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.

Intel – It’s About Getting the Right Kind of Fast at the Edge

After watching Intel present during August’s Storage Field Day event, Dan Frith shares the opinions he developed as a delegate in this piece. In particular, he covers the problem of content delivery networks (CDNs), and how Intel is positioned to solve it. Read the whole post to learn more!

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Intel – It’s About Getting The Right Kind Of Fast At The Edge

Intel and Lightbits Labs Make Storage Optimization Easy

During August’s Storage Field Day presentations, Intel detailed how they have integrated with Lightbits Labs to optimize enterprise IT storage. This post describes the events of the presentation and what the combined technology approach is capable of. Read the piece and watch the Intel + Lightbits presentation for more information.

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Intel and Lightbits Labs Make Storage Optimization Easy

Streamlining BDR With DRaaS From Infrascale

In a day and age riddled with malware and ransomware, Infrascale offers their BDR product as a solution to the problem. In their recent Storage Field Day appearance, Infrascale showcased the product, and how it serves the need of enterprise IT practitioners. Read the full coverage post for more details.

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Streamlining BDR with DRaaS from Infrascale

Meet Field Day Delegate – Tim Bertino

Meet Tim Bertino, the newest delegate joining our community for September’s Networking Field Day event. This piece shares insights into Bertino’s upbringing in the IT industry, and how he’s made a name for himself in enterprise IT networking. Read on to learn more about Tim Bertino!

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Meet Field Day Delegate – Tim Bertino

Meet Field Day Delegate – Craig Rodgers

Meet Craig Rodgers, the newest delegate joining our community for September’s Tech Field Day event. This piece shares insights into Rodger’s background and how he is tackling the ins and outs of the enterprise IT industry. Read on to learn more about Craig Rodgers!

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Meet Field Day Delegate – Craig Rodgers

Cisco Intersight Platform Unifies Look and Feel Across Environments

Among the many new advancements showcased at their exclusive Future Cloud Tech Field Day event, Cisco presented their Intersight Platform for consideration. With Intersight, IT practitioners can centralize and unify their hybrid cloud orchestration and management needs. Read this piece for a full coverage of what was presented.

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Cisco Intersight Platform Unifies Look and Feel Across Environments

Fujifilm Object Archive – Not Your Father’s Tape Library

At the recent Storage Field Day event, Dan Frith watched Fujifilm’s presentations as a delegate. This post covers his takes on their tape-based storage solution. Please read on to learn more!

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Fujifilm Object Archive – Not Your Father’s Tape Library

Cisco and ThousandEyes: Bringing Insights to Decentralized Environments

This piece details Cisco’s integrations with ThousandEyes. Specifically, it covers their exclusive Future Cloud Tech Field Day event. Read the piece to learn more.

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Cisco and ThousandEyes: Bringing Insights to Decentralized Environments

NGINX Sprint 2.0 Key Takeaways

This post shares the opinions of NGINX Sprint 2.0 delegate, Kati Lehmuskoski. In summary, it contains all of her final takes on the information shared there. Read the piece for more information.

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NGINX Sprint 2.0 Key Takeaways

Looking Back at NGINX Sprint 2.0

This post from Nick Janetakis wraps up the takeaways from NGINX Sprint 2.0, which he attended as a delegate. Specifically, it covers some of the final parts of the event, and the technologies presented. Read the piece for more info.

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Looking Back at NGINX Sprint 2.0

Racing to the Future With NGINX Sprint

The NGINX Sprint 2.0 event is upon us. This post from Tom Hollingsworth details an interview with a representative from NGINX, discussing the proceedings. Read the whole piece and watch its associated video for more info.

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Racing To the Future with NGINX Sprint

Ventev Powers the World’s Complex Networks

Simply put, massive scale networks need power, as showcased by Ventev during their Mobility Field Day appearance. This piece displays their network power solutions and their specifications. Learn more by reading the piece, and please, watch their presentations for even more information.

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Ventev Powers the World's Complex Networks

Juniper and Mist Put AI at the Helm of Wireless Networking

At the recent Mobility Field Day event, Juniper displayed even more networking capabilities of their Mist AI solution. Specifically, this post covers how Mist AI and Juniper can be used to manage wireless networks at scale. Read the piece and learn more.

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Juniper and Mist Put AI at the Helm of Wireless Networking

Pliops Accelerates Storage in the Cloud

This piece details Justin Warren’s experiences as a delegate during Pliops’ Cloud Field Day appearance. In it, he describes their Extreme Data Processor storage solution, which offloads compute resources from CPUs to increase efficiency. Read the piece to learn more.

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Pliops Accelerates Storage In The Cloud

Tech Field Day Returns With Avassa, Cisco, Pure Storage, and Xilinx

Tech Field Day is back this September! Join host Stephen Foskett as he and our esteemed delegates enjoy presentations from Cisco, Pure Storage, Avassa, and Xilinx. Watch all of the presentations to learn more!

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Tech Field Day Returns with Avassa, Cisco, Pure Storage, and Xilinx

NetAlly Puts Network Testing in Your Hands

At their recent Mobility Field Day appearance, NetAlly displayed their product portfolio containing a wide array of network testing tools. In particular, this piece covers their handheld testing tools, and how they can help expedite the process of network implementation immensely. Read on for more info.

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NetAlly Puts Network Testing in Your Hands

Komprise – It’s About Data, Not Storage

Dan Frith shares his time as a delegate during the Komprise portion of the recent Storage Field Day event he attended. In this post, he breaks into the concept of data-driven storage that Komprise showcased, and how it affects IT admins. Read on for the entirety of Frith’s thoughts and opinions on the matter.

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Komprise – It’s About Data, Not Storage

Storage Field Day 22 – (Fairly) Full Disclosure

This post is a disclosure from Dan Frith’s experiences as a Storage Field Day delegate. In it, he shares notes regarding the materials received from sponsors as well as other happenings from the event. Learn more by reading the entire post!

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Storage Field Day 22 – (Fairly) Full Disclosure

Infrascale Puts the Customer First

This post from Dan Frith details his experiences as a delegate during Infrascale’s Storage Field Day presentation. In particular, it addresses his opinions towards the information and products showcased there. Read on for the full picture.

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Infrascale Puts The Customer First

The Gap Between Marketing and Product Reality

The excellent Gina Rosenthal describes her experiences as a delegate for Dell’s exclusive Tech Field Day event. In this post, she tackles the age-old problem of overpromising and underdelivering that technology marketing can conflate compared to the actual product. Read on to learn why she broaches this issue.

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The gap between marketing and product reality