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.
Commvault “Thinks Different” About Data
Luigi Danakos was a delegate at Tech Field Day Exclusive at Commvault GO 2018. He got to see all the keynotes and announcements from the event, looking at how Commvault is moving the company into the broader world of data management. This includes a new focus on partner relationships and a vastly streamlined licensing model.
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Commvault "Thinks Different" About Data
Mojo (Arista) Answers The Layer 2 Situation for WLAN Migration To Cloud
Lee Badman has been looking at how wireless companies are dealing with the Layer 2 Situation, where cloud-controlled APs become hard to manage as volume increases. Lee thought Mojo Networks, recently acquired by Arista, had a good hybrid solution for this in their Multiservice Platform. He definitely hopes Arista maintains this approach going forward.
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Mojo (Arista) Answers The Layer 2 Situation for WLAN Migration To Cloud
Nyansa; A Clearer Picture From a Data Gathering Powerhouse at #MFD3
Nyansa made a return to Field Day presentations last month, presenting at Mobility Field Day. Mitch Dickey looks at how Nyansa’s Voyance analytics platform is able to ingest massive amounts of data, creating a full client picture of wireless performance and experience. Mitch seemed particularly interested in how Voyance can help bring visibility and sense to the increasing volume of IoT devices on networks.
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Nyansa; A Clearer Picture From a Data Gathering Powerhouse at #MFD3
NetApp Provides Insights for Women in Tech
Ahead of NetApp Insight 2018, Rich Stroffolino previews what should be one of the more interesting session at the event, the Women In Technology Panel. Now in its sixth annual iteration, this session brings together women from NetApp and other prominent IT companies to discuss the topic.
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NetApp Provides Insights for Women in Tech
Has Arista lost its Mojo?
Scott Lester was looking forward to seeing what Arista would announce at Mobility Field Day, following their acquisition of Mojo Networks. Scott had high hopes for the presentation, but the traditional data center networking company didn’t exactly announce anything revelatory. In his post, Scott breaks down what was missing, and what he’d like to see Arista do with the Mojo Networks assets.
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Secondary Data and Komprise with Krishna Subramanian by Data Driven Talk
In this episode of Data Driven Talk, host Enrico Signoretti discusses the challenges of secondary data. His guest, founder and COO of Komprise, Krishna Subramanian, discusses the current state of the secondary storage market, what it is, and how best to address it.
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Secondary Data and Komprise with Krishna Subramanian by Data Driven Talk
9 Years of Tech Field Days with Stephen Foskett
In a recent TotalPackets video, Tech Field Day founder Stephen Foskett was interviewed by Kori Younger. They discussed why Tech Field Day resonates with both presenting companies and the larger IT community of experts.
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9 Years of Tech Field Days with Stephen Foskett
Anticipating Network Field Day 19 (NFD19)
The inimitable Pete Welcher returns as a Networking Field Day delegate next month. In this post, he previews the presenting companies. The roster is stacked for the event, including networking stalwarts like Cisco and Riverbed, emerging startups like Barefoot Network, Apstra, and Illumio, and those that Pete wants to see more from like Silver Peak, Kentik, and Bluecat Networks. You can catch all their presentation on our live stream during the event.
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Anticipating Network Field Day 19 (NFD19)
Why Have I Joined Apstra?
One of former Networking Field Day delegates, Jeff Tantsura, recently became the Head of Networking Strategy for Apstra. Jeff got a technical deep dive on the company at Networking Field Day last year, where he was immediatelty struck by the massively scalable and distributed design of their platform. In the end, the company had exciting technology and just the right people for Jeff to accept the role.
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Day 4 – Tech Field Day Exclusive at Commvault GO 2018
Al Rasheed documented his days at Commvault GO 2018, having attended as a delegate of a Tech Field Day Exclusive event. The day was filled with keynotes, a visit to the GO Village, and appearance on two different podcasts. Even outside the Tech Field Day presentations, Al Rasheed found a lot of value from the event.
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Day 4 – Tech Field Day Exclusive at Commvault GO 2018
My first Tech Field Day
It’s not uncommon to see Chin-Fah Heoh as a delegate at Storage Field Day. However for the first time, he’ll be around the table for Tech Field Day this week. He’s particularly looking forward to seeing more from Hammerspace, and getting a deeper dive with DriveScale. You can watch the presentations along with Chin-Fah on our live stream.
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Tech Field Day Extra VMworld 2018 – Runecast
Matt Allford heard from Runecast at Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2018. This provided Matt with more detail about their proactive VMware management solution, and the specific updates with Runecast 2.0, including a new UI, updated virtual appliance, and historical data reports.
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Tech Field Day Extra VMworld 2018 – Runecast
Why We’re Not All Flocking to Mist and Meraki Wireless: The Layer 2 Situation
Lee Badman has nothing against cloud-managed wireless solutions like he saw from Mist Systems and Merakiat Mobility Field Day last month. But he thinks there are some barriers to wider adoption, something he calls the “Layer 2 Situation” in this post. Controller-based wireless may have over stayed it’s welcome, but it does make deployment and changes to large numbers of APs somewhat easier at this point.
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Why We’re Not All Flocking to Mist and Meraki Wireless: The Layer 2 Situation
Storage Field Day 17 – Wrap-up and Link-o-rama
It’s always great to have Dan Frith as a delegate for Storage Field Day. In this post, Dan puts together a list of all of his and other delegate coverage from the event. It’s an impressive amount of quality coverage. As more rolls in, be sure to check back at the Storage Field Day event page for a comprehensive list.
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Storage Field Day 17 – Wrap-up and Link-o-rama
Tech Field Day 17 Preview
For all of our Czech readers, Karel Novak posted a preview of Tech Field Day, happening this week out in Silicon Valley. Make sure to follow along on Twitter with #TFD17, and watch all presentation on our live stream.
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Tech Field Day 17 a odpověd na dvě otázky
Thoughts from Commvault Go
Aaron Strong didn’t physically attend Tech Field Day Exclusive at Commvault GO 2018, but followed the show on Twitter and on out live stream. Overall, Aaron found the overall vibe from the show very positive, showing Commvault innovating with as-a-Service offers and virtual appliances.
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Tech Field Day Extra VMworld 2018 – Jetstream Software
Matt Allford attended some of our Tech Field Day presentation from VMworld US 2018, including a launch presentation from JetStream Software. The company uses VMware IO filter APIs to get workload on the platform without using snapshots. The company offers JetStream Accelerate, JetStream Migrate and JetStream Data protection. Matt was really intrigued by the Migrate solution, and hopes to get a deeper dive from the company soon.
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Tech Field Day Extra VMworld 2018 – Jetstream Software
Tech Field Day 17
We’re thrilled to have Chan Ekanayake returning as a delegate this year. He’ll be coming to Tech Field Day this week, after previously attending Storage Field Day in March. He’ll be getting a wide range of presentations from across the enterprise, and he highlights the company’s on the docket in this post. Make sure to follow along on the live stream to see all the presentations along with Chan.
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StarWind Continues To Do It Their Way
Dan Frith heard a presentation from StarWind at Storage Field Day last month. He likes the company because they look to innovate to solve everyday storage problems in the enterprise. In this presentation, they focused on NVMe over Fabrics, looking at their developments of NVMe SPDK for Windows Server, and a NVMe initiator for CentOS.
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StarWind Continues To Do It Their Way
The Commvault 5Ps of change
After attending Tech Field Day Exclusive presentations at Commvault GO 2018, Chin-Fah Heoh thinks its obvious that big things are happening with Commvault. In this post, he looks at how the company is making fundamental changes to five areas: People, Process, Pricing, Products and Perception.
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