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.

Yotascale at Cloud Field Day 12

Ned Bellavance, a delegate from November’s Cloud Field Day event, gives a brief 10-minute podcast on the depth of analytics and integration that Yotascale offered in their presentation. Ned was impressed by their multi-cloud cost management solution and thinks Yotascale can give cloud economists the data they need to do their job. Check out Ned’s podcast here or listen in on Spotify!

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Yotascale at Cloud Field Day 12

Tending Your Security Garden With Swimlane

Writing for Gestalt IT, Tom Hollingsworth gives us a deep dive into the security space problems Swimlane is solving with their new low-code approach, SOAR. This Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response platform is frequently used in security space to talk about engines that take information from alerts being triggered across the enterprise and formulating responses to them. Check out more on Tom’s take from Swimlane’s presentation, on SOAR, at October’s Security Field Day.

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Tending Your Security Garden with Swimlane

 

Is the M1 MacBook Pro Wi-Fi Really Slower?

Tom Hollingsworth discusses the WiFi capabilities in the new M1 MacBook Pro. On paper, the suggestion is that it is slower than the Intel models. In use, however, there is more than meets the eye in this model.

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Is the M1 MacBook Pro Wi-Fi Really Slower?

Draining My Social Battery

In this 10-minute, daily podcast, Ned Bellavance, a Field Day delegate, discusses technology, career advancement, and anything else relevant to the IT Professional in a brief, conversational style. Find Draining My Social Battery on your favorite podcast app through Anchor.

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Draining My Social Battery

Cloud Field Day 12

The time has finally come for the very first hybrid event in Cloud Field Day! Watch live from San Jose, California. Thanks to Field Day Delegate Nathan Bennet for providing the schedule for the event.

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Cloud Field Day 12

NFD26 – Performance Monitoring W/ NetBeez

NetBeez discusses monitoring network performance and having the relevant information at your fingertips before asking any questions at Networking Field Day 26.

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NFD26 – Performance Monitoring w/ NetBeez

Are We the DNS Baddies?

During one of the EfficientIT sponsored roundtable discussions at Security Field Day 6, the panelists discussed DNS security, and how useful watching what people do with DNS can be.

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Are We The DNS Baddies?

Cloud Field Day 12 Coming Later This Week!

David Ball, a selected Field Day Delegate for November’s Cloud Field Day Event, gives us a great overview of what to expect from the companies presenting at the event and how you can stay up to date with what is new through his social outlets. Tune in with David and more delegates as they take on this first hybrid event live from San Jose, California.

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Cloud Field Day 12 coming later this week!

Cloud Field Day 12 Coming Next Week!

Jim Jones will be in attendance as a delegate at the first hybrid Field Day event, giving us a great overview of what the companies presenting will be providing through his social outlets and blog. Tune in with Jim and the other delegates live at Cloud Field Day in San Jose, California.

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Cloud Field Day 12 Coming Next Week!

FIDO Device Onboard (FDO)

On October 21, 2021, Intel delivered three presentations to the delegates at Security Field Day 6. This post focuses on the presentation given by Richard Kerslake and Geoff Cooper, “FIDO Device Onboard (FDO),” where they talked about securely and cost-effectively deploying Internet of Things (IoT) devices in industrial and enterprise environments.

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FIDO Device Onboard (FDO)

Cloud Field Day Returns November 3-5, 2021

It’s that time of year again. Cloud Field Day returns to Silicon Valley from November 3 through November 5, 2021.

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Cloud Field Day Returns November 3-5, 2021

Hybrid Cloud Automation With Cisco Nexus Dashboard

In today’s IT environments, which are often decentralized due to increasing hybridization, having a top-down view over your entire organization from a single solution seems like a pipedream. Zach DeMeyer, writing for Gestalt IT, discusses the new solution to hybrid cloud automation that Cisco presented at this past Networking Field Day. Check out Zach’s post for more information!

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Hybrid Cloud Automation with Cisco Nexus Dashboard

The Cloud Is Finally Ready for the Enterprise

The question of cloud readiness has plagued the enterprise for a decade, but we have finally gotten to the point that enterprise IT is coming to the public cloud. Check out the latest On-Premise IT Roundtable where two Field Day delegates, Jim Jones and Nico Stein, and founder of Gestalt IT, Stephen Foskett, discuss the cloud enterprise and the upcoming Cloud Field Day in November.

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The Cloud Is Finally Ready For the Enterprise

Versa Networks Selected to Present on SASE and Exhibiting During Important Worldwide Events This Quarter

Check out the following events Versa Networks will be presenting on SASE later this quarter! You don’t want to miss this!

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Versa Networks Selected to Present on SASE and Exhibiting During Important Worldwide Events This Quarter

Fast Friday Thoughts From Security Field Day

Security is one of those topics that creates a lot of thought-provoking ideas and makes you seriously wonder if you’re doing it right all the time. Writing on his personal blog, Tom Hollingsworth leaves us with some insight from October’s Security Field Day. Check out Tom’s thoughts here!

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Fast Friday Thoughts From Security Field Day

VMworld 2021 – Bringing It All Together With Project Ensemble

On his personal site, Architecting IT.com, Chris Evans writes his takeaways from VMware’s VMworld 2021. Specifically, he compares VMware’s Project Ensemble, displayed at the event, to other products such as those presented at a past Cloud Field Day event by Morpheus Data, in a past Tech Field Day appearance by Platform9, and the products displayed by ZeroStack during a Virtualization Field Day event, which he attended at as a delegate. Click the link below for more context behind these comparisons.

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VMworld 2021 - Bringing it all together with Project Ensemble

Kentik: Bringing Observability to the Modern Network

How can today’s IT departments keep up with their massively expanding networks? Kentik offers a solution by way of network observability through their product portfolio, which they presented during September’s Networking Field Day event. Read this post for further insights into their presentation.

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Kentik: Bringing Observability to the Modern Network

NetBeez Offers a Solution for Work From Home Scenarios

Looking for a reliable solution for work from home scenarios? You’re in luck! Keith Ward tuned into NetBeez’s presentation of their new installation on remote computers which provide insight and analysis that agentless solutions cannot match. Read more from Keith about NteBeez’s presentation from September’s Networking Field Day!

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NetBeez Offers a Solution for Work from Home Scenarios

TechHouse570- Networking Field Day- Day 3 Recap

Looking for a great recap from the final day of Networking Field Day? Girard Kavelines attended as a delegate to this event and gives his insights on the presentations from Cisco and ZPE Systems. Check out Girard’s post here!

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TechHouse570- Networking Field Day- Day 3 Recap

Focusing on a Secure Future at Security Field Day 6

Did you miss the live Security Field Day event this October? Writing for Gestalt IT, Tom Hollingsworth lays out what to expect from the presenting companies. Each day was jam packed with topics like DNS security, NetSecOps, 5G space, SASE and so much more. It’s something you sure don’t want to miss out on! Read here for more!

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Focusing on a Secure Future at Security Field Day 6