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Data Field Day 1

Data Field Day 1

May 13–May 15, 2015

#DFD1

Who: Data

What: Field Day

When: Past

Location: San Francisco, Silicon Valley

From big data to analytics to hyperscale architecture and cloud security, a new wave of innovation is transforming IT. The old way of doing things can’t keep up with the proliferation of data and micro-services essential to deliver services to mobile devices and the Internet-connected world. These “new stack” companies and technologies have a different audience from the traditional networking, storage, and server virtualization topics that have long come to Networking Field Day, Storage Field Day, and Virtualization Field Day.

That’s why we created Data Field Day! The name of our newest event was chosen to encompass the many aspects of non-traditional web-scale technology. In the spirit of “Gestalt IT”, we feel it is best to take a holistic approach to these technologies, and our first-even event includes companies and delegates with diverse focus. Many of our delegates have a background in traditional IT but are exploring this new world along with their audiences. Others are firmly planted in this new space. And our online audience is self-selecting, with most viewership coming as a result of web searches and keywords. This guarantees relevance for our presenters.

Data Field Day will also include a special Ignite-style event the evening of Wednesday, May 13. Join us in San Francisco for lightning talks about cloud security, scalable data platforms, DevOps, containers, and many topics besides!

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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.

Andrea Mauro

@Andrea_Mauro

IT Architect with focus on virtualization, cloud and storage

Joey D’Antoni

@JDAnton

Native New Orleanian, Database Professional, Lover of food and wine, cyclist. Microsoft SQL Server MVP

John Obeto

@2Obeto

I like SMBs and Windows

John Troyer

@JTroyer

Leader of the TechReckoning community, podcaster, blogger, analyst

Josh Luedeman

@JoshLuedeman

Josh Luedeman is a Consultant for Pragmatic Works, that works on projects involving Big Data, Business Intelligence, and Cloud Architecture.

Justin Warren

@JPWarren

Justin is the founder and chief analyst at PivotNine

Karen Lopez

@DataChick

Data Evangelist and Architect

Paul Miller

@PaulMiller

Cloud Computing/ Big Data/ Open Data Analyst & Consultant. Writer, Speaker & Moderator. Gigaom Research Analyst. Based in UK, clients world-wide.

Theo Priestley

@tprstly

Technology Evangelist, Analyst, Startup Advisor, Geek

Yves Mulkers

@YvesMulkers

BI Professional enjoying family, business intelligence, data, music, and DJ-ing. BBBT member.

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, May 13 13:00-15:00 Cloudera Presents at Data Field Day 1
Wednesday, May 13 16:00-17:00 Data Field Day 1 Delegate Roundtables
Presenters: Stephen Foskett
Wednesday, May 13 18:00-21:00 Ignite Data Field Day 1
Presenter: Stephen Foskett
Thursday, May 14 8:00-10:00 HGST Presents at Data Field Day 1
Thursday, May 14 10:30-12:30 SanDisk Presents at Data Field Day 1
Thursday, May 14 14:30-16:30 Hedvig Presents at Data Field Day 1
All dates and times listed are local time in Silicon Valley, US/Pacific in San Francisco, US/Pacific.

Event Staff

Claire Chaplais

@CChaplais

Claire Chaplais has over 20 years experience in business operations, marketing communication programs, and event management for the high tech industry. She worked for great companies like Wind River Systems, StorageTek, Common Sense Media, and Harris B …

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


29 Links with Tag #DFD1

  1. Coverage: Tech Startup Spotlight – Hedvig
    • Alex Galbraith
    • Hedvig
  2. Coverage: Erasure Coding For Fun and Profit
    • Justin Warren
    • HGST, Western Digital
  3. Coverage: How Cloudera build a successful OpenSource strategy
    • Andrea Mauro
    • Cloudera
  4. Coverage: Data, Big Data, and Data Field Day 1
    • Cloudera, Hedvig
  5. Coverage: Why Tech Companies Fail To Tell Their Own Story
    • Theo Priestley
    • Tech Field Day
  6. Coverage: DFD1 More about data or storage?
    • Andrea Mauro
  7. Coverage: What’s the Point of a Data Hub?
    • Justin Warren
    • Cloudera
  8. Coverage: Avinash Lakshman (CEO and cofounder) talks about Hedvig
    • Enrico Signoretti
    • Hedvig
  9. Coverage: Explaining Technology’s Value
    • Paul Miller
    • Tech Field Day
  10. Coverage: Why Silicon Valley Tech Companies Can’t Tell Their Own Story
    • Theo Priestley
    • Tech Field Day
  11. Coverage: DFD1 Disclosure
    • Justin Warren
  12. Coverage: Follow Live: Data Field Day 1
    • Karen Lopez
  13. Coverage: I will be at Data Field Day 1
  14. Coverage: Data Field Day 1
    • Josh Luedeman
  15. Coverage: Data Field Day #1: HGST presentation
    • Josh Luedeman
    • HGST, Western Digital
  16. Coverage: Data Field Day #1: SanDisk
    • Josh Luedeman
    • SanDisk
  17. Coverage: Data Field Day #1: Hedvig
    • Josh Luedeman
    • Hedvig
  18. Coverage: Data Field Day #1: Cloudera Presentation
    • Josh Luedeman
    • Cloudera
  19. Coverage: Join me at Data Field Day 1
    • John Troyer
  20. Coverage: Ignite Data Field Day
    • Andrea Mauro
  21. Coverage: DFD1: The Journey Begins
    • Justin Warren
  22. Coverage: DFD1 Prep Post: Sandisk
    • Justin Warren
    • SanDisk
  23. Coverage: I’ve been invited to Data Field Day 1
    • Josh Luedeman
    • Cloudera, Hedvig, SanDisk
  24. Coverage: Follow Me To The Data Field Days [Live Broadcast]
    • Yves Mulkers
  25. Coverage: Personality Matters More Than Code As Hadoop Vendors Battle For Supremacy
    • Paul Miller
    • Cloudera
  26. Coverage: DFD1 Prep Post: Cloudera
    • Justin Warren
    • Cloudera
  27. Coverage: Data Field Day 1
    • Andrea Mauro
    • Cloudera, Hedvig, SanDisk
  28. Coverage: Data Field Day 1, Here I Come
    • Justin Warren
    • Cloudera, SanDisk
  29. Coverage: Hyper-convergence, divergence and micro-convergence
    • Storage Field Day 6
    • Enrico Signoretti
    • Coho Data

More Information

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


This is a Past Data in San Francisco, Silicon Valley


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