Comparing Modern All-Flash Architectures – Dave Wright, SolidFire

In this Tech Field Day presentation recorded on April 24, 2014, SolidFire CEO and Founder Dave Wright delves into the architectural design decisions and trade-offs of three major all-flash storage systems: SolidFire, EMC XtremIO, and Pure Storage. Wright emphasizes the importance of understanding the strengths and weaknesses of different architectures rather than simply claiming superiority. […]

Avaya Fabric Connect SPB Deep Dive

Avaya Fabric Connect, based on IEEE 802.1aq Shortest Path Bridging (SPB), is revolutionizing large network infrastructures globally, including the network for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games. Paul Unbehagen, Chief Architect for Avaya Networking and co-author of the IEEE 802.1aq specification, presented a deep dive into this technology. He explained how Avaya Fabric Connect simplifies […]

Introduction to Tail-f and NCS

Carl Moberg, VP of Technology at Tail-f, presented an introduction to Tail-f and its Network Control System (NCS) at Tech Field Day on February 19, 2014. Tail-f, a Swedish software company founded in 2005, initially focused on providing software to equipment providers, embedding their solutions into routers and switches from major vendors. Their first product, […]

Virident Use Cases

Earle Philhower, Technical Marketing Manager at Virident | HGST, presents use cases for the company’s products.

Matthew Gast Presents Multi-User MIMO in 802.11ac

Matthew Gast’s presentation on Multi-User MIMO in 802.11ac, recorded on August 7, 2013, delves into the intricacies and future potential of the technology. Gast begins by humorously acknowledging the lack of physical products to demonstrate, as the technology was still in development stages, with expected industry rollout the following year. He outlines the four key […]

Dell vMonitoring Foglight for Virtualization Demonstration with Thomas Bryant

In this demonstration from Tech Field Day 9, Thomas Bryant, Principal Architect at Dell, showcases Foglight for Virtualization, a comprehensive monitoring and analytics solution for virtualized environments. He walks through the product’s capabilities in monitoring virtualization platforms, physical infrastructure, applications, and storage environments, emphasizing proactive problem detection and ease of data interpretation. Key concepts include […]

Dell Active Infrastructure Vision

Dell’s Active Infrastructure aims to redefine the data center by enabling IT agility, simplifying management, and improving operational efficiency through integrated systems and unified management. Presented at Tech Field Day 9, Dell outlines how their Active Infrastructure portfolio supports this vision via modular and converged approaches that cater to both greenfield and existing environments, emphasizing […]

Dell Active System Manager

Dell Active System Manager is a converged or unified management solution that brings Dell’s active systems and active solutions together to facilitate automated workload delivery and comprehensive end-to-end infrastructure lifecycle management. This tool is designed to simplify data center management by centralizing and automating the deployment, monitoring, and scaling of IT resources through a single […]

Dell Data Protection Product Capability and Roadmap

Dell’s data protection team has made significant progress developing in-house capabilities and integrating technologies to deliver a consolidated and robust data protection portfolio. By leveraging key technologies from multiple acquisitions and developing a unified vision for backup, replication, and recovery, Dell aims to provide the industry’s most comprehensive and integrated data protection solutions suited for […]

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