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.
The Importance of User Interfaces in IT Infrastructure Management
Enrico Signoretti looks at the importance of user interface in this piece, something that in an age dominated by automation and APIs is often forgotten. He looks at the different approaches to UI on display at a recent Tech Field Day event.
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The Importance of User Interfaces in IT Infrastructure Management
Data Visualization: A Picture Is Worth a 1000 Words
Jon Klaus writes about the data visualization capabilities SolarWinds showed off at Tech Field Day. Their Orion suite contains a number of tools with advanced visualizations, including Network Atlas, AppStack, NetPath, and PerfStack.
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Data visualization: a picture is worth a 1000 words
Edge Computing Is the New Black
Enrico Signoretti clearly see that the edge is increasingly important in IT, allowing for compute and data storage to be placed close to the edge of the network to improve response times. He sees SD-WAN, automation, and edge-designed hardware as the enables of the edge. At Tech Field Day, he heard how Riverbed and Scale Computing is innovating with these enabling technologies.
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Edge Computing is the New Black
The Value of Virtual Networks From Tesuto
If you need to build a lab and don’t have the hardware or the horsepower to make it happen, you need something different to help you. Tom Hollingsworth takes a look at the Tesuto presentation from Networking Field Day and how it can help you meet your testing needs through the power of software.
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The Value of Virtual Networks from Tesuto
VMware Is Delivering Pipelines to the Cloud With CAS
Anyone who thinks that VMware is still all about vSphere hasn’t been paying attention over the last few years. From what Ken Nalbone saw at Tech Field Day, VMware understands that developers are driving much of the innovation in enterprise IT and is invested in helping operations and infrastructure teams deliver the experience that will drive innovation.
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VMware is Delivering Pipelines to the Cloud with CAS
Checking Out Juniper NXTWORK 2019 With Tech Field Day
Drew Lentz was a delegate at Networking Field Day Exclusive at Juniper NXTWORK 2019. With Juniper’s recent acquisition of Mist Systems, Drew was pretty excited to see how the company would integrate its AI networking assets. He made a ton of videos at the event, so be sure to check them all out for his takes on what he saw.
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Checking Out Juniper NXTWORK 2019 with Tech Field Day
Mastering the Art of Data Visualization
Data management and visualization are hot topics in IT today, but sometimes the terms can get muddied. After returning from Tech Field Day, Max Mortillaro breaks down what qualifies as visualization, how this relates to a good user interface, and more.
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Mastering the Art of Data Visualization
Tech Field Day Recap #TFD20
Anthony Spiteri was part of the team that presented with Veeam at Tech Field Day. In this post, he details what the showed off at the event, and gives some more background on each presentation. Be sure to check out the full video of their presentation to get caught up on the latest updates.
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Ned in the Cloud LLC – Six Month Check-In
Ned Bellavance took a big leap, moving from consulting into starting his own business. After six month, Ned catches us up on how the journey has been. He’s started the Day Two Cloud podcast, attended Cloud Field Day, and discovered the travails of time management. We’re excited to see where he goes with the company in the next six months.
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Ned in the Cloud LLC – Six Month Check-in
Veeam at #TFD20
Veeam presented at Tech Field Day, and Michael Cade returned as one of their presenters. In this post, Michael talks about how he found the Tech Field Day event videos invaluable before joining Veeam, and what it was like to present with his boss, El Rickatron, who was a delegate at the first Tech Field Day event.
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20/10 Vision: Aruba’s 20th Presentation at Tech Field Day’s 10th Anniversary
We were thrilled to have Aruba Networks return for our tenth anniversary Tech Field Day event, which marked their twentieth overall presentation with the event series. Having presented at the event since 2012, in this post, Aruba details their presentation highlights from years past.
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20/10 Vision: Aruba's 20th Presentation at Tech Field Day's 10th Anniversary
Meet the #TFD20 Delegates: Jon Klaus
Aruba Networks did interviews with the delegates for Tech Field Day. In this post, they spoke with Jon Klaus, a familiar face to anyone who’s watched our videos. They talked about how he got involved with the event, his favorite memories, and more.
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Meet the #TFD20 Delegates: Jon Klaus
BONUS: The Origins of Tech Field Day – the On-Premise IT Roundtable
In this bonus episode of the On-Premise IT Roundtable, we’re joining Stephen Foskett as he talks with some of the original delegates and inspirations for the Tech Field Day event series. They discuss the event that gave Stephen the initial idea, a fortuitous plane ride, how the first Tech Field Day event went, where the idea for the live stream started and more.
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BONUS: The Origins of Tech Field Day – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
AI and Trivia
Tom Hollingsworth didn’t get to attend Networking Field Day Exclusive at Juniper NXTWORK 2019, but definitely has thoughts about what was presented at the show. With Juniper making major investments and acquisitions in ML and AI, Tom considers how this will effect networking. In his mind, if algorithmic approaches can deal with troubleshooting, it’s definitely a technology he’s interested in.
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Ixia Brings Consistency to Visibility
In the every changing world of enterprise IT, there is something to be said for consistency. For customers who are seeking a reliable partner that will enable them to enjoy the same level of visibility of their network and applications regardless of the operating model, it is nice to know that IXIA has them covered. Ken Nalbone breaks down what the company presented at a recent Tech Field Day event in this post.
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Ixia Brings Consistency to Visibility
Veeam Enhanced NAS Backup – TFD20
Veeam’s Michael Cade was one of the company’s presenters at our tenth anniversary Tech Field Day event. In this video, he takes the time to answer some questions that there wasn’t enough time to fully address during the event.
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Veeam Enhanced NAS Backup - TFD20
Meet the #TFD20 Delegates: Jordan Martin
Jordan Martin is no stranger to Field Day events, and we were thrilled that he could join us for our tenth anniversary event as a delegate. In this interview with Aruba Networks, he discusses why tech was almost a hereditary calling for him, how he got into networking, and how he got started in podcasting.
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Meet the #TFD20 Delegates: Jordan Martin
Congrats to Tech Field Day for Hitting 10 Years!
For Matt Crape, 2016 was a big year, in no small part thanks to being invited to his first Tech Field Day event. For our 10th anniversary, Matt is looking back at what the event has meant to him and how it has impacted his career and life in a big way.
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Congrats to Tech Field Day for Hitting 10 Years!
HPE Primera – More Than Just a Rock-Solid Storage Platform
At Tech Field Day Exclusive with HPE Storage 2019, Matt Leib got a deep dive into HPE Primera. This new storage platform offers something truly unique in storage. Rather than offering 5 or 6 9s of up time, HPE claims 100%. Matt digs into the detail of how HPE makes this possible.
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HPE Primera – More than just a rock-solid Storage Platform
Tech Field Day 20: Switch Forward to a Cloud-Native Network From Edge to Data Center
At Tech Field Day, we were fortunate to be joined again by Aruba Networks. For this presentation, they showcased how Aruba CX switches simplify networking tasks with automation and full programmability enabled by the modern, microservices architecture of the AOS-CX operating system. Be sure to check out the full video coverage of their presentation.
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Tech Field Day 20: Switch Forward to a Cloud-Native Network from Edge to Data Center