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.
Is VMware Project Pacific ‘Kubernetes Done Right’ for the Enterprise?
Joep Piscaer got details about VMware’s Project Pacific at Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2019. This is VMware’s effort to re-architect ESXi and vCenter to natively use the Kubernetes APIs to drive platform operations. After hearing the details Joep is definitely excited for the new solution, as its far more than a simple bolt on to add a Kubernetes checkbox. This is a major recognition on the part of VMware where they were lacking, and shows a clear technical roadmap how they can take the lead in managing Kubernetes like they have with VMs.
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Is VMware Project Pacific 'Kubernetes done right' for the enterprise?
Mist Systems Unveils an Environmental Sensor That Is Also a Wi-Fi 6 AP
At Mobility Field Day this summer Mist Systems, now part of Juniper Networks, showed off their latest AP43 access points, which now support Wi-Fi 6. This AP offers dual 5GHz capability, a 802.3bz NBASE-T port with 802.3bt power capabilities that pairs nicely with Mist’s own BLE sensor. They also contain sensors to monitor temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, and angle/orientation, adding environmental monitoring to their already extensive capabilities. Jonathan Davis breaks down the full capabilities in this post.
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Mist Systems Unveils an Environmental Sensor that is also a Wi-Fi 6 AP
MFD Series: Cisco’s Modular Approach for WLCs
Manon Lessard heard extensively from Cisco at Mobility Field Day. She focused on their IoT and wireless offerings in this post. At the event, they detailed their Catalyst 9800 series of controllers, all running on IOS XE. Because this code base is modular, different system components can be updated, allowing admins more control and stability, which hopefully means they update more often.
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MFD series: Cisco’s modular approach for WLCs
NetApp, Workloads, and Pizza
While attending VMworld US 2019, Dan Frith was able to attend some Tech Field Day Extra presentations going on at the event. One of them was from NetApp, a company Dan is well familiar with but one that never fails to have something new to show. During the presentation, NetApp’s Andy Banta presented on the future of the data center, which will involve persistent memory, microvisors, and more specialized cores. It gave Dan a lot to think about, be sure to check out his post for details.
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Metageek Plus/Pro and Rampart
Jake Snyder is a familiar face at Mobility Field Day and we were thrilled to have him return for our event over the summer. He’s been familiar with MetaGeek for a while, and had kind of wrote off their solutions set. But after seeing their presentation at Mobility Field Day, but was really impressed by the value of their Rampart tool as part of their Metageek Plus and Pro subscriptions. Be sure to check out the post for the details that changed Jake’s mind on the company.
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Pure Accelerate 2019: What I’m Hoping to See
Matthew Leib will be a delegate at Storage Field Day Exclusive at Pure Accelerate 2019 in Austin, TX. In this post, he shares his thoughts as he anticipates the event. Follow Matthew’s series on Gestalt IT to learn more about Storage Field Day.
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Pure Accelerate 2019: What I'm Hoping to See
Disclosure: VMworld 2019
Justin Warren went to VMworld US 2019 this year, and he’s a familiar face at the event. It was great to have him as a delegate for our Tech Field Day Extra presentations as well. Be sure to check out our YouTube channel to get all of the video content from the event.
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NetAlly’s AirCheck G2 Gets a Facelift With Version 4.0 Firmware
Tim Dennehy got a look at the latest firmware for the esteemed AirCheck G2 at Mobility Field Day. This came during NetAlly’s presentation, the company to come out of Netscout spinning off their tooling business. He walks through the installation process and some of the new features, including 802.11ax visibility, a utilization graph for 802.11 and non-802.11 traffic, and uploading of iPerf test results.
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NetAlly's AirCheck G2 gets a facelift with version 4.0 firmware
The Contention Window: S1E13 : MFD4 Hodgepodge & Wrapup
Scott Lester and Jake Synder were both at Mobility Field Day over the summer. The event provided a wealth of information on the latest in wireless and mobility. Be sure to check out both of them on this episode of The Contention Window, where discuss what they saw at the event.
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The Contention Window: S1E13 : MFD4 Hodgepodge & Wrapup
SD-WAN Reimagined – 128 Technology
For Jonathan Davis, SD-WAN had always felt a little kludgy. Kind of held together by duct tape, it worked but it wasn’t pretty. After attending Tech Field Day Exclusive with 128 Technology, he’s changed his mind. They fundamentally handle routing differently than typical SD-WAN, in one of the many ways that sets them apart from the pack.
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SD-WAN Reimagined – 128 Technology
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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