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Cloud Field Day 9

Row 1 (L-R): Calvin Hendryx-Parker, Stephen Foskett, Michael Stump, Barry Coombs
Row 2 (L-R): Ather Beg, Joep Piscaer, Marco Broeken, Chris Williams
Row 3 (L-R): Raff Poltronieri, Becky Elliott, Arjan Timmerman, Enrico Signoretti
Row 4 (L_R): Larry Smith, Ben Gage

Cloud Field Day 9

November 4–November 6, 2020

#CFD9

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.

Arjan Timmerman

@ArjanTim

Dutch analyst, world traveler and technology advisor

Ather Beg

@AtherBeg

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

Barry Coombs

@VirtualisedReal

Barry is a passionate and energetic IT infrastructure and strategy specialist and evangelist turned business leader, as well as achieving many industry qualifications has been awarded the VMware vExpert title every year since 2010, alongside a wide number of over accolades.

Becky Elliott

@BeckyLElliott

Technologist and Blogger

Calvin Hendryx-Parker

@CalvinHP

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

Chris Williams

Chris Williams – Developer Relations Manager at HashiCorp

Enrico Signoretti

@ESignoretti

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

Joep Piscaer

@JPiscaer

Founder of TLA Tech, a tech marketing firm focusing on cloud-native. Co-hosts TheCUBE sometimes. Blogs at VirtualLifestyle.nl

Larry Smith

@MrLESmithJr

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

Marco Broeken

@MBroeken

Dutch Virtualization Admirer and DaaS Lover, Blogger at www.vClouds.nl

Michael Stump

@_Eager0

Mike has supported IT infrastructure and messaging services for 19 years for a variety of public and private sector enterprises.

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, Nov 4 08:00-10:00
VMware Presents at Cloud Field Day 9
Presenters: Brandon Gordon, Martijn Smit, Taruna Gandhi, Vincent Riccio
Wednesday, Nov 4 14:00-15:00
Pure Storage Presents at Cloud Field Day 9
Presenters: Goutham Rao, Matt Kixmoeller
Thursday, Nov 5 08:00-09:00
Scality Presents at Cloud Field Day 9
Presenters: Nicolas Trangez, Paul Speciale, Rahul Padigela
Thursday, Nov 5 10:00-11:00
StorPool Presents at Cloud Field Day 9
Presenters: Boyan Krosnov
Thursday, Nov 5 12:00-14:00
NetApp Presents at Cloud Field Day 9
Presenters: Charles Foley, Jeff Whitaker, Mike Walsh
Friday, Nov 6 08:00-10:00
AWS Presents at Cloud Field Day 9
Presenters: Massimo Re Ferrè, Nathan Peck, Nick Coult
Friday, Nov 6 11:00-12:30
Red Hat Presents at Cloud Field Day 9
Presenters: Andrew Cathrow, Michael Elder, Stu Miniman
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 …

Matt Garvin

@MrMattGarvin

Matt Garvin is an Event Manager and brings nine years of event support and logistics experience to Tech Field Day for Gestalt IT

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


28 Links with Tag #CFD9

  1. Coverage: NetApp Files Extend Enterprise File Services to the Cloud
    • NetApp
  2. Coverage: Pure Storage and Portworx Accelerate Cloud Native Apps on Any Infrastructure
    • Portworx, Pure Storage
  3. Coverage: Managed OpenShift in the Cloud: Red Hat at Cloud Field Day
    • Red Hat
  4. Coverage: StorPool : New Capabilities, New OPEX Model, and Stronger Support for Cloud Customers
    • Max Mortillaro
    • StorPool
  5. Coverage: CTOA Briefing – Storpool
    • Keith Townsend
    • StorPool
  6. Coverage: Managing the Control Plane: AWS
    • Amazon Web Services
  7. Coverage: Addressing the Cloud Deployment Headache: VMware
    • VMware by Broadcom
  8. Coverage: CFD9: Cloud-Native State of Mind With PortWorx
    • Becky Elliott
    • Portworx, Pure Storage
  9. Coverage: Purpose Built SDS With Low Latency: StorPool
    • Georgina Ford
    • StorPool
  10. Coverage: Pure Storage Presents Portworx at Cloud Field Day 9
    • Calvin Hendryx-Parker
    • Pure Storage
  11. Coverage: Red Hat Shows Off OpenShift at Cloud Field Day 9
    • Calvin Hendryx-Parker
    • Red Hat
  12. Coverage: Scality Debuts Zenko at Cloud Field Day 9
    • Calvin Hendryx-Parker
    • Scality
  13. Coverage: AWS Containerizations in the Spotlight at Cloud Field Day 9
    • Calvin Hendryx-Parker
    • Amazon Web Services
  14. Coverage: Why the PX-Backup Container-Native Approach Is Crucial for Data Protection
    • Joep Piscaer
    • Portworx, Pure Storage
  15. Coverage: Who Is NetApp?
    • Enrico Signoretti
    • NetApp
  16. Coverage: Pure Storage PortWorx – Kubernetes Storage Platform
    • Barry Coombs
    • Portworx, Pure Storage
  17. Coverage: Scality and Cloud Field Day: A Bond That Spans Years
    • Cloud Field Day 2
    • Stephen Foskett
    • Scality
  18. Coverage: StorPool Presents at Cloud Field Day 9
    • StorPool
  19. Coverage: Check Out Our Videos From Cloud Field Day
    • Red Hat
  20. Coverage: What vRealize Cloud Management Can Do for VMware Cloud on AWS
    • VMware by Broadcom
  21. Coverage: Hybrid Cloud for Everyone
    • Michael Stump
    • VMware by Broadcom
  22. Coverage: CFD9: VMware’s vRealize Cloud Journey Story
    • Becky Elliott
    • VMware by Broadcom
  23. Coverage: Azure NetApp Files and NetApp Virtual Desktop Service
    • Barry Coombs
    • NetApp
  24. Coverage: TECHunplugged Videocast: Cloud Filed Day 9 Part 1
    • Arjan Timmerman
    • Amazon Web Services, NetApp, Pure Storage, Red Hat, Scality, StorPool, VMware by Broadcom
  25. Coverage: StorPool Software Defined, High Performance, Scale Out, Block-Storage
    • Barry Coombs
    • StorPool
  26. Coverage: Scality Scale-Out File and Object Storage
    • Barry Coombs
    • Scality
  27. Coverage: To the Clouds and Beyond
    • Arjan Timmerman
  28. Coverage: VMware vRealize Operations, Automation and VMware Network Insight
    • Barry Coombs
    • 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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