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Storage Field Day 1 – Silicon Valley
For the first time, Gestalt IT will host a special IT storage-focused Field Day event in April 2012! This unique event brings together innovative enterprise storage vendors and independent thought leaders, allowing them to get to know one another and discuss key technology issues. It is a forum for engagement, education, hands-on experience, and feedback.
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For the first time, Gestalt IT will host a special IT storage-focused Field Day event in April 2012! This unique event brings together innovative enterprise storage vendors and independent thought leaders, allowing them to get to know one another and discuss key technology issues. It is a forum for engagement, education, hands-on experience, and feedback. This is Gestalt IT's third year of Tech Field Day events - learn more at the Tech Field Day site!
Storage Field Day 1 will be held in Silicon Valley on April 25-27, 2012!
Delegate List
L-R: Derek Schauland, Robert Novak, Scott Lowe, Robin Harris, Ray Lucchesi, Howard Marks, Stephen Foskett, Fabio Rapposelli, Nigel Poulton, Chris Evans, Arjan Timmerman, Dwayne Lessner, Hans De Leenheer, Matt Simmons
Delegates are selected by the Field Day Delegate community. For more information on our selection process, please see our page about becoming a Field Day Delegate.
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Robin Harris | StorageMojo ZDNet |
@StorageMojo |
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Hans De Leenheer | HansDeLeenheer | @HansDeLeenheer |
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Chris M Evans | The Storage Architect | @ChrisMEvans |
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Dwayne Lessner | IT Blood Pressure | @dlink7 |
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Scott D. Lowe | TechRepublic Virtualization Admin |
@OtherScottLowe |
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Ray Lucchesi | Ray on Storage Silverton Consulting |
@RayLucchesi |
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Howard Marks | DeepStorage Network Computing |
@DeepStorageNet |
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Robert Novak | rsts11 Google+ |
@gallifreyan |
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Nigel Poulton | InfoSmack Podcast NigelPoulton.com |
@NigelPoulton |
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Fabio Rapposelli | Juku P2V IT |
@FabioRapposelli |
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Derek Schauland | Technically Speaking TechRepublic |
@WebJunkie |
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Arjan Timmerman | VDICLOUD ITQ |
@Arjantim |
Presenter List
All presentations will be streamed live on this page, at TechFieldDay.com, and at some delegate and presenter web sites. The times below are local time (US Pacific).
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Kaminario | @Kaminario | 08:00 |
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Nimbus Data | @NimbusData | 10:30 |
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Drobo | @Drobo | 13:30 |
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Coraid | @Coraid | 16:00 |
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Quest Software | @Quest | 18:30 Presentation 19:30 Party |
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Dell | @Dell_Storage | 08:00 |
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Brocade | @BRCDcomm | 10:30 |
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Tintri | @TintriInc | 13:30 |
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PureStorage | @PureStorage | 16:00 |
Solid State Storage Symposium – San Jose, CA
On April 25, 2012 the industry will come together at the Solid State Storage Symposium! This all-day in-person event features panelists from key enterprise storage companies and will be moderated by independent experts, including Stephen Foskett.
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Data storage is changing, with solid-state technologies presenting a unique challenge to spinning disks. But not all solid-state storage is equivalent, and new architectures will be needed to apply solid-state enterprise use cases.
On April 25, 2012 the industry will come together at the Solid State Storage Symposium! This all-day in-person event features panelists from key enterprise storage companies and will be moderated by independent experts, including Stephen Foskett, Robin Harris, Chris Evans, Howard Marks, and Nigel Poulton.
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The Solid State Storage Symposium will be held in San Jose immediately preceding Storage Field Day. It will be streamed live from the Tech Field Day site and will include many of the Field Day delegates.
Free tickets are available now if you would like to attend in person!
When: Wednesday, April 25, 2012, from 9 AM to 4 PM
Where: DoubleTree Hotel, San Jose, CA
Who: Anyone with an interest in solid-state storage (end users, press/analysts, and vendor employees welcome!)
How: Claim your free ticket at our EventBrite page!
Order of the Day
09:00-12:15 - Morning Session
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Stephen Foskett Pack Rat |
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Dave Wright SolidFire |
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Suresh Vasudevan Nimble Storage |
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Tom Isakovich Nimbus Data |
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Jonathan Goldick Violin Memory |
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Vijay Karamcheti Virident |
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Peter Velikin Velobit |
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Jered Floyd Permabit |
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Scott Stetzer STEC |
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Brian Sorby EMC |
| 11:45 - Keynote: Robin Harris | |
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Robin Harris StorageMojo |
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| Solid-state storage is here to stay, but flash isn't. Nor is RAID. Will commoditization win in the enterprise or will a dozen niches bloom? The current architectures are broken, but what will take their place? | |
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12:15-13:30 - Break/Lunch - Provided
13:30-16:00 - Technology Deep-Dive Sessions
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Brian Sorby EMC |
Dan Leary Nimble Storage |
Dave Wright SolidFire |
Keith Brown STEC |
Peter Velikin Velobit |
Vijay Karamcheti Virident |
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| Solid state disks blur the boundary between cache and storage, with a foot in both camps. Can solid state drives really be treated as a new tier of storage or simply as a way to add more performance enhancing cache to existing arrays? This panel will discuss whether data should permanently reside on solid state media or whether the optimum and most cost effective solution is to simply use SSD to hold the working set of data in the array. | ||||||
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| Nigel Poulton InfoSmack Podcast NigelPoulton.com |
Umesh Maheshwari Nimble Storage |
Tom Isakovich Nimbus Data |
Dave Wright SolidFire |
Narayan Venkat Violin Memory |
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| The 20+ year old array architectures that are served up, day-in day-out, by the traditional vendors are struggling to cope with todays I/O demands. How they will cope with tomorrow's is anyone's guess. Looking to plug the hole and steal their business is an increasing crop of solid-state array vendors. Yet they're all going about it entirely differently. This panel will get to the bottom of how to design great SSD arrays and why they're architected like that. | ||||||
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| Howard Marks DeepStorage Network Computing |
Tom Isakovich Nimbus Data |
Dave Wright SolidFire |
Narayan Venkat Violin Memory |
Vijay Karamcheti Virident |
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| Today we use flash and SSDs everywhere from notebooks to PCIe cards in servers and enterprise arrays. In this session our panel will consider the future of solid state storage systems and answer some interesting questions. Will SSDs kill spinning disk? Do 2.5” SAS or SATA disks have a place in the data center of the future? What does the next generation of flash bring to the market? What about PCM, Memristors and other new SSD technologies? | ||||||
Join Us!
Join us at the DoubleTree San Jose Hotel on Wednesday for the Solid State Storage Symposium
Tickets for live attendance at the Solid State Storage Symposium are available now, and we will be streaming the entire event live over the Internet. Watch this page for the embedded video!
About the Organisers
Packet Pushers is a podcast and website focussed on data networking. The weekly podcast reaches a highly technical audience of 3500 network engineers and architects.
Tech Field Day is a regular event that brings together vendors and independent thought leaders to share information and opinions in a presentation and discussion format. Independent bloggers, freelance writers, and podcasters have a public presence that has immense influence on the ways that products and companies are perceived and by the general public.
Networking Field Day 3 – Silicon Valley
Gestalt IT’s third networking-focused Field Day event was held on March 29 and 30 in Silicon Valley! Our sponsors included Brocade, SolarWinds, NEC, Arista, Infineta, Cisco, and Spirent.
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Gestalt IT's third networking-focused Field Day event was held on March 29 and 30 in Silicon Valley! This unique event brings together innovative IT product vendors and independent thought leaders, allowing them to get to know one another. It is a forum for engagement, education, hands-on experience, and feedback. This is Gestalt IT's third year of Tech Field Day events - learn more at the Tech Field Day site!
Delegate List
L-R: Brandon Carroll, Ethan Banks, Tom Hollingsworth, Derick Winkworth, Matt Simmons, Stephen Foskett, Jeremy Gaddis, Claire Chaplais, Tony Bourke, Mrs. Y, Marko Milivojevic, Brad Casemore, Greg Ferro, Ivan Pepelnjak, Josh O'Brien, Chris Marget
Delegates are selected by the Field Day Delegate community. For more information on our selection process, please see our page about becoming a Field Day Delegate.
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Ethan Banks | Packet Pushers | @ECBanks |
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Tony Bourke | The Data Center Overlords | @TBourke |
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Brandon Carroll | Brandon Carroll TechRepublic |
@BrandonCarroll |
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Brad Casemore | Twilight in the Valley of the Nerds | @BradCasemore |
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Greg Ferro | EtherealMind Packet Pushers |
@EtherealMind |
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Jeremy L. Gaddis | Evil Routers | @JLGaddis |
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Tom Hollingsworth | The Networking Nerd | @NetworkingNerd |
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Josh O'Brien | StaticNAT | @JoshOBrien77 |
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Chris Marget | Fragmentation Needed | @ChrisMarget |
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Marko Milivojevic | IPExpert MarkoM |
@IceMarkoM |
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Ivan Pepelnjak | ipSpace.net | @IOSHints |
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Derick Winkworth | Cloud Toad | @CloudToad |
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Mrs. Y. | Packet Pushers | @MrsYisWhy |
Presenter List
| Thursday, March 29 | |||
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SolarWinds | @SolarWinds | 08:00-10:00 |
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NEC | @NECam1 | Watch Now! |
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Arista Networks | @AristaNetNews | Watch Now! |
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Infineta | @Infineta | 16:00-18:00 |
| Friday, March 30 | |||
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Cisco Borderless Cisco DC |
@CiscoGeeks @CiscoDC |
08:00-12:00 |
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Spirent | @Spirent | 13:30-15:30 (not streamed) |
More Information
If you would like to sponsor or attend the events as a delegate, please contact Stephen Foskett, Gestalt IT Community Organizer, at [email protected] or call +1(508)451-9532. The deadline for presenting sponsors is February 1, 2012.
Virtualization Field Day 2 – Silicon Valley
Tech Field Day will return to Silicon Valley in February, 2012!This unique event brings together innovative IT product vendors and independent thought leaders, allowing them to get to know one another. It is a forum for engagement, education, hands-on …
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Tech Field Day will return to Silicon Valley in February, 2012!This unique event brings together innovative IT product vendors and independent thought leaders, allowing them to get to know one another. It is a forum for engagement, education, hands-on experience, and feedback. This is Gestalt IT's fourth year of Tech Field Day events - learn more at the Tech Field Day site!
Video Recordings
Virtualization Field Day 2 was held on February 22-24, 2012!
Delegate List
Delegates are selected by the Field Day Delegate community. For more information on our selection process, please see our page about becoming a Field Day Delegate.
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Edward Haletky | The Virtualization Practice | @Texiwill |
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Rodney Haywood | Musings of Rodos | @Rodos |
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Bill Hill | Virtual Bill | @Virtual_Bill |
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Mike Laverick | RTFM Education | @Mike_Laverick |
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Dwayne Lessner | IT Blood Pressure | @Dlink7 |
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Scott Lowe | TechRepublic Virtualization Admin |
@OtherScottLowe |
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Roger Lund | vRoger vBrainstorm |
@RogerLund |
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Robert Novak | RSTS11 | @Gallifreyan |
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David Owen | VMackem | @VMackem |
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Brandon Riley | Virtual Insanity | @BrandonJRiley |
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Todd Scalzott | Don't Call Me Scott | @TScalzott |
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Rick Schlander | Virtualization with VMware Technology | @VMRick |
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Chris Wahl | Wahl Network | @ChrisWahl |
Presenter List
Watch the following presentations live on this page, or see the videos listed here. Note: All times are US Pacific Time Zone.
Presenting Sponsors
More Information
If you would like to sponsor or attend the events as a delegate, please contact Stephen Foskett, Gestalt IT Community Organizer, at [email protected] or call +1(508)451-9532. The deadline for presenting sponsors is January 1, 2012.
