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 the First #TFD Delegates: Jennifer Huber
Although Jennifer Huber will not be joining us at Tech Field Day 20, she was a key person in the history of our Field Day events, attending the first-ever Networking Field Day event and serving as the inspiration for the Wireless Field Day series. Jamie Easley of Aruba caught up with Jennifer to discuss her history with Gestalt IT and Tech Field Day and reminisce on some of the highlights of her participation. We look forward to seeing Jennifer again soon!
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Meet the First #TFD Delegates: Jennifer Huber
Introduction to HPE Cloud Volumes
Roger Lund attended our special Tech Field Day Exclusive presentation by HPE Storage at the Nth Symposium in Anaheim this year. This post contains Roger’s live notes about the HPE Cloud Volumes presentation by Dianne Gonzalez, including shots of her slides and key take-aways.
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Introduction to HPE Cloud Volumes
HPE Primera – What the 100% Availability Guarantee Means for Storage Administrators
Wes Milliron attended our special Tech Field Day Exclusive presentation with HPE Storage at this year’s Nth Generation Symposium in Anaheim, CA. Wes was especially interested in the HPE Primera presentation, and their “100% availability guarantee”. Here’s his take on this new storage solution!
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HPE Primera – What the 100% Availability Guarantee Means for Storage Administrators
Tech Field Day 2019 (Part 1)
Vuong Pham joined the Tech Field Day delegate panel at the special HPE Storage event at Nth Symposium in Anaheim. In this post, he gives an overview of the presentation and his takeaways from the strategy, Primera, and InfoSight discussions.
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187 | Client Traffic Analysis With Ryan Woodings
In this episode of the Wireless LAN Pros podcast, Keith Parsons interviews the Chief Geek at Metageek, Ryan Woodings, about client traffic analysis. Keith recently got to hear from Metageek at Mobility Field Day over the summer.
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187 | Client Traffic Analysis with Ryan Woodings
LucidLink Filespaces: It’s Object Storage but Not as You Know It
Object storage is known for being cheap and durable, but not really made to act as a file system. That’s why Ather Beg found LucidLinks’ presentation at Cloud Field Day so interesting. They showed off LucidLink Filespaces, a cloud-based file system that is built exclusively for object-based storage. He’s intrigued how the company separated metadata from the data itself and factored in the availability of reliable high-speed connectivity to bridge this gap and create this solution that provides global file systems access with the durability and cost-effectiveness of object storage.
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LucidLink Filespaces: It’s Object Storage But Not As You Know It
One API to Rule Them All, and in the Ether(net) Bind Them
Amy Arnold heard from Itential at Networking Field Day, where they showed off an interesting solution. They created an API accessible platform that takes modern API and abstraction focused principles, and leverages them toward solving this problem of API overload. Can an orchestrator of orchestrators, or an API for APIs, help solve the problem? Amy digs into the details in this post.
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One API to rule them all, and in the ether(net) bind them
Pure Storage Cloud Block Store Goes GA
Pure Storage’s cloud-native solution for implementing independent block storage in the public cloud, Cloud Block Store, just became generally available. In this post, Chris Evans digs into the specifics of its features, how it compares in the market, and what makes it stand out. He got a deep dive session on the new solution during Storage Field Day Exclusive at Pure Accelerate 2019.
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Pure Storage Cloud Block Store Goes GA
SolarWinds Aims to Connect the Data Dots
Everyone has a story to tell, and if you’re willing to listen, you just might learn something! The same is true when it comes to business associates; even companies ought to have a defining story. In addition to listening and watching, it’s also important to know the right questions to ask. Questions, context, and analysis turn information to data and transform data into a story. Stephen Foskett looks at how SolarWinds is working to connect these data dots into a story, based on what he saw at Tech Field Day.
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SolarWinds Aims to Connect the Data Dots
Meeting the Storage Performance Requirements of AI and ML Workloads With WekaIO
Two of the most impressive technological advancements in recent years are Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML). But AI and ML workloads require vast amounts of storage and high-performance access from multiple servers. This is the ideal market for the WekaIO distributed storage solution, as demonstrated at Storage Field Day in February. It offers scale, performance, and compatibility with AI and ML workloads.
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Meeting the Storage Performance Requirements of AI and ML Workloads with WekaIO
Nth Generation Symposium Keynote Live Blog
If you missed the Nth Generation Symposium Keynote, be sure to check out the Gestalt IT live blog to stay up to date on all the news and announcements.
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Nth Generation Symposium Keynote Live Blog
Celebrating 10 Years of Pure Storage and Tech Field Day
Pure Storage has grown from a scrappy upstart to an established player in enterprise storage, and Gestalt IT and Tech Field Day were there the whole time. From their first Field Day appearance in 2011 to today’s Tech Talks and Exclusive Field Day events, we have grown together over 10 years.
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Celebrating 10 Years of Pure Storage and Tech Field Day
It’s All About the Delegates: Tech Field Day at 10
Gestalt IT tapped into the power of a unique and growing community of independent IT influencers, and this remains our most valuable asset. We built Tech Field Day primarily to serve this community and have always kept their needs in mind. Our delegates make it all possible, and I will always be grateful for their friendship and support.
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It's All About the Delegates: Tech Field Day at 10
Commvault GO Women in Tech Panel
This video features content from Commvault’s Women in Tech panel dinner at Commvault GO 2019. We heard from Tamara Ells, Theresa Howe Forman, Sandra Hamilton, and Tech Field Day Exclusive delegate Kori Younger on empowering females in a tech environment.
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Commvault GO Women in Tech Panel
CommvaultGo 2019 Wrap Up: Metallic, Hedvig Added to Commvault Portfolio
It was great having Jeffrey Powers return as a delegate at Tech Field Day Exclusive at Commvault GO 2019. In this piece, he runs down some of the major announcements and sessions from the event, which saw the launch of a new SaaS data protection offering, Commvault Metallic, and looked at how the company will integrate assets it acquired with Hedvig.
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CommvaultGo 2019 Wrap Up: Metallic, Hedvig Added to Commvault Portfolio
Talent Is Heavier Than Data
In this piece, Keith Townsend considers the impact of human talent on data gravity. The holy grail is to have data available instantly when you need it. There are literal physical limits to how possible this is, and he recently completed a video at Tech Field Day Exclusive at Commvault GO talking about some of the use cases and the capabilities of their Activate product in regards to metadata. At Cloud Field Day, he heard from Hammerspace, which looks at how to mitigate data gravity issues with a very unique solution.
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Meet Metallic: Commvault-As-A-Service
Bart Heungens was one of the new faces around the delegate table for Tech Field Day Exclusive at Commvault GO 2019. We’re thrilled to see his impressions of one of the major announcements from the event, Commvault Metallic, their new SaaS offering for data protection. He looks at what types of data protection is available, pricing, and where it will fit into the competitive landscape.
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Meet Metallic: Commvault-as-a-Service
91: Keith and Ray Show at CommvaultGO 2019
In this podcast, Ray Lucchesi and Keith Townsend give their impressions of Tech Field Day Exclusive at Commvault GO 2019. The event was their first chance to talk to Commvault’s new CEO Sanjay Mirchandani. They also got to hear about Commvault Metallic, get details about what the company will do with the Hedvig acquisition, and more.
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91: Keith and Ray show at CommvaultGO 2019
Commvault Announces Metallic SaaS Data Protection
Chris Evans attended Tech Field Day Exclusive at Commvault GO 2019, where he got to go beyond the announcements from the event and get technical deep dive sessions. In this post, he breaks down what he saw from Commvault Metallic, their new SaaS-based solution for data protection.
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Commvault Announces Metallic SaaS Data Protection
Wrap Up From Commvault GO 2019
Tech pro Markus Leinonen, attended his first Tech Field Day Exclusive at Commvault GO 2019 in Denver Oct. 14th-16th. He shares what he learned during the event and his take on Commvault’s exciting announcements.
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