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.
CTS 182: Mobility Field Day 4 – An Overview
Francois Verges was one of several new faces that attended Mobility Field Day earlier this week. He recently spoke to Rowell Dionicio on an episode of the Clear to Send podcast. Francois recapped the Mobility Field Day Experience and what he thought of the presentations. Be sure to listen as a preview before diving into the full presentation video.
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CTS 182: Mobility Field Day 4 - An Overview
#MFD4 – Thats a Wrap
Haydn Andrews recently attended his first Mobility Field Day event. It was great to have a new face around the table. In this post, he looks back at the experience, and about the unique experience the entire event provides. The great conversation with the delegates and the in-depth presentations from the companies really left an impression.
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Connecting Networks Without the IPSec Overlay
128 Technology has an interesting pitch in the crowded world of networking, particularly in the emerging SD-WAN market. They use secure vector routing rather than typical IPSec overlays. In this post Kevin Blackburn looks at how the company does this, based on what the company showed at their Tech Field Day Exclusive event earlier this year.
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Connecting Networks without the IPSec Overlay
Fast Friday – Mobility Field Day 4
In this post, Tom Hollingsworth looks at the frontiers of wireless that were on display at Mobility Field Day. He makes the convincing case that as the new edge of the network, analytics, new spectrum, and customer value is more important than ever.
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Fast Friday – Mobility Field Day 4
Code, Heal Thyself: Mist Systems Brings Something Badly Needed to WLAN Market
Lee Badman is no stranger to Mobility Field Day, and at the latest event, he got to hear the latest from Mist Systems. He found their focus on reliability a refreshing change of pace in the world of wireless. They showed how they are use AI not just to help with wireless networks, but also to clean up their code base.
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Code, Heal Thyself: Mist Systems Brings Something Badly Needed to WLAN Market
StorPool’s Strategy Rose to the Cloud—and Beyond!
Before buzzwords like “cloud” and “software-defined storage” (SDS) became part of our everyday vocabulary, software developers like Boyan Ivanov, Chief Executive and Co-Founder of StorPool Storage, already were hard at work devising ways to build extremely fast, reliable, and scalable storage solutions for public and private use cases. While the solution may not have had a fancy moniker, Stephen Foskett looks at what StorPool presented at Storage Field Day and how it aims to re-energize block storage, combining high-end storage area network (SAN) technology through software and the performance of local solid-state drive (SSD) storage.
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StorPool’s Strategy Rose to the Cloud—and Beyond!
Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2019
Al Rasheed has become a familiar face at Tech Field Day events this year, and we’re thrilled to be able to bring him to VMworld as well. He’ll hear from Apstra, NetApp, Virtual Instruments, and VMware as part of our Extra event on Wednesday of the event. Follow Al’s blog and watch for his coverage from the event!
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Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2019
Meet Field Day Delegate – Josh Fidel
We’re thrilled to have Josh Fidel joining the Field Day delegates at our upcoming Extra event at VMworld, as well as our Exclusive activities at Commvault GO later this year. Mel Zura spent some time getting to know Josh, and I think you’ll agree that the “bearded man with the sunglasses” has a lot going on!
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Meet Field Day Delegate - Josh Fidel
Don’t Miss the Latest Innovations by Apstra at VMworld US 2019
Apstra is preparing to make a splash at VMworld, including an appearance at our special Tech Field Day Extra sessions on Wednesday. Swing by their booth for a demo if you’re in San Francisco, and watch our web site and social media accounts for their presentation!
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Don’t miss the latest innovations by Apstra at VMworld US 2019
Simplifying Data Center Interconnect With 128 Technology
During Networking Field Day Exclusive with 128 Technology, the delegates heard how the company solves the data center interconnection problem by leveraging secure vector routing and a management overlay called the 128T Conductor. In this post, Phil Gervasi looks at how this differs from traditional SD-WAN approaches, and what makes 128 Technology’s approach to routing unique.
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Simplifying Data Center Interconnect with 128 Technology
A New Way to Onboard
In this post, Scott Lester looks at Cisco’s OpenRoaming initiative as a way to make faster handoffs from LTE to public Wi-Fi without dropping called. Scott got to see an in depth presentation on this at Mobility Field Day, and get’s into the technical details in this post.
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MetaGeek Introduces Its Latest WLAN Tool: The Wi-Spy Air
Lee Badman heard from MetaGeek while a delegate at Mobility Field Day in August. In this post, he looks at the company’s latest WLAN tool, Wi-Spy Air. This allows someone to turn an Android or iOS device into a fairly sophisticated wireless analysis tool. For Lee, this offers a great combination of using the great screen on a mobile device for display and visualization, while connecting over a lower power connection to the Wi-Spy Air itself. He has a full breakdown of features, be sure to check it out.
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MetaGeek Introduces Its Latest WLAN Tool: The Wi-Spy Air
Welcoming netAlly
Many a Field Day event feature the mysterious Secret Company prior to the actual event. For Mobility Field Day, the Secret Company turned out to be netAlly, which was spun out of the network tooling division of Netscout. In this post Scott Lester introduces the new company, which combines a familiar management team with a strong product portfolio and history.
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The Campus and Cloud-First
We were fortunate to have Keith Townsend as one of the delegates for Network Field Day Exclusive at 128-Technologies last month. In this post, he breaks down how what he saw at the event got him thinking about how does a cloud-first strategy impact your campus network design and operations. For Keith, a lot of the decision comes down to assessing your campus end-user compute needs.
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vSoccer at VMworld 2019
VMworld US without vSoccer? It almost happened! Luckily Jorge Torres heard the calls of the community and is organizing the iconic sporting event for VMworld US 2019. They’ll be playing at the Beach Chalet soccer fields in San Francisco. The Tech Field Day staff is proud to support this great community building event!
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Compose Your Next Infrastructure Masterpiece With Liqid
The overall promise of composable infrastructure is flexibility, and like many solutions the choice of vendor depends on how much you value simplicity vs. flexibility. Liqid is a providing a more flexible solution for customers in exchange for simplicity. Being able to choose from multiple hardware vendors and also select the fabric that is the best fit is very attractive for a large number of customers, even if it requires more thoughtful planning.
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Compose Your Next Infrastructure Masterpiece with Liqid
The Future of Networking: Bringing Developer, Network and Security Admins Together!
Networking is coming! And Future:NET Is coming to San Francisco to celebrate its 4th Year! In this post, Christopher Kusek makes the case why this should be an event added to your IT roster. Future:NET stands out because presentations can come from anywhere within the IT stack from Developer, to Security or Network Admin to general practitioner IT Jack of all trades. He takes a look at what is on tap this year.
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The Future of Networking: Bringing Developer, Network and Security Admins Together!
Meet Field Day Delegate – Wences Michel
It’s not every day that you meet a mariachi singer at a tech conference, but that’s just what you’ll get with Wences Michel! Mel Zura spent some time getting to know him prior to our Tech Field Day Extra event at VMworld, and we think it’s worth your time too!
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Meet Field Day Delegate - Wences Michel
Banyan and Zero Trust in a Post VPN World
At Security Field Day, Nate Avery heard from Banyan. They offer a VPN alternative built on the idea of bringing the least privilege access model to remote access. Instead of setting a list of patch requirements like older secure remote access solutions, Banyan uses reputation scores to determine worthiness of access, can work with mobile devices, and can continuously check the posture of a device. Nate think the security and efficiency implications of this might make it the approach to use in the future.
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Banyan And Zero Trust in a Post VPN World
Dreams, Hopes and Expectations on the Way to MFD4
Manon Lessard is at Mobility Field Day this week, her first time participating in the event as a delegate. In this post, she runs down how she got introduced to the Field Day events and community. It started by listening to the Packet Pushers podcast, and proceeded down a rabbit hole of blogs and other IT content. She runs down the presenters and technology she’s looking forward to seeing at the event. We can’t wait to hear her thoughts after she drinks from the Mobility Field Day fire hose!
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