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.
Arrcus: An Application of Modern OEM Principles for Whitebox Switches
Arrcus definitely made an impression on Amy Arnold after Networking Field Day. If nothing else, it spurred some pirate puns. But perhaps more importantly, she was impressed by their approach to whitebox switching. They showed off the latest with ArcOS, which now leverages advanced capabilities of the Jericho-2 chipset. Be sure to check out the rest of the post for all the details.
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Arrcus: An Application of Modern OEM Principles for Whitebox Switches
VMware’s Cloud in 300-Words
Keith Townsend returned to the VMware campus to hear Dell Technologies share their vision of VMware on Dell Technologies Cloud during Cloud Field Day. He recorded a great “hot take” video directly after the event, be sure to check it out. He was impressed by the quality of the conversation and the willingness of Dell to be flexible in the discussion.
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NetAlly EtherScope nXG Pics
Lee Badman previously introduced NetAlly’s EtherScope nXG. He’s been testing out this exciting new wireless analysis tool, and in this post, shares some screen shots of its functionality and layout. If you’re curious to see it in action, give this post a look.
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I’m Going to DisneyLand!
Dave Henry is going to have a busy fall coming up, traveling to be a delegate at the Tech Field Day Exclusive with HPE Storage 2019. This will coincide with the Nth Generation Symposium, which means Dave is heading to DisneyLand. But what’s really exciting Dave is all the technical innovation that will be on display, and the great technical content he’s come to expect from Field Day events.
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Fast Friday Thoughts – Networking Field Day 21
Tom Hollingsworth usually has some keen insights after a Networking Field Day event. As the organizer, it’s not surprising. In this post, he shares some quick thoughts about overall trends from the event. He’s seeing SD-WAN moving to become application-centric, automation getting a more human touch, and why owning the stack leads to disappointment. Be sure to check out the whole post for lots of great insights.
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Fast Friday Thoughts – Networking Field Day 21
Cloud Field Day 6–HashiCorp Consul
At Cloud Field Day, HashiCorp showed that they had more to offer the delegates than their well known solutions like Terraform and Vault. In this post, Joey D’Antoni looks at Consul, a service based networking tool for dynamic infrastructure like containers and serverless.
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Cloud Field Day 6–HashiCorp Consul
CFD6 VMware API Questions
Larry Smith Jr is no stranger to Field Day events, but that doesn’t mean we didn’t love having him as a delegate at Cloud Field Day earlier this year. He brings his typical technical acumen and insight into this post, asking some key question on what he saw from VMware at the event. To date, Larry has not been a fan of VMware API implementation and documentation. Be sure sure to check out his post to see if this presentation changed his mind.
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Cloud Field Day 6–Morpheus Data
We were fortunate to have Joey D’Antoni attend Cloud Field Day as a delegate. In this post, he breaks down what he saw from Morpheus Data at the event. They provide a set of tools that integrate with CI/CD solutions to offer a service catalog, provisioning system, along with configuration management. In there own estimation, they allow big companies to act like startups.
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Cloud Field Day 6–Morpheus Data
HPE CEO Antonio Neri to Keynote at Nth Symposium
Tech Field Day is joining HPE Storage at the annual Nth Symposium in Anaheim, California! We’re looking forward to a day of Field Day presentations on Tuesday, October 22 and a special keynote from HPE on Thursday, October 24. In this post, Calvin Zito outlines his plans for the event.
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HPE CEO Antonio Neri to keynote at Nth Symposium
NFD21 Delegate!
Remington Loose was a first time delegate at Networking Field Day. While it can be a little intimidating to drink from the IT fire hose at such an event, Remington definitely did his homework. He profiles the presenting companies in this piece and what he expected to see from each. Now that the event is over, we can’t wait to hear what he thought of the presentations.
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A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats
Tech Field Day is an event built around technical content from leading IT companies. But it wouldn’t be successful without the wonderful community built around it of writers, bloggers, vloggers, podcasters, and more. Kori Younger shares her experience of becoming part of that community in this piece. We can’t wait to see her at future events!
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NetAlly Unleashes the Right Tester, at the Right Time: EtherScope nXG
At Mobility Field Day, Lee Badman got a sneak peak at the Etherscope nXG. In this piece, he digs into why this tool is arriving at just the right time. Lee was a little skeptical of the claim that it was a “Portable Network Expert”, but the Etherscope nXG lives up to the hype.
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NetAlly Unleashes the Right Tester, at the Right Time: EtherScope nXG
Solo.io Stole the Show at Cloud Field Day 6
Ned Bellavance doesn’t make any bones about it, Solo.io was his hands down favorite presentation at Cloud Field Day. They had a keen focus on delivering a customer-focused service mesh solutions with a suite of well built apps. This means helping customers solve problems, and building better functionality on top of the solutions they are already using. Be sure to check out the full video of their presentation to get the specifics.
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Solo.io stole the show at Cloud Field Day 6
Hands On: Aruba Instant On
Scott Lester got to hear about Aruba’s Instant On portfolio at Mobility Field Day. These are a set of wireless products specifically targeted at the needs of SMBs. Scott was definitely impressed by it, offering low cost APs, no mandatory subscriptions, and a well built smartphone integration.
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Networking Field Day 21
Networking Field Day featured a heroic number of companies presenting over the course of four days out in Silicon Valley. We were thrilled that A.J. Murray was able to join us at the event. We can’t wait to hear more of his thoughts on the packed presenter roster and get some of his insights on the tech.
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Meet Field Day Delegate – Bart Heungens
Tech Field Day Exclusive at Commvault GO 2019 will have a new face around the delegate table. We’re thrilled that Bart Heungens is able to join us at the event. Before you see him in our video coverage of the event, be sure to check out this great interview he did with Gestalt IT. He gives some of his IT background, where he sees the industry going, and shares a bit about what he does outside of IT.
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Meet Field Day Delegate - Bart Heungens
NGINX Reminds Me of Bo Jackson
In Enterprise IT, we often see technology vendors begin life with a singular purpose. They see a problem, create a solution, and do one thing really well. As the product matures and the company is focused on growth, additional products and features are added. Some of them are good and some of them…not so good. Rarely do we see a technology company iterate off their initial product and continue to excel with new products and features. Ken Nalbone explains how NGINX broke this pattern, based on their presentation at Cloud Field Day.
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NGINX Reminds Me of Bo Jackson
Automation Anywhere: Bringing Bots to Your Business
Automation has been mainstream for a long time when you think about it, however, the types of automation typically seen were machines and robots designed to perform manual tasks. Many of the repeatable tasks performed by humans today are done in software, so why not automate all the repetitive business processes being performed by task workers? As part of a digital transformation project, RPA from companies like Automation Anywhere can help companies realize greater efficiencies and better user experiences. Ken Nalbone digs into what they presented at Tech Field Day earlier this year.
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Automation Anywhere: Bringing Bots to Your Business
Dell Tech Cloud CFD6 – Hot Take
Keith Townsend returned to the VMware campus to hear Dell Technologies share their vision of VMware on Dell Technologies Cloud during Cloud Field Day. He appreciated the conversation flow of the conversation, and how the presenters were willing to curate their content to follow the interest of the delegates. It’s definitely a can’t miss presentation.
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Dell Tech Cloud CFD6 - Hot Take
Pure Accelerate FlashArray
Keith Townsend, The CTO Advisor, analyzes the Pure Storage announcement of support for Intel Optane Persistent Memory in their FlashArray storage during Storage Field Day Exclusive at Pure Accelerate 2019.
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