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.
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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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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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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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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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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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
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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