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.

Tech Field Day 26 – Event Details and Summary

Field Day delegate, Chris Hayner, gives us a great recap of October’s Tech Field Day including details from OCP Summit. Throughout the week, delegates discussed Enterprise Infrastructure, CXL, ZPE Systems Network Automation, and so much more! You can check out more from Chris here or visit his personal website.

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Tech Field Day 26 - Event Details and Summary

Why Wyebot?

Mae Lessard attended Mobility Field Day this past October and is now asking you, why to Wyebot? Wyebot presented on their Wyebot sensor solution that is used as a client device for certain tests, but not as an AP. She goes into detail on how this sensor works and will now go on about its bells and whistles. Check out Mae’s thoughts here!

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Why Wyebot?

My First MFD Experience – Part 2

First time delegate, Ali, gives us a great recap on presentations from Arista Networks, Ventev, and Wyebot at the most recent Mobility Field Day. He starts off discussing Wyebot’s Wireless Intelligence Program, then deep dives into Arista Networks’ switch and ends his post discussing Ventev’s solutions that compliments wireless deployments. Take a look here at Ali’s thoughts for more from Mobility Field Day.

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My first MFD Experience – Part 2

Solving Customer Problems in Real-Time With at NetApp Cloud Field Day Exclusive

In her latest post, Phoebe Goh, NetApp presenter, discusses the recap of real-world issues alongside Google Cloud from the most recent Cloud Field Day Exclusive with NetApp. She goes into lengths on mitigating skill gaps, optimizing costs, ensuring constituency, and so much more. Check out Phoebe’s recap of the NetApp exclusive here, or visit the NetApp website for more.

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Solving customer problems in real-time with at NetApp Cloud Field Day Exclusive

Multicloud Worries? Explored Solutions From NetApp Cloud Field Day Exclusive

NetApp’s Michael Grant wrote about NetApp’s presentation from their Cloud Field Day Exclusive. He gives us a brief overview on how multicloud can work for you along with some improvements NetApp is making in their application performance. Take a look here for more from Michael on NetApp’s Cloud Field Day Exclusive.

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Multicloud worries? Explored solutions from NetApp Cloud Field Day Exclusive

Storage Field Day 24

Falko is back on the delegate panel for November’s Storage Field Day! He is excited to see presentations from Dell Technologies, Solidigm, Pure Storage, and AWS. Check out the Storage Field Day lineup here or visit the Tech Field Day website for more.

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Storage Field Day 24

Deploying Network Automation With ZPE Systems

At the latest Tech Field Day event, ZPE Systems officially unveiled the Network Automation Blueprint, now Sulagna Saha writes about her thoughts on the subject. This automation is a playbook that builds end-to-end pipelines in a failsafe fashion. Sulagna believes that the ZPE Blueprint has all the answers for anyone looking to learn about building a foolproof pipeline from scratch. Visit the Gestalt IT website for more from Sulagna on Tech Field Day.

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Deploying Network Automation with ZPE Systems

Understanding CXL for Servers

Joey D’Antoni, Field Day delegate, attended the OCP Summit and was introduced to the newest CXL Forum technology that was presented by Micron. This standard was originally developed by Intel but does include a large number of cloud providers and hardware manufacturers. Check out Joey’s thought on CXL and the OCP Summit here!

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Understanding CXL for Servers

Getting Real While Leveling Up With NetApp at the Cloud Field Day Exclusive

Pheobe Goh presented and monitored the discussion at the most recent Cloud Field Day Exclusive with NetApp! In her post, she talks about the key points that NetApp presenters and Field Day delegates covered throughout the day along with valuable questions that were sought out from delegates. Take a look here at her thoughts!

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Getting real while leveling up with NetApp at the Cloud Field Day exclusive

Why Wyebot? Why Do We Need Them?

Mark Houtz joined us in Silicon Valley for yet another Mobility Field Day this past October and enjoyed the presentation from Wyebot. Wyebot presented on their sensor that is completely passive for monitoring your Wifi network. Mark says, “I see a huge benefit to using an overlay sensor network for measuring a Wifi network.” Check out more from Mark and visit the Tech Field Day website from all videos from Wyebot at Mobility Field Day.

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Why Wyebot? Why do we need them?

Supercloud Is Neither Super Nor a Cloud, Discuss.

Is Supercloud a thing now? Ned Bellevance, Field Day delegate, tuned in online to watch the Delegate Roundtable Discussion about Supercloud at September’s Cloud Field Day. Take a look here, or visit Ned’s blog, Ned in the Cloud, for more on his thoughts!

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Supercloud is neither super nor a cloud, discuss.

Building a Zero Trust Network With Pica8

Looking for a great tool to start building a bullet proof, Zero Trust network? Take a look at Sulagna Saha’s article on the Gestalt IT website for why you should check out Pica8’s new Network Platform that was presented at the most recent Networking Field Day. Sulagna writes how this network helps create a clearly defined access control policy that is critical to protecting network assets from malicious threats.

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Building a Zero Trust Network with Pica8

Prosimo Solves Cloud Networking Problems

Gina Rosenthal attended the most recent Cloud Field Day and took an interest in Prosimo’s presentation! In her post, she talks about the problems Prosimo is solving and how they are trying to get people to think about cloud networking differently. Check out more from Gina here!

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Prosimo solves cloud networking problems

Zero-Code Automation With Gluware

Sulagna Saha, writing for Getsalt IT, talks about Gluware’s recent announcement from this past Networking Field Day. Gluware demonstrated their newest member of the Gluware Intelligent Network Automation suite – Network RPA. According to Sulagna, the Network RPA advance’s Gluware’s hyper automation by automating repetitive, high volume, code-intensive activities that will then save operators thousands of hours and costs. Check out her thoughts here, or on the Gestalt IT website!

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Zero-Code Automation with Gluware

Juniper Networks – Networking With an AI Assistant

In this Gestalt IT post, Sulagna Saha writes about Juniper Networks complex network infrastructures that was presented to us at the most recent Mobility Field Day! This solution presents new opportunities to enhance and perfect the human experience of the network by remarkably cutting out all human effort. Sulagna says, “their secret is their AI assistant – Marvis.” Check out Sulagna’s thoughts here or visit the Gestalt IT website for more.

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Juniper Networks - Networking with an AI Assistant

Tech Field Day Is Back With a Mix of CXL

At this past Tech Field Day, our delegates joined Stephen Foskett at the OCP Summit for a first ever CXL Forum Event. They started off the week focusing on the emerging CXL technology sponsored by Intel, Micron, and MemVerge and finally finished the week with a great presentation from ZPE Systems at Tech Field Day! All videos will be posted soon, be sure to visit the Tech Field Day website for more.

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Tech Field Day is Back with a Mix of CXL

Entering Google Cloud With NetApp

This past September, we brought in delegates to participate in the Tech Field Day Exclusive with NetApp and guest speakers from Google Cloud! In her post, Sulagna Saha talks about the key topics that were focused on during this discussion, such as multi-cloud use cases and how customers are leveraging NetApp’s GC integrated file service to run their workloads on Google Cloud. Check out the Gestalt IT website for more from Sulagna!

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Entering Google Cloud with NetApp

Deploying Wi-Fi 6E With Ventev

Writing on the Gestalt IT website, Sulagna Saha talks about Ventev’s presentation at Mobility Field Day in early October. Ventev presented on their antenna product that is aimed at solving the burgeoning challenges in Wi-Fi network and wireless deployments. According to Sulagna, users don’t care about antenna’s as long as they can be out of sight and out of mind. Is it time you swapped out the old bulky antenna for a new one that is Wi-Fi 6E ready?

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Deploying Wi-Fi 6E with Ventev

Storage Field Day Returns to Silicon Valley!

Storage Field Day returns! We will be live in Silicon Valley November 2 and 3, 2022, with presentations from Solidigm, Dell, AWS, Pure Storage, and Intel! Make sure to tune in live on LinkedIn or visit the the Tech Field Day website for more.

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Storage Field Day Returns to Silicon Valley!

My First MFD Experience – Part 1

Are you interested in what a Tech Field Day event looks like? In his latest post, Ali talks goes into detail, not only on the Mobility Field Day presentations from October, but provides a great breakdown of his experience behind the scenes at Mobility Field Day. He talks about each day in detail, starting at breakfast and ending with dinner. Check out Ali’s thoughts here and let us know if you would like to join in on the fun of Tech Field Day!

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My first MFD Experience – Part 1