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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


214 Links with Tag @SFoskett

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

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