Forward Networks Digital Twins
How do you know if your network will perform as things change? That’s the question Forward Networks presented during their recent Cloud Field Day presentation. In this article, Hin Tang discusses their solution, which gives clear and complete visibility and easily queryable data on networking architecture by simulating it as a digital twin. Read on for Hin’s perspective, and check out the videos on the Tech Field Day website!
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Forward Networks Digital Twins
Is Kubernetes a Good Fit for Edge Computing?
Our own Stephen Foskett considers whether Kubernetes makes sense at the edge. This is a key topic for our upcoming Edge Field Day event, with many of the presenting companies likely to talk containers and orchestration. What are the pros and cons of Kubernetes at the edge? Read on to learn more!
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Is Kubernetes A Good Fit For Edge Computing?
Fortinet Red vs Blue for Cloud Native Visibility and Protection for the Application Lifecycle
Hin Tang attended the Fortinet presentation at our recent Cloud Field Day event and was impressed by their comprehensive and integrated suite of products. The presentation not only showed their continuing innovation but also the friendly and technical staff in their element. Read Hin’s post to learn more, and check out the Fortinet presentation on the Tech Field Day YouTube channel!
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Fortinet Red vs Blue for Cloud Native Visibility and Protection for the Application Lifecycle
Understanding the Building Blocks of Cloud-Native Infrastructure
Philip Sellers attended our recent Cloud Field Day event and considers some of the questions about cloud-native technology adoption. Thinking about the Solo.io, Forward Networks, and Fortinet presentations, Philip ponders what they mean for enterprise cloud-native solutions. Read all of his coverage on his blog, vBrainstorm!
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Understanding the Building Blocks of Cloud-Native Infrastructure
Edge Computing – Reality or Myth?
With all the talk about edge computing lately, including our forthcoming Edge Field Day event, Chris Evans takes a look at the space. Recalling Field Day presentations by Dell and Scale Computing, Chris considers the hardware, software, application, and data requirements for edge deployment. Learn more by reading his article as well as the recent posts by Stephen Foskett at Gestalt IT, and tune in for Edge Field Day in February!
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Edge Computing - Reality or Myth?
Brief: When to Consider Anuta Networks for Automation
David Varnum was at the Anuta Networks presentation at Networking Field Day in January and found their ATOM to be very impressive. Anuta Networks should be in the discussion, according to Varnum, opening new a new alternative in the build vs. buy question. Read David’s post and check out the Anuta Networks presentation on the Tech Field Day YouTube channel!
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Brief: When to consider Anuta Networks for automation
Selector – Like Spotify, but for Your Network
AJ Murray reflects on Selector AI’s presentation from the most recent Networking Field Day saying it was “an absolute privilege to be a delegate for this one!” Selector AI was a new company for us at Field Day events and discussed event correlation and observability solutions. Take a look here as AJ deep dives into what Selector AI has to offer.
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Selector – Like Spotify, But for Your Network
CBRS, Accessing Layer 2 Behind a CPE
Mark Houtz attended October’s Mobility Field Day as a delegate and is now reflecting on Arista’s presentation. Before their presentation, Mark had questions on their VXLAN, a standard base for tunneling their Aps and Switches for Segmentation and was pleasantly surprised with that they had to show for during the presentation. Check out his thoughts here!
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CBRS, Accessing Layer 2 Behind a CPE
Nasuni Continues to Serve Budget-Conscious Customers With Efficient Data Storage on Affordable Plans
Sulagna Saha writes about Nasuni’s Data File Platform, a service that makes storing large volumes of unstructured data simple, secure and affordable. Read her review on Gestalt IT, and watch deep-dive and demo presentations on the solution on Tech Field Day.
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Nasuni Continues to Serve Budget-Conscious Customers with Efficient Data Storage on Affordable Plans
Fortinet Presents at NFD30
At the most recent Networking Field Day, AJ Murray took a real in-depth look at Fortinet for the first time. He gives us a summary of their SD-WAN and SASE solutions and demos from both. Check out Tim’s thoughts here!
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Learning Solo.io’s Gloo That Holds Cloud-Native Together
Philip Sellers recently attended Cloud Field Day and was impressed by Solo.io’s implementation of Istio. This open source project creates a programable, application-aware network of services, and Solo.io’s Gloo Ambinet Mesh is a key differentiator. Read Philip’s whole review of Solo.io Gloo, and check out the rest of his articles from Cloud Field Day 16!
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Learning Solo.io’s Gloo That Holds Cloud-Native Together
Cloud Field Day 16 #Shorts
Gina Rosenthal recorded a YouTube Short focused on the cloud market in general in preparation for Cloud Field Day 16. This is an innovative new short-form video format, and we’re happy to be featured by Gina!
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Tech Field Day Is Extra at Cisco Live EMEA!
Team Tech Field Day is headed to Amsterdam for Cisco Live EMEA 2023, and Tom Hollingsworth has all the details. Tune in live Tuesday and Wednesday as Cisco presents to the Tech Field Day delegates, or watch for the videos on our YouTube channel. We can’t wait to hear what Cisco has in store for this, the first major enterprise IT event of 2023!
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Tech Field Day is Extra at Cisco Live EMEA!
Making Networks More Sustainable With Cisco
Sulagna Saha writes about the Cisco Crosswork Network Controller, a network automation solution designed to simplify service lifecycle functions, and assure high level QoE across multi-vendor IP transport networks. Read her thoughts on Gestalt IT, or watch the demo presentation on the Tech Field Day website.
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Making Networks More Sustainable with Cisco
What Are the Limits of Edge Computing?
In this short article, Stephen Foskett considers the limitations of edge computing. The cost of deployment and maintenance, limited processing power and storage capacity, concerns about security, and the question of scalability all come into play. These are the topics we will be considering as we dive into edge computing at Edge Field Day in February!
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What Are the Limits of Edge Computing?
Networking Field Day 30- Event Preview
Girard Kavelines gave us a quick preview of what to have expected on the presentation schedule for this past Networking Field Day. Girard gives some quick thoughts about each company and what he was most excited to hear about. For all full presentations, head over to the Tech Field Day website, and be sure to check out Girard’s blog for more Networking Field Day content!
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Networking Field Day 30- Event Preview
Gaining Intelligent Observability W/ Selector AI
In his post, Tim Bertino discusses Selector AI’s presentation from January’s Networking Field Day where Tim was introduced to Selector AI’s solution. Selector AI has come up with a solution to the scale and complexity of modern networks and how they are making it increasingly hard for the remediation workflow. Check out Tim’s thoughts on how Selector AI is solving this problem, how they address the challenges, and how their partners can benefit from the Selector AI solution.
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Gaining Intelligent Observability w/ Selector AI
Friday Networking Field Day Thoughts
Tom Hollingsworth wrapped up the first Networking Field Day of 2023 this past January and leaves his thoughts for us to ponder with. Tom goes into detail on the Network-as-a-Service roundtable discussion that the delegates recorded at the event, what the companies are up to overall, and shared some news about Twitter. Take a look here at more of what Tom has to say.
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Friday Networking Field Day Thoughts
Juniper Campus Fabric and Segmentation
Field Day delegate, Tim Bertino wrote a recap on Juniper Networks’ presentation from the most recent Networking Field Day. He goes into detail on Juniper’s story of how they are helping their customers build campus fabrics with the Mist AI cloud platform. They are preparing to provide an overall goal of Experience-First Networking, be sure to check out Tim’s thoughts here!
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Juniper Campus Fabric and Segmentation
Cloud Field Day Looks to the Next Generation in January
Our first Cloud Field Day of 2023 was this past January. We had Forward Networks, Fortinet, and Solo.io present on many cloud related topics such as net-ops, cloud sec ops, the Fortigate firewall, cloud native networking, etc. Be sure to check out presentations and more from Cloud Field Day on the Tech Field Day website!
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