Stephen Foskett

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Stephen is the President of the Tech Field Day business unit for The Futurum Group. An active participant in the world of enterprise information technology, Stephen currently focuses on AI, edge, and cloud, and is a long-time voice in enterprise storage.

Stephen organizes the popular Tech Field Day event series for The Futurum Group, bringing a panel of independent technical content creators together with leading companies in the industry. We organize our Field Day events throughout the year in different topics, and also bring our community to industry events. Stephen also hosts the weekly Utilizing Tech podcast, and contributes to numerous podcasts, webcasts, and industry news reports.

A graduate of Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where he studied the impact of technology and society, Stephen has lived in northeast Ohio for a decade. He frequently travels to Silicon Valley for Field Day events and appears on-stage, in analyst and press panels, and behind the scenes at events around the world.



197 Events Staffed


86 Field Day Appearances


149 Field Day Videos


204 Links with Tag @SFoskett

  1. AI Doesn’t Make App Dev Any Better
  2. Exploring the Future of App Development at AppDev Field Day from KubeCon and CloudNativeCon
  3. Platform9 Launches Private Cloud Director
  4. Techstrong Gang – October 29, 2024
  5. Techstrong Gang – October 22, 2024
  6. Data Infrastructure Is A Lot More Than Storage
  7. Using AI To Connect Business Workflows
  8. Techstrong Gang – September 24, 2024
  9. Exploring the Importance of Data Infrastructure at AI Data Infrastructure Field Day 1
  10. AI and Cloud Demand a New Approach to Cyber Resilience featuring Commvault
  11. Techstrong Gang – September 17, 2024
  12. Demand for AI Pushes Up the Global AI PC Adoption Curve
  13. Hardware Still Matters at the Edge
  14. Taking Technology to the Edge at Edge Field Day 3
  15. AI Solves All Our Problems
  16. The Shifting Focus of AI at AI Field Day 5
  17. AI is Not a Fad
  18. What’s Causing a Skills Shortage in Mainframe?
  19. AI as We Know It is Just a Fad
  20. Mainframes Take the Main Stage at SHARE Kansas City 2024
  21. Qlik – Opening a Broader Access to AI-Driven Data Analytics
  22. The Mainframe is Still Going Strong
  23. Open Source Helps Small Businesses Modernize Applications
  24. Everything is the Cloud and The Cloud is Everything
  25. GenAI is Revolutionizing the Enterprise
  26. Google Shares the Scope of Enterprise Cloud at Cloud Field Day
  27. Techstrong Gang June 11, 2024
  28. Announcements From Qlik Connect | Gestalt IT Rundown: June 5, 2024
  29. Cloud Native is Just a Marketing Term
  30. Looking at the Rapidly Evolving Modern Cloud at Cloud Field Day 20
  31. Qlik Cloud Integration With Talend
  32. Moving Beyond Platform Engineering and IT Operations at AppDev Field Day
  33. Platform Engineering Is the Revenge of IT Operations
  34. The Critical Role of Advanced Storage in AI Data Infrastructure
  35. Data Quality is More Important Than Ever in an AI World with Qlik
  36. Containerization is Required to Modernize Applications at the Edge
  37. Credible Content From the Community is More Important than Ever
  38. The Bedrock of AI Is Data With Nick Magnuson and Clive Bearman of Qlik
  39. The Year of AI at AI Field Day 4
  40. Cloud Field Day – Infrastructure Matters on the Road
  41. The Truth Behind SaaS Data Recovery With W Curtis Preston
  42. Mind the Gap Between Hyperscale and Enterprise IT
  43. NodeWeaver: Pioneering Edge Computing Solutions for Tomorrow’s Challenges
  44. Automation, Analytics, and More at Cloud Field Day 18
  45. The Present and Future of Edge at Edge Field Day 2
  46. Storage Field Day 26 Is Headed to SNIA’s Storage Developer Conference
  47. Things Are Heating Up for Tech Field Day Extra at VMware Explore
  48. Announcements From Cisco Live
  49. Elevate Your Cloud Knowledge at Cloud Field Day 17
  50. What Is a Cloud Database and How Does It Work?
  51. Takeaways From the Recent Storage Field Day
  52. Enterprise Storage Enters a New Age
  53. What’s New in Storage at Storage Field Day 25
  54. Unraveling the Key Themes of Edge Computing – a Roundtable Discussion
  55. The IT Industry Is Doing Better Than It Seems
  56. IP Address Management in a Modern Dynamic Network
  57. Edge Is Not Just Cloud or Datacenter
  58. Deploying Applications Across Edge Locations With Mako Networks and Avassa
  59. Security Automation With ZEDEDA and Opengear
  60. Looking Forward to Tech Field Day 27
  61. Learn More About Edge Computing at the First Edge Field Day Event
  62. Is Kubernetes a Good Fit for Edge Computing?
  63. What Are the Limits of Edge Computing?
  64. Cloud Field Day Looks to the Next Generation in January
  65. Measuring the Current Day Blast Radius of Outages
  66. Edge Computing – Through the Timeline
  67. Digging Deeper Into the Theme of Sustainability in Enterprise IT
  68. Tech Field Day Is Back With a Mix of CXL
  69. Storage Field Day Returns to Silicon Valley!
  70. CFDx NetApp – Thoughts
  71. Cloud Field Day 15 Returns to Silicon Valley!
  72. Take Charge of Your Multicloud Environment With NetApp: A Cloud Field Day Extra
  73. Gestalt IT Is Headed to VMware Explore US 2022!
  74. ML Commons Unveils MLPerf Training V2.0 | Gestalt IT Rundown: June 29, 2022
  75. Cloud Field Day Returns, Bridging the Datacenter to the Cloud
  76. AI Field Day Returns With a Focus on Data
  77. Developer Advocacy Isn’t Exactly What We Think It Will Be
  78. Do Enterprises Need Private Cellular?
  79. Join the Networking Field Day Experience at Aruba Atmosphere 22!
  80. Episode 14 – Having a Field Day With AI Expert Stephen Foskett
  81. How to Connect Everything From Everywhere With ZeroTier
  82. State of the Cloud
  83. Cloud Field Day Returns November 3-5, 2021
  84. The Cloud Is Finally Ready for the Enterprise
  85. Tech Field Day Returns With Avassa, Cisco, Pure Storage, and Xilinx
  86. Returning to NGINX Sprint 2.0 With Tech Field Day
  87. Tech Field Day Presents Dell Technologies HCI & Storage: Cutting Edge Infrastructure to Drive Your Business
  88. Announcing Storage Field Day 22, August 4-6, 2021
  89. Intel Sapphire Rapids Rushes Back to 2022 | Gestalt IT Rundown: June 30, 2021
  90. Pegasus Flies to Exploit Journalist Phones | Gestalt IT Rundown: July 21, 2021
  91. US Government Strikes Down JEDI | Gestalt IT Rundown: July 07, 2021
  92. The Enterprise Is Not Ready for AI
  93. AI Field Day Returns May 27 and 28
  94. Join Us on April 27th for Making the Future of Data Possible: An Event by Scality and HPE!
  95. Scality Announces ARTESCA | Gestalt IT Rundown: April 28, 2021
  96. Intel Updates the Xeon Scalable Platform With Tech Field Day
  97. Join Tech Field Day on April 21-23, 2021
  98. Cisco Live Global 2021 Keynote Liveblog
  99. Presenters React to the Networking Field Day Experience
  100. Cloud Field Day Returns March 10-12, 2021
  101. Taking a Deep Dive Into Modern Storage Solutions With Storage Field Day 21
  102. Is Storageless Storage Just Someone Else’s Storage?
  103. Gestalt IT Rundown: December 16, 2020
  104. Scality and Cloud Field Day: A Bond That Spans Years
  105. Converging Conference Communities in the Cloud
  106. Voices in Innovation – Enrico Signoretti Explores the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Online Events
  107. Pure Storage FlashRecover Brings Cohesity to FlashBlade
  108. Judges on Fire: Stephen Foskett, Organizer in Chief, Tech Field Day
  109. Coming Together During COVID-19, With Stephen Foskett of Gestalt IT
  110. Day Two Cloud 038: Making the Case for Third-Party Cloud Storage
  111. BONUS: The Origins of Tech Field Day – the On-Premise IT Roundtable
  112. Meet the #TFD Founder: Stephen Foskett
  113. Juniper NXTWORK 2019 Keynote Live Blog
  114. Druva Protects Corporate Data Outside the Firewall
  115. Where Did Tech Field Day Come From? Tech Field Day at 10
  116. SolarWinds Aims to Connect the Data Dots
  117. Meeting the Storage Performance Requirements of AI and ML Workloads With WekaIO
  118. Nth Generation Symposium Keynote Live Blog
  119. Celebrating 10 Years of Pure Storage and Tech Field Day
  120. It’s All About the Delegates: Tech Field Day at 10
  121. Tech Field Day 20 – The Ten Year Anniversary Edition
  122. Commvault Go Day 2 Live Blog
  123. Stephen Foskett Gets the Latest News From Commvault at Commvault GO 2019
  124. Why You Should Consider Software-Defined Storage in Your Data Center
  125. Accelerate Day 1 Recap With Stephen Foskett From Gestalt IT by Pure Storage
  126. Pure Accelerate 2019 Day 2 Keynote Liveblog
  127. Pure Accelerate 2019 Day 1 Keynote Liveblog
  128. IBM’s New Class of Data Protection: Upcycling of the IT World?
  129. Leaving the Ecuador Open | Gestalt IT Rundown, September 18, 2019
  130. Can You Avoid Moving to the Cloud? No, and Why Would You?
  131. StorPool’s Strategy Rose to the Cloud—and Beyond!
  132. vSoccer at VMworld 2019
  133. The Contention Window: S1E12 : TechFieldDay – Mobility Field Day 4 Preview
  134. I Met Stephen Foskett
  135. What You See and What You Get When You Follow Me
  136. You’re Wrong About Data Protection Policy
  137. Nyansa Wants to Be the IoT Sheriff
  138. Liveblog: Intel Data-Centric Innovation Day 2019
  139. Intel’s Crossover Point: A 3D Spork?
  140. Voices in Data Storage – Episode 9: A Conversation With Stephen Foskett
  141. Goodbye X-IO, Hello Axellio and Violin 2.0!
  142. NetApp: HCI Stands For “Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure”
  143. NetApp’s Data Fabric Gets Real
  144. Smaller Conferences Can Have a Bigger Impact
  145. 9 Years of Tech Field Days with Stephen Foskett
  146. Commvault and Services
  147. Cloud Storage – AWS, Azure, and Beyond
  148. Multi-Cloud, DevOps, and Storage
  149. 3D XPoint Is At A Crossroads – Can Intel and Micron Deliver?
  150. What Differentiates Servers in a Commodity x86 World?
  151. Tech ONTAP Podcast: NetApp at Storage Field Day 15
  152. A Conversation with Congruity360 COO Mark Shirman
  153. Commvault GO 2017 Keynote Live Blog!
  154. #CiscoChampion Radio, S4|Ep.14: All About Tech Field Day
  155. Surprise! Facebook Shares Dramatically Improve Reach, Clicks, and Views
  156. Storage is Getting Cloudier!
  157. The Year of Cloud Extension
  158. Pure Accelerate 2017 Keynote Live Blog
  159. SPEP03 – TFD12 | Open TechCast
  160. What’s The Deal With Containers, Anyway?
  161. Tech Field Day: Seven Years Later
  162. Geek Speak: Snapshots Aren’t Backups (But They Could Be A Big Part…)
  163. Speaking in Tech: ‘Radical dev-docused’ work from Apple…
  164. Speaking in Tech: How good is the UK’s broadband? Really awful
  165. TECHunplugged Austin is One Packed Event
  166. Talking NVMe, 3DXpoint and Networking
  167. Tech Field Day Viewership Rockets Forward in 2015
  168. Every Device Can Speak SMB Protocol Thanks To Visuality Systems
  169. Live Streaming Video Adds to the Tech Field Day Experience
  170. Storage Field Day 8 Brings the Enterprise Storage Industry Together
  171. Infinidat’s Solution For the I/O Blender: Math
  172. What’s In A Name?
  173. Generation 3 drobo: Fall In Love All Over Again
  174. VFD4 – The email
  175. Cisco’s Trojan Horse
  176. Networking Field Day 8
  177. Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2014
  178. SolarWinds Showcases Virtualization Management for Hybrid IT and More at VMworld(R) US 2014
  179. #VMEspresso with SolarWinds at VMworld: “Storage I/O is About to Get Crazy”
  180. Why is DataGravity Such a Big Deal?
  181. 08 – Wireless Field Day 7 Kickoff « On The Fly Wi-Fi
  182. On experts, influencers, and evangelists
  183. Is Storage the Killer App for Software-Defined Networking?
  184. Show 184 – The Future of Networking Part 2 as Inspired by #NFD7
  185. Software-Defined Data Center Symposium, April 22 in Santa Clara, CA
  186. My Tech Field Day VFD3 Experience
  187. The Future of Networking Part 1 As Inspired By #NFD7
  188. “Everybody’s On the Internet, and Nobody Cares”
  189. Scaling Storage At The Client
  190. Scaling Storage In Conventional Arrays
  191. Scale-Out Storage Field Day?
  192. VMware-Integrated Caching? Not So Fast!
  193. SimpliVity Announcement Roundup
  194. AirTight Networks to Make its Live Tech Field Day Debut at Wireless Field Day 5 in Silicon Valley
  195. SDDC Interview: Tech Field Day’s Stephen Foskett and Tom Hollingsworth
  196. Show 153 – Cisco Live 2013 Roundtable Discussion with Tech Field Day
  197. Scaling Storage Is Hard To Do
  198. How Does OpenFlow Impact The Daily Life Of Networkers?
  199. We Might Be In The Business of Technology, But It’s The People That Make It Great
  200. Storage Field Day 3 Is Here!
  201. Solid State Storage Symposium – San Jose, CA
  202. Storage Field Day 1 – Silicon Valley
  203. Show 141 – The Pace of Change Is Picking Up
  204. One Year of Tech Field Day Video: 90,000 Views!

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