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.
VMware Shows the Value of Preparation at Cloud Field Day
Sometimes life throws you a curveball. How you react determines how successful you will be. VMware’s presentation at Cloud Field Day 5 is a textbook example of this. Much of the day’s presentations were planned to be given by a single person. Jeremiah Megie, Senior Technical Marketing Architect at VMware was planning on presenting at his first ever Tech Field Day event but was stricken by the flu just the day before.
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VMware Shows the Value of Preparation at Cloud Field Day
Pure Accelerate and My Pantone 300 Heart
Becky Elliott had a lot of thoughts before accepting the invite to be a delegate at Storage Field Day Exclusive at Pure Accelerate. She wondered if, given her affinity for a competitor, it would be a good experience. This piece does a great job arguing against the IT tribalism that can sometimes take shape, and argues for broadening horizons on technology and companies. With that kind of perspective, we can’t wait to hear what she thinks of the event.
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Pure Accelerate and My Pantone 300 Heart
Cloud Native Application Visibility and the Sysdig Way
When the underlying infrastructure is no longer the province of operations teams, cloud-native application visibility becomes an issue. Sysdig is off to a solid start with Linux container monitoring and have Windows containers as well as monitoring of serverless application monitoring on their roadmap. In this piece, Ken Nalbone looks at the specifics of what Sysdig presented at Cloud Field Day.
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Cloud Native Application Visibility and the Sysdig Way
[Sponsored] No Tunnels – No Overlays – All the Secure Routing – 128 Technology
What if you get all the features of SD-WAN, without all the tunnels and overlays. This keeps overhead low while still offering traffic encapsulated and secure. In this video from Jordan Martin, he looks at how 128 Technology makes that possible.
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[Sponsored] No Tunnels - No Overlays - All The Secure Routing - 128 Technology
BiB 081: 128 Technology Rethinks the WAN Router
There’s no shortage of x86 software-based routers on the market. What makes 128 Technology stand out is their implementation. In this piece, Drew Conry-Murray looks at the specifics of how they offer a stateful, session-based router with a zero trust security posture, but don’t rely on traditional tunneling or encapsulation.
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BiB 081: 128 Technology Rethinks The WAN Router
Meet Field Day Delegate – Manon (“Mae”) Lessard
Mae Lessard is coming to Mobility Field Day next week, so we decided to get to know her a little better. In this Meet the Delegates interview, we asked her how she got into IT, what she does in her free time, where she sees the industry heading, and more.
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Meet Field Day Delegate - Manon ("Mae") Lessard
What I Hope I Don’t Hear at Mobility Field Day 4
When it comes to wireless and mobility, Lee Badman knowns the landscape pretty well. He’s definitely excited to get the latest updates at Mobility Field Day next week. The event has a good mix of industry stalwarts, exciting startups, and community favorites. But in this piece, he considers what he doesn’t want to hear at the event. From AI overload to dashboard fever, Lee outlines some of the hype that he hopes doesn’t drown out the great technical content.
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What I Hope I Don’t Hear at Mobility Field Day 4
Clear Your Calendar..MFD4 Is Almost Here!
Scott Lester is excited to return to Mobility Field Day next week. He’s particularly glad to see Metageek returning as a presenter for the event. They’ve been away for several years, so there are sure to be lots of interesting updates. In this post, Scott runs down the other presenters at the event, from Aruba Networks, to Fortinet, and Juniper Networks’ Mist. And of course the tantilizing promise of a Field Day classic “Secret Company”. Be sure to follow along on the live stream to see who will be presenting!
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Clear your calendar..MFD4 is almost here!
Meet Field Day Delegate – Dave Benham
Dave Benham is coming to Mobility Field Day next week! Be sure to check out our interview with him to get a little more detail about his background, where he sees IT going in the near future, and what he does when he’s not working in IT.
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Meet Field Day Delegate - Dave Benham
Cross Pollinating Catalyst Platforms With NetBeez
Containers are the new way to build software that can run anywhere. That’s especially true if you’re wanting to run software on a Cisco Catalyst Switch. Tom Hollingsworth takes a look at how NetBeez is leveraging this capability to bring their exciting analytics solution to the platform.
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Cross Pollinating Catalyst Platforms with NetBeez
Tech Field Day 19: Druva vs. The Competition
In this posts, Druva’s W. Curtis Preston (and one time Field Day delegate) writes up how he felt Druva compared to some of the competition at Tech Field Day. Their all-SaaS all-cloud data protection solution is certainly unique, we’ll let you read for yourself to make up your mind. Be sure to check out the full video of their presentation to get all the details.
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Tech Field Day 19: Druva vs. the competition
Top 4 Takeaways From RPA’s 1st Tech Field Day
We always love having new companies present at Tech Field Day. Sometimes these are companies coming out of stealth, showing off new solutions for the first time. But just as important is bringing new categories of solutions to light, those that might have been around but outside the immediate experience of the delegates but definitely of interest. That was the case with Automation Anywhere. They are a leader in Robotic Process Automation and did a great job introducing the concepts and specific solutions to the delegates.
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Top 4 takeaways from RPA’s 1st Tech Field Day
Hello Droplet Computing
Droplet Computing definitely made a big impact on Michelle Laverick when they presented at Cloud Field Day last year. In this blog post, she announced that she’s joined the company! The decision was made not just based on the technology stack they showed off as they came out of stealth, but also the spirit of the company. In this post, Michelle outlines what specifically about Droplet Computing provides exceptional value for customers.
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Automation Anywhere: Robotic Process Automation (RPA) for Everyone
At tech Field Day earlier this summer, Automation Anywhere presented for the first time at the event. While the company has been around for almost two decades, not many of the delegates were familiar with their Robotic Process Automation. Ather Beg breaks down how the company uses bots to emulate human actions without huge investment or disrupting infrastructure in this piece.
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Automation Anywhere: Robotic Process Automation (RPA) for Everyone
Cloud Automation Services: Is VMware Going All-In With Multi-Cloud?
One of the highlights of Tech Field Day for Pietro Piutti was visiting VMware’s campus in Silicon Valley. There he got to hear from their Cloud Management Business Unit. The presentation was demo heavy, focusing on vRealize Operations Manager and Cloud Automation Services. Pietro does a great job of digging into the details of each in this post.
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Cloud Automation Services: is VMware going all-in with multi-cloud?
Data, Data Everywhere, Nary a Byte to Eat
Jim Palmer attended Tech Field Day earlier this summer and got to hear from a wide variety of companies. One that stood out was Druva. Not coming from a storage background, it took a minute to get his footing during the presentation. Druva really illustrated to Jim that not all data protection is created equal, and made the case for their solutions apparent event to a relative outsider.
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Data, data everywhere, nary a byte to eat
Computer, Prepare My Report
Automation Anywhere definitely made a splash with their first presentation at Tech Field Day. They’re a long time player in the fast growing Robotic Process Automation market. Alastair Cooke digs into their presentation and solution in this post.
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Cisco Defense Orchestrator: Effective Security Policy Management Made Simple
Bruno Wollmann looks at how Cisco Defense Orchestrator offers some overdue respite to beleaguered security operations teams as well as comfort to CISOs, CIOs and CEOs trying to keep their organizations out of the news. If you are struggling with configuration management, device upgrades and overall security policy management, CDO may help end those struggles.
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Cisco Defense Orchestrator: Effective Security Policy Management Made Simple
Data Protection as a Service With Druva
Adam Fisher got to hear a lot from Druva during their presentation at Tech Field Day last month. He was already familiar using Druva for endpoint data protection, but at Tech Field Day, the company did a deep dive on their holistic data protection approach as a service offering.
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Data Protection as a Service with Druva
Morpheus Data 4.0 Extends Capabilities to Simplify Enterprise Cloud
Morpheus Data is one of the most complete CMPs available. With their 4.0 release including new features such as Kubernetes management and enhanced Ansible integration, Morpheus Data seeks to gain a lead on the competition. Ken Nalbone digs into more details about the release in this piece, and is looking forward to a deep dive by the company at Cloud Field Day.
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Morpheus Data 4.0 Extends Capabilities to Simplify Enterprise Cloud