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 – Frederic Van Haren
Frederic Van Haren, CTO of his own tech company, HighFens Inc has joined as a Tech Field Day delegate. He shares his ideas on the future of tech, and a little more about him
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There is not enough time in the day for this Tech Field Day delegate. Frederic Van Haren is CTO of his own company, HighFens Inc, which provides consulting and services in the HPC & AI market. His customers include technology vendors, as well as end-users.
Frederic took time out of his busy days to discuss the future of tech, and tell us a little more about him and his work.
Meet Field Day Delegate - Frederic Van Haren
Security Field Day 4 – A Quick Virtual Hit of Security
It was great to have delegate Ed Horley back at Security Field Day earlier this year! On his blog, Ed previews his participation in Security Field Day including Cisco’s presentation. If you haven’t yet, be sure to check out the Tech Field Day website for all the videos from Cisco’s presentations!
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Security Field Day 4 - A quick virtual hit of security
Airvine WaveTunnel 60Ghz Indoor Backhaul
Airvine came to life at Networking Field Day earlier this year – so says delegate Josh Warcop. On his blog, Josh writes that Networking Field Day was a bit out a coming out party for Airvine who is quickly rumbling towards the public stage with their WaveTunnel product. Josh is excited to see WaveTunnel come to fruition and writes all about it on his blog. For more information about everything Airvine is up to, check out their videos from Networking Field Day on our website!
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Airvine WaveTunnel 60Ghz Indoor Backhaul
Is Cloud Managed Networks the Way to Go?
Is it worth it to move to Cloud Managed Networks? Writing for his blog, Haydn Andrews describes some of the benefits of Cloud Managed Networks, including Juniper’s offerings like Mist Marvis which leverages Mist AI to manage a high numbers of devices. Juniper presented on their Mist AI-Driven Automation at Mobility Field Day 5 earlier this year. To learn more about Cloud Managed Networks and the Juniper Networks solutions, check out Haydn’s post and the videos from Mobility Field Day!
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Is Cloud Managed Networks the way to go?
The Truth Will Set You Free With NetBox
Truth is subjective – or at least it is when it comes to Networking, says Tom Hollingsworth. Writing for GestaltIT.com, Tom writes about NetBox and how Networking Field Day sponsor Network to Code is utilizing it. NetBox is a unique solution that helps take the subjectivity out of your network and help establish a single source of truth. Check out Tom’s article and the Network to Code presentations on NetBox on the GestaltIT website!
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The Truth Will Set You Free with NetBox
Juniper Acquires 128 Technology to Add User-Centric Data
Frequent Tech Field Day presenter Juniper Networks announced in October that they would be acquiring 128 Technology. Writing for eWeek, Zeus Kerravala says that “the acquisition of 128 Technology will bring application data into Mist that will add another layer of intelligence.” We’re excited to see Juniper’s growth and look forward to seeing them at more Tech Field Day events soon!
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Juniper Acquires 128 Technology to Add User-centric Data
Network Field Day 23
Delegate Tony Efantis talks about his experience at the last Networking Field day event earlier this year. He notes that although the in-person socializing can be missing with virtual events, they still provide excellent information and engagement from industry leaders. Also, Tony mentions some of his favorite presenters from Networking Field Day including mini awards for Air Vine, PathSolutions, and Broadcom. We miss the in-person camaraderie too, Tony! We’re grateful to Tony for taking the time to attend this event and we’re looking forward to seeing him and our presenters in-person in the future!
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Tech Field Day 22: Delivering On-Demand, Easy to Use Disaster Recovery as a Service Solution With Cloud Economics
Tech Field Day 22 is coming! At the upcoming event we have a plethora of great sponsors including VMware. In a post on their Cloud Community blog, the good folks over at VMware preview their session and provide their intended agenda. We look forward to hearing from VMware about their Cloud Disaster Recovery offering and more in their presentations at Tech Field Day 22!
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Pensando & VMware Talk Project Monterey @ Tech Field Day
What is Project Monterey? Why is it valuable? Pensando and VMware discussed this during their presentation at Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld 2020! Christopher Ratcliffe of Pensando recaps the session and explains that Project Monterey is a “re-architecture of VMware Cloud Foundation to leverage offload capabilities included in the latest generation of network interface cards.” To learn more about Project Monterey, watch their presentation from Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld 2020!
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Pensando & VMware Talk Project Monterey @ Tech Field Day
NFD23: PathSolutions TotalView Provides Multi-Faceted Network Management
As a delegate at Networking Field Day, Pete Welcher was able to see PathSolutions present on their offerings including TotalView. In a recent post, Pete recaps the PathSolutions presentations and writes that TotalView touches several different technical areas, even some past the expected network management like security or telephony. If you haven’t yet, be sure to check out the PathSolutions presentations on our website and read Pete’s post breaking them down.
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NFD23: PathSolutions TotalView Provides Multi-Faceted Network Management
NetAlly AirCheck G2 Wall Mount Charging Caddy
Jonathan Davis, one of our twelve delegates who attended Mobility Field Day earlier this year, had the opportunity to see NetAlly present. Jonathan writes that every time he sees NetAlly present, he seems to find more and more value in his NetAlly AirCheck G2! In order to keep it nearby and well charged, Jonathan designed a Charging Caddy for his Aircheck G2! Check out the post on his blog for all the details, including the design to 3D print your own. Jonathan, we’ll be reaching out to you for all our designing needs from now on! We’re looking forward to NetAlly’s next presentation at a Tech Field Day event soon.
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Jonathan Davis, xxx was frustrated with the lack of shelf space at home for his increasingly useful AirCheck G2. Whever he needed it, it was invariably uncharged or not to hand. So, he took matters into his own hands and 3D printed a solution that will have network engineers rubbing their hands with glee.
David is quick to point out that he is no design expert, but his solution works!
NetAlly AirCheck G2 Wall Mount Charging Caddy
Check Out Our Videos From Cloud Field Day
We were delighted to host Red Hat as a presenter at Cloud Field Day earlier this month where they demonstrated the capabilities of Red Hat OpenShift. In a post on the OpenShift website, Red Hat shares recaps of their three presentations including a focus on OpenShift hosted and managed services, managing the open hybrid cloud, and finally Stu Miniman’s journey toward joining Red Hat. We look forward to seeing Red Hat at the next field day event!
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Check Out Our Videos from Cloud Field Day
Pensando Changing the Game One Card at a Time
Earlier this year at Storage Field Day, Pensando teamed up with NetApp to put on an excellent presentation that caught the attention of many. One of the people watching was Steven Cortez who wrote on his website, MSC Productions, that Pensando and their Capri cards are impressive and offer great potential for HyperScalers. Check out Steve’s post as well as the Pensando presentations on his website!
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Pensando changing the game one card at a time
What vRealize Cloud Management Can Do for VMware Cloud on AWS
It was great to have VMware at Cloud Field Day earlier this month! In a blog post on their website, the VMware team walks through their three part presentation on what VMware Cloud Management can do for VMware Cloud on AWS. Check out their videos that walk through Planning and Migrating Applications, Managing Applications, and the Self-Service Hybrid Cloud. A big thank you to VMware for presenting such great content, we look forward to seeing them again soon!
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What vRealize Cloud Management Can Do for VMware Cloud on AWS
Network Field Day 23: Walls Don’t Stop AirVine
In this blog, the author outlines his takeaways from a presentation by startup AirVine at Network Field Day 23, which covered their product WaveTunnel. WaveTunnel is a 60 GHz wireless solution offering a quick building backbone without extensive cabling, boasting the ability to transmit through non-metallic walls, including brick and concrete. Its self-organizing network, decentralized intelligence, high-speed phased array antennas, and resilience make it an innovative and cost-effective option, particularly for older or historical buildings.
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Network Field Day 23: Walls Don’t Stop AirVine
The Rise, Fall and End of Violin Memory
What happened to Violin Memory? The company was once a pioneer in the flash storage market but failed to adapt to the moving marketplace. Teo CEO changes later, and the company has just been sold to StorCentric. How did Violin go from boom to bust in just a few short years? Tech Field Day delegate Chris Evans takes a look at Violin’d story.
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The Rise, Fall and End of Violin Memory
Delivering End-To-End Visibility and Control to Kubernetes Clusters
During Tech Field Day Virtual with Red Hat we were excited to see the company showcase its Advanced Cluster Management, designed to give end-to-end visibility to Kubernetes clusters on-prem or in the cloud. Red Hat has stated that Kubernetes is to cloud what IP was to networking, what are your thoughts?
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Delivering End-to-End Visibility and Control to Kubernetes Clusters
Hybrid Cloud for Everyone
Is the promise of a Kubernetes-based hybrid cloud world still out of reach for many enterprises and businesses? Cloud Field Day 9 delegate, Founder and CEO, Holden Information Services, LLC; IT Professional; Writer; Analyst, Michael Stump says yes. The times of lift and shift and refactor are over, and VMware has recognized that its clients come from all spectrums of the cloud journey. Its suite of vRealize applications, particularly the vRealize Operations Manager tool, showcased during Cloud Field Day 9, assists in the planning stages of a cloud project at any stage of the cloud journey.
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CFD9: VMware’s vRealize Cloud Journey Story
Nothing in enterprise IT is ideal, says Becky Elliot, Cloud Field Day delegate and enterprise IT expert. That includes lifting and shifting applications instead of modernizing them to make the most of cloud-native agility like containers and object storage. VMware presented at Cloud Field Day 9 and its vRealize Suite and its SaaS and Hybrid are designed to help organizations get to the cloud and shift from on-premises vSphere to VMware Cloud on AWS (VMC), perhaps at least partially solving the lift and shift problem.
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CFD9: VMware's vRealize Cloud Journey Story
NGINX’s Roadmap to the Future Is Paved With Innovations
Tech Field Day Alumni, Nginx was acquired by F5 in 2019, it has experienced a surge in human and monetary capital. This injection of resources has boosted the company into innovating cutting-edge tech developments, and revolutionizing operations in commercial and open source communities. See what they are doing now.
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