Infrastructure is no longer the focus of enterprise IT, with the value of data and applications rising in prominence. Although infrastructure software and services are critical areas of consideration, the individual components that underly these systems are no longer as important. Most compute, memory, storage, and networking components function and perform similarly, so it takes […]
Managing the Blast Radius as System Components Get Bigger – Storage Field Day Roundtable
As every component of IT infrastructure gets bigger, we need to consider the impact of component faults. The so-called blast radius due to a failure has always been a consideration, and was taken into account with RAID, replication, high-availability architecture, and more. Even a small server has over a dozen cores, a terabyte of memory, […]
Edge Computing Past and Future Tech Field Day 26 Roundtable
What we now call edge computing is nothing new, but changes to the technology and communications stack have given it new purpose. Just as enterprise IT workloads are moving to the cloud, they are also moving to the edge, from 5G to remote offices to client devices. What has changed and how will this affect […]
It’s Time To Talk About Sustainability in Enterprise IT! A Field Day Roundtable
Every enterprise IT product company is talking about sustainability and climate change, but is it real or is it marketing? Although ESG includes social progress and good governance, environmental sustainability is the first area that technology companies can address. The side effect of sustainable infrastructure is that it can bring energy savings, sometimes paying for […]
Which Hyperscale Technologies Are Useful to the Enterprise? A Field Day Roundtable
With hyperscale cloud service providers increasingly driving IT product development and standards, how will their technology decisions impact enterprise datacenter architecture? From OCP and CXL to Kubernetes and microservices, products initially developed for hyperscalers are coming to enterprise IT. What are the most promising hyperscale technologies for enterprises?
What Comes Next for the Enterprise Datacenter? A Field Day Roundtable
The rise of hyperscalers and public cloud, edge and mobile means that the enterprise datacenter is no longer the center of the IT universe. How are these new demands changing the priorities of technology vendors and how is this transformation affecting the strategy and architecture of the datacenter?
What Will VMware Customers Do Next? A Field Day Roundtable
VMware is in a transition right now, with the company being acquired by Broadcom and many customers questioning what they will do next. In this Field Day delegate roundtable discussion, we will consider how enterprise IT architecture might change once the direction of VMware changes, both as a company and as a product. And what […]
Tech Field Day Joins CXL Forum at OCP Summit
Join the Tech Field Day delegates at OCP Summit for a special one-day event focused on CXL technology! The CXL Forum, sponsored by Micron, Intel, MemVerge, and Samsung, brings together the entire CXL industry to explore this exciting emerging technology. The CXL Forum includes presentations by companies across the industry and will culminate with a […]
Future of Wireless in 2022 Delegate Roundtable
Join Tech Field Day and the delegates from Mobility Field Day 8 as they discuss the future of wireless. What problems are facing the wireless and mobility industry today? How are we adapting to Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 6E? Are clients the source for all our woes? And what does that mean for Wi-Fi 7? […]
What Is the Number One Public Cloud? A Field Day Roundtable
Is the number one public cloud the one with the most resources, the most customers, the most mindshare, or the best service? That’s the question put to the Field Day delegates during this Gestalt IT Roundtable discussion. Setting aside size, which probably favors Alibaba over all, Amazon Web Services is driving the conversation in enterprise […]
Debating the Rise of the Supercloud – A Field Day Roundtable
Enterprise IT analysts and pundits are talking about the rise of the supercloud, which would incorporate the best aspects of public, hybrid, and private cloud infrastructure and offer a flexible overlay to enable seamless workload movement. But is this concept realistic, let alone appropriately named? That’s the question for the Field Day delegates during this […]
What Is a Cloud Architect? A Field Day Roundtable
Almost every Cloud Field Day delegate is now classified as a cloud architect. But what is a cloud architect really and how does the new job differ from that of the traditional IT architect? That’s the topic of this Roundtable discussion with the Cloud Field Day delegates.
What Is the Next Big Thing After Kubernetes? A Field Day Roundtable
Kubernetes is rapidly rising in enterprise IT, replacing Docker and VMware vSphere in the mind of cloud architects. But is K8s the final answer to IT infrastructure? Not at all! In this Cloud Field Day delegate Roundtable discussion, the group considers what comes after Kubernetes, both technically and metaphorically. In this Tech Field Day roundtable, […]
What Is Kubernetes Really? A Field Day Roundtable
Kubernetes is an open-source container orchestration system for automating software deployment, scaling, and management. But what does the name really mean? It’s not so simple, as the Cloud Field Day delegates debate in this Roundtable discussion. It’s also a framework for understanding modern cloud infrastructure and a shortcut to refer to an entire ecosystem of […]
Has Kubernetes Crossed the Chasm in Enterprise IT? A Field Day Roundtable
In this Field Day Roundtable discussion, the Cloud Field Day delegates discuss Kubernetes in the enterprise. Has it “crossed the chasm” and become a mainstream component of enterprise infrastructure? Is it the new standard to describe cloud services in enterprise IT? Has it replaced Docker or even VMware vSphere?