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.
#TFD14 Recap – Datrium: not the HCI solution you’d expect
According to Pietro Piutti, HCI has certainly eased some of the traditional pain points of virtualization, ease of deployment and scalability, but with some tradeoffs. The interdependency of HCI nodes effectively makes takes away their stateless nature, as is the can in a more traditional SAN based model. Datrium’s DVX solution solves this by differentiating data and compute nodes, which reduce east-west chatter and returns servers to statelessness. Make sure to check out Pietro’s post for a technical deep dive.
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#TFD14 Recap – Datrium: not the HCI solution you’d expect
Storage Field Day 13 (SFD13) – Preview
Alex Galbraith is heading to Storage Field Day in Denver, and has a preview post about the event. He’s excited to meet with all of the presenting companies, and get into the substantive technical discussions typical of the event. Remember, watch along on the live stream, and send in any questions on Twitter with #SFD13.
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Storage Field Day 13 (SFD13) – Preview
SFD13 Primer – X-IO Axellio Edge Computing Platform
Max Mortillaro gives X-IO a look ahead of their Storage Field Day presentation later this month. He runs through the company’s origins as the Seagate Advanced Storage Group, before being spun out in 2007. He then goes on to give a preview of Axellio, their edge computing platform. For Max, writing the piece was an example of what makes Storage Field Day exciting: discovering new technologies and platforms, and getting excited for a technical deep dive.
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SFD13 Primer – X-IO Axellio Edge Computing Platform
Storage Field Day – I’ll Be At Storage Field Day 13 and Pure Accelerate
Dan Frith will be joining the other luminary delegates at Storage Field Day later this month. It’ll be a pleasure to have Dan joining us in Denver. Make sure to follow all the presentations on the live stream, and send in questions over Twitter using #SFD13!
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Storage Field Day – I’ll Be At Storage Field Day 13 and Pure Accelerate
SNIA comes back for another Storage Field Day
SNIA will be presenting at Storage Field Day later this month. Mike Preston is excited for a number of reasons. For one, it’s the first time he’s seen a Storage Field Day presentation from a non-profit organization. He’s interested in hearing what they have to say on the future of storage architectures, standards, and trends. We’ll be live streaming during the event, and always check back later for full video coverage!
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SNIA comes back for another Storage Field Day
Veeam Goes Hollywood, Now Has Two Agents
Veeam recently released new backup agents for both Windows and Linux. Rich Stroffolino gives them both a quick overview. He focuses on features, UI, and where they fall in Veeam’s much larger backup and recovery portfolio.
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Veeam Goes Hollywood, Now Has Two Agents
Storage Field Day 13 Primer
Max Mortillaro takes a look at one of the presenters coming up at Storage Field Day, Exablox. Despite being targeted more at the SMB storage market, Max thinks they have an impressive set of enterprise class feature. He’s anxious to get a technical deep dive. Make sure to watch along on our live stream!
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Storage Field Day Exclusive Comes to Pure Accelerate 2017
Storage Field Day and Pure Accelerate are both great events. Combined, they create something truly unique. At this exclusive event, nine prominent storage experts will join the presenters from Pure Storage in San Francisco to hear the latest announcements and technical deep dives on their all-flash storage portfolio. Mark your calendar, Pure Accelerate will be in San Francisco from June 12-14.
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Storage Field Day Exclusive Comes to Pure Accelerate 2017
Pingdom of Heaven: Monitoring Cloud with SolarWinds
Rich Stroffolino takes a look at Pingdom from SolarWinds. As part of their Monitoring Cloud Suite, Pingdom monitors web app and site uptime and performance. This supports not just simple checks, but includes the ability to script complex page interactions to simulate user experience. Pingdom combines simulated and real world client side monitoring to give you a comprehensive performance perspective.
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Pingdom of Heaven: Monitoring Cloud with SolarWinds
Tech Field Day From Both Sides of the Table
Drew Lentz has been to his fair share of Tech Field Day events, most recently Networking Field Day this past April. But now, he’s crossing back over to the company side with Cape Networks. He wrote up great piece on his perspective on both sides of the table and the unique benefits of Tech Field Day events to both companies and delegates. We’re wishing Drew all the best with Cape Networks!
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Tech Field Day From Both Sides of the Table
X-IO Technologies – A #SFD13 preview
Mike Preston gives a preview ahead of X-IO’s presentation at Storage Field Day. Mike was surprised that X-IO had been around for 25 years, yet he wasn’t really familiar with what they’re offering. He looks at their recently announced Axellio platform for real-time streaming edge analytics. He’s excited to get into a technical deep dive with the company. Remember, you can watch along with Mike with our live stream during the event.
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X-IO Technologies – A #SFD13 preview
ClearSky Data & Cloudy Storage
At Tech Field Day this month, Matt Crape saw a presentation from ClearSky Data. They propose to bridge the usual compromise of cloud storage, giving you the same easy expandability without the performance penalty. They utilize a on-site flash cache to talk to metro-based Points of Presence to achieve this. Matt reviews ClearSky Data’s solutions for backup and disaster recovery as well.
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ClearSky Data & Cloudy Storage
Hear more from Exablox at Storage Field Day 13
Exablox is presenting at Storage Field Day next month in Denver, and Mike Preston is excited. He’s looking forward to getting to know more about the company’s OneBlox solution, specifically their custom object based file-system. He’ll get to drink from the firehose during their presentation. Make sure to watch the live stream during the event to follow along!
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Hear more from Exablox at Storage Field Day 13
Openstack made easy: Platform9
A lot of organizations look to move to OpenStack, but are put off by apparent complexity that will require additional personnel. Raff Poltronieri reviews what he saw from Platform9 at Tech Field Day, a SaaS solution for OpenStack that makes it a much more accessible and affordable solution.
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Openstack made easy: Platform9
#TFD14 Recap – ClearSky wants to move your SAN to the Cloud
Pietro Piutti took a look at what ClearSky Data presented about at Tech Field Day this month. They propose to use an edge flash cache appliance attached to their Global Storage Network to allow organizations to shift primary storage to the cloud and simplifying DR and backup. Pietro digs into the technical details, and the current geographical scope of the company where their solution can be deployed.
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#TFD14 Recap – ClearSky wants to move your SAN to the Cloud
Primary Data set to make their 5th appearance at Storage Field Day
Primary Data returns for their fifth presentation at next month’s Storage Field Day. Mike Preston will be there, and he has a preview to get everyone up to speed. He reviews their corporate history and DataSphere solution, which helps organization disaggregate applications from the data they use. It’s an interesting product, and we’re sure to get a technical deep dive during their presentation.
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Primary Data set to make their 5th appearance at Storage Field Day
NetApp is Taking Point with Trident
At Tech Field Day this month, NetApp talked about their initiatives in open source and DevOps. Matt Crape was impressed with what he heard. Their Trident project gives developers resources to provision storage without having to go through a storage administrator. What makes this practical from an operations side is that the admins can preset quotas and storage limits to make sure their developers aren’t going overboard. Matt thinks its impressive the way NetApp is adapting their company to take advantage of a new IT landscape.
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NetApp is Taking Point with Trident
My Experience at InteropITX 2017 / Where was the Wi-Fi?
Drew Lentz went to Interop ITX earlier this month. He found out two things. One: the ITX stands for ” the X factor – what’s needed to thrive in this rapidly changing environment.” Two: The wireless industry didn’t show up! Drew still had a good time at the show, and thought the show’s change in venue and focus was nicely done. But in this piece, he gets into who wasn’t there and, more importantly, why it’s vital for the wireless industry to have a presence at these kind of events.
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My Experience at InteropITX 2017 / Where was the Wi-Fi?
Delegate For Storage Field Day 13
Brandon Graves is heading to his first Storage Field Day and is looking forward to the experience. Make sure to mark your calendar for June 14-16, and watch along on our live stream to see the presentations. And send in questions on Twitter using #SFD13 to get involved with the discussion!
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Delegate For Storage Field Day 13
Robin Systems Defines Applications
Redefining IT infrastructure isn’t something to take on lightly. Robin Systems believe they have an approach. It’s focused around making the infrastructure application aware. The entire system is designed around an application manifest, a YAML file where the actual requirements of an application are laid out in a simple rules based format. This is the basis which the system uses to automate everything from deployment to performance.
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