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.
Announcing VMware Cloud on AWS Integration With Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP
Phil Brotherton, VP of NetApp’s Solutions and Alliances program, writes about NetApp’s exciting news on their partnership with VMware and Amazon Web Services! He mentions how this is being “built from the ground-up, offering only integrated, certified, and supported external NFS datastore for VMware Cloud on AWS.” This cost effective migration is getting everyone talking, check out more from Phil here!
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Announcing VMware Cloud on AWS integration with Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP
Tackling Hybrid Multi-Cloud Complexity With NetApp
On the Gestalt IT website, Sulagna Saha writes about the Cloud Field Day Exclusive with NetApp, where they demoed the NetApp Cloud File Services. After going into much detail on the NetApp Multicloud complexity, Sulagna wraps up her thoughts by talking about the unifying data services solutions that NetApp Cloud File Services makes. This hybrid multicloud is infinitely easier and cost-friendly for all enterprises. Take a look here for more from Sulagna.
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Tackling Hybrid Multi-Cloud Complexity with NetApp
NFD29: Juniper Apstra Goes FreeForm
Juniper presented on their Apstra product at this past Networking Field Day, now Pete Welcher is writing on his thoughts. He says “if you need automated campus or datacenter fabric management, take a look at Juniper Apstra.” Juniper surprised Pete, and other delegates, with Apstra FreeForm, visit Pete’s LinkedIn for more!
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NFD29: Juniper Apstra Goes FreeForm
Monday Mobility Quick Thoughts
In his latest post, event lead Tom Hollingsworth gives us his pre-event thoughts on October’s Mobility Field Day along with WLPC Europe. Take a look here or at The Networking Nerd website for more from Tom.
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Monday Mobility Quick Thoughts
Modular Network OS With Nokia SR Linux
At the most recent Networking Field Day, Aaron Conaway, a Field Day delegate, took focus on Nokia’s presentation. He especially was interested in their SR Linux, which is a modernization of the 20 year old SR OS. Aaron states “this gets us into a world of streaming telemetry!” Take a look here for more from Aaron on Nokia.
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Modular Network OS with Nokia SR Linux
NFD29: Nokia Does Networking!
Pete Welcher was pleasantly surprised with Nokia at their most recent Networking Field Day presentation! Pete writes about Nokia’s demonstration on their digital sandbox capabilities and how they bring DevOps techniques to networking. Although this was new territory for Pete and other delegates, it was very eye-opening! Take a look here at what Pete has to say, or visit his LinkedIn profile for more.
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Weka 4 – The Data Platform?
Chris Evans gives his opinion on WEKA’s latest release of WEKA 4. Described as a “data platform”, check out what Chris has to say about the next iteration of this product and how it fits into the data management category. You can find his thoughts, and all the videos from Cloud Field Day, on the Tech Field Day website.
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Moving Faster With Mobility Field Day 8
We’re gearing up for yet another Mobility Field Day! In his latest post on Gestalt IT, Tom Hollingsworth, event lead, talks about what to expect from Wyebot, Arista, and Ventev. Tune in live this October for more from Mobility Field Day on the Tech Field Day website!
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Moving Faster with Mobility Field Day 8
Kentik Addresses Network Observability in the Cloud
Gina Rosenthal gives her thoughts on Kentik and how they’re addressing network observability in the cloud after watching their presentation at Cloud Field Day. Check out what she has to say and make sure to check out all the videos from Cloud Field Day on the Tech Field Day website!
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Kentik addresses network observability in the cloud
NFD29: Graphiant
Pete Welcher attended the most recent Networking Field Day where Graphiant presented their SD-WAN alternative. In this post, he gives us a brief rundown of Graphaint’s key points and what makes them different. Check out Pete’s thoughts here, or visit his LinkedIn page for more!
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Tech Field Day 26- Event Preview
Girard Kavelines is back for October’s Tech Field Day! Check out his most recent post where Girard gives us a quick preview on what presentations to look forward to at the upcoming event.
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Tech Field Day 26- Event Preview
Bi-Dimensional Pod Autoscaling in Kubernetes With StormForge
In this post from Sulagna Saha at Gestalt IT, she talks about the most recent presentation from StormForge at September’s Cloud Field Day. Sulagna goes into detail on the newly introduced autoscaling feature and showcased how first time organizations can leverage Kubernetes’ pod autoscaling options to meet utilization goals. Take a look here, or on the Gestalt IT website, for more on StormForge from Sulagna.
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Bi-Dimensional Pod Autoscaling in Kubernetes with StormForge
Cloud Field Day 15 – Day Three
While back on-site for our hybrid Cloud Field Day, some delegates got together and discussed what they saw from RackN on Day Three. Nathan Bennett, Jim Jones, Lino Telera, Ray Lucchesi, Eric Wright, and Calvin Hendryx-Parker all sat down to give their in-depth thoughts from the day along with a brief recap from other presentations throughout the week. Take a look here or visit Nathan’s YouTube channel for more!
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Cloud Field Day 15 - Day Three
Design Flexibility, Support for All Network Topologies and More With Juniper Networks Apstra’s Freeform
This past September, Juniper Networks discussed their expansion for their Apstra platform at Networking Field Day! Writing for Gestalt IT, Sulagna Saha gives her thoughts on the Freeform capabilities and talks about how Apstra provides datacenter operators renewed management flexibility and support. If you’re interested in learning more from Sulagna, take a look on the Gestalt IT website!
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Opengear – Making Out of Band Access More Useful
Check out what Eric Stewart has to say after watching Opengear present their alternative to network management at the most recent Networking Field Day. You can check out his thoughts and all the latest videos from Networking Field Day on the Tech Field Day website!
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Opengear – Making Out Of Band Access More Useful
Redundancy Is Not Resiliency
Things break, tires go flat, out-of-band devices go offline. When these things happen, resiliency outranks redundancy. Tom Hollingsworth writes about Opengear, their latest presentation at Networking Field Day, and how they’re offering a solution to network connectivity issues via an Opengear device. Check out Tom’s thoughts on his blog, Networking Nerd, and make sure to check out all of the videos from Networking Field Day on the Tech Field Day website!
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AI/ML Acceleration With Broadcom’s Blazing Fast Tomahawk 5
Writing for Gestalt IT, Sulagna Saha talks about the most recent Networking Field Day where Broadcom showcased their fifth-generation series of Tomhawk switches. She goes into detail on how this accelerates AI/ML workloads with its tremendous network bandwidth. Check out Sulagna’s thoughts here on the breakthrough power economics that Broadcom brings with their newest technology.
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AI/ML Acceleration with Broadcom's Blazing Fast Tomahawk 5
Cloud Field Day 15 – Day One
Field Day delegate, Nathan Bennett, is joined by delegate, Eric Wright to discuss the first day of September’s Cloud Field Day. In this video, they both go into detail on presentations from Prosimo, Google Cloud, and Kentik. If you want to learn more, watch the video here, or visit Nathan’s YouTube channel.
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Cloud Field Day 15 – Day Two
Nathan Bennett is here to discuss his thoughts on Day Two from Cloud Field Day. He enjoyed being able to see the different solutions from a Kubernetes perspective during presentations from StormForge and Metallic, a Commvault Venture. Take a look here for more from Nathan’s or visit his YouTube channel.
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CFDx NetApp – Thoughts
The very first Cloud Field Day Exclusive with NetApp was this past September where Chris Williams, Jim Jones, Nathan Bennett, and many other delegates joined together at NetApp headquarters along Santana Row. In this latest YouTube video, Chris, Jim, and Nathan, sit down with Stephen Foskett to discuss their thoughts on the NetApp presentation and their cloud solutions. You don’t want to miss this technical discussion!
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