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As a long-time delegate, Keith has participated in over 35 Field Day Events. He has participated in Cloud, Data Center, Networking, AI, and Storage events. With over 25 years of experience advising, managing, and designing enterprise architecture, Keith brings a unique IT decision-maker lens to Field Day events.

Keith Townsend will join us as a delegate at Next Gen HPE ProLiant Compute Deep Dive on April 8, 2025!


144 Links with Tag @CTOAdvisor, @VirtualizedGeek

  1. Coverage: Transforming Security Operations With Generative AI
  2. Coverage: Qlik – Opening a Broader Access to AI-Driven Data Analytics
  3. Coverage: Unlocking AI Potential: Insights Into Google Cloud’s Vertex AI Platform
  4. Coverage: Does Storage Matter in AI Inferencing? What About the SSD?
  5. Coverage: Defeating Data Gravity? – Hammerspace
  6. Coverage: Cloud Field Day – Infrastructure Matters on the Road
  7. Coverage: Taking Private Cloud to the Next Level
  8. Coverage: Do Processors Matter in the Cloud?
  9. Coverage: Navigating Multiple Observability Tools: Mezmo’s Goal of Simplifying the Journey
  10. Coverage: VMware Cross-Cloud: Is It a Viable Path Post Broadcom?
  11. Coverage: Navigating Multicloud Security Challenges: A Deep Dive Into Prosimo’s Approach
  12. Coverage: Navigating Multiple Observability Tools: Mezmo’s Goal of Simplifying the Journey
  13. Coverage: Private Data Centers vs. Public Cloud: Can Apstra Automation Bridge the Gap?
  14. Coverage: 155: GreyBeards SDC23 Wrap Up Podcast With Dr. J Metz, Technical Dir. Of Systems Design AMD and Chair of SNIA BoD
  15. Coverage: Cloud Adjacent vs. Native Cloud Services
  16. Coverage: Hybrid Infrastructure Is an Operating Model
  17. Coverage: Infrastructure as Code Is … Code
  18. Coverage: Solving the Cloud Skills Shortage
  19. Coverage: The Future of the Data Center Control Plane Is in the Public Cloud
  20. Coverage: Juniper Powered by MIST AI – This Stuff Is Hard
  21. Coverage: 118: GreyBeards Talks Cloud-Native Object Storage With Greg DiFraia, Scality and Stephen Bacon, HPE
  22. Coverage: CTOA Briefing – Storpool
  23. Coverage: NetApp Data Science Toolkit
  24. Coverage: Will the DPU Kill the Storage Array?
  25. Coverage: Cloud Application Mobility – The Hard Way
  26. Coverage: HPE vs Dell Cloud Stories – Who’s Winning?
  27. Coverage: Dell EMC PowerStore: TFDx Quick Take
  28. Coverage: OpenShift TFDx Hot Take – What’s the Tipping Point for K8s?
  29. Coverage: vSphere 7 and Kubernetes – Should Customers Wait?
  30. Coverage: vSphere 7 and Kubernetes – CTO Advisor Episode 118
  31. Coverage: Hot Take Zerto 8.0 Tech Field Day 21
  32. Coverage: Google Cloud VMware Engine – Hot Take
  33. Coverage: vSphere Kubernetes Hot Take
  34. Coverage: Dell Technologies PowerOne – Dell’s Private Cloud?
  35. Coverage: Kubernetes and Traffic Lights
  36. Coverage: Talent Is Heavier Than Data
  37. Coverage: 91: Keith and Ray Show at CommvaultGO 2019
  38. Coverage: Commvault Activate – CommvaultGo 2019
  39. Coverage: Commvault Metallic and AWS RDS on vSphere – The Future of IT
  40. Coverage: Master’s Lesson in IT Management
  41. Coverage: CommvaultGo 2019 Hot Take
  42. Coverage: Pure Accelerate: Cloud Block Service
  43. Coverage: Commvault Breaking the Storage Laws
  44. Coverage: VMware’s Cloud in 300-Words
  45. Coverage: Dell Tech Cloud CFD6 – Hot Take
  46. Coverage: Pure Accelerate FlashArray
  47. Coverage: Lucid Link CFD6 – Hot Take
  48. Coverage: NetApp CFD6 – Hot Take
  49. Coverage: EXTRAHOP CFD6 Hot Take
  50. Coverage: HashiCorp CFD6 Hot Take
  51. Coverage: Morpheus Data CFD6 – Hot Take
  52. Coverage: 89: Keith & Ray Show at Pure//Accelerate 2019
  53. Coverage: Hammerspace CFD6 – Hot Take
  54. Coverage: The Campus and Cloud-First
  55. Coverage: Intel Answering SAP HANA’s Tough Questions
  56. Coverage: Intel Data Centric Business Overview
  57. Coverage: Meet Field Day Delegate – Keith Townsend
  58. Coverage: Are CIO’s Missing the Metadata Bus?
  59. Coverage: Leveraging Backup to Advance Your Decision Making
  60. Coverage: Modern Data Protection Summary
  61. Coverage: Musing: The Short Life of Influencers — EtherealMind
  62. Coverage: Is Oracle Cloud an alternative to AWS?
  63. Coverage: Moving SAP and other legacy apps to the cloud
  64. Coverage: Rubrik – A metadata company in backup company’s clothing
  65. Coverage: Cloud Field Day Interview: Nick Janetakis
  66. Coverage: Serverless computing highlights new security challenges in hybrid IT
  67. Coverage: Cloud Field Day 3 Preview – Data Protection
  68. Coverage: NetApp Data Fabric Cloud Field Day 3 Preview
  69. Coverage: Mitigating the risk of Cloud Lift & Shift
  70. Coverage: An update on Oracle’s Cloud
  71. Coverage: HCI/Not HCI – It doesn’t matter
  72. Coverage: Storage is boring
  73. Coverage: Understandig CASB for SaaS Security
  74. Coverage: Solarwinds Orion Integration
  75. Coverage: Converged Infrastructure died a long time ago, right?
  76. Coverage: Are network vendors ignoring serverless security?
  77. Coverage: CTO Advisor 068: Commvault HyperScale
  78. Coverage: Why Docker is finally embracing Kubernetes
  79. Coverage: CTO Advisor 067: Should you worry about GDPR?
  80. Coverage: Should you worry about GDPR?
  81. Coverage: Don’t call it back up
  82. Coverage: On-premises Serverless with Docker via OpenFaaS
  83. Coverage: DockerCon 2017 EU – Docker integrates Kubernetes and Swarm
  84. Coverage: Why Docker is finally embracing Kubernetes
  85. Coverage: Understanding Serverless Computing
  86. Coverage: Why the hybrid IT control plane is destined for the public cloud
  87. Coverage: Datacore Tech Field Day 15 Reap
  88. Coverage: Riverbed Tech Field Day 15 Recap
  89. Coverage: Actifio Tech Field Day 15 Recap
  90. Coverage: Scale Computing Tech Field Day 15 Recap
  91. Coverage: Ixia Tech Field Day 15 Session Recap
  92. Coverage: Skyport Tech Field Day 15 Recap – YouTube
  93. Coverage: Cisco Tech Field Day 15 Session Recap
  94. Coverage: Inefficiencies of large systems
  95. Coverage: 3 things infrastructure pros need to know about nested virtualization on Google Cloud
  96. Coverage: Tech Field Day 15 Preview: Ixia
  97. Coverage: Techfield Day 15 Preview: DataCore
  98. Coverage: Tech Field Day 15 Preview: Skyport Systems
  99. Coverage: Techfield Day 15 Preview: Actifio
  100. Coverage: Tech Field Day 15 Preview: Scale Computing
  101. Coverage: NVMe to enable truly composable infrastructure?
  102. Coverage: VMworld 2017 preview: Current state of VMware
  103. Coverage: Is it time for virtual switch abstraction to fade?
  104. Coverage: Network as a Service provider TeloIP
  105. Coverage: 3 Linux Foundation networking projects that your business needs to know
  106. Coverage: [Video] Gigamon Network Field Day 15 Preview
  107. Coverage: IP Infusion: Network Field Day 15 Preview
  108. Coverage: Ah… NSX, We Meet Again.
  109. Coverage: Barefoot Networks looks to redefine ASIC in network device design with its Tofino chip
  110. Coverage: How Intel’s open source Data Plane Development Kit enables high-performance Linux networking
  111. Coverage: Is Cisco All in on Hyper-converged?
  112. Coverage: Simplifying Private Cloud – Easier said…
  113. Coverage: Cirba – Virtualization Field Day 6 Preview
  114. Coverage: ZeroStack – Virtualization Field Day 6 Preview
  115. Coverage: FalconStor – Virtualization Field Day 6 Preview
  116. Coverage: 3 must-watch startups from VMware alum
  117. Coverage: The potential of microservices within the data center
  118. Coverage: TechTalk 9: Copy data solutions
  119. Coverage: Hyperconverged vendor Maxta announces SDN partnership
  120. Coverage: Is Data Virtualization the Future of Enterprise Storage?
  121. Coverage: CopyData yeah… Long live Data Virtualization
  122. Coverage: [Video] Storage Field Day 7 Review
  123. Coverage: VMware – Storage Field Day 7 Preview
  124. Coverage: Transporter – Storage Field Day 7 Preview
  125. Coverage: Springpath – Storage Field Day 7 Preview
  126. Coverage: Primary Data – Storage Field Day 7
  127. Coverage: Maxta – Storage Field Day 7 Preview
  128. Coverage: Kaminario – Storage Field Day 7 Preview
  129. Coverage: Exablox – Storage Field Day 7 Preview
  130. Coverage: Cloudian – Storage Field Day 7 Preview
  131. Coverage: Catalogic Software – Storage Field Day 7 Preview
  132. Coverage: Hyper-converged systems: What you need to know about this hot virtualization topic
  133. Coverage: Why should CIO’s and business leaders care about Software Defined Networking
  134. Coverage: What’s is Software Defined Storage – Techtalk 42
  135. Coverage: Why abstraction (software-defined) is important – TechTalk 40
  136. Coverage: Software-Define alternative to Hyper-Convergence
  137. Coverage: Nutanix and Scale: Two ends of the hyper-converged market
  138. Coverage: Is the software defined data center a VMware only concept?
  139. Coverage: Dispelling the FUD around iSCSI
  140. Coverage: SDDC is a little less than Vaporware
  141. Coverage: The importance of the control plane in SDDC
  142. Coverage: EMC and VMware are disrupting Server SAN
  143. Coverage: Wet your VMworld whistle with this SDDC symposium
  144. Coverage: Wet your VMworld whistle with this SDDC symposium