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SolarWinds – Machine Learning, Anomaly Detection, and Database Performance Analyzer

Thomas LaRock, Head Geek and Karlo Zatylny, Distinguished Engineer at SolarWinds discuss machine learning, anomaly detection, and Database Performance Analyzer.

SolarWinds – Observability: Metrics Traces, and Logs Aren’t Enough

Keith Kuchler, SolarWinds VP of Engineering discusses observability and when metrics, traces, and logs aren’t enough.

SolarWinds – Better Monitoring for Networks Both New and Old

SolarWinds Group Product Manager Chris O’Brien discusses Better Monitoring for Networks New and Old.

SolarWinds Strategy and Vision

Joe Kim, EVP of Engineering and Global CTO discusses the SolarWinds Strategy and Vision

Day 365 in the Life of a VMware Virtualization Admin

John Nicholson, Sr. Technical Marketing Architect, and Nigel Hickey, Technical Marketing Engineer, walk through the year as an admin. In this third video, they discuss scalability. How do we do this again? They also demonstrate vROPS and Quick Start.

Day 180 in the Life of a VMware Virtualization Admin

John Nicholson, Sr. Technical Marketing Architect, and Nigel Hickey, Technical Marketing Engineer, walk through the year as an admin. In this third video, they discuss what do to when everything is “on fire”. They dig into the status quo of life in the datacenter and discuss what to do when help is needed. They demonstrate […]

Day 0 in the Life of a VMware Virtualization Admin

John Nicholson, Sr. Technical Marketing Architect, introduces VMware’s presentation at Tech Field Day Austin, 2019. He then walks through the year as an admin, getting things off the ground on “day 0”. Nicholson and Nigel Hickey, Technical Marketing Engineer, discuss the progress made to simplify day 0 operations and demonstrate EasyInstall and Quick Start.

Day 30 in the Life of a VMware Virtualization Admin

John Nicholson, Sr. Technical Marketing Architect, walks through the year as an admin. In this second video, he discusses health checks, covering vSAN and vSphere health. How do these proactive alerts work to keep vSphere environments in shape? Nicholson and Nigel Hickey, Technical Marketing Engineer, also demonstrate vSphere and vSAN health and remediation methods.

NetApp Hybrid Cloud Reference Architecture for Active IQ

Each day, Active IQ receives telemetry data from more than 300,000 assets around the globe, adding to a multi-petabyte data lake that processes ten trillion data points each month.  Supporting a big data environment of this size with a traditional architecture is inefficient and expensive. In this 20-minute video, Shankar Pasupathy gives an overview of the […]

How NetApp Active IQ Uses Data Science to Deliver Insights and Recommendations

In data science, volume, velocity and variety matters. Shankar Pasupathy discusses how NetApp uses telemetry data from our large and diverse install base to deliver deep insights and recommendations with Active IQ.  He will also talk about ‘prescriptive ops” and how NetApp is helping ensure everyone managing NetApp storage is able to thrive. Presented by […]

A Day in the Life of NetApp Active IQ Users

During this live demo of Active IQ, Sudip Hore will walk through several key workflows for two personas: IT Admin and IT Architect.  You will see how an IT director ensures his systems are running properly, quickly addresses risks before they become problems, and stays on top of any security vulnerabilities.  Next, Sudip will show […]

Introducing NetApp Active IQ with Marty Mayer

The NetApp Active IQ intelligence engine uses machine learning, predictive analytics and community wisdom to create actionable intelligence that allows customers to proactively optimize their NetApp solutions and improve their user experience. In this 10-minute video, Marty Mayer will introduce Active IQ and its “Face” and “Brain.” He will look back at the evolution of […]

Datera Containers, VMs & Bare Metal: Let’s Talk About Containers

This presentation focuses on application portability, eliminating infrastructure lock-in, and graduating applications from QA/Test-dev to production without resource overload. Presented by Shailesh Mittal, Sr. Engineering Architect. Why containers? Application portability from on-premises to cloud Eliminating infrastructure lock-in from hardware dependent to software dependent What is a pod? Application intent driven, built for today and tomorrow […]

Datera Modern Data Center Awareness

This presentation explores failure domains, layer 3 networking, and why policy-based operations is so critical. Presented by Bill Borsari, Head of Field Systems Engineering. The modern data center Availability vs. agility Policy-based operations L3 networking and BGP peering Key workloads

Data Infrastructure Optimized for Constant Change with Datera

This session covers how Datera is built for always-on transparent data-movement and how Datera works to be distributed, lockless and application intent driven. Presented by Nic Bellinger, Chief Architect and Co-Founder, Datera. How Datera is built: Always-on transparent data movement for reduced complexity in planning and operation with no vendor lock-in and rapid hardware technology […]

Datera: How it is Built

How Datera delivers continuous availability and perpetual operation. Presented by Hal Woods, CTO, Datera.

Datera Introduction to Enterprise Sofware-Defined Storage

Datera introduces the evolution to the Software Defined Data Center and their value proposition. Hal Woods, CTO, discusses the following: Evolution of the Software Defined Data Center Datera value proposition Use cases (database acceleration, DBaaS, digital-first enterprises, cloud service providers, SaaS) Hardware partnerships are important: HPE, Intel, Fujitsu, Lenovo

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  • Jan 28-Jan 30 — AI Infrastructure Field Day 4
  • Mar 11-Mar 12 — Cloud Field Day 25
  • Mar 23-Mar 24 — Tech Field Day Extra at RSAC 2026
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  • Apr 15-Apr 16 — AI AppDev Field Day 3
  • Apr 29-Apr 30 — Security Field Day 15
  • May 6-May 8 — Mobility Field Day 14
  • May 13-May 14 — AI Field Day 8

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