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.

Nfd27 – Zpe

ZPE Systems was the first company to start us off at Networking Field Day! Tyler Christiansen, a Field Day delegate, discusses their Gen-3 Out-of-Band Management Systems and the Zero Pain Ecosystem. Take a look at Tyler’s thoughts here!

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NFD27 - ZPE

NFD27 – Forward Networks

Tyler Christiansen, a Field Day delegate, dives into the new technology that Forward Networks brought to the table at this past Networking Field Day! Tyler did not know much about Forward Networks before seeing them present, he now wishes he had looked into them before. Check out his thoughts here!

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NFD27 - Forward Networks

NFD27 – Network to Code

Network to Code presented at the latest Networking Field Day! Tyler Christiansen, a Field Day delegate, describes their latest Nautobot. Check out his thoughts here!

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NFD27 - Network to Code

Networking Field Day

Itential’s Karan Munalingal, Peter Sprygada, and Rich Martin presented at Networking Field Day last January. Check out their presentations here!

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Networking Field Day

Celebrating MinIO

Minio presented at Storage Field Day back in 2020 and Chin-Fah Heoh, a Field Day delegate, is still going “Gaga” over them! Let’s celebrate the min in Minio with Chin-Fah! Check out his thoughts here.

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Celebrating MinIO

The Network Does Too Much

While at this past Networking Field Day, Tom Hollingsworth got to chat with a few folks who helped him think about things in new ways and come up with new ideas for his blog! Check out Tom’s blog, The Networking Nerd, for more!

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The Network Does Too Much

Tape Lives! At Fujifilm

Have you heard about FujiFilm’s new product, FujiFilm Object Archive? They presented this product at the latest Storage Field Day! Justin Warren, a Field Day delegate, explains that this is basically AWS Glacier but for inside your datacenter. Check out Justin’s thoughts on this S3 compatible API for accessing data that will integrate with anything else that speaks S3!

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Tape Lives! At Fujifilm

Disclosure: #XFD6 Edition

Justin Warren leaves us with his Security Field Day discloser post and includes the sponsor swag he received from last October. Check out what he received from all the presenting companies that participated with swag!

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Disclosure: #XFD6 Edition

Tech Upfront, Jan 28

Check out Enrico Signoretti’s, a Field Day delegate, newest Tech Upfront Chat! Enrico attended November’s Cloud Field Day and is discussing new cloud computing and latest IT trends. He is joined in this discussion with multiple Field Day delegates, check it out!

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Tech Upfront, Jan 28

Why Haven’t I Tried ZeroTier Before?

This past January, ZeroTier presented for the very first time at Networking Field Day in the Silicon Valley. John Herbert, a field day delegate, was very intrigued by ZeroTier’s creation of an arbitrary virtual ethernet switch through which devices can communicate. Check out why John will now be using ZeroTier’s solution.

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Why Haven't I Tried ZeroTier Before?

Pica8 Is Participating in Networking Field Day on January 28, 2022 in Santa Clara, California

Pica8 presented for the very first time at Networking Field Day this past January. James Liao highlights the Pica8 Networking Software Suite, which includes the AmpCon Network Controller and PicOS Software Switches. Check out their presentation here!

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Pica8 is Participating in Networking Field Day on January 28, 2022 in Santa Clara, California

TechHouse570- Security Field Day 7

Girard Kavelines, a Field Day Delegate, is very excited to join us for Security Field Day in Silicon Valley! Check out what delegates and companies will be joining him later this March.

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TechHouse570- Security Field Day 7

Meet Field Day Delegate – Jim Czuprynski

As we get back to in-person events, it’s always exciting to welcome a first-time delegate to the crazy world of Field Day! For Cloud Field Day in February, we are excited to announce first-time delegate Jim Czuprynski! Jim is a self-described technology advocate with many years of experience in IT – let’s learn a little more about Jim!

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Meet Field Day Delegate – Jim Czuprynski

A New Year of Networking at Networking Field Day 27!

Tune in and follow along for the very first hybrid Networking Field Day in San Jose, California! We have presentations from ZPE Systems, Network to Code, Forward Networks, IP Fabric, Itential, ZeroTier, Juniper Networks and Pica8, check them out!

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A New Year of Networking at Networking Field Day 27!

Meet Field Day Delegate – Brian Knudtson

We’d like to welcome our newest delegate to the Tech Field Day community: Brian Knudtson! Brian brings a mix of experience to the IT industry ranging from system administration to marketing and sales. He will be attending Cloud Field Day 13 as a delegate and took a few minutes to tell us a little about himself.

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Meet Field Day Delegate - Brian Knudtson

Intel’s Support for FIDO Device Onboarding – Eigenmagic

How do you get a brand new device out of its box and securely configured on your network without having to do more than plug it in and turn it on? Now how do you do this for thousands or millions of IoT devices? Intel reckons the solution, or at least part of it, is something called FIDO Device Onboard, and Justin Warren, a Field Day delegate, is inclined to agree with them. Check out Justin’s thoughts on Intel’s presentation at this past Security Field Day!

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Intel’s Support For FIDO Device Onboarding – eigenmagic

Wide-Scale Automation in Hybrid Cloud With Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

A tool that automates all aspects of IT in a business from configuration to deployment is a dream come true for companies in the hybrid cloud space. A platform that comes close in parts is the very familiar Ansible Automation Platform. Writing for Gestalt It, Sulagna Saha discusses Red Hat’s newly enhanced capabilities in their Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform that was demonstrated at this past Cloud Field Day. Check out Sulagna’s thoughts here!

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Wide-Scale Automation in Hybrid Cloud with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

Fortinet and Monitoring

Brian Gleason, a Field Day delegate, illustrates how to configure the FortiGate and FortiSwitch to allow for SNMP monitoring that was demonstrated by Fortinet at Networking Field Day in 2019. This article uses images for PathSolutions TotalView, but it seems it works for other SNMP-based monitoring platforms as well. Check out Brian’s thoughts here as he focuses on SNMP!

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Fortinet And Monitoring

Underlays and Overlays – A Networking Field Day Service Provider Retrospective

Nick Buraglio, Vince Schuele, Kevin Myers, and Chris Cummings discuss the latest technology on service providers that was highlighted at the very first Networking Field Day: Service Provider this past December. Check out the latest podcast from a few of our Field Day delegates and their thoughts!

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Underlays and Overlays - a Networking Field Day Service Provider Retrospective

Juniper Networks’ Mist Cloud Platform Just Got Better With Added Support for EVPN-WXLAN

End-users’ experience takes a toll when issues become frequent in a network. Writing for Gestalt It, Sulagna Saha explains the new Juniper Networks’ Mist Cloud Platform that was deployed for their Mist AI and Cloud at Networking Field Day last September. This platform promises coveted operational simplicity to ENPN-VXLAN fabric management. Check out Sulagna’s thoughts here!

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Juniper Networks’ Mist Cloud Platform Just Got Better with Added Support for EVPN-WXLAN