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Cloud Field Day 8

Cloud Field Day 8
July 15–17, 2020
#CFD8
Who: Cloud
What: Field Day
When: Past
Location: Virtual
CFD8 iCal

Add Cloud Field Day 8 to your calendar!

Cloud Field Day 8 is an extra-special event with two delegate panels!

Because this virtual event features delegates and presenters from around the world, we have split our schedule into “early” and “late” sessions, each with its own 12-delegate panel and presenting companies.

Add Cloud Field Day 8 to your calendar by downloading the CFD8 iCal file. This includes all public sessions from this event, with links to each appearance page. You can also see the complete agenda below. Note: The agenda uses US/Pacific time for consistency, but the iCal file should automatically adjust to your timezone!

Early Presenting Companies Aruba, Diamanti, Infrascale, Morpheus Data, Veeam, Zerto
Delegate Panel Adam Fisher, Andy Thurai, Dukagjin Maloku, Enrico Signoretti, Jim Jones, Justin Warren, Kyle Jenner, Lino Telera, Max Mortillaro, Ned Bellavance, Neil Anderson, Yusuf Emre Ozensoy
Late Presenting Companies Fortinet, HashiCorp, Igneous, NetApp, Qumulo
Delegate Panel Adam Post, Al Rasheed, Calvin Hendryx-Parker, Chris Williams, Erik Ableson, Gina Rosenthal, Josh Fidel, Karen Lopez, Keith Townsend, Nate Avery, Paul Woodward, Ray Lucchesi

 

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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.

Adam Fisher

@BonzoVT

Technical Solutions Architect @ WWT | www.virtualbonzo.com | @bonzovt on Twitter

Adam Post

@Semi_Technical

Hybrid Infrastructure Architect / Speaker / Blogger @ differentiatedheavylifting.com

Al Rasheed

@Al_Rasheed

Systems Administrator | DC VMUG Co-Leader | VMware vExpert

Andy Thurai

@AndyThurai

Andy Thurai is a technology influencer and a thought leader who focuses on emerging technologies such as Cloud, AIOps, AI, ML, DL, Edge, IoT

Calvin Hendryx-Parker

@CalvinHP

AWS Community Hero | Python, Django, Orchestration & Containers | CTO and Founder | IndyPy & IndyAWS | FreeBSD, Linux & ZFS

Chris Williams

@mistwire

Chris Williams is a Multi-Cloud Consultant for WWT

Dukagjin Maloku

@DugiDM

Senior Cloud Engineer with strong focus on Cloud stuff

Enrico Signoretti

@ESignoretti

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

Erik Ableson

@EAbleson

An IT generalist with over 20 years of experience spanning multiple technology generations at different layers in the IT organisation.

Gina Rosenthal

@Digi_Sunshine

Gina is the Founder of Digital Sunshine Solutions, an agency that provides product marketing as a service to B2B technology vendors. She has 20 years of industry experience as a technologist, trainer, and PMM.

Jim Jones

@K00laidIT

Cloud Architect doing backup and disaster recovery things at iland secure cloud

Josh Fidel

With 20 years experience in IT, Josh is always digging through marketing mud to find diamonds.

Justin Warren

@JPWarren

Justin is the founder and chief analyst at PivotNine

Karen Lopez

@DataChick

Data Evangelist and Architect

Keith Townsend

@CTOAdvisor

Keith Townsend is the founder of The CTO Advisor LLC and is an IT management consultant with more than 18 years of related experience designing, implementing and managing data center technologies.

Kyle Jenner

@KyleJennerUK

Cloud Architect with a big love for the community

Lino Telera

@LinoTelera

Data Center and Cloud Specialist focused on Infrastructure Automation and working in InfoCert S.p.A. in the Service Design staff.

Max Mortillaro

@MaxMortillaro

Max Mortillaro is an independent data center consultant specializing in virtualization and storage technologies.

Nate Avery

@Nathaniel_Avery

Systems Engineer with 20 years of experience designing, planning, and implementing complex systems integrating custom-built and COTS applications

Ned Bellavance

@Ned1313

Ned is a technical educator and content creator focused on cloud technologies.

Neil Anderson

@FlackBoxTV

Flackbox.com trainer and consultant

Paul L. Woodward Jr

@ExploreVM

I am a Systems Engineer with a focus on data center technologies. My passion is virtualization and performing amazing feats of technology!

Ray Lucchesi

@RayLucchesi

Ray Lucchesi is president of Silverton Consulting, blogs at RayOnStorage.com, co-hosts GreyBeardsOnStorage.com podcast and has worked in data storage for over 30 years mostly in marketing and engineering new disk and tape automation products.

Yusuf Emre Ozensoy

@vmugtr

Turkey VMUG Leader, vExpert, VCP, BMW R 1200 GS lover, world traveller , CMAS scuba diver

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, Jul 15 5:00-7:00
Veeam Presents at Cloud Field Day 8
Presenters: Anthony Spiteri, David Hill, Michael Cade
Delegate Panel: Adam Fisher, Andy Thurai, Dukagjin Maloku, Enrico Signoretti, Jim Jones, Justin Warren, Kyle Jenner, Lino Telera, Max Mortillaro, Ned Bellavance, Neil Anderson, Yusuf Emre Ozensoy
Wednesday, Jul 15 8:00-10:00
Aruba Presents at Cloud Field Day 8
Presenters: Alan Ni, David Adamson, Erik Vogel, Fouad Zreik, Jose Tellado, Michael Dickman, Ramanan Subramanian, Rochna Dhand, Samuel Perez
Delegate Panel: Adam Fisher, Andy Thurai, Dukagjin Maloku, Enrico Signoretti, Jim Jones, Justin Warren, Kyle Jenner, Lino Telera, Max Mortillaro, Ned Bellavance, Neil Anderson, Yusuf Emre Ozensoy
Wednesday, Jul 15 11:00-13:00
Igneous Presents at Cloud Field Day 8
Presenters: Andy Ferris, Dustin Harris, Jeff Hughes, Mike O'Brien
Delegate Panel: Adam Post, Al Rasheed, Calvin Hendryx-Parker, Chris Williams, Erik Ableson, Gina Rosenthal, Josh Fidel, Karen Lopez, Keith Townsend, Nate Avery, Paul Woodward, Ray Lucchesi
Wednesday, Jul 15 14:00-16:00
HashiCorp Presents at Cloud Field Day 8
Presenters: Armon Dadgar, Cody DeArkland, Nicole Hubbard
Delegate Panel: Adam Post, Al Rasheed, Calvin Hendryx-Parker, Chris Williams, Erik Ableson, Gina Rosenthal, Josh Fidel, Karen Lopez, Keith Townsend, Nate Avery, Paul Woodward, Ray Lucchesi
Thursday, Jul 16 6:00-7:30
Diamanti Presents at Cloud Field Day 8
Presenters: Abhay Singh, Boris Kurktchiev, Brock Mowry, Jenny Fong
Delegate Panel: Adam Fisher, Andy Thurai, Dukagjin Maloku, Enrico Signoretti, Jim Jones, Justin Warren, Kyle Jenner, Lino Telera, Max Mortillaro, Ned Bellavance, Neil Anderson, Yusuf Emre Ozensoy
Thursday, Jul 16 8:30-10:00
Morpheus Data Presents at Cloud Field Day 8
Presenters: Adam Hicks, Brad Parks, David Estes, Hicham Mourad
Delegate Panel: Adam Fisher, Andy Thurai, Dukagjin Maloku, Enrico Signoretti, Jim Jones, Justin Warren, Kyle Jenner, Lino Telera, Max Mortillaro, Ned Bellavance, Neil Anderson, Yusuf Emre Ozensoy
Thursday, Jul 16 10:30-12:30
NetApp Presents at Cloud Field Day 8
Presenters: Dave Stump, Geoff Tudor, Niraj Verma, Scott McCullough
Delegate Panel: Adam Post, Al Rasheed, Calvin Hendryx-Parker, Chris Williams, Erik Ableson, Gina Rosenthal, Josh Fidel, Karen Lopez, Keith Townsend, Nate Avery, Paul Woodward, Ray Lucchesi
Thursday, Jul 16 13:00-16:30
Fortinet Presents at Cloud Field Day 8
Presenters: Ali Bidabadi, Brian Schwarz, Lior Cohen, Ming Chiou, Philip Qian, Praveen Lokesh
Delegate Panel: Adam Post, Al Rasheed, Calvin Hendryx-Parker, Chris Williams, Erik Ableson, Gina Rosenthal, Josh Fidel, Karen Lopez, Keith Townsend, Nate Avery, Paul Woodward, Ray Lucchesi
Friday, Jul 17 6:00-7:00
Infrascale Presents at Cloud Field Day 8
Presenters: Brian Kuhn, Chris Bayne
Delegate Panel: Adam Fisher, Andy Thurai, Dukagjin Maloku, Enrico Signoretti, Jim Jones, Justin Warren, Kyle Jenner, Lino Telera, Max Mortillaro, Ned Bellavance, Neil Anderson, Yusuf Emre Ozensoy
Friday, Jul 17 8:30-10:00
Zerto Presents at Cloud Field Day 8
Presenters: Deepak Verma, Gijsbert Janssen van Doorn
Delegate Panel: Adam Fisher, Andy Thurai, Dukagjin Maloku, Enrico Signoretti, Jim Jones, Justin Warren, Kyle Jenner, Lino Telera, Max Mortillaro, Ned Bellavance, Neil Anderson, Yusuf Emre Ozensoy
Friday, Jul 17 11:00-12:00
Qumulo Presents at Cloud Field Day 8
Presenters: Barry Russell, Molly Presley, Tim Kresler
Delegate Panel: Adam Post, Al Rasheed, Calvin Hendryx-Parker, Chris Williams, Erik Ableson, Gina Rosenthal, Josh Fidel, Karen Lopez, Keith Townsend, Nate Avery, Paul Woodward, Ray Lucchesi
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 Foskett is a writer and speaker on enterprise IT topics and organizes the popular Tech Field Day event series.


Links with Tag #CFD8

  1. Automating Network Infrastructure With HashiCorp’s Consul
    • HashiCorp
  2. Zerto: Protecting the Business Application Landscape
    • Georgina Ford
    • Zerto
  3. Diamanti’s Quest to Deliver an Enterprise-Ready Platform for Kubernetes
    • Diamanti
  4. Morpheus Data Brings Self-Service IT to the Less Technical
    • Georgina Ford
    • Morpheus Data
  5. Cloud Storage in a Snap With NetApp
    • Georgina Ford
    • Google Cloud, NetApp
  6. Making Your Data Work Hard
    • Georgina Ford
    • Qumulo
  7. Aruba AIOps – Beating Your Downtime Into Submission
    • AI Field Day 1
    • Georgina Ford
    • Aruba
  8. Downtime Costs More Than Money
    • Georgina Ford
    • Infrascale
  9. Defending Layer 7 With FortiWeb, Fortinet’s Web Application Firewall
    • Fortinet
  10. Infrascale Helps SMBs Fight Off the Scourge of Ransomware
    • Justin Warren
    • Infrascale
  11. Morpheus Spends Well With Others
    • Cloud Field Day 3
    • Justin Warren
    • Morpheus Data
  12. Hyperconvergence and Kubernetes – Gigaom
    • Enrico Signoretti
    • Diamanti
  13. Has the Cloud Era Arrived? Thoughts From Cloud Field Day 8
    • Adam Fisher
    • Aruba, Diamanti, Infrascale, Morpheus Data, Veeam Software, Zerto
  14. News From Cloud Side #5
    • Tech Field Day at NGINX Sprint 2020, Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld 2020
    • Lino Telera
    • NGINX
  15. What Is Cloud Infrastructure Automation?
    • Gina Rosenthal
    • HashiCorp
  16. Veeam Backup for Office 365 at Cloud Field Day 8
    • Al Rasheed
    • Veeam Software
  17. Periodic Disclosure, August 2020
    • Justin Warren
  18. Cloud Native With Veeam Backup at Cloud Field Day 8
    • Al Rasheed
    • Veeam Software
  19. Diamanti and State Management in Kubernetes
    • Justin Warren
    • Diamanti
  20. Veeam’s Vision at Cloud Field Day 8
    • Al Rasheed
    • Veeam Software
  21. Veeam’s SaaS Pricing Estimator
    • Justin Warren
    • Veeam Software
  22. Cloud Field Day #8: Run SAP Workloads in the Cloud
    • NetApp
  23. Is Endpoint Backup Still Relevant in the Cloud Era?
    • Max Mortillaro
    • Veeam Software
  24. Day Two Cloud 059: Cloud Field Day Wrap-Up
    • Ethan Banks, Ned Bellavance
    • Aruba, Diamanti, Morpheus Data, Packet Pushers, Veeam Software, Zerto
  25. Cloud Application Mobility – The Hard Way
    • Keith Townsend
    • Veeam Software
  26. Can We Back Up a PB?
    • Ray Lucchesi
    • Igneous Systems
  27. What Is the Future for Storage Admins?
    • Tech Field Day Presents Dell Technologies: Power Up the Portfolio
    • Gina Rosenthal
    • Dell EMC, Igneous Systems, NetApp, Qumulo
  28. CFD8 – Igneous Followup
    • Nate Avery
    • Igneous Systems
  29. Cloud Field Day 8 Day 3 Highlights
    • Lino Telera
    • Infrascale, Zerto
  30. Meet the #CFD8 Delegates: Andy Thurai
    • Andy Thurai
    • Aruba
  31. Cloud Field Day 8 Day 2 Highlights
    • Lino Telera
    • Diamanti, Morpheus Data
  32. Cloud Field Day Recap and Session Breakdown
    • Veeam Software
  33. What Will HPE Do With Silver Peak? | Gestalt IT Rundown: July 15, 2020
    • Networking Field Day 19
    • Rich Stroffolino, Tom Hollingsworth
    • Google Cloud, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Silver Peak
  34. Morpheus Data & NetApp – Cloud Field Day 8 | Watch Party
    • Nick Howell
    • Morpheus Data, NetApp
  35. CFD8 Preview – Igneous Systems
    • Nate Avery
    • Igneous Systems
  36. Cloud Field Day 8 Day 1 Highlights
    • Lino Telera
    • Aruba, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Veeam Software
  37. Veeam at Cloud Field Day 8 – Daily Check-In for July 15, 2020
    • Ned Bellavance
    • Veeam Software
  38. Preparing for Cloud Field Day 8
    • Lino Telera
    • Aruba, Diamanti, Fortinet, HashiCorp, Igneous Systems, Infrascale, Morpheus Data, NetApp, Qumulo, Veeam Software, Zerto
  39. Monday Hot Take July 13, 2020
    • Gina Rosenthal
  40. Virtually Heading to Cloud Field Day 8
    • Veeam Software
  41. It’s Cloud Field Day Week!
    • Adam Fisher
  42. Meet the #CFD8 Delegates: Jim Jones
    • Jim Jones
    • Aruba
  43. This Week! Cloud Field Day 8
    • Jim Jones
  44. Join ExploreVM on July 15-17 for Cloud Field Day 8!
    • Paul L. Woodward Jr
  45. CFD8: Accelerate Your Edge-To-Cloud Journey
    • Aruba
  46. Cloud Field Day 8.
    • Al Rasheed
  47. Meet Field Day Delegate – Calvin Hendryx-Parker
    • Calvin Hendryx-Parker, Mel Zura
  48. Meet Field Day Delegate – Kyle Jenner
    • Kyle Jenner, Mel Zura
  49. Meet Field Day Delegate – Andy Thurai
    • Andy Thurai, Mel Zura
  50. Cloud Field Day 8: The Edge-To-Cloud Journey
    • Aruba
  51. Meet Field Day Delegate – Neil Anderson
    • Mel Zura, Neil Anderson
  52. Meet Field Day Delegate – Jim Jones
    • Jim Jones, Mel Zura
  53. Diamanti Spektra 3.0 Simplifies Hybrid Cloud for Kubernetes Applications
    • Diamanti
  54. Cloud Field Day 8 Prep – Daily Check-In for June 17, 2020
    • Ned Bellavance
    • Aruba, Igneous Systems, Morpheus Data, NetApp, Veeam Software, Zerto

More Information

If you would like to sponsor or attend these events as a delegate, please contact Stephen Foskett, Gestalt IT Community Organizer, at [email protected] or call +1(508)451-9532.


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