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Networking Field Day 11

L-R: Michael McNamara, Dominik Pickhardt, Jordan Martin, Brandon Carroll, Terry Slattery, Ethan Banks, John Herbert, Jon Langemak, Stephen Foskett, Greg Ferro, Jason Edelman, Matt Oswalt, Phil Gervasi, Tom Hollingsworth

Networking Field Day 11
January 20–22, 2016
#NFD11
Who: Networking
What: Field Day
When: Past
Location: Silicon Valley

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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.

Brandon Carroll

@BrandonCarroll

Consulting System Engineer, Instructor, Blogger, and Technology Fan. CCIE #23837.

Dominik Pickhardt

@NetworkAutobahn

InfoSec veteran on the NetworkAutobahn

Ethan Banks

@ECBanks

Network architect, CCIE, podcaster & blogger.

Greg Ferro

@EtherealMind

Greg is a freelance Network Architect and Engineer, host of Packet Pushers Podcast and semi-professional writer.

Jason Edelman

@JEdelman8

Runs a consulting company bridging the gap between DevOps and Networking. CCIE 15394, VCDX-NV 167.

John Herbert

@MrTugs

CCIE #6727 Emeritus, technology afficionado, scripter, nerd. What’s not to love?

Jon Langemak

@blinken_lichten

Jon Langemak has over 10 years of experience designing, building, and maintaining high performance networks.

Jordan Martin

@BCJordo

Principal Architect at WWT (CCIE# 43772)

Matt Oswalt

@Mierdin

Matt Oswalt is a network software developer and blogger.

Michael McNamara

@mfMcNamara

Technical Architect and Network Engineer, jack of all master of none.

Phil Gervasi

@Network_Phil

Senior Network Engineer currently working in security.

Terry Slattery

Terry Slattery, CCIE #1026, is a senior network engineer with decades of experience in the internetworking industry.

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, Jan 20 10:00 - 12:00 Skyport Systems Presents at Networking Field Day 11
Wednesday, Jan 20 13:00 - 15:00 Fluke/NetScout Presents at Networking Field Day 11
Wednesday, Jan 20 16:00 - 18:00 Big Switch Networks Presents at Networking Field Day 11
Thursday, Jan 21 8:00 - 10:00 Silver Peak Presents at Networking Field Day 11
Thursday, Jan 21 11:00 - 13:00 Dell Presents at Networking Field Day 11
Thursday, Jan 21 14:00 - 16:00 Cisco Presents at Networking Field Day 11
Thursday, Jan 21 16:30-18:00 Networking Field Day 11 Delegate Roundtables
Presenters: Brandon Carroll, Dominik Pickhardt, Ethan Banks, Greg Ferro, Jason Edelman, John Herbert, Jon Langemak, Jordan Martin, Matt Oswalt, Michael McNamara, Phil Gervasi, Stephen Foskett, Terry Slattery
Friday, Jan 22 8:30 - 10:30 Citrix Systems Presents at Networking Field Day 11
Friday, Jan 22 11:00-12:00 Networking Field Day 11 Packet Pushers Podcast
Presenters: Ethan Banks, Greg Ferro
Delegate Panel: Brandon Carroll, Dominik Pickhardt, Ethan Banks, Greg Ferro, John Herbert, Jon Langemak, Jordan Martin, Matt Oswalt, Michael McNamara, Phil Gervasi, Stephen Foskett, Terry Slattery
All dates and times listed are local time in Silicon Valley, US/Pacific.

Event Staff

Stephen Foskett

@SFoskett

Stephen Foskett is a writer and speaker on enterprise IT topics and organizes the popular Tech Field Day event series.

Tom Hollingsworth

@NetworkingNerd

Tom Hollingsworth, CCIE #29213, is an event lead for the Tech Field Day event series specializing in networking, wireless, and security topics.


Links with Tag #NFD11

  1. Still Backhauling All Internet-Bound Traffic To Your Data Center?
    • Tech Field Day 15
    • James Green
    • Riverbed, Silver Peak
  2. The Importance of the Network Software Supply Chain
    • Networking Field Day 12
    • John Herbert
    • Intel, Packet Pushers, Teridion
  3. Cisco Unified Codebase; Lighting Over PoE
    • Terry Slattery
    • Cisco
  4. Cumulus, Dell, Red Hat Demo Linux as Full Stack SDDC
    • Networking Field Day 9
    • John Herbert
    • Cumulus Networks, Dell, Dell EMC
  5. Next Generation of PortMonitoring using SDN by Big Switch Networks Big Monitoring Fabric
    • Big Switch Networks
  6. Citrix at NFD11: Networking Is Better Done in Software
    • Terry Slattery
    • Citrix Systems
  7. Skyport Systems and The Zero Trust DC
    • John Herbert
    • Skyport Systems
  8. Redefining the WAN
    • Jon Langemak
    • Silver Peak
  9. Big Switch Networks – Big Tap Monitoring Fabric
    • Michael McNamara
    • Big Switch Networks
  10. NFD11: Reviewing Silver Peak’s WAN Optimization Product
    • Terry Slattery
    • Silver Peak
  11. Cisco Smart Building IoT Discussion and Digital Ceiling Strategy
    • Tech Field Day Extra at Cisco Live Europe 2016
    • Dominik Pickhardt
    • Cisco
  12. The Future is Bright! The Future is PoE?
    • John Herbert
    • Cisco
  13. Thoughts On The Silver Peak Unity EdgeConnect SD-WAN Solution
    • Jordan Martin
    • Silver Peak
  14. Meet the Engineering Team at Citrix NetScaler
    • John Herbert
    • Citrix Systems
  15. NetScout presents Fluke Network’s TruView Live
    • Michael McNamara
    • NetScout
  16. Skyport Systems’ New Server Security Product is Promising
    • Terry Slattery
    • Skyport Systems
  17. Skyport Systems – Moving the Edge
    • Jon Langemak
    • Skyport Systems
  18. Should Monitoring Systems Also Perform Mitigation.
    • Ethan Banks
    • NetScout
  19. Cisco IOS XE Denali @ NFD11
    • Dominik Pickhardt
    • Cisco
  20. Skyport Systems – Is SkySecure right for everyone?
    • Michael McNamara
    • Skyport Systems
  21. SDN? I Still Don’t kNow what it Is…
    • John Herbert
  22. Skyport Systems: Fortress Infrastructure
    • Ethan Banks
    • Packet Pushers, Skyport Systems
  23. The Unspoken Benefits of Open Networking
    • Matt Oswalt
    • Cumulus Networks, Dell, Dell EMC, OpenSwitch
  24. Cisco Merging IOS-XE Code Trains
    • Greg Ferro
    • Cisco
  25. NetScout Takes the Pulse of the Network
    • Terry Slattery
    • NetScout
  26. Silver Peak @ NFD11
    • Dominik Pickhardt
    • Silver Peak
  27. Big Switch Meets Ansible
    • Jason Edelman
    • Big Switch Networks
  28. How much security is enough?
    • Michael McNamara
  29. Netscout @ NFD11
    • Dominik Pickhardt
    • NetScout
  30. Information Security: Lying to Ourselves for Peace of Mind
    • Phil Gervasi
    • Big Switch Networks, Skyport Systems
  31. Tune in to Networking Field Day 11 – Switching Innovation—Everything Runs on Switching
    • Cisco
  32. SDN and Network Automation: Splitting Hairs?
    • Matt Oswalt
  33. Talking NVMe, 3DXpoint and Networking
    • Greg Ferro, Stephen Foskett
    • Intel
  34. Network Field Day 11 Aftermath
    • Dominik Pickhardt
  35. Thoughts on SDN
    • Brandon Carroll
  36. Skyport Systems @ NFD11
    • Dominik Pickhardt
    • Skyport Systems
  37. sFlow: Dell OS10 SDN router demo
    • Dell, Dell EMC
  38. Big Switch Has Big Security Capabilities
    • Brandon Carroll
    • Big Switch Networks
  39. Networking Field Day 11 wraps up as Jonas arrives
    • Michael McNamara
  40. Does The Promise of a Single IOS Train Have Merit?
    • Brandon Carroll
    • Cisco
  41. Silver Peak Unity EdgeConnect SD WAN – Is It Any Good?
    • John Herbert
    • Silver Peak
  42. The Tortoise and the Austin Hare
    • Tom Hollingsworth
    • Dell, Dell EMC
  43. Dell Releases OS 10 for the Open Networking Era
    • Justin Warren
    • Dell, Dell EMC
  44. Network Field Day 11 and Meetups in the Valley
    • Greg Ferro
  45. Networking Field Day 11 – January 2016
    • Michael McNamara
  46. Selected for Network Field Day 11 – January 20–22, 2016
    • Brandon Carroll
  47. Network Field Day
    • Dominik Pickhardt

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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