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.
WTF Is SASE?
Justin Warren attended October’s Security Field Day as a delegate. Justin couldn’t help but focus in on the buzz words and acronyms that were flying around during the presentations. In his post, he gives he thoughts on SASE, and the avalanche of acronyms in the tech world today. Read on for more here!
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Dell EMC PowerStore X and the Edge
Ray Lucchesi attended the Dell exclusive Tech Field Day event this past summer and couldn’t figure out why it struck a nerve in him until now! He was very interested in the presentation’s Dell gave on PowerStore X appliances and AppsON technologies. Want to read more from Ray, check out his thoughts here!
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Dell EMC PowerStore X and the Edge
Ondat at Cloud Field Day 12
Ned Bellavance, a delegate from November’s Cloud Field Day, was set straight with Ondat’s presentation on their solution for Kube-native storage. Ondat is laser focused on supporting stateful workloads on Kubernetes and nothing else. Although their solution seems solid, Ned thinks it may lack some key features. Check out Ned’s podcast to see if their recently launched SaaS will be enough in comparison to their competitors!
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MemVerge at Cloud Field Day 12
There is a big chance that MemVerge will make a huge impact in the next five years with their new AppCapsule technology solution. Ned Bellavance, a delegate from November’s Cloud Field Day, has his mind buzzing from MemVerge’s presentation. Check out the developing product on Ned’s recent podcast on spotify!
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MemVerge at Cloud Field Day 12
Cloud Field Day Recap and Session Breakdown
Check out Veeam Software’s recap of Cloud Field Day from their very own Anthony Spiteri! This was Anthony’s third time presenting at a Field Day event and his first time experiencing a hybrid event. Read more here on their new Service Provider features, Backup for AWS, Azure and Google Cloud as well as an update on how Kasten is fitting into the Veeam platform.
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Cloud Field Day Recap and Session Breakdown
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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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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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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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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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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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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