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.
Developing Data Protection Solutions in the Era of Data Management
IBM returned to Storage Field Day this year, providing an update to the delegates on IBM Spectrum Protect Plus. In this context, Max Mortillaro provides some historical perspective on data protection and management, emphasizing that every organization is on a different path on the journey toward better data management. In this, IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is a laudable effort build from scratch to address modern data protection needs. While it may not be as feature rich as competing solutions, for those organizations with a strong history with IBM, it should serve them well as they navigate their own data management journey.
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Developing Data Protection Solutions in the Era of Data Management
Datera and the Rise of Enterprise Software-Defined Storage
In this post, Dan Frith takes a look at what Datera presented at Storage Field Day earlier this year. This isn’t the first time Dan has looked at their “Enterprise Software-Defined Storage” solutions, and he remains impressed how the company blends continuous optimization with high availability. This positions them as a unique value proposition in an otherwise crowded software-defined datacenter world. They seem to have the right blend of product and messaging to bridge the glacial inertia typical of enterprise storage with top-down management trying to move to the cloud.
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Datera and the Rise of Enterprise Software-Defined Storage
Fast Friday – Aruba Atmosphere 2019
Tom Hollingsworth is definitely excited for Aruba Atmosphere 2019. First, there will be a great Mobility Field Day Exclusive at the event. But he’s also interested to hear about how Aruba is innovating around IoT networking, discussions with the OpenConfig community, and seeing Security Field Day delegate Zoë Rose keynote the Aruba HER session.
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Fast Friday – Aruba Atmosphere 2019
Tech Field Day Exclusive at Intel Data-Centric Innovation Day
Al Rasheed will join the delegates ranks again for a very exciting event, Tech Field Day Exclusive At Intel Data-Centric Innovation Day. We’re all excited to hear what Intel will be talking about at the event. We’ve got a live stream and Gestalt IT will be live blogging everything, so be sure to join us for the event.
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Tech Field Day Exclusive At Intel Data-Centric Innovation Day
Cloud Field Day – Kemp
Hard to believe, but Cloud Field Day is coming up next week. Among the delegates, we’re thrilled to have Ned Bellavance returning to the event. One of the companies he’ll get to hear from is Kemp Technologies. Ned first came across this company a while ago on a client site, and has kept up with the company as they’ve transition into cloud-focused solutions. He looking forward to finding out how the company plans to support cloud native applications, Kubernetes and container integrations, and how the company is capturing metrics in the cloud. Sounds like it should make for an excellent dialogue during the presentation.
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Tech Field Day Exclusive at Intel Data-Centric Innovation Day
Nathaniel Avery will be a delegate at Tech Field Day Exclusive At Intel Data-Centric Innovation Day. While Intel has put out some releases regarding the event, a bit of a mystery still remains. Nathaniel is looking forward to getting some more details at the event. You can watch along on the live stream to get the full details with Nathaniel!
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Tech Field Day Exclusive At Intel Data-Centric Innovation Day
Cloud Field Day – Datrium
Ned Bellavance is nothing if not diligent, doing research on the presenting companies before heading out to Silicon Valley. In this post, he’s giving Datrium a closer look. He looks at the companies major products including On-Prem DVX, Cloud DVX, and CloudShift. The latter really piqued his interest with it’s DR as a Service approach. He’s got questions about cloud exclusivity, recovery outside of VMC, and container workloads that he’s looking foward to asking at the event.
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Meet the #ATM19 Influencers: Richard McIntosh
This post features Aruba’s Jamie Easley interviewing Richard McIntosh about attending Atmosphere 2019. They talk about the unique community at the event, the pros and cons of coming to Vegas, and what he’s expecting to emerge in networking this year. We’re excited to have Richard as a delegate for Mobility Field Day Exclusive at Aruba Atmosphere 2019.
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Meet the #ATM19 Influencers: Richard McIntosh
Have You Heard About HER?
Claire Chaplais is an organizer for Mobility Field Day Exclusive at Aruba Atmosphere 2019. She doesn’t usually write about the experience, but had to share her excitement about the session “Experience the Power of Her”, featuring Zoë Rose. Zoë is a recent Security Field Day delegate and Claire is interested to hear her speak to the audience at the event.
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Meet the #ATM19 Influencers: Keith Parsons
Keith Parsons is definitely no stranger to the wireless community, so it’s not surprising to see him profiled by Aruba for their Meet the Influencers interview series. He talks about the best tech he’s ever bought, what he thinks the big thing in wireless will be in 2019, and career highlights. Be sure to catch Keith as a delegate on our live stream for Mobility Field Day Exclusive at Aruba Atmosphere 2019.
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Meet the #ATM19 Influencers: Keith Parsons
Meet Field Day Delegate – Alex Neihaus
There are a number of new delegates coming to Cloud Field Day next week, and we’re excited that Alex Neihaus is one of them. Before the event, be sure to get a little more detail about Alex’s background in this Meet the Delegates post from Gestalt IT. You can find out how Alex got started in IT, where he sees it going, even his first computer. It’s a great way to learn a little more about the faces around the delegate table at the event.
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Meet Field Day Delegate - Alex Neihaus
Intel’s Crossover Point: A 3D Spork?
Stephen Foskett will definitely be watching what Intel is presenting at Tech Field Day Exclusive at Intel Data-Centric Innovation Day. In this post, he looks at the current state of Intel Optane. After a blunted debut in a SSD format, the new DIMM form factor comes closer to what the promise of 3D Xpoint was initially. But for Stephen, it still seems stuck in an uncanny valley in the current classical computing model between storage and memory.
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Intel's Crossover Point: A 3D Spork?
Meet Field Day Delegate – Brian Gleason
We’re thrilled to have Brian Gleason joining us for Tech Field Day Exclusive at Intel Data-Centric Innovation Day. Before watching what Intel is presenting, be sure to get to know all the new faces around the table. Gestalt IT has been interviewing all our new delegates for the event, and Brian is no exception. Be sure to check out his interview to get some background, where he sees IT going in the near term, and what he does when he’s not working in IT.
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Meet Field Day Delegate - Brian Gleason
Meet Field Day Delegate – David Ball
David Ball is heading to Cloud Field Day next week. It’s always great to bring new faces and perspectives to Field Day, and we can’t wait to hear what David thinks of the event. Before you see him around the delegate table, be sure to check out Mel Zura’s interview with him for Gestalt IT’s Meet the Delegates series. Find out how he got into IT, his first computer and more.
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Meet Field Day Delegate - David Ball
Meet Field Day Delegate – Keith Townsend
Keith Townsend is no stranger to Field Day. But after having a stint on the company side, he’s back on the independent analyst beat. Before he goes to our Tech Field Day Exclusive at Intel Data-Centric Innovation Day, Mel Zura got to know him a little better for Gestalt IT’s Meet the Delegates series.
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Meet Field Day Delegate - Keith Townsend
Meet Field Day Delegate – Denny Cherry
Denny Cherry is joining us for Tech Field Day Exclusive at Intel Data-Centric Innovation Day. As a new delegate, Gestalt IT got to ask him to question to introduce him to the larger IT community. Find out how he got into IT, his first computer, and more.
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Meet Field Day Delegate - Denny Cherry
Voices in Data Storage – Episode 11: A Conversation With Renen Hallak
This episode of Voices in Data Storage features an interview with VAST Data founder and CEO Renen Hallak. Host Enrico Signoretti saw VAST Data during their Storage Field Day presentation last month, and was impressed by what he saw. The company set out to “redo” storage, offering Tier 1 performance without the accompanying price tag. They discuss how emerging technologies like QLC flash and storage class memory are at the core of their new architecture.
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Voices in Data Storage – Episode 11: A Conversation with Renen Hallak
WekaIO Continues to Evolve
WekaIO definitely made an impression on the Storage Field Day delegates last month, and Dan Frith is no exception. In this post, he looks at WekaIO Matrix. This is a feature rich software-defined storage solution that can run across a breadth of environments, offering performance faster than a local system. The do this with a storage architecture built to take advantage of the native capabilities of flash, without worrying about legacy HDD. Dan thinks they made a compelling case to move people who need the performance of DAS with the benefits of distributed storage.
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Device Validation Security in Service Provider Networks
At Networking Field Day Exclusive with Cisco’s Service Provider, Cisco went into some detail about their approach to Service Provider Security. A lot of what they presented on comes from the company’s recent acquisition of Skyport Systems, another former Tech Field Day presenter. For Tom Hollingsworth, this brings in sophisticated tools around device validation and trust. This gives Cisco better tooling for SPs, where the network itself is the target, rather than just the data on it.
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Device Validation Security In Service Provider Networks
Cloud Field Day – Cohesity
Ned Bellavance is doing his research ahead of Cloud Field Day next month. In this post, he’s giving Cohesity a closer look. While many cloud folks might think of Cohesity as a backup or data management company, Ned makes the case why they are becoming a major data aggregator. This starts with something like backup, or perhaps managing secondary storage. But for Ned, now that the company has that data, why not index and do more with it, which is exactly the capability Cohesity is building out. He’s excited to see what the company will present at Cloud Field Day.
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