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.
Tech Field Day 19 – Day 0
Dan Frith crossed an ocean to join us at Tech Field Day this week. He usually writes a prolific amount for each event, and we love every bit of it. In this piece, he previews the event, provides the full schedule and embeds the live stream. It’s always great to get Dan’s insight from these presentations, and we can’t wait to read more.
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RPA Industry’s First Tech Field Day 2019
It’s always great to hear from new companies at Tech Field Day. This week, we’ll be introducing Automation Anywhere to the delegates. They published a preview of their presentation, and it looks to really stand out. They’ll be focusing on their AI-augmented robotic process automation, including an architectural deep dive and a look at their Bot Store. Definitely make sure you check out the live stream or the edited video for this one.
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RPA industry’s first Tech Field Day 2019
Tech Field Day 19 Next Week!
Sometimes explaining what makes Tech Field Day different can take a while. In a lot of ways it’s the “un-conference”, focusing on focused technical conversations rather than a marketing cacophony. Once Matt Callaway got to know what makes the event unique, he knew he had to attend. He’s onboard as a delegate for Tech Field Day this week, can’t wait to hear what he thinks of the event.
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Tech Field Day 19, Next Week
Alastair Cooke returns as a delegate this week for Tech Field Day. It’s been about a year since we’ve seen him at a full Field Day event, a bit too long if you ask us! We can’t wait to hear what he thinks about the presentations. Be sure to follow along on Twitter to join in the conversation using #TFD19.
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I’ll Be at Tech Field Day 19 Next Week!
Be on the look out for Adam Fisher at Tech Field Day this week. He’ll be the delegate at the event and getting to hear from a packed panel of presenting companies. As always the event is live streamed, but if you can’t catch that, be sure to watch the full edited video which will be posted soon afterwards. We can’t wait to hear what he thinks of the event.
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I’ll be at Tech Field Day 19 next week!
Tech Field Day 19 – I’m on My Way!
Liselotte Foverskov is returning to Tech Field Day with our event next week. This time around, she’s looking to join in the conversation around the table a little bit more, we can’t wait! In this post, she gives a little preview of what she’s expecting from each of the presenters. We can’t wait to hear her thoughts after the event.
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Tech Field Day 19 – I’m on my way!
Meet Field Day Delegate – Wes Milliron
A new Tech Field Day event means we get to welcome more new delegates to the family. This time around, we invited Wes Milliron to sit around the table and hear from some of the leading IT companies. We got to know Wes a little better in this piece, be sure to check it out and look out for him on the event live stream.
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Meet Field Day Delegate - Wes Milliron
Meet Field Day Delegate – Shaun Bender
Shaun Bender attended Security Field Day, his first time getting the full Field Day experience as a delegate. Drinking from the IT knowledge fire hose can be intense, we can’t wait to hear what he thought of the experience. Be sure to catch all the posted video of the Security Field Day presentations to get up to speed with Shaun.
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Meet Field Day Delegate - Shaun Bender
Meet Field Day Delegate – Michael Davis
We always enjoy having new faces, voices, and perspectives around the delegate tablet for Field Day events. That’s why we’re thrilled to have Michael Davis attending Security Field Day. He’s been working in educational IT for two decades, so we can’t wait to hear his thoughts on the presentation. Be sure to check out this full interview to learn more about Michael.
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Meet Field Day Delegate - Michael Davis
CiscoLive and Security Field Day
Evan Mintzer is having a busy couple of weeks. While he didn’t attend Cisco Live US 2019 this year, he was named as the best remote attendee for the second consecutive year. This week, he’s physically headed out to Silicon Valley to attend Security Field Day. We’re excited to hear what he thinks of the presentations. Be sure to follow #XF2 on Twitter to stay up on all the social posts from the event.
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CiscoLive and Security Field Day
Tech Field Day – I’ll Be at Tech Field Day 19
Dan Frith is a familiar face at Storage Field Day events, but we’re excited to have him around the table for Tech Field Day next week. We love bringing together perspectives from across the data center at these events, and Dan’s considerable storage pedigree should prove invaluable. Be sure to mark your calendar for the live stream to watch along with Dan.
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Tech Field Day – I’ll Be At Tech Field Day 19
Security Field Day 2
Michael Davis has long been a fan of Field Day events, and now he gets to join the delegate community. He’ll be at Security Field Day this week and he’s excited to hear from the presenters, and to meet the other delegates. Be sure to check out our live stream of the event to watch along with Michael, or catch the full edited video posted soon after.
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Make No Mistake, Rubrik Is a Software Company
For Ken Nalbone, Rubrik’s latest Cloud Field Day appearance was all about the software. Whether it’s a deep dive into their Polaris platform or Build, their new open source community, Rubrik is committed to creating a great software product and enabling customers to enable a software focused mindset as well.
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Make No Mistake, Rubrik is a Software Company
Viavi Enterprise Provides Unexpected Network Insights
John Herbert takes a look at Viavi’s Observer products, which he heard about in depth at Tech Field Day Extra at Cisco Live US 2019. This includes Gigastor which can capture packets at line rate and retain the raw packet data, GigaFlow which ingests flow data from sources for analysis, and Apex that unifies the other solutions into a single digestible interface. For John, the combinations offers huge value to network and security operations.
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Viavi Enterprise Provides Unexpected Network Insights
How Cisco Live! Changed My Career…
With Cisco Live US happening this week, Justin Cohen is thinking back to how the event changed his career. He’s been attending since 2012, and got to know the community after meeting Tom Hollingsworth there. Things changed after 2016, when he got invited to Networking Field Day. Today, Justin is working as an Innovation Architect at Cisco, his dream job. It’s been a long journey centered around the event.
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How Cisco Live! Changed My Career…
TechField Day Delegate at Cisco Live TFDx
Nico Stein is out at Cisco Live US this week, and attending Tech Field Day Extra presentations at the event. For him, it’s a perfect combination of community and technology to create real conversations. He’s looking forward to getting to know the delegates and seeing what interesting presentations are on tap.
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TechField Day Delegate at Cisco Live TFDx
Circle of Trust
For Al Rasheed, trust was one of the central concepts that kept coming up during Juniper Networks’ presentation at Cloud Field Day earlier this year. Whether discussing the company’s approach to simplify a cloud-everywhere model, to leveraging Mist Systems AI, to multi-cloud management, the concept of trust was a persistent theme throughout. Be sure to check out their full presentation video to get caught up.
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“The Network Guy, the Network Guy Wants to Manage Firewalls All Day.”…An Introduction to NRE Labs
A comment about network admins administering firewalls got David Ball about Juniper Networks’ presentation from Cloud Field Day. They spent a good portion of time talking about a new initiative called NRE Labs. This was birthed out of the realization that the organization needs for network engineers is changing, with a need for more automation skill and knowledge. NRE Labs provides a free way to hone automation skills without the need for a home lab environment. Whether admins want to manage firewalls all day or not, NRE Labs can help develop the skills to make it not necessary.
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“The network guy, the network guy wants to manage firewalls all day.”…An Introduction to NRE Labs
The Cohesity Powered Hybrid Cloud
The hybrid cloud has become a reality for enterprise IT and has brought with it complexity and fragmentation. Cohesity believe’s their platform is something of a Swiss Army knife for data, aimed at simplifying data management by providing a unified experience. The company’s growth and progress towards the vision of a hybrid cloud data management platform is getting closer to a reality as the company and product mature. In this post, Ken Nalbone looks at what the company presented at Cloud Field Day and how it fits into their overall vision.
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The Cohesity Powered Hybrid Cloud
What You See and What You Get When You Follow Me
As the founder and organizer-in-chief of Tech Field Day, Stephen Foskett wrote up a post explaining what you get when you follow him on social media. While Tech Field Day content will show up there, he goes through his thought process of what to share and how it is demarcated in the feed.
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