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Networking Field Day 18

L-R: Jody Lemoine, Nicola Arnoldi, Greg Ferro, Jordan Martin, Rita Younger, Aaron Conaway, Eric Stover, Carl Fugate, Kevin Myers, Darrel Clute, Snehal Patel, Bruno Wollmann, Tom Hollingsworth

Networking Field Day 18
July 18–20, 2018
#NFD18
Who: Networking
What: Field Day
When: Past
Where: 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.

Aaron Conaway

@AConaway

Aaron has been doing routing, switching, firewalling, and load balancing for 17 years now.

Bruno Wollmann

@WollmannBruno

Self-employed network architect with over 20 years of experience. I'm always willing to learn, and I like a good challenge. CCDE #20190002. CCIE #19817.

Carl Fugate

@CarlFugate

Carl leads Network Architecture for a large Managed Services provider.

Darrel Clute

@DarrelClute

IT Infrastructure Engineer and Architect with a strong emphasis on networking and UNIX systems.

Eric Stover

@Eric_Stover

Enterprise network engineer focused on data center networks and learning everything.

Greg Ferro

@EtherealMind

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

Jody Lemoine

@GhostInTheNet

Network Greasemonkey, Packet Macrame Specialist, Virtual Pneumatic Tube Transport Designer and Connectivity Nerfherder. CCIE 41436.

Jordan Martin

@BCJordo

Technical Solutions Architect and Co-Founder of the Network Collective podcast. (CCIE# 43772)

Kevin Myers

@StubArea51

Kevin is a network architect that consults globally for WISP/Wireline ISPs and large enterprises.

Nicola Arnoldi

@Nicola_Arnoldi

Networker, Automator, Disruptor, Daydreamer

Rita Younger

@SDN_Girl

Rita has been a network engineer for over 28 years and encourages women and minorities to join her using her personal platform TotalPackets.com.

Snehal Patel

@SnehalPatel1410

Subject matter expert in the field of network engineering.

Presentation Calendar

Most presentations are streamed live on this page, at TechFieldDay.com, and at some delegate and presenter web sites. After the event, the following pages contain video recordings of these presentations.

Wednesday, Jul 18 9:30 - 11:30
Gluware Presents at Networking Field Day 18
Presenters: Jeff Gray, Mike Haugh, Olivier Huynh Van
Wednesday, Jul 18 13:00 - 15:00
IP Infusion Presents at Networking Field Day 18
Presenters: Asif Hazarika, Atsushi Ogata, Flemming Heino, Loren Staley, Richard Petrie, Srikanth Krishnamohan, Wataru Ishida
Wednesday, Jul 18 16:00 - 18:00
Big Switch Networks Presents at Networking Field Day 18
Presenters: Cedric Hobbs, Don Jayakody, Kyle Forster, Robert Ling, Sandip Shah, Sudeep Modi
Thursday, Jul 19 8:00 - 9:00
Anuta Networks Presents at Networking Field Day 18
Presenters: Chandu Guntakala, Praveen Vengalam
Thursday, Jul 19 11:00 - 13:00
Nyansa Presents at Networking Field Day 18
Presenters: Anand Srinivas
Thursday, Jul 19 15:00 - 17:00
Red Hat Ansible Automation Presents at Networking Field Day 18
Presenters: Andrius Benokraitis, Peter Sprygada
Friday, Jul 20 9:00 - 11:00
A10 Networks Presents at Networking Field Day 18
Presenters: Arvind Prabhudev, Babur Kahn, Mubeen Alam, Paul Nicholson, Raj Jalan, Rich Groves, Saurabh Sureka, Tom Guerrette, Yasir Liaqat
All dates and times listed are local time in Silicon Valley, US/Pacific..

Event Staff

Ben Gage

@BenTGage

Tom Hollingsworth

@NetworkingNerd


Links with Tag #NFD18

  1. The Foundation of the Future With Barefoot Networks
    • Tom Hollingsworth
    • Barefoot Networks
  2. GraphDBs and Network Automation
    • Networking Field Day 16
    • Nicola Arnoldi
    • Apstra, Red Hat Ansible Automation
  3. Big Switch is Changing the Cloud Game
    • Rita Younger
    • Big Switch Networks
  4. Nyansa Voyance at NFD18
    • Aaron Conaway
    • Nyansa
  5. NFD 18 – Day 2 – RedHat Ansible
    • Nicola Arnoldi
    • Red Hat Ansible Automation
  6. Tech Field Day’s are Much More than Technical
    • Rita Younger
  7. NFD 18 – Day 1 Highlights – IP Infusion and Broadcom
    • Nicola Arnoldi
    • Broadcom, IP Infusion
  8. Ansible is NOT Programming
    • Rita Younger
    • Red Hat Ansible Automation
  9. Network Break 194: Amazon Spooks Switch Vendors; Big Switch Brings VPCs On Prem
    • Drew Conry-Murray, Greg Ferro
    • Big Switch Networks, Packet Pushers
  10. Automating My World
    • Aaron Conaway
    • Red Hat Ansible Automation
  11. Networking Field Day 18 Wrap-Up
    • Bruno Wollmann
  12. Networking Field Day 18 wrap-up
    • Nicola Arnoldi
  13. Friday Musings on Network Analytics
    • Tom Hollingsworth
  14. ISP Design – Building production MPLS networks with IP Infusion’s OcNOS
    • Kevin Myers
    • IP Infusion
  15. BiB 48: Gluware at Network Field Day 18
    • Greg Ferro
    • Gluware, Packet Pushers
  16. Network Field Day 18 – Some Preparation and Review
    • Greg Ferro
    • A10 Networks, Anuta Networks, Big Switch Networks, Gluware, IP Infusion, Nyansa, Red Hat Ansible Automation

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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