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.
SNIA and Dr. J. Metz talk NVMeOF at #SFD16
Matt Leib reflects on SNIA’s Storage Field Day 16 presentation, highlighting J Metz’s presentation and explanation of NVMeOF. He focuses in on how NVMeOF is made to optimize the stack and remove some of the barriers inherent to the SCSI protocol.
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SNIA and Dr. J. Metz talk NVMeOF at #SFD16
Infinidat announces new storage, replication & backup appliances + cloud storage
Ray Lucchesi outlines Infinidat’s new storage replication and backup appliances discussed at Storage Field Day 16. This includes InfiniSync, designed to be a “black box” to survive any disaster that could befall a data center, InfiniGuard, a solution to poor RTO results, as well as Infinidat’s new public cloud storage option. Ray discusses the purpose of each product as well as their positives and negatives looking forward.
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Infinidat announces new storage, replication & backup appliances + cloud storage
Why Deterministic Storage Performance is Important
Chris Evans looks at why deterministic performance is important in storage. This effects everyone from hyperscalers, to smaller enterprises using HCI. Chris recalls SNIA’s Storage Field Day presentation from last year discuss how the organization is addressing tail latencies as part of this issue. Regardless of the size of an organization, consistent average performance is good, but significant poor performing outliers can be a significant challenge.
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Why Deterministic Storage Performance is Important
Sometimes things get old …
Changes in career are rarely easy decisions to make. Matt Crape outlines how he weighed his option in this post. We love having Matt at Tech Field Day events! We’re glad they were able to help expand his network, and give him a wider IT perspective.
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Hitachi Vantara HCP, hits it out of the park
Ray Lucchesi had been aware of Hitachi Vantara’s Content Platform, aka on-premises object store, for a while. But it wasn’t until their Tech Field Day Exclusive event that he realized how successful it was. HCP currently has over two thousand customers and is the #1 on-premises, object storage solution in the world. There’s even more information available on HCP in our extensive video series from the event, be sure to check it out.
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Hitachi Vantara HCP, hits it out of the park
#SFD16 – Dell-EMC PowerMax and CloudIQ
A Storage Field Day, René van den Bedem got an update from Dell EMC. They specifically focused on PowerMax, their evolution of VMAX All Flash now with NVMe. René looks at why PowerMax still represents the best option for legacy 3-tier hardware and mission-critical legacy applications.
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#SFD16 – Dell-EMC PowerMax and CloudIQ
INFINIDAT to Showcase Expanded Product Portfolio at Storage Field Day 16
INFINIDAT presented at Storage Field Day last week, providing a look into their newly expanded product portfolio. This included a deep dive into Neutrix Cloud, as well as an architectural look at their storage scaling methodology. Be sure to check out their full presentation video for more information.
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INFINIDAT to Showcase Expanded Product Portfolio at Storage Field Day 16
10 years at Cisco Live US, SD-WAN and Tech Field Day
LiveAction’s Dave Izumo wrote up his thoughts after coming home from Cisco Live US 2018 in Orlando. It was a packed event with lots to learn, including Dave presenting for LiveAction at Tech Field Day Extra. He demoed the company’s SD-WAN capabilities of their LiveNX architecture. It was Dave’s 10th Cisco Live, and definitely one to remember.
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10 years at Cisco Live US, SD-WAN and Tech Field Day
I’m shipping up to Boston for Storage Field Day 16
It’s almost Storage Field Day time for Jon Klaus. He’s shipping out to Boston and will be hearing from seven storage companies over two days this week. Make sure to follow along with Jon on the live stream during the event.
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I'm shipping up to Boston for Storage Field Day 16
Cloud Field Day: Droplet Computing – Any App, Any Where, Any Device
Droplet Computing launched out of stealth at Cloud Field Day in April. In this post, Michelle Laverick looks at the implications of their browser-based application containers. This ability to run any application on any OS with any infrastructure isn’t just interesting for legacy apps. Michelle outlines why this could have far reaching consequences for organizations running new apps without worrying about underlying requirements.
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Cloud Field Day: Droplet Computing – Any App, Any Where, Any Device
Cisco’s Container Journey to the Cloud
In this piece, Tom Hollingsworth looks at the announcements from Cisco Live US 2018. What stood out to him was the prominence of a non-networking specific topic, the cloud. He specifically examines how Cisco took pains to show how they are aligned with Google’s vision of the cloud, and integrate that across their product lines.
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Cisco’s Container Journey to the Cloud
Storage Field Day 16 – I’m going on an Adventure!
Keiran Shelden is going to be flying from Australia to join us at Storage Field Day in Boston next week. He’s looking forward to meeting the other delegate and digging deep into the company presentations. We’re looking forward to hear what Keiran takes away from the event!
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Storage Field Day 16 – I’m going on an Adventure!
The Britpop Battle of Rubrik and Cohesity
The rivalries between data protection companies remind Chris Evans of the glory days of 90s Britpop. Instead of Blur and Oasis, for him the rivals of this new vanguard are Rubrik and Cohesity. He sees both as working to centralize data protection to offer it as a service, with the ultimate goal of fending off cloud-based solutions.
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The Britpop Battle of Rubrik and Cohesity
Storage Field Day 15: Weka.io
In this post, Lino Telera looks at Weka.io’s presentation from Storage Field Day in March. They presented on their Matrix file system, which is designed for a scale-out and based on commodity hardware.
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Is Software Defined Networking Like Yoga?
How does software defined networking resemble yoga? Both give you flexibility. Luigi Danakos makes the case that VMware NSX offers the flexibility needed to meet the needs of distributed modern networks.
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Is Software Defined Networking Like Yoga?
IBM Spectrum Protect and Modern Data Protection
IBM is no stranger to data protection, but many don’t consider them a viable company in the space. Paul Stringfellow looks at what the company showed at Storage Field Day in March and looks at how it stacks up against insurgent competitors.
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IBM Spectrum Protect and Modern Data Protection
Storage Field Day 16
Life is slowing down a little for Brandon Graves, which means more time for writing and Storage Field Day! He’ll be joining us next week in Boston, and looking forward to seeing a mix of familiar and new companies. We’re looking forward to hearing his thoughts on the presentations.
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Hitachi is reshaping its IT division
Andrea Mauro will be a delegate at our Tech Field Day Exclusive with Hitachi Vantara coming up on June 26. He’s looking forward to seeing how the new company will leverage the unified operations of Hitachi Data Systems, Hitachi Insight Group, and Pentaho.
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Hitachi is reshaping its IT division
#SFD16 – Storage Field Day 16
Storage Field Day is coming up at the end of June, and we’re happy to have Andrea Mauro returning as a delegate. The event should be a packed few days, looking forward to see what Andrea thinks of the presentations.
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Getting Out From Under the Policy Boulder with Juniper’s Contrail Policy Framework
Rich Stroffolino looks at Juniper Networks Contrail and how it can be used to scale policy management across hybrid networks. He first saw this at their Networking Field Day presentation earlier this year.
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Getting Out From Under the Policy Boulder with Juniper's Contrail Policy Framework