams and silos, providing better visibility into the network and better data accessibility, according to Peter Welcher, a Network Field Day 23 delegate and 20-year CCIE who loves network design. His blog takes a look at IP Fabric and what it could do for a company.
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Network Field Day 23: IP Fabric
Configuring Airwall
Tempered presented on their Airwall product at Security Field Day 3. Event delegate and networking, technology, and innovation expert Peter-Jan Nefkens took a deep-dive into the technology, how to configure it, similarities and differences between Airwall and other VPN solutions, and more. Airwall is designed to help users easily create and maintain hyper-secure networks across IT/OT/ICS/SCADA, remote, and in the cloud.
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AI Field Day 1
Aruba AIOps is as excited for AI Field Day 1 as we are. This Field Day will explore the applications for AIOps and look at how AI and automation can solve some of those pesky IT problems that have been plaguing wireless, switching, and WAN environments for years. Catch Aruba, Red Hat, Intel, and Juniper Mist AI for a day of everything AI. November 18th is the date, 11 am to 1 pm PST. See you there!
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Your Occasional Storage Digest With Toshiba Drives, Excelero and More
How does Pensando fit into the NetApp portfolio? Apart from collaboration on modern datacenter innovations, NetApp’s A400 all-flash array is now shipped with two Pensando storage processing cards – as revealed at Storage Field Day 20. Storage expert Chris Mellor, founder of Blocks & Files looks at what’s going on in storage.
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Your occasional storage digest with Toshiba drives, Excelero and more
SD-IoT With VMware Nyansa
What do analytics have to do with SD-WAN? Simple really. How do you know that your SD-WAN is operating efficiently and effectively if it can’t tell you how it’s doing? Nyansa’s analytics tie in perfectly, giving companies the visibility to ensure that SD-WAN devices are operating correctly with the best possible configurations. Tom Hollingsworth dives into how Nyansa works to improve your network and how it is enhancing and promoting the growth of IoT.
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What’s the Buzz About SmartNICs?
Smart NICs are not new. However, they are just starting to emerge as a platform. Smart NICs are needed now more than ever with the increasing demand for improved network and compute performance. The buzz around the technology has also surged with the announcement of Project Monterey, an industry-wide collaboration to integrate SmartNICs into the VMware Cloud Foundation. So what are the benefits of using Smart NICs? Gina Rosenthal, a delegate at Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld 2020 reveals Smart NICs secrets through Smart NIC technology developers including Pensando.
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What’s the buzz about SmartNICs?
XFD4 – Cisco Tetration
Remi Philippe, Rob Tappenden, and Tim Garner of Cisco revealed the secrets behind their Tetration holistic workload protection for multicloud datacenters during their presentation at Security Field Day 4. Michael Davis delves deeper into their presentation and investigates how it really works, and provides value to organizations.
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NetApp and Pensando Present at Storage Field Day 20
We were excited to see both Naresh Patel, Chief Architect & VP for Platforms and Storage Engineering at NetApp, and Francis Matus, VP Engineering, Pensando Systems hit Storage Field Day 20 to share how their collaborative systems work together to deliver high-performance storage options.
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NetApp and Pensando Present at Storage Field Day 20
To the Clouds and Beyond
We recently wrapped up Cloud Field Day, where we were lucky enough to have Arjan Timmerman as part of our delegate panel. In his latest post on Tech Unplugged, Arjan previewed Cloud Field Day and each of the seven presenting companies. Check out his post and video cast previewing his Cloud Field Day experience. We look forward to hearing more from Arjan soon!
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VMware vRealize Operations, Automation and VMware Network Insight
VMware kicked off Cloud Field Day last month by discussing their vRealize portfolio! Delegate Barry Coombs took a closer look at this in his Tech Doodles series. Barry notes that he was particularly impressed with how far VMware has come with delivering aaS options for the portfolio that have feature parity with the on-premises versions. Check out VMware’s full presentation on our website!
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VMware vRealize Operations, Automation and VMware Network Insight
Infrascale Helps SMBs Fight Off the Scourge of Ransomware
In the latest post on his blog, Justin Warren writes that Cloud Field Day 8 presenter Infrascale has an effective tool to help your network be prepared for a possible ransomware attack. As a delegate, Justin got to see Infrascale present on their ransomware protection and cloud backup options and knew that this protection is something that plenty of administrators need. Check out Infrascale’s presentation on Ransomware Protection and their Cloud Backup on the Tech Field Day Website!
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Infrascale Helps SMBs Fight Off The Scourge Of Ransomware
Project Monterey: What We Know So Far
On her blog, Gina Rosenthal compiles everything we know about the big “Project Monterey” announcement that came out of VMworld 2020 this year. Gina was a delegate at Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld 2020 and got to be up front and center when Pensando, a partner on Project Monetary with VMware, presented a more in depth look on the new endeavor. For more information on Project Monterey, check out Gina’s blog which includes Pensando’s presentation!
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Project Monterey: What We Know So Far
Mist Is the New Edge
Tom Hollingsworth had the chance to see Mist present at Mobility Field Day this past July. He writes that since being acquired by Juniper Networks, both Juniper and Mist have grown and gone through an incredible transformation. That has led to Mist being on the cutting edge of utilizing AI to change the way we do networking. Tom writes that he’s never been so excited to see radical changes coming in the way we network and is looking forward to seeing what Juniper and Mist have up their sleeve next. Check out Tom’s article on GestaltIT.com and all of the Mobility Field Day presentations on our website.
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Morpheus Spends Well With Others
Delegate Justin Warren is a huge fan of a feature highlighted by Morpheus Data at their Cloud Field Day 8 appearance: the budgeting feature. While others might find it boring, Justin explains in his latest blog post that their budgeting feature helps users see what things will actually cost, not just what they might cost. When it comes to technology, administrators need to plan carefully to ensure they can come in on time and not too far over budget, and Morpheus Data is helping them do that. Justin thinks they’ve come a long way since he first saw them at Cloud Field Day 3, and thinks that you should check them out! Check out Justin’s post and the presentations from Morpheus Data on our website.
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Morpheus Spends Well With Others
12 Must-Join Communities for IT and Tech Professionals
At Tech Field Day, we pride ourselves on being a supportive community of IT and tech professionals from around the world. A big thank you to BlueCat Networks for the shout out in their article on “must join” communities in the tech world! We certainly think we’re alright, we’re just glad to hear someone else does too! Be sure to check out the full article on the BlueCat Networks blog.
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12 must-join communities for IT and tech professionals
IP Fabric
IP Fabric was one of the presenters at Networking Field Day last month, and they very quickly caught the attention of delegate Ben Story. After hearing from the team at IP Fabric, Ben decided it was time to put rubber to the road and test it out on his network. Ben writes that the setup process was fast, insights came quickly, and he was able to accomplish his goal of network diagraming successfully. Although network visualization products aren’t new, Ben was impressed with IP Fabric is uniqueness and ease of use. Check out Ben’s experience with IP Fabric on his blog!
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A Summary of High Speed Ethernet ASICs
Back in February, Broadcom presented at their first ever Networking Field Day! Justin Pietsch has since seen the presentations, and mentions them in his summary of High Speed Ethernet ASICs, were he takes a deep dive into the companies in this space. Justin highlights Broadcom’s work, writes about their Strata XGS and Strata DNX chips, and shares that they are putting out intriguing offerings that are helping them keep up with the competition. Check out Justin’s full analysis on his blog and the videos of Broadcom’s presentations at Networking Field Day 22 on our website!
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