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.
Get Ready for Tech Field Day 19!
It was great having Emre Ozensoy as a delegate at Tech Field Day this summer. It was a packed event with a lot of great presentations and, more importantly, great conversations. Be sure to check out the full video from all the presentations at the event to see what left such a good impression with the delegates.
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Get Ready For Tech Field Day 19 !
I Spy a Wi-Spy
For Haydn Andrews, MetaGeek’s presentation at Mobility Field Day offered some interesting new solutions. He’s been a long time user of Channelyzer and inSSIDer, but had longed for something that didn’t always require him to tote around a laptop. Now with their new Wi-Spy Air, any Android or iOS device will do.
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VMware – VMworld 2019 – (Fairly) Full Disclosure
Dan Frith is a frequent guest around the delegate table, and we were thrilled to have him for some of the presentations for Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2019. In this post, he looks back on everything that he did during the hectic travel to and participation in VMworld this year. Be sure to check out all of Dan’s great writing from the event.
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VMware – VMworld 2019 – (Fairly) Full Disclosure
Cloud vs Fog at #TFD19
Jim Palmer was a delegate at Tech Field Day over the summer. It’s often said that going to a Field Day event is like drinking from the IT firehose. It’s taken Jim a while to process everything that he heard at the event, which means the presenters did a good job showing off their latest and greatest. In this post, he looks at some of the things VMware reviewed at the event. For a wireless guy, VMware was a little intimidating. But as this post shows, Jim clearly got a lot out of their presentation.
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128 Technology – The Best Voice Routing Platform You’ve Never Heard Of
Sometimes the best solution to a problem comes from an area where you didn’t think you’d find it. Tom Hollingsworth looks at 128 Technology and how their voice pedigree helped them built a quality WAN routing platform. Tom got a good look at 128T’s latest at their Tech Field Day Exclusive event over the summer.
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128 Technology - The Best Voice Routing Platform You’ve Never Heard Of
Why Druva Is All About SaaS
If infrastructure can be moved partially or entirely to a cloud provider and free up IT resources, then Druva believes the same can be done for backup. This is a logical next step for backup practices and with an early seat at the backup as a service (BaaS) table, Druva is well positioned to become a leader. Ken Nalbone digs into some of the detail Druva presented at Tech Field Day earlier this year.
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So the MFD4 Secret Company Is NetAlly
Haydn Andrews experienced a sense of anticipation approaching Mobility Field Day familiar to many a delegate, who is the mysterious Secret Company? At that event, it was revealed to be NetAlly. While a new company by name, NetAlly was spun out of the tooling division of NetScout, with a set of respected solutions for the Field Day community.
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So The MFD4 Secret Company Is NetAlly
Preparing for CloudFieldDay6: Morpheus, LucidLink, HashiCorp
Lino Telera is getting ready to be a delegate at Cloud Field Day next month. In this post, he takes a look at what to expect from Morpheus, LucidLink, and HashiCorp. Be sure to catch the live stream, September 25-27, to get the technical deep dive from all of them!
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Preparing for CloudFieldDay6: Morpheus, LucidLink, HashiCorp
Why Mist Isn’t a WiFi Company
When Mist Systems CTO Bob Friday told the Mobility Field Day delegates that Mist isn’t about the Wi-Fi, it’s about the data, it put everything into perspective for Jennifer Minella. This frames their decision to create their own APs, why they’re so aggressive with AI, and the creation of their virtual network assistant, Marvis.
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CTS 183: Mist @ Mobility Field Day 4
This episode of the Clear to Send podcast focuses on Francois Verges’ experience seeing Mist Systems present at Mobility Field Day. At the event, they showed off their AP supporting Wi-Fi 6, demonstrated the latest updates to the Mist AI, how they’re pushing microservices to the edge, and more.
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CTS 183: Mist @ Mobility Field Day 4
Wi-Fi Is Dead? Continued
Scott Lester was clearly inspired by Aruba’s presentation at Mobility Field Day. In his second post questioning the narrative of the death of Wi-Fi, he digs into Aruba’s experience with Passpoint, an easy way to onboard devices to wireless networks.
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Securing Your Enterprise With VIAVI Observer Apex
What does the view from the top look like? Is it expansive? Or do you lose the details? Tom Hollingsworth reviews VIAVI Observer Apex and how their software can help you see both the vision of your entire organization and the details you need to ensure that you don’t miss any issues.
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Securing Your Enterprise with VIAVI Observer Apex
All-In Public Cloud for Backup
Cloud-first and all cloud for backup and archive storage might sounds nice from the comfort of the US, but Alastair Cooke takes a look at Druva’s approach to this with a New Zealand-based perspective. With slower overall internet speeds and higher cloud latency, it changes some of the equation when looking at their solutions. While this might not be the best option in that country for server backups, Alastair loves what they offer for protecting data on highly mobile laptops. Overall he thinks Druva has feature rich solution. It’s this kind of regional perspective we love to see at Tech Field Day events.
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All-In Public Cloud for Backup
The Network Is Code: Cisco at MFD4
Cisco’s presentation at Mobility Field Day was as dense with information as Lee Badman has come to expect. But what really struct him was Cisco’s focus on “the network is code.” For Lee, this needs to imply reliable code for it to be meaningful. He appreciates that the IOS-XE code base is a long way away from Cisco’s previous wireless efforts, and he’s anxious to see continued improvements from the company.
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The Network is Code: Cisco at MFD4
Mobility Field Day 2019
At Mobility Field Day, Mist System showed how their are bringing the latest cutting edge technology to the world of wireless. This includes building an AI-driven customer experience, their virtual network assistant Marvis, their approach to Wi-Fi 6, and how they handle indoor location services. There was a lot of technology on display, so be sure to check out all the videos from the presentation.
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Mobility Field Day 4
Mobility Field Day is all about getting the latest and greatest in wireless, and that’s exactly what Aruba brought at our latest event. Their presentation covered a lot of ground looking at the state of Wi-Fi 6, the latest 6GHz updates, along with the latest in security and IOT. Luckily they were still able to give the technical deep dive the event is known for. Be sure to check out the full video of their presentation for all the details.
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Decoupling the WLAN
Cisco is no stranger to Field Day events, and we were thrilled to have them present recently at Mobility Field Day. At event, they looked at how their Cisco 9800 IOS XE code can help solve the constant problem of organizations not updating. In this post, Scott Lester breaks down how they do this by offering multiple upgrade options to minimize disruptions to the network.
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Rampart, Client Traffic Analytics, and Air Viewer – New Awesomeness Brewin’ @ MetaGeek for #MFD4
MetaGeek made their triumphant return as a presenter to Mobility Field Day earlier this month, having last presented at Wireless Field Day all the way back in 2013. In this post from MetaGeek, they reviewed what they talked about during the presentation, including a deep dive on Wi-Spy Air and Air Viewer.
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Rampart, Client Traffic Analytics, and Air Viewer – new awesomeness brewin’ @ MetaGeek for #MFD4
Wi-Fi Is Dead?
Wi-Fi is dead, and 5G will eat everything… or will it? Scott Lester takes on this industry narrative by looking at what Aruba presented at Mobility Field Day earlier this month. They showed where indoor cellular solutions fall short, and how they are innovating with Wi-Fi to keep it relevant in the enterprise long term.
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NetAlly- A Familiar Line of Networks Tools Reborn
NetAlly was a new presenter at Mobility Field Day, but gave updates on some familiar tools to the delegates. The company was spun-off of NetScout’s tool portfolio. In this post, Lee Badman gives an overview of their latest updates.
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