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.
Networking Field Day 31
Greg Grimes is thrilled to be a delegate for Networking Field Day in April! In this article, he explains Networking Field Day as an event and tells us which parts of the event he is looking forward to the most. Read the full article on his website.
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Staying Ahead in the Storage Game With StorPool
Despite the proliferation of hardware and as-a-service solutions, storage is hard to get right. In this article, Sulagna Saha discusses the problems with the traditional storage model, and StorPool Storage that offers a way for companies to enjoy a high-performing storage infrastructure for industrial workloads at a lower TCO. Read her article at Gestalt IT or watch the full presentation on the Tech Field Day YouTube channel.
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Staying Ahead in the Storage Game with StorPool
Men and Mice DDI Software
Micetro integrates with your current DNS and DHCP configurations in a way that is not authoritative. It functions as a non-invasive component in your system, as they described it. In this article, Geoff Burke gives his thoughts on Micetro by Men&Mice as a DDI software. Read what he thinks of this “life-saver” platform on his website.
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Tech Field Day Doodle: MemVerge, Astera Labs, Xconn, and CXL
Astera Labs, MemVerge, and Xconn are making CXL happen! Check out the highlights from Tech Field Day in Barry Coombs’ Tech Doodle, or watch the presentations on the Tech Field Day YouTube Channel.
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Tech Field Day Doodle: MemVerge, Astera Labs, Xconn, and CXL
Tech Field Day Doodle: Kentik
“Kentik is a SaaS based platform and will supply the answers to your network questions.” Check out Barry Coombs’ latest Tech Doodle covering Kentik’s presentation at Tech Field Day, an impressive toolset for enterprise network engineers and beyond.
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Consolidating Distributed Data With IBM’s Global Data Platform for AI
A solid storage architecture is the bedrock of AI/ML adoption. In this article, Sulagna Saha explores the capabilities of IBM’s Global Data Platform, a storage architecture designed for AI/ML workloads that provides a common data plane for global data access and sharing between public cloud, on-prem, and the edge sites. Read the full article on the Gestalt IT website.
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Consolidating Distributed Data with IBM’s Global Data Platform for AI
CXL Enabled Memory Innovation With Memverge
Allyson Klein, the host of TechArena, talks to Charles Fan (founder and CEO of MemVerge) about his company’s innovative strategy to overcome the memory constraints in data centers. They also discuss how the adoption of the CXL standard can drive innovation in infrastructure. Listen to the full podcast on Allyson’s website.
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CXL Enabled Memory Innovation with Memverge
Enabling Disaster Recovery With Amazon EBS Snapshots
In this article, Sulagna Saha reviews Amazon EBS Snapshots, a data protection solution that makes snapshots recoverable after a disaster. Read her article on Gestalt IT or watch the presentation on the Tech Field Day YouTube channel.
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Enabling Disaster Recovery with Amazon EBS Snapshots
Tech Field Day Doodle: Micetro by Men&mice
Hit it, Micetro! Check out Barry Coombs’ latest tech doodle on Micetro by Men&Mice. Micetro by Men&Mice is a comprehensive DNS, DHCP, and IP Address Management solution that simplifies network infrastructure management. Check out Barry’s doodle on his Twitter, and watch the full presentation by Men&Mice on the Tech Field Day YouTube Channel.
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Tech Field Day Doodle: Micetro by Men&mice
Tech Field Day Doodle: MemVerge and CXL
The Doodle Guy is back with his doodle on Day one of Tech Field Day in March. Barry Coombs doodles about MemVerge’s latest Tech Field Day presentation and Siamek Tavallaei’s presentation on CXL. Check it out on his Twitter!
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Tech Field Day Doodle: MemVerge and CXL
Men&Mice DDI, the “friendly” Manager
“Men&Mice DDI is a software solution that provides comprehensive management of DNS, DHCP, and IP address allocation.” In this article, Nico Stein discusses the Men&Mice DDI that the company talked about during their presentation at Tech Field Day in March. Read his thoughts on his website, and watch the full presentation on the Tech Field Day YouTube Channel.
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Men&Mice DDI, the “friendly” Manager
Scale Computing Removes Problems at the Edge
“Scale Computing’s approach of removing the burden of routine tasks and fault remediation from customers is widely liked.” In this article presented by Scale Computing, Alastair Cooke discusses how Scale Computing is solving problems at the edge. Read his full thoughts on the Gestalt IT website, and watch Scale Computing’s full presentation from Edge Field Day on the Tech Field Day YouTube channel.
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Scale Computing Removes Problems at the Edge
A Game-Changing Approach, New Mergers and a Disruptive Technology With Siamak Tavallaei From the CXL Consortium
In this article, Sulagna Saha talks about CXL, and the capabilities of CXL 3.0 released last year. Based on Siamak Tavallaei’s talk at the recent Tech Field Day event, the article explores CXL’s maturation, the group behind the technology, and the future of composability in datacenters. Read the article on Gestalt IT or watch the presentation on the Tech Field Day YouTube channel.
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CXL: Composable Infrastructure’s Missing Link
“CXL probably isn’t for every configuration, especially anything other than top, high-end compute systems. But it’s no hoax. It ain’t the Piltdown Man.” Andy Banta gives an entertaining explanation of CXL, the history, the current, and his thoughts on where it’s going. Read his full thoughts on his website.
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CXL: Composable Infrastructure’s missing link
CXO Insight: Delivering on Edge Infrastructure
Look before you leap…over the Edge! In this article, Enrico Signoretti presents and compares options for Edge (hardware management, optimization, and integration), and mentions ZEDEDA and Scale Computing as viable options. Read his full thoughts on the GigaOm website.
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CXO Insight: Delivering on Edge Infrastructure
Achieving Dynamic Provisioning and Control at the Edge With Scale Computing
“Organizations that seek an edge infrastructure provider with seasoned experience deploying fleets of equipment across edge environments should seriously consider Scale Computing’s offerings.” In this article presented by Scale Computing, Allyson Klein writes about the success of Scale Computing’s deployment of edge solutions. Read her full thoughts on the Gestalt IT website.
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Achieving Dynamic Provisioning and Control at the Edge with Scale Computing
Chamber 🏰 of Tech Secrets #2
Welcome to the Chamber of Tech Secrets! After attending Edge Field Day in February, Brian Chambers gives his thoughts on Disposable Units of Compute (DUC) and talks about how at Chick-fil-A they treat their devices as “cattle instead of pets.” Read his full thoughts on his website.
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Implementing CXL With MemVerge
Sulagna Saha talks about CXL solutions, MemoryViewer and Memory Machine from the house of MemVerge. Read her article at Gestalt IT, or watch the demo of the solutions from the recent Tech Field Day event on the Tech Field Day Youtube channel.
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Implementing CXL with MemVerge
Thousands of Containers Without Kubernetes?
“If you need to manage container applications at your distributed edge, look at Avassa’s videos and the other presenters at Edge Field Day.” Alastair Cooke had great things to say about Avassa after attending their presentation at Edge Field Day in February. Read his full thoughts on his website, and watch Avassa’s presentation on the Tech Field Day Youtube Channel.
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Thousands of Containers Without Kubernetes?
Synthetic Network Monitoring With Kentik
Summary – Network observability aims to be a holistic measurement of the performance indicators. Kentik takes it a step further by making it proactive with synthetic testing. In this article, Sulagna Saha takes a closer look at Kentik Synthetics, a newly added capability in the Kentik Network Observability Platform that measures and improves digital experience. Read the article on Gestalt IT’s website or check out the demos on the Tech Field Day YouTube channel.
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