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.
Arrcus and the Vision for Application Acceleration
You may have heard recently on the Gestalt IT Rundown that Tech Field Day presenter Arrcus has a new CEO. Shekar Ayyar came over from VMware to lead the networking company into the next phase of their development. Writing for Gestalt IT, Tom Hollingsworth explains the impressive growth of Arrcus! Read Tom’s post for more!
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Arrcus and the Vision for Application Acceleration
Meet Field Day Delegate – Rati Jokhadze
We are excited to welcome Rati Jokhadze as a delegate at the upcoming Security Field Day event in October! Rati is a CCIE Routing & Switching–certified service provider who has a fondness for data center fabrics and overlay architectures. Want to know more about Rati? Check out some fun facts here!
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Meet Field Day Delegate – Rati Jokhadze
Cisco Innovates IoT Through Expanded Portfolio
Cisco is taking their best-in-class approach to networking into IoT, and the results are sure to improve any IoT environment. Zach DeMeyer, writing for Gestalt IT, expands on Cisco’s unique innovation into the field of IoT using a centralized dashboard called MONITOR. Read more into Cisco’s innovation from the latest Tech Field Day event!
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Cisco Innovates IoT Through Expanded Portfolio
Monitoring Apps in the Cloud With Avassa
Avassa’s approach to edge management gives nearly any IT organization full purview over their edge deployments at scale from the cloud. Writing for Gestalt IT, Zach DeMeyer lays out how such a capability is sure to enable faster, more effective edge deployments in the future. Check out Avassa’s latest product portfolio from Tech Field Day here!
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Monitoring Apps in the Cloud with Avassa
Demonstrating End-To-End Visibility From Client to the Cloud
At Networking Field Day, Phil Gervasi represented Riverbed in their presentation. This piece is a disclosure of everything he presented. Read it, and learn more!
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Demonstrating End-to-End Visibility from Client to the Cloud
NetBeez 2021 Update
On his personal blog, NetCraftsmen, Dr. Pete Welcher presented his thoughts on NetBeez as a whole. This piece, which he penned shortly before attending NetBeez’s Networking Field Day appearance as a delegate, covers all of his takes on the company. Read the rest for all the goodness!
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NFD26: NetBeez Update
On LinkedIn, Dr. Pete Welcher presented his thoughts on NetBeez’s new product updates in this piece. He describes all of their recent announcements, as well as their presentations from Networking Field Day, which he attended as a delegate. Read on for more info.
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NFD26: Update on Two Cisco Fabric Automation Platforms
From LinkedIn, Dr. Pete Welcher writes about Cisco’s Networking Field Day appearance, which he attended as a delegate. There, he watched how they plan to improve networking fabric automation with two platforms designed to handle the task. Read the post to learn more.
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NFD26: Update on Two Cisco Fabric Automation Platforms
Juniper to Focus on ‘Experience-First Networking’
Juniper Networks is doing some very cool things, and its application of AI into monitoring operations has been smartly done. Keith Ward tuned into the most recent Networking Field Day event where Juniper Networks presented their latest innovations. Read here for more from Keith!
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Juniper To Focus on ‘Experience-First Networking’
Cloud or Die!
What was Kerstin Stief’s takeaways from her time as a delegate during Intel’s Networking Field Day presentations? This piece from the German data://disrupted outlet details her opinions gathered during the event. Read the piece for the full picture.
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Kentik – Get Observability and Monitoring Under Control
After attending Kentik’s Networking Field Day presentation as a delegate, Ed Horley detailed his opinions on the matter in his HowFunky blog. Specifically, he calls out their network visibility product and how it affects IT organizations. Read the piece for more!
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Kentik - Get Observability and Monitoring Under Control
Pure Storage Portworx: Taking the Challenge Out of Kubernetes
Amidst launches and anniversaries, Pure Storage presented on updates to their Portworx product at Tech Field Day in September. What new and exciting K8s capabilities are available from the cloud-forward storage solution? Read this piece to find out.
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Pure Storage Portworx: Taking the Challenge out of Kubernetes
Xilinx SmartNICs for the Enterprise Data Center
At September’s Tech Field Day event, Xilinx presented their answer to growing concerns of data center performance: SmartNICs. These intelligent, reprogrammable chips make it easy to streamline operations by offloading compute resources from CPUs. Read the piece for a full rundown.
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Xilinx SmartNICs for the Enterprise Data Center
Upstack Your Thinking – With APIClarity
Justin Cohen of Can I Tech It? digs into the recent app release by Cisco: APIClarity. The tool keeps tabs on your microservices’ API calls, and is free on Github. Don’t forget to reach the end of the piece for a great demo of the tool!
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Upstack Your Thinking – With APIClarity
Briefings in Brief 102: ZPE Systems Melds Universal CPE With Out-Of-Band Management
The Packet Pushers take on the Networking Field Day presentations by ZPE Systems in this podcast episode. Specifically, Drew Conry-Murray and Ed Horley attended the event as delegates, and use their experiences there to guide the conversation on ZTE. Take a listen to learn more!
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Briefings In Brief 102: ZPE Systems Melds Universal CPE With Out-Of-Band Management
Ep 63 – NFD26 – the Art of Network Engineering
Looking for a fun and interactive discussion about what happened at last month’s Networking Field Day? Check out the latest podcast from delegates; A.J. Murray and Tim Bertino and guests Dan and Andy, as they converse about the presentations from Arista Networks, PathSolutions, Juniper Networks, Kentik, ZPE Systems and lastly, NetBeez. Tune into their channel for more!
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Ep 63 – NFD26 – The Art of Network Engineering
NFD26: Troubleshooting With Riverbed, the Story
The unifying theme for Riverbed is visibility and they have some powerful network management products to show for it. A Field Day delegate, Peter Welcher, describes the story Riverbed demonstrated at Networking Field Day in September along with the demo that was presented. Peter thoroughly describes his thoughts on the latest visibility products provided to him from Riverbed. Check out his post on LinkedIn for more!
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NFD26: Troubleshooting with Riverbed, The Story
CTS 271 – Ventev VenVolt 2 at MFD6
A new release that has Rowell Dionicio and Francois Verges excited is the VenVolt 2 that Ventev demoed at Mobility Field Day this past July! This podcast dives deep into the newest updates of the VenVolt 2 and how it compares to the old edition. Listen into this podcast from two Field Day delegates to see what changes were implemented for the VenVolt 2!
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CTS 271 - Ventev VenVolt 2 at MFD6
CTS 272: NetAlly’s BLE Survey & LANBERT
In this episode, Rowell Dionicio and Francois Verges, two Field Day delegates, take a look at two features for the EtherScope nXG that NetAlly showcased at July’s Mobility Field Day. The two features include the BLE survey and LANBERT, and by utilizing these features more tests can be done over a longer period of time! Check out the podcast for more detailed information!
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CTS 272: NetAlly's BLE Survey & LANBERT
CTS 268 – MFD6 Aruba Central & Wi-Fi 6E AP Reveal
Over the last few years, Aruba Networks has improved Aruba Central significantly as it becomes a huge part of any Aruba installation. Rowell Dionicio and Francois Verges, two Field Day delegates, expand how the Edge Services Platform makes it super easy for organizations to adopt Aruba Networks without all those capital expenditures. Check out their latest podcast about what Aruba Networks presented at Mobility Field Day last July!
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