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.
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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Gearing Up for Commvault GO 2019
What surprises await us at the crossroads of storage and data management? Markus Leinonen shares his take on what he expects to see during Tech Field Day Exclusive at Commvault GO in Denver. After Commvault recently revealed that they’ve just sealed the deal to acquire storage company, Hedvig, everyone is on pins and needles waiting to hear about new developments.
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Gearing up for Commvault GO 2019
It’s a Go for Commvault GO!
As an independent industry analyst, Karen Lopez was invited again to attend Tech Field Day Exclusive at Commvault GO 2019 in Denver. This is her second time at this event and she’s looking forward to chatting with project teams about what they’ve accomplished in the last year. As a Data Evangelist with a focus on data quality and data protection, she’s going to be looking at topics that helps her love data better.
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Pure//Accelerate 2019 – (Fairly) Full Disclosure
When you have an event like Storage Field Day Exclusive at Pure Accelerate 2019, you want to be sure you have the best and sharpest minds in storage in attendance. That’s why inviting Dan Frith was a no-brainer. Be sure to check out all of his pieces detailing what he saw at the event, and check out his comprehensive disclosure of exactly what happened while he was across the pond.
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Pure//Accelerate 2019 – (Fairly) Full Disclosure
Meet Field Day Delegate – Stefan Fouant
If you saw a new face around the delegate table at Networking Field Day, it might have been Stefan Fouant! While new as a Field Day delegate, Stefan shared a lot about his background and perspective on IT in this interview with Gestalt IT. Be sure to check it out.
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Meet Field Day Delegate - Stefan Fouant
Pure Accelerate’s Inspired Keynote
Becky Elliott was one of the delegates to attend Storage Field Day Exclusive at Pure Accelerate 2019. At the larger event, there were a number of excellent speakers. One keynote grabbed Becky was by Leland Melvin, who detailed his journey following his dream to become an astronaut.
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Pure Accelerate's Inspired Keynote
Disclosure: Pure Accelerate 2019
It’s always a privilege to have Justin Warren as a delegate at an event, and it was great to see him at Storage Field Day Exclusive at Pure Accelerate 2019. In this post, Justin runs down just about everything that happened during the event. Be sure to check out all of our video coverage from the event to stay up to date on the technical details!
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Disclosure: Pure Accelerate 2019
Cloud Field Day 6 Preview -Solo.io
Nate Avery got to hear from Solo.io at Cloud Field Day. Their solution center around service mesh solutions, an area that Nate sees as exploding with competition and features. In this post, he looks at the different apps the company makes, and what he was expecting to see from their presentation. Be sure to check out their full video coverage from the event.
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Cloud Field Day 6 Preview -Solo.io
Lucid Link CFD6 – Hot Take
Another mobile file system? Keith Townsend thought he was going to see a familiar song and dance from Lucid Link at Cloud Field Day. But he was pleasently surprised to see a truly different solution, with block storage served on top of S3 object storage, with a global file system distributed among clients. They had a very interesting demo, so be sure to check out their full event video coverage.
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NetApp CFD6 – Hot Take
In this hot take from Keith Townsend, he looks at what NetApp showed off at Cloud Field Day. Keith is no stranger to hearing from the company, but this session had a deep technical focus. They looked at where does NetApp’s Kubernetes service run its compute. They reviewed how they separate their control plane from the cloud underlay and deploy instances large enough to support the Kubernetes infrastructure next to storage and other workloads.
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Pure Cloud Block Store Available on AWS
Alastair Cooke attended Storage Field Day Exclusive at Pure Accelerate 2019, and got to see a number of technical deep dive presentations on the major new solution announced at the event. In this post he digs into Pure Cloud Block Store on AWS.
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