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.
How to Connect Everything From Everywhere With ZeroTier
Looking for a fully functional solution that allows you to access everything from everywhere, securely and efficiently, whether on the open internet or behind NAT after NAT? Writing on his personal blog, Stephen Foskett discusses the solution from ZeroTier and how he has realized that it can do everything he has ever wanted and more! He mentions how rarely enthusiastic he is about any service, but ZeroTier does exactly what he needs. Check out Stephen’s thoughts here!
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How To Connect Everything From Everywhere with ZeroTier
Achieving All-Round Data Protection at Minimal Cost With Veeam Software
Much of the modern-day data and workloads today live on the cloud or in on-prem data centers or in both. That makes data protection a standard ask of all organizations. Writing for Gestalt It, Sulagna Saha discusses Veeam Software’s presentation from this past Cloud Field Day. She explains the cloud solutions that make the complex job of managing and preserving data in cloud and hybrid environments easy, reliable, and cost-effective. Check out Sulagna’s thought here!
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Achieving All-Round Data Protection at Minimal Cost with Veeam Software
Managing Cloud Costs With Yotascale Multi-Cloud Cost Visibility
If you are on multi-cloud and you are seeing your cloud cost going up incrementally, it’s a good idea to pause for a moment and reassess the expenses. Writing for Gestalt It, Sulagna Saha discusses the tool that Yotascale Multi-Cloud Cost Visibility demonstrated at this past Cloud Field Day. It can quickly find all the information, track the expenses as they relate to usage and identify areas where savings can be made by cutting down resource usage. Check out Sulagna’s thoughts here!
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Managing Cloud Costs with Yotascale Multi-Cloud Cost Visibility
The Promise and Limitations of Cloud Mobility
At this past Cloud Field Day, MemVerge CEO and co-founder, Dr. Charles Fan, introduced the company’s AppCapsule, which can manage cache-coherency and address perceived “Big Memory Cloud Fault Tolerance” issues. Writing for Gestalt It, Sulagna Saha gives her thoughts on Big Memory Cloud and the built in SpotOn, which identifies Spot terminations, and mitigates ramifications with insight to how this can affect migrations. Check out Sulagna’s thought’s here!
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The Promise and Limitations of Cloud Mobility
Dissecting DNS Security and NetSecOps With EfficientIP
In today’s world, DNS is as ubiquitous as computers. It is used a kazillion times a day and yet DNS security is still a big issue. Writing for Gestalt It, Sulagna Saha highlights the Security Field Day panel where Tom Hollingsworth and an expert group of Field Day delegates discuss DNS security and its possible solutions in deep detail with Efficient IP.
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Dissecting DNS Security and NetSecOps with EfficientIP
State of the Cloud
Check out the latest State of the Cloud interview featuring Gestalt It’s Stephen Foskett and Field Day delegate Matt Leib. They discuss the observations made at Cloud Field Day in November 2021 while talking about containerization and container orchestration as the next-generation platform for enterprise application.
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A Recap of Networking Field Day – Service Providers
DriveNets presented at the very first Networking Field Day: Service Provider this past December. We had great discussion on cloud overviews, serivceagility, and marketplace evolution from Dudy Cohen, Run Almog, and Yuval Moshe. Check out their thoughts here!
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A Recap of Networking Field Day – Service Providers
2021 Year in Review
Ned Bellavance, a Field Day delegate, shares what his 2021 year looked like through a professional and personal point of view. Check out which Tech Field Day events Ned attended, along with other random and sundry events that he was a part of this past year. We always love to see what our delegates are up to!
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Versa Networks Tightens Up Security in Hybrid Multi-Cloud With Versa SASE
Security in a hybrid multi-cloud environment comes with its fair share of complexities and pain points. Luckily, writing for Gestalt It, Sulagna Saha discusses that the way to move past those is to have SASE in place. At this past Security Field Day, Versa Networks presented their SASE product that irons out the differences in security policies of multiple platforms while ensuring ironclad security and compliance for the users. Take a look here at Sulagna’s thought!
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Versa Networks Tightens Up Security in Hybrid Multi-Cloud with Versa SASE
Multi-Cloud Doesn’t Have to Be an Erector Set Approach
Looking for an approach to Autonomous Multi-Cloud Networking? Writing for Gestalt IT, Sulagna Saha discusses Prosimo ‘s presentation that outlined the underlying challenges of multi-cloud networking and how their approach helps overcome them at November’s Cloud Field Day. Check out Sulagnas’s thoughts here!
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Multi-Cloud Doesn’t Have to be an Erector Set Approach
Arista Lines Up Merchant Silicon-Based Routing Products for Service Provider Networks
There is a big debate among industry insiders about who comes on top between merchant and custom silicon. Writing for Gestalt It, Sulagna Saha discusses the presentation from Arista at this past Networking Field Day: Service Provider and how their merchant silicon-based routing products settle the debate in favor of merchant silicon. Check out Sulagna’s thoughts on this inexpensive pricing for service network providers!
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Arista Lines Up Merchant Silicon-Based Routing Products for Service Provider Networks
Secure Zero-Touch Provisioning With Cisco’s New Implementation on IOS XR
Security is critical to any network, especially when it involves Zero-Touch Provisioning. Writing for Gestalt IT, Sulagna Saha discusses why secure device onboarding is a must to maintain a fully secure network. Luckily, Cisco brought an implementation on its IOS XR to the very first Networking Field Day: Service Provider this past December! Check out Sulagna’s thoughts on how this function will bolster security in ZTP workflows!
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Secure Zero-Touch Provisioning with Cisco’s New Implementation on IOS XR
A Step Towards Ethical Facial Recognition With Oosto
With ethicality always being in question with facial recognition, it’s interesting to see that Oosto, formerly known as Anyvison, is working alongside Intel to mitigate the concerns of the users through ethical policies and bending to legal restrictions while bringing people solutions that are both intelligent and effective. Writing for Gestalt It, Sulagna Saha discusses Oosta’s demonstration on their new technology at this past Security Field Day! Check out Sulagna’s thoughts on their clever facial recognition solutions here!
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A Step towards Ethical Facial Recognition with Oosto
Juniper Networks Is Simplifying Container Migration With Contrail
Juniper Networks presented a new approach to centralizing, automating, and ensuring security, load-balancing and migratability of architectures across cloud providers as well as within the corporate datacenter at this past Cloud Field Day! Writing for Gestalt IT, Matt Leib addresses the challenges presented by migrating containers, and the progress Juniper Networks has made in that direction through the release of Contrail software. Check out Matt’s thought here!
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Juniper Networks is Simplifying Container Migration with Contrail
Tying Cloud Provider Orchestration, Security, Performance, and Cost Management Together With Prosimo AXI at Cloud Field Day 12
Robert Novak, a field day delegate, attended the very first hybrid Cloud Field Day in San Jose, California this past November! He was impressed with Prosimo and their solution with the AXI Platform. Rob discusses the introduction to the problems Prosimo is working on solving, and some of the problems they’re not focused on. Check out Rob’s thoughts here!
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Threat Hunting for Exploits With Cisco
In the realm of enterprise security, it’s important to think about what threats are out there. Writing for Gestalt IT, Tom Hollingsworth explains the framework that Cisco has put in place during their presentation at the latest Security Field Day. He discusses why you should dedicate a part of your bandwidth to this kind of threat so that it can reap benefits beyond your wildest dreams! Check out Tom’s thoughts about Cisco’s presentation here!
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Threat Hunting for Exploits with Cisco
Security Effectiveness Reaches New Heights With Juniper Security Director Cloud
At the latest Security Field Day, Juniper Networks presented on a solution to secure access with promises to make enforcement of ironclad security at the user end simple, easy, and effective. Writing for Gestalt IT, Sulagna Saha discusses the uncomplicated interface of the new Juniper Security Director Cloud. Check out her thoughts on this impressively efficienct high security platform.
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Security Effectiveness Reaches New Heights with Juniper Security Director Cloud
A Service Provider Network Is Not Your Enterprise Network
Join Gestalt IT’s, Tom Hollingsworth as he brings on Nick Buraglio, Chris Cummings, and Vince Schuele, a panel of service provider networking experts, for the latest On-Premise IT RoundTable. They will be dissecting the differences between the traditional enterprise network and a service provider or transit network. Find out the ultimate goals of your infrastructure and who the customer is for a service provider network.
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A Service Provider Network is Not Your Enterprise Network
Get Ready for Networking Field Day: Service Provider!
We’re right at the end of 2021, but we couldn’t let it go without a special new event! The first ever Networking Field Day: Service Provider has finally arrived. This event has been requested by the community and the presenters for a few years and we wanted to make sure to do it right. Check out the presentations from DriveNets, Cisco and Arista here!
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Get Ready for Networking Field Day: Service Provider!
Swimlane Security Operations Automation
Justin Warren attended this past Security Field Day as a delegate where Swimlane presented on a cloud-scale, low-code security automation tool. This tool is a combination dashboard that is aimed at security teams doing the daily work of responding to security threats. Check out Justin’s thoughts on Swimlane’s presentation as well as some ideas he has to further automate testing!
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