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Cloud Field Day 7

Cloud Field Day 7

April 22–April 24, 2020

#CFD7

Who: Cloud

What: Field Day

When: Past

Location: Virtual

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Delegate Panel

Delegates are selected by the Field Day Delegate community. For more information on our selection process, please see our page about becoming a Field Day Delegate.

Alastair Cooke

@DemitasseNZ

Alastair is a Tech Field Day event lead at the Futurum group, specializing in Cloud, DevOps, and Edge.

Ather Beg

@AtherBeg

Enterprise Solutions Architect @Rackspace | VCIX6/VCAP5-DCD/DCA | AWS SA Pro | Tech Enthusiast | Blogger | @OpenTechCast Host | #vExpert x9, #Cloud, #NSX, #HCX

Chris Grundemann

@ChrisGrundemann

Independent advisor, analyst, and consultant. Specializing in internet routing, network architecture, and automation.

Chris M Evans

@ChrisMEvans

Chris is a UK-based consultant with an interest in all technologies, focusing on storage, virtualisation and cloud.

Ed Horley

@EHorley

20 years in tech, “Crazy IPv6 dude”, co-chair California IPv6 Task Force, author (Apress and Pluralsight), blogger and occasional speaker

Enrico Signoretti

@ESignoretti

Independent analyst, blogger, event organizer, weekend sailor, gelato lover, always on a diet.

Ethan Banks

@ECBanks

Network architect, CCIE, podcaster & blogger.

Ivan Pepelnjak

@IOSHints

Ivan Pepelnjak, CCIE#1354 Emeritus, is a network architect and independent blogger at ipSpace.net AG.

Jason Benedicic

@JABenedicic

Independent Consultant with a passion for all things technical, currently focusing on Cloud, Automation and DevOps. Member of NetApp A-Team, Cisco Champions and vExpert.

Justin Warren

@JPWarren

Justin is the founder and chief analyst at PivotNine

Larry Smith

@MrLESmithJr

Technical Solutions Architect for World Wide Technology(WWT) focusing on automation.

Raff Poltronieri

@RaffaPol

Cloud Solutions Architect – vExpert – Blogger&Speaker

Presentation Calendar

Most presentations are streamed live on this page, at TechFieldDay.com, and on the Tech Field Day LinkedIn page. After the event, the following pages contain video recordings of these presentations.

Wednesday, Apr 22 8:00-10:00
VMware Cloud on AWS Onboarding, DC Extension, and Cloud Migration at Cloud Field Day 7
Presenters: Emad Younis, Jeremiah Megie, Narayan Bharadwaj, Ron Fuller
Thursday, Apr 23 8:00-10:00
VMware Cloud on AWS Horizon 7 VDI, Kubernetes, AWS Services, and Marketplace at Cloud Field Day 7
Presenters: Aarthi Raju, Angela Ge, Cato Grace, Kendrick Coleman, Neeharika Palaka
Friday, Apr 24 8:00-10:00
SolarWinds Presents at Cloud Field Day 7
Presenters: Adam Hert, Chris Erway, Jim Hansen
Friday, Apr 24 11:00-13:00
Pensando Presents at Cloud Field Day 7
Presenters: Francis Matus, Prem Jain, Soni Jiandani, Vipin Jain
All dates and times listed are local time in Virtual, US/Pacific.

Event Staff

Ben Gage

@BenTGage

Ben Gage has a professional background which started in logistics and supply chain for manufacturing and agriculture. To subsidize the methodical nature of these fields he started and performs with an original Americana band. With a penchant for the ra …

Stephen Foskett

@SFoskett

Stephen is the President of the Tech Field Day business unit for The Futurum Group and focuses on AI, edge, and cloud


38 Links with Tag #CFD7

  1. Coverage: Building a Hybrid Cloud for Stateless Virtual Desktops With VMware Horizon on VMware Cloud on AWS
    • VMware by Broadcom
  2. Coverage: VMware to Acquire Datrium
    • Chris M Evans
    • Datrium, VMware by Broadcom
  3. Coverage: VMware Cloud on AWS: A Cost-Effective Platform for Disaster Recovery
    • Ather Beg
    • VMware by Broadcom
  4. Coverage: Pensando Brings Cloud Scale to Networking, Storage, and Security Services
    • Pensando
  5. Coverage: Cloud Networking Architectures
    • Ivan Pepelnjak
    • Pensando
  6. Coverage: VMware Tanzu Portfolio
    • Enrico Signoretti
    • VMware by Broadcom
  7. Coverage: I Want Network Integration, I’m Not Getting It
    • Alastair Cooke
    • VMware by Broadcom
  8. Coverage: How VMware Marketplace Makes Simple to Deploy Vendors and Open Source Solutions
    • Raff Poltronieri
    • VMware by Broadcom
  9. Coverage: VMware Cloud on AWS: Gaining Momentum and Maturity
    • Ather Beg
    • VMware by Broadcom
  10. Coverage: SolarWinds Joins the Cloud APM Game
    • Justin Warren
    • SolarWinds
  11. Coverage: What Is APM and Why Should I Care?
    • Chris Grundemann
    • SolarWinds
  12. Coverage: VMC on AWS: 5 Reasons You Should Give a Damn!
    • Jason Benedicic
    • VMware by Broadcom
  13. Coverage: MPLS + P4 = Pensando; But Does It Add Up?
    • Chris Grundemann
    • Pensando
  14. Coverage: The Three Philosophies of SolarWinds APM
    • Rich Stroffolino
    • SolarWinds
  15. Coverage: Fixing the X86 Problem
    • Chris M Evans
    • Pensando
  16. Coverage: VMware TKG
    • Larry Smith
    • VMware by Broadcom
  17. Coverage: Pensando Expands What SmartNIC Offloads Can Do
    • Justin Warren
    • Pensando
  18. Coverage: DR to VMware Cloud on AWS With Site Recovery Manager
    • Justin Warren
    • VMware by Broadcom
  19. Coverage: Pensando Places Programmability First
    • Tom Hollingsworth
    • Pensando
  20. Coverage: Aid Complex Troubleshooting With Distributed Tracing – Day Two Cloud Podcast Video
    • Ethan Banks, Ned Bellavance
    • Packet Pushers, SolarWinds
  21. Coverage: Moving Workloads With VMware HCX – Day Two Cloud Podcast Video
    • Ethan Banks, Ned Bellavance
    • Packet Pushers, VMware by Broadcom
  22. Coverage: Day Two Cloud 047: Highlights and Analysis From Cloud Field Day 7
    • Ethan Banks, Ned Bellavance
    • Packet Pushers, Pensando, SolarWinds, VMware by Broadcom
  23. Coverage: VMware Makes Kubernetes Even More So With Tanzu
    • Justin Warren
    • VMware by Broadcom
  24. Coverage: VMware Embracing Terraform: Infrastructure as Code
    • Chris Grundemann
    • VMware by Broadcom
  25. Coverage: Automating Disaster Recovery Is Risky Business – Day Two Cloud Podcast Video
    • Ethan Banks, Ned Bellavance
    • Packet Pushers, VMware by Broadcom
  26. Coverage: Build Your Network Apps on Pensando’s Cloud of SmartNICs – Day Two Cloud Video
    • Ethan Banks, Ned Bellavance
    • Packet Pushers, Pensando
  27. Coverage: Pensando Systems at Cloud Field Day 7
    • Pensando
  28. Coverage: VMC on AWS Is More Cloud Like All the Time – Day Two Cloud Podcast Video
    • Ethan Banks, Ned Bellavance
    • Packet Pushers, VMware by Broadcom
  29. Coverage: Monitoring Application Performance From the Inside Out With Solarwinds AppOptics
    • Tom Hollingsworth
    • SolarWinds
  30. Coverage: Cloud Field Day 7 – VMware Cloud on AWS
    • Ed Horley
    • VMware by Broadcom
  31. Coverage: SolarWinds X Cloud Field Day 7
    • SolarWinds
  32. Coverage: VDI as a Service Is Better Than VDI
    • Enrico Signoretti
    • VMware by Broadcom
  33. Coverage: Marketplaces Are Changing the Way We Do Enterprise IT
    • Tech Field Day Virtual with Red Hat
    • Enrico Signoretti
    • Red Hat, VMware by Broadcom
  34. Coverage: Cloud Field Day 7 (#CFD7): A Heads-Up
    • Ather Beg
    • Pensando, SolarWinds, Stellus Technologies, VMware by Broadcom
  35. Coverage: Cloud Field Day 7 – All Virtual but Still a Tech Field Day Event in Every Way
    • Ed Horley
  36. Coverage: Hardware Offloads, Not Everything Is X86
    • Alastair Cooke
    • NGD Systems, Pensando
  37. Coverage: Cloud Field Day 7: Delivering Cloud Migration, Modernization and Business Continuity With VMware Cloud on AWS
    • Cloud Field Day 5
  38. Coverage: Cloud Field Day 7 – Who Will Be Presenting?
    • Alastair Cooke
    • Illumio, Pensando, SolarWinds, Stellus Technologies, VMware by Broadcom

More Information

If you would like to sponsor or attend these events as a delegate, please contact Tech Field Day, [email protected].


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