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.
LucidLink Is Proud to Be Presenting at Cloud Tech Field Day 6
LucidLink is presenting at Cloud Field Day, and in this piece previews what to expect at the event. They’ll have CEO Peter Thompson and CTO George Dochev at the presentation, so the delegates will get to hear directly from the top what the company is offering. They’ll be talking about their Filespaces architecture, which offers high-performance cloud-native file service. This post has some additional resources, so be sure to read up before getting into their presentation.
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LucidLink is proud to be presenting at Cloud Tech Field Day 6
Making Sense of Your Multiple Clouds: 5 Takeaways From VMworld
Dell Technologies presented at Tech Field Day Extra a t VMworld US 2019. In this post, they break down their multi-cloud takeaways from the larger show, and how they used these to inform their presentation to the Tech Field Day delegates.
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Making Sense of Your Multiple Clouds: 5 Takeaways From VMworld
Preparing for the BIG ONE: Networking Field Day 21
Bruno Wollmann is excited for Networking Field Day. The event looks to literally be one of the biggest ever. Seriously, there are so many presenting companies, the event runs for four days. It should prove to be a jam packed event full of the latest networking goodness. Be sure to check out our live stream to catch it all for yourself.
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Preparing for the BIG ONE: Networking Field Day 21
Pure Storage Expands Portfolio, Adds Capacity and Performance
Dan Frith is no stranger to the world of storage, and we were thrilled to have him at our presentations at Storage Field Day Exclusive at Pure Accelerate. In this post, he shares his thoughts from the show, from DirectMemory Cache to FlashArray//C.
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Pure Storage Expands Portfolio, Adds Capacity And Performance
Network Field Day 21 – October 1-4, 2019 – Biggest Tech Field Day Event Ever?!?
Ed Horley can’t hide his excited anticipation for Networking Field Day. The event has had such a swell of interest from presenting companies, it’s been expanded to occur over 4 days. It will be jammed packed with prominent presenters and diligent delegates, so mark your calendars!
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Network Field Day 21 - October 1-4, 2019 - Biggest Tech Field Day Event Ever?!?
I’m Going to Cloud Field Day 6!
Chris Williams is at Cloud Field Day this week, and he’s looking forward to drinking from the IT fire hose. He’ll be hearing from eight prominent cloud companies over the next three days, be sure to follow along on our live stream to get all the latest.
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I'm going to Cloud Field Day 6!
Meet Field Day Delegate – Chris Williams – Gestalt IT
We’ve got a number of new faces joining us at Chris Williams. Before you watch the live stream of all the presentations, read this interview from Gestalt IT to get to know one of the new delegates. We can’t wait to hear what he thinks of the event!
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Meet Field Day Delegate - Chris Williams - Gestalt IT
Pure Accelerate 2019 Day 2 Keynote Liveblog
Ken Nalbone and Stephen Foskett live-blogged the Pure Accelerate 2019 keynote. This is day 2, featuring Leland Melvin and James Governor.
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Pure Accelerate 2019 Day 2 Keynote Liveblog
Stopping Security Silos With Palo Alto Networks Cortex
Security silos can make us miss the important things. Tom Hollingsworth heard from Palo Alto Network at Security Field Day and looks at Cortex and how it can help us get better results from our data without the silos getting in the way.
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Stopping Security Silos with Palo Alto Networks Cortex
Pure Accelerate 2019 Day 1 Keynote Liveblog
Stephen Foskett live blogged day one of the Pure Accelerate keynote. Be sure to check out all the latest announcements, then dig into our presentations from Tech Field Day Exclusive at Pure Accelerate.
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Pure Accelerate 2019 Day 1 Keynote Liveblog
IBM’s New Class of Data Protection: Upcycling of the IT World?
As discussed at Storage Field Day in February, the idea of reusing and repurposing stored data makes sense from both a business intelligence perspective and from a cyber-resiliency standpoint. IBM’s solution is based on a solid foundation with years of enterprise use, and enhances the snapshot capabilities already found in most enterprise storage systems. Stephen Foskett looks at how Spectrum Protect Plus really moves IBM’s data protection offering forward, “upcycling” data for the enterprise.
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IBM’s New Class of Data Protection: Upcycling of the IT World?
Leaving the Ecuador Open | Gestalt IT Rundown, September 18, 2019
This week on the Gestalt IT Rundown, Stephen Foskett and Ken Nalbone are joined by Justin Warren live from Pure Accelerate. They talked about all the big news from the event and what you can see from the Tech Field Day Exclusive presentations.
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Leaving the Ecuador Open | Gestalt IT Rundown, September 18, 2019
Meet Field Day Delegate – Kati Lehmuskoski
Kati Lehmuskoski is heading to Cloud Field Day. Before you see her around the table with the delegates, be sure to read this interview with Gestalt IT to get a little more background. We can’t wait to hear what she thinks of the event.
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Meet Field Day Delegate - Kati Lehmuskoski
Cloud Field Day 6 Prep – NetApp and Dell Technologies
Ned Bellavance is getting ready to attend Cloud Field Day later this month, and doing his homework on the presenting companies. In this post, he’s digging into what to expect from NetApp and Dell Technologies. Both are long established stalwarts in enterprise IT, and both are making interesting choices in how they build out their cloud native offerings. NetApp had an impressive presentation at Cloud Field Day last year, and he’s looking forward to how they will build off a year of impressive announcements. Dell has such a volume of solutions that could be discussed that Ned is looking forward to what direction they will choose for their time. Be sure to watch along on the Cloud Field Day live stream to find out!
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Cloud Field Day 6 Prep – NetApp and Dell Technologies
Can You Avoid Moving to the Cloud? No, and Why Would You?
On this episode of Deloitte’s On Cloud podcast, Tech Field Day founder Stephen Foskett discusses the origins of the Tech Field Day event series and how the event has evolved and adapted over time. We’re approaching our tenth anniversary, it’s a wonderful perspective on the history of the event.
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Can You Avoid Moving to the Cloud? No, and Why Would You?
Bitfusion at VMworld 2019 With TFDx
ML and AI workloads are only going to grow more in the enterprise in the coming years. At VMworld 2019, VMware showed how they are going to help meet the infrastructure needs of this shift. Using assets aquired from Bitfusion, VMware is able to virtualize GPUs, effectively doing for ML workloads what VSAN did for storage. Brandon Graves digs into the architecture that he saw at Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2019 in this post.
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Bitfusion at VMworld 2019 with TFDx
MFD4 – Metageek Tools Update
MetaGeek made their triumphant return to Field Day with their presentation at Mobility Field Day over the summer. With a few years in between presentations, there was a lot to get the delegates caught up on. Their desktop based tools are well known in the industry, but Dave Benham looks at their new solutions for iOS and Android that should keep the company relevant in the modern mobility space.
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NetBeez Presents at Tech Field Day Extra CLUS19
It was great to have NetBeez return as a Field Day presenter at Tech Field Day Extra at Cisco Live US 2019. They spent the bulk of their time talking about their recently announced integration with Catalyst 9300 series switches. They introduced their novel client-side monitoring to the delegates, before going into the specifics that Cisco’s new switches running IOS-XE allow.
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NetBeez Presents at Tech Field Day Extra CLUS19
Apstra’s Intent – What Do They Mean?
Dan Frith heard from Apstra for the first time at Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld 2019. Their intent-based networking and overall infrastructure vision with their Apstra Operating System was a bit out of Dan’s typical fare, which is more typically grounded in storage. After hearing their presentation, Dan was definitely impressed by their solutions, and can see why the company get’s a lot of buzz.
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Apstra’s Intent – What Do They Mean?
Forti-Much to Appreciate at Mobility Field Day 4
It’s always great to haver Lee Badman join us for Mobility Field Day. This summer, he got to hear from Fortinet at the event. As the title of his post indicates, there was lots of interest to hear during their presentation. They showed off new Wi-Fi 6 ready access point, new security features, as well as new tools for wireless professionals. There was a lot to take in so be sure to check out all of their presentation video from the event.
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