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Networking Field Day 23

Row 1 (L-R): John Herbert, Peter Welcher, Gian Paolo Boarina, Jody Lemoine
Row 2 (L-R): Rita Younger, Jordan Martin, Evan Mintzer, Josh Warcop
Row 3 (L-4): Tony Efantis, Shala Denise, Orhan Ergun, Tom Hollingsworth
Row 4: Ben Story

Networking Field Day 23

September 29–October 2, 2020

#NFD23

Who: Networking

What: Field Day

When: Past

Location: Virtual

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Presenting Sponsors

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.

Ben Story

@ntwrk80

Ben a seasoned tech professional committed to problem-solving and giving back to the community through his blog and mentoring.

Evan Mintzer

@EvanMintzer

Infrastructure Director and more!!

Gian Paolo Boarina

@GP_ifconfig

Senior Technical Advisor, CCIE[EI]#38619(10y) experienced in routing, switching, wireless, security and cloud.

Jody Lemoine

Network Greasemonkey, Matrix Anarchitect, Packet Macrame Specialist, Virtual Pneumatic Tube Transport Designer and Connectivity Nerfherder. Independent consultant. CCIE 41436, MTCRE, MTCINE

John Herbert

@MrTugs

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

Jordan Martin

@BCJordo

Principal Architect at WWT (CCIE# 43772)

Josh Warcop

@Warcop

Consultant by day, hacker by night.

Orhan Ergun

@OrhanErgunCCDE

CCIE#26567, CCDE#2014, Network Architect, CCDE Trainer

Pete Welcher

@PJWelcher

Early CCIE with broad knowledge of IT topics

Rita Younger

@SDN_Girl

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

Shala Warner

@GiftedLane

Public learner, mixing satire & cloud wisdom on the fly

Tony Efantis

Networking and Security professional supporting the DoD in network visibility and perimeter network defense.

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.

Tuesday, Sep 29 8:00-9:30
IP Fabric Presents at Networking Field Day 23
Presenters: Daren Fulwell, Pavel Bykov
Tuesday, Sep 29 10:30-11:30
Catchpoint Presents at Networking Field Day 23
Presenters: JP Blaho
Wednesday, Sep 30 8:00-10:00
Arista Networks Presents at Networking Field Day 23
Presenters: Alex Nichol, Andre Pech, Andy Bechtolsheim, Douglas Gourlay, Ken Duda, Mark Berly, Prashant Gandhi, Upasana Dangi
Wednesday, Sep 30 11:00-12:00
PathSolutions Presents at Networking Field Day 23
Presenters: Tim Titus
Wednesday, Sep 30 13:00-15:00
Juniper Networks Presents at Networking Field Day 23
Presenters: Abhi Shamsundar, Calvin Remsburg, Christian Gilby, Joel Crane, Stephen Cooper, Sujit Ghosh, Sunalini Sankhavaram
Thursday, Oct 1 8:00-12:00
Cisco Presents at Networking Field Day 23
Presenters: Deepak Bhargava, Hank Preston, Jason Belk, Krishnan Thirukonda, Mikhail Korshunov
Thursday, Oct 1 13:00-14:30
Apstra Presents at Networking Field Day 23
Presenters: DJ Spry, Josh Saul, Zack Zilakakis
Friday, Oct 2 8:00-10:00
Broadcom Presents at Networking Field Day 23
Presenters: Bhaskar Chinni, Niranjan Vaidya, Surendra Anubolu
Friday, Oct 2 11:00-13:00
Intel Presents at Networking Field Day 23
Presenters: Brian Johnson, Dave Minturn, Fred Zhang, Gary Lee, Prem Jonnalagadda
Friday, Oct 2 14:00-15:00
Airvine Presents at Networking Field Day 23
Presenters: Vivek Ragavan
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 …

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.


43 Links with Tag #NFD23

  1. Coverage: Translating Your Network With Cisco Crosswork Network Controller
    • Tom Hollingsworth
    • Cisco
  2. Coverage: Troubleshooting in an Isolated World With PathSolutions
    • Tom Hollingsworth
    • PathSolutions
  3. Coverage: Keeping SLAs Honest With Broadcom
    • Tom Hollingsworth
    • Broadcom
  4. Coverage: Taking a Network Mulligan With Apstra
    • Tom Hollingsworth
    • Apstra
  5. Coverage: Top-Notch Troubleshooting With Arista and Cloudvision-As-A-Service
    • Tom Hollingsworth
    • Arista Networks
  6. Coverage: Network Field Day 23: Juniper, Mist, Marvis, and Automation
    • Pete Welcher
    • Juniper Networks
  7. Coverage: Wide Area AI Networking With Juniper
    • Tom Hollingsworth
    • Juniper Networks, Juniper, driven by Mist AI
  8. Coverage: Network Field Day 23: Arista’s Latest Technology Innovations
    • Pete Welcher
    • Arista Networks
  9. Coverage: Network Field Day 23: Cisco NSO Is a Major Power Tool
    • Pete Welcher
    • Cisco
  10. Coverage: Network Field Day 23: Apstra Manages Your Datacenter Fabric
    • Pete Welcher
    • Apstra
  11. Coverage: The Value of Synthetic Testing With Catchpoint
    • Tom Hollingsworth
    • Catchpoint
  12. Coverage: Network Field Day 23: Broadcom’s Cloud-Scale Telemetry
    • Pete Welcher
    • Broadcom
  13. Coverage: Network Field Day 23: Intel’s Performance-Enhancing Ethernet Chip Technologies
    • Pete Welcher
    • Intel
  14. Coverage: NFD23 – Juniper
    • Gian Paolo Boarina
    • Juniper Networks
  15. Coverage: Networking Field Day 23: Catchpoint Monitors Digital Experience
    • Pete Welcher
    • Catchpoint
  16. Coverage: Telemetry Troubles Solved With Intel Ingenuity
    • Tom Hollingsworth
    • Barefoot Networks, Intel
  17. Coverage: Nothing but the Truths With IP Fabric
    • Tom Hollingsworth
    • IP Fabric
  18. Coverage: Airvine WaveTunnel 60Ghz Indoor Backhaul
    • Josh Warcop
    • Airvine
  19. Coverage: Juniper Acquires 128 Technology to Add User-Centric Data
    • 128 Technology, Juniper Networks
  20. Coverage: Network Field Day 23
    • Tony Efantis
    • Airvine, Broadcom, PathSolutions
  21. Coverage: NFD23: PathSolutions TotalView Provides Multi-Faceted Network Management
    • Pete Welcher
    • PathSolutions
  22. Coverage: Network Field Day 23: Walls Don’t Stop AirVine
    • Pete Welcher
    • Airvine
  23. Coverage: Ring Around the Datacenter With Airvine
    • Tom Hollingsworth
    • Airvine
  24. Coverage: Network Field Day 23 Overview, or Throw Out Your Net Management Tools, They’re Obsolete!
    • Pete Welcher
    • Apstra, Arista Networks, Broadcom, Catchpoint, Cisco, Intel, IP Fabric, Juniper Networks, PathSolutions
  25. Coverage: Network Field Day 23: IP Fabric
    • Pete Welcher
    • IP Fabric
  26. Coverage: IP Fabric
    • Ben Story
    • IP Fabric
  27. Coverage: NFD23 – PathSolutions
    • Gian Paolo Boarina
    • PathSolutions
  28. Coverage: Broadcom Mirror on Drop (MoD)
    • Broadcom
  29. Coverage: Can You Handle the Truth?
    • IP Fabric
  30. Coverage: Thoughts From Networking Field Day 23
    • Tom Hollingsworth
    • Juniper Networks
  31. Coverage: Home Office Setup for Remote Events on a Budget
    • Gian Paolo Boarina
    • Tech Field Day
  32. Coverage: NFD23 – IPFabric
    • Gian Paolo Boarina
    • IP Fabric
  33. Coverage: NFD23 – Arista
    • Gian Paolo Boarina
    • Arista Networks
  34. Coverage: NFD23 – CatchPoint
    • Gian Paolo Boarina
    • Catchpoint
  35. Coverage: Converging Conference Communities in the Cloud
    • Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld 2020
    • Max Mortillaro, Stephen Foskett
    • Arista Networks, Pensando
  36. Coverage: IP Fabric Solving Network Documentation Simply
    • Rita Younger
    • IP Fabric
  37. Coverage: Being Last to Network Field Day 23 Is Actually a Good Thing
    • Evan Mintzer
  38. Coverage: Meet Field Day Delegate – Ben Story
    • Alissa Nivens, Ben Story
  39. Coverage: Getting Lost at Networking Field Day
    • Josh Warcop
  40. Coverage: Networking Field Day 23 Is Coming!
    • Pete Welcher
    • Airvine, IP Fabric
  41. Coverage: Time for a Virtual Field Trip
    • Ben Story
  42. Coverage: Looking Forward to Network Field Day 23
    • Pete Welcher
    • Apstra, Arista Networks, Broadcom, Catchpoint, Cisco, Intel, Juniper Networks, Palo Alto Networks, PathSolutions
  43. Coverage: Meet Field Day Delegate – Shala Denise
    • Shala Warner

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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