Arista Networks Leaf SSU Demo

Kamal Bakshi, Technical Marketing Engineer, demonstrates Arista Networks Leaf SSU, covering the latest resilience features of EOS for highly-available spine/leaf designs. In this presentation at Networking Field Day 10, Kamal Bakshi showcased Arista Networks’ Leaf Stateful Switch Upgrade (SSU) capabilities by performing a live software upgrade on an Arista switch without disrupting ongoing traffic. The […]

Arista Networks 7500 Series Architecture

Hugh Holbrook, VP of Software Engineering, gives an overview of the Arista Networks 7500E series spine switch with a focus on the system buffering architecture. In his presentation at Networking Field Day 10, Holbrook explains how the Arista 7500E’s virtual output queue (VOQ) architecture is designed to minimize network congestion and improve application performance in […]

Arista Networks CloudVision Demo

Andre Pech, Director of Software Engineering, demonstrates Arista Networks CloudVision automation and orchestration platform. In this presentation, Andre Pech provides an in-depth demonstration of Arista’s CloudVision portal, showcasing its capabilities in network-wide automation and provisioning. CloudVision standardizes device configurations through a centralized network database, which defines the desired state of the entire network rather than […]

Arista Networks CloudVision Overview

Jeff Raymond, VP of EOS Software and Services at Arista, delivers an overview of the CloudVision offering with a focus on network-wide automation and orchestration, and its role within the broader SDN landscape. In the presentation at Networking Field Day 10, Raymond frames CloudVision as a pivotal product aimed at bridging the gap between highly […]

Arista Networks EOS SDK Demo

Ryan Madsen, Software Engineer, discusses the software development kit (SDK) for Arista Networks EOS platform and showcases examples of how to use the SDK to create software for EOS. In his presentation for Networking Field Day 10, Ryan Madsen introduces Arista’s EOS SDK, a development toolkit that allows users to write applications that can natively […]

Arista Networks EOS Evolution and Quality with Ken Duda

Ken Duda, Founder, CTO, and Senior VP of Software Engineering at Arista Networks, delivered a compelling presentation on the evolution and quality of Arista’s EOS software platform. Recorded on August 20, 2015, Duda emphasized that quality is the paramount concern for Arista, not just one of many priorities. He explained that the reliability of network […]

Arista Networks Overview

Anshul Sadana, Senior Vice President of Customer Engineering, introduces Arista Networks and talks about their product lines and applications in modern networks. In this presentation at Networking Field Day 10, Anshul Sadana delivers an in-depth overview of Arista Networks’ innovations and evolving approach to data center networking. He begins by describing the transition from traditional […]

Arista Networks Presents at Networking Field Day 10

Arista Networks presented at Networking Field Day 10, highlighting their innovative approach to data center networking. Anshul Sadana discussed Arista’s scalable solutions, including the “Spline” design, and emphasized network reliability and operational flexibility through automation and software programmability. Ken Duda focused on the evolution and quality of Arista’s EOS software platform, emphasizing culture, architecture, and […]

Cisco Presents at Networking Field Day 10

Rubrik Technology Deep Dive

Arvind Nithrakashyap, co-founder and CTO of Rubrik, presented a deep dive into the technology behind Rubrik during a Tech Field Day session on June 25, 2015. He began by sharing his extensive background in database recovery and scalability from his time at Oracle, where he worked on significant projects like the SuperDome architecture and Exadata. […]

Rubrik Presents at Virtualization Field Day 5

HGST Active Archive Hands-On

Roger Weeks, Technical Product Manager, presents the HGST Elastic Storage product to the Data Field Day delegates.

HGST Active Archive Use Cases

Barbara Murphy, VP of Marketing for Elastic Storage, and Roger Weeks, Technical Product Manager, present customer use cases for HGST Active Archive. They cover native S3 applications, mobile apps, backup and archive, data analytics, and how customers can try the product.

HGST Elastic Storage Platform & Active Archive Introduction

Roger Weeks, Technical Product Manager, presents the Elastic Storage Platforms Group and introduces Active Archive. He discusses who the group is and where they came from, what they are building, and where their target markets are.

HGST Active Archive System Architecture

Roger Weeks, Technical Product Manager, presents the HGST Elastic Storage platform and Active Architecture concept. He presents an overview of the system architecture, discusses system deployment and scale, and presents system performance.

HGST Storage Vision

Barbara Murphy, VP of Marketing for Elastic Storage at HGST, presents the product vision.

Nuage Networks Virtual Services Assurance Platform Overview

Dimitri Stiliadis, CTO and Co-founder of Nuage Networks, introduced the Nuage Networks Virtual Services Assurance Platform (VSAP) during the Tech Field Day Extra at ONUG Spring 2015. The platform is designed to enhance the operationalization of virtual networks and data center networks by addressing key aspects such as event correlation, error handling, and multi-vendor support. […]

HGST Presents at Data Field Day 1

VMware Virtual SAN Technical Discussion

In the VMware Virtual SAN Technical Discussion presented by Christos Karamanolis on March 12, 2015, Christos delves into the architectural decisions and goals behind VMware’s vSAN. He begins by explaining the primary objectives set out when vSAN was conceived about four and a half years prior. The main goal was to create a storage product […]

How Devices Connect to the Fabric: Understanding Cisco ACI Domains

Carly Stoughton, a Technical Marketing Engineer at Cisco, presented an in-depth look at how devices connect to the Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) fabric, focusing on the concept of ACI domains. She began by explaining the basic architecture of ACI, which includes a spine-leaf topology where all devices connect to leaf switches, and leaves connect to […]

Understanding the Cisco ACI Policy Model

Carly Stoughton, a Technical Marketing Engineer at Cisco, presented an in-depth look at the Cisco ACI policy model during a Tech Field Day session on February 13, 2015. She emphasized the unique aspects of the ACI policy model, which focuses on the needs of applications rather than the traditional method of configuring individual network devices. […]