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.
Two Different Approaches to Data Storage Analytics
In this post, Enrico Signoretti looks at different approaches to data storage analytics. This can have tremendous value for organizations of all sizes. Enrico specifically highlights the importance of ease of use and monitoring to get the most out of a solution. He thought Virtual Instruments excelled in that regard, based on their presentation at Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2019.
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Two Different Approaches to Data Storage Analytics
Accelerate Day 1 Recap With Stephen Foskett From Gestalt IT by Pure Storage
In this Pure Report podcast, our own Stephen Foskett provides a recap of the first packed day of Pure Accelerate. If you missed any of the announcements from the show, be sure to listen to his thoughts on FlashArray//C, Storage Class Memory, Cloud Block Store, FlashBlade, Pure1 and more.
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Accelerate Day 1 Recap with Stephen Foskett from Gestalt IT by Pure Storage
Enterprise CBRS Roundtable
Celona was one of the presenters at Mobility Field Day, and it was great to have them join the Field Day presenter family. In this post, they share all the presentation video from the event, and introduce how they are innovating with enterprise cellular and CBRS.
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DirectMemory, an Optane-Based Nitro Shot for the FlashArray //X
Max Mortillaro was a delegate at Storage Field Day Exclusive at Pure Accelerate. This allowed him to get all the exciting announcements from the show, but joined up with technical deep dive presentations. In this post, he digs into the implications of DirectMemory, one of the major announcements that made a splash at the show.
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DirectMemory, An Optane-Based Nitro Shot For The FlashArray //X
Meet Field Day Delegate – A.J. Murray
A.J. Murray is one of the new delegates that will be attending Networking Field Day in October. We’re always excited to have new voices and perspectives around the table. Before you see him there, be sure to check out this interview he did with Gestalt IT to get to know his background a little better.
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Meet Field Day Delegate - A.J. Murray
Cloud Field Day 6 Preview – HashiCorp
In this post, Nate Avery looks at what to expect from HashiCorp at Cloud Field Day. This is their first Field Day event, and Nate gives a little background on his experience with the company. While primarily being known for Terraform, Nate clearly illustrates how the company goes well beyond that familiar solution. Be sure to look for Nate on the live stream and for more of his impressions after the event.
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Cloud Field Day 6 Preview - HashiCorp
Networking Field Day 21
Aruba Networks is no stranger to Networking Field Day, and we’re thrilled to have them join us again at the event in October. They’ll be talking about their Aruba AOS-CX operating system for switches as well as reviewing Aruba’s Software-Defined Branch innovations. It should prove to be an interesting time, be sure to mark your calendar for the live stream.
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Lucidlink | What’s the New Economy of Cloud Data Access?
In this post, Lucidlink previews their Cloud Field Day presentation, talking about how they offer a cloud native approach to remote data access, rather than simply moving on-premises solutions into the cloud. Be sure to check out their presentation video for the full deep dive.
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Lucidlink | What’s the New Economy of Cloud Data Access?
Cloud Field Day (#CFD6): A Heads-Up – Ather Beg’s Useful Thoughts
If you’re about to dive into the presentations and live stream for Cloud Field Day cold, you might want to stop and check out this post from Ather Beg. He gives a quick, concise, but comprehensive look at each of the presenting companies. He’s looking at what they do, what should be interesting about their presentation, and what they’ve shown off at Field Day in the past.
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Cloud Field Day (#CFD6): A Heads-Up – Ather Beg's Useful Thoughts
ExtraHop @ Cloud Field Day
We’re thrilled to have ExtraHop as a presenter at Cloud Field Day. We have full video up of their presentation, so be sure to check it out for a deep dive on their latest and greatest. We can’t wait to hear what the delegates thought of what they saw from ExtraHop.
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Hammerspace CFD6 – Hot Take
In this video, Keith Townsend gives his first impressions of the Hammerspace presentation at Cloud Field Day 6 in Santa Clara.
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The Contention Window: S1E14: Celona and Enterprise 5G
Celona presented at Mobility Field Day, marking their debut at the event. In this episode of the Contention Window, Scott Lester spoke with the company’s co-founders, Rajeev Shah and Mehmet Yavuz.
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The Contention Window: S1E14: Celona and Enterprise 5G
Videocast From Pure Accelerate 2019
Max Mortillaro was a delegate at Storage Field Day Exclusive at Pure Accelerate 2019. In this video, he shares his thoughts about FlashArray //C, which was announced at the show. The delegates got a deep dive into this during the Field Day presentations.
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Videocast from Pure Accelerate 2019
A Better Way to Do Guest Wireless
Haydn Andrews considers what he saw from Aruba and Cisco at Mobility Field Day. Each showed how they will use existing wireless networks to fill in the cellular gap, which requires making sign on seamless. The two companies have different approaches, and Haydn breaks it down in this post.
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A Better Way To Do Guest Wireless
Meet Field Day Delegate – Josh Warcop
Josh Warcop is one of the new faces we’ll be seeing around the delegate table for Networking Field Day. Before that, be sure to get to know him a little better with this interview from Gestalt IT.
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Meet Field Day Delegate - Josh Warcop
MFD4 – Metageek Tools Update
Metageek returned the Field Day experience with Mobility Field Day this summer. Dave Benham has a long history using their tools, and appreciated seeing their latest at the event. They showed off Air Viewer, which brings WiSpy Air data to iOS and Android.
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Cloud Field Day 6 Prep – Hammerspace and solo.io
Ned Bellavance is out at Cloud Field Day this week, but before he left for the event, he completed a comprehensive look at the presenting companies. Never let it be said that Ned doesn’t do his homework. In this space, he takes a look at what he expects to see from hammerspace and solo.io.
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Cloud Field Day 6 Prep – Hammerspace and solo.io
Cloud Field Day 6 Prep – Lucidlink and ExtraHop
Drinking from the IT fire hose at an event like Cloud Field Day can be overwhelming at first glance. It’s a lot of information to take in, even when viewing remotely. Luckily many of the delegates do their homework and post previews of what to expect. In this post, Ned Bellavance wrote up some background and what he expects to see from Lucidlink and ExtraHop. Be sure to check it out before watching their presentations.
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Cloud Field Day 6 Prep – Lucidlink and ExtraHop
The Unconscious Choice for Multi-Cloud
Ownership of application and cloud architecture is constantly shifting and is becoming a shared responsibility of business, operations, developers, architects, and security. If you don’t guide the process of cloud consumption within your organization, you’ll end up with a disjointed multi-cloud. In other words: many different disconnected islands, each with incomplete, badly implemented, unaudited security and compliance standards. Joep Piscaer digs into the details in this piece.
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The Unconscious Choice for Multi-cloud
HashiCorp Consul at Cloud Field Day
If you were wondering what HashiCorp would show off at Cloud Field Day this week, they posted a little preview about the subject. What is lost in anticipation is more than made up with interest however. They’ll be talking about their cloud networking automation product HashiCorp Consul. Be sure to check out the presentation video to see how Consul allows for service discovery and service mesh capabilities to help customers build fast, reliable, and scalable networks to support cloud-based applications.
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