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Networking Field Day 16

Networking Field Day 16
September 13–15, 2017
#NFD16
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.

Amy Arnold

@AmyEngineer

Amy Arnold is an engineer and blogger with a love for all things networking.

Carl Niger

@Carl_Niger

Network nerd, taco and IPA enthusiast, CCIE, sometimes right about stuff.

Chris Marget

@ChrisMarget

Chris is an independent network consultant, recovering UNIX sysadmin and protocol aficionado

Daniel Kuchenski

@DanielKuchenski

Daniel is a Senior Network Engineer with a passion for network and systems architecture.

Ethan Banks

@ECBanks

Network architect, CCIE, podcaster & blogger.

Gian Paolo Boarina

@GP_ifconfig

Senior Network Engineer

Ivan Pepelnjak

@IOSHints

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

Jason Edelman

@JEdelman8

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

Jeff Tantsura

@JTantsura

Networking, from business logic to algorithms and protocols

Pete Welcher

@PJWelcher

Pete is a 25-year CCIE (soon Emeritus) with broad-ranging interests in networking, cloud, and automation.

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, Sep 13 9:30 - 11:30
Veriflow Presents at Networking Field Day 16
Presenters: Brighten Godfrey, James Brear, Matt Caesar, Sajid Awan
Wednesday, Sep 13 15:30 - 17:30
Arista Networks Presents at Networking Field Day 16
Presenters: Andy Bechtolsheim, Anshul Sadana, Ken Duda, Russell Kelly, Ryan Madsen
Thursday, Sep 14 8:00 - 10:00 Apstra Presents at Networking Field Day 16
Thursday, Sep 14 10:30 - 12:30 KEMP Technologies Presents at Networking Field Day 16
Thursday, Sep 14 13:30 - 15:30 Pluribus Networks Presents at Networking Field Day 16
Presenters: Alessandro Barbieri, Steven Shalita
Thursday, Sep 14 16:30 - 18:30 Cisco Presents at Networking Field Day 16
Friday, Sep 15 8:00 - 10:00 Gigamon Presents at Networking Field Day 16
Friday, Sep 15 10:30 - 12:30 Kentik Presents at Networking Field Day 16
All dates and times listed are local time in Silicon Valley, 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 …

Nikki Schnupp

@GestaltNikki

Nikki Schnupp provides Event Support for Tech Field Day

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 #NFD16

  1. The Future of Network Management
    • Networking Field Day 20, Networking Field Day 25
    • Kemp, PathSolutions, VMware
  2. Streaming Telemetry With Avi Freedman on Software Gone Wild
    • Ivan Pepelnjak
    • Kentik
  3. Why Have I Joined Apstra?
    • Jeff Tantsura
    • Apstra
  4. GraphDBs and Network Automation
    • Networking Field Day 18
    • Nicola Arnoldi
    • Apstra, Red Hat Ansible Automation
  5. The Road To 400G Ethernet Is Paved With Bechtolsheim’s Intentions
    • Arista Networks
  6. Tech Field Day 2017: An Enthusiastic Retrospective
    • Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2017
    • Nikki Schnupp
  7. Gigamon (and Splunk and Phantom) at NFD16
    • Terry Slattery
    • Gigamon
  8. Apstra at NFD16
    • Terry Slattery
    • Apstra
  9. Spotlight on Cisco Tetration and Cisco Intersight at NFD16
    • Pete Welcher
    • Cisco
  10. Going Faster with 400Gbps Ethernet and Andy Bechtolsheim
    • Tom Hollingsworth
    • Arista Networks
  11. NFD16: Automating Arista Networks
    • Pete Welcher
    • Arista Networks
  12. Keep Load Balanced With KEMP Technologies
    • Pete Welcher
    • Kemp
  13. Arista Networks at Networking Field Day 16
    • Terry Slattery
    • Arista Networks
  14. Veriflow at NFD16: Continuous Network Verification
    • Pete Welcher
    • Veriflow
  15. Pluribus Networks… 2 Years Later
    • Networking Field Day 9
    • Ivan Pepelnjak
    • Pluribus Networks
  16. Pluribus Networks at NFD16
    • Pete Welcher
    • Pluribus Networks
  17. Pluribus Networks – Whitebox Fabric
    • Daniel Kuchenski
    • Pluribus Networks
  18. Pluribus Networks Is the Definition of “Software Defined”
    • Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2017
    • Tom Hollingsworth
    • Pluribus Networks
  19. E Tu Pluribus Networks UNUM?
    • Rich Stroffolino
    • Pluribus Networks
  20. BiB007: Kentik Network Peering & Capacity Planning
    • Ethan Banks
    • Kentik, Packet Pushers
  21. BiB009: Pluribus Insight Analytics Platform
    • Ethan Banks
    • Packet Pushers, Pluribus Networks
  22. AOS Bridging Two Worlds
    • Apstra
  23. Automated Testing & Intent Verification for Network Operations
    • Jason Edelman
    • Forward Networks, Veriflow
  24. Apstra: Networking by Intent
    • Pete Welcher
    • Apstra
  25. NFD16 day two – Cisco Project Starship a.k.a. Intersight
    • Gian Paolo Boarina
    • Cisco
  26. Is the Data-Driven Network Next Step in Networking?
    • Terry Slattery
    • Apstra, Arista Networks, Cisco, Veriflow
  27. Kentik Finds Truth in the Traffic
    • Pete Welcher
    • Kentik
  28. Intent-Based Analytics: What is it?
    • Apstra
  29. Seeing Tetration in action – NFD16
    • Amy Arnold
    • Cisco
  30. Arista’s Programmability Strategy
    • Jason Edelman
    • Arista Networks
  31. NFD16 day two – Apstra
    • Gian Paolo Boarina
    • Apstra
  32. Intent-Based Networking: What is it?
    • Apstra
  33. Pluribus Networks… Wait, where are we again?
    • Chris Marget
    • Pluribus Networks
  34. Preserving and managing intent using Apstra AOS
    • Amy Arnold
    • Apstra
  35. Cisco Intersight – A Transformative Evolution
    • Cisco
  36. NFD16 day one – Arista
    • Gian Paolo Boarina
    • Arista Networks
  37. KEMP Presented Some Interesting Features at NFD16
    • Chris Marget
    • Kemp
  38. Networking Field Day 16 Summary
    • Derick Winkworth
    • Apstra
  39. NFD16 – Gigamon and Splunk (with a Dash of Phantom)
    • Carl Niger
    • Gigamon
  40. Cisco Launches Intersight: Cloud Managed UCS and HyperFlex
    • Rich Stroffolino
    • Cisco
  41. Network Field Day 16
    • Gian Paolo Boarina
  42. NFD16 delegate
    • Gian Paolo Boarina
  43. NFD16 day one – Veriflow
    • Gian Paolo Boarina
    • Veriflow
  44. Veriflow – The Formal Future
    • Daniel Kuchenski
    • Veriflow
  45. Startup Veriflow Adds New Intent-Based Capabilities To Its Network Verification Software
    • Drew Conry-Murray
    • Packet Pushers, Veriflow
  46. NFD16 First Impressions
    • Ivan Pepelnjak
    • Apstra, Kentik, Veriflow
  47. Apstra at NFD16
    • Derick Winkworth
    • Apstra
  48. Looking Forward to Networking Field Day 16
    • Pete Welcher
    • Apstra, Arista Networks, Cisco, Gigamon, Kemp, Kentik, Pluribus Networks, Veriflow

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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