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Networking Field Day 26

Row 1 (L-R): Darrel Clute, A.J. Murray, Jason Gintert
Row 2 (L-R): Pete Welcher, Jody Lemoine, Tom Hollingsworth
Row 3 (L-R): Ed Horley, Josh Warcop, Drew Conry-Murray
Row 4 (L-R): Tim Bertino, Faisal Khan, Girard Kavelines

Networking Field Day 26
September 14–16, 2021
#NFD26
Who: Networking
What: Field Day
When: Past
Location: Virtual

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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.

A.J. Murray

@NoBlinkyBlinky

Sr. Deployment Engineer in the Enterprise Networking and Data Center space, blogger, and podcaster.

Darrel Clute

@DarrelClute

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

Drew Conry-Murray

@Drew_CM

I’m a tech blogger and podcaster with 17 years’ experience covering IT, networking, security, and more.

Ed Horley

@EHorley

20 years in tech, “Crazy IPv6 dude”, co-chair California IPv6 Task Force, author (Apress and Pluralsight), blogger and occasional speaker

Faisal Khan

@MFaisalK

A networking and virtualization enthusiast.

Girard Kavelines

@GKavelines

Girard Kavelines has over 15 years of experience as an IT Professional. Working in many different areas and roles from IT Helpdesk, Network Technician, Network and System Administrator, and IT Administrator.

Jason Gintert

@BitsInFlight

Jason is a data networking professional with over 20 years experience and acts as co-founder & CTO of WAN Dynamics, co-founder of the US Networking User Association, CTO of Ohio IX and blogs at https://bitsinflight.com

Jody Lemoine

@GhostInTheNet

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

Josh Warcop

@Warcop

Consultant by day, hacker by night.

Pete Welcher

@PJWelcher

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

Tim Bertino

@TimBertino

I am a Senior Network Engineer in the enterprise space with over ten years of IT experience.

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 14 8:00-10:00
Juniper Networks Presents at Networking Field Day 26
Presenters: Abhi Shamsundar, Bob Friday, Christian Gilby, Jake Snyder, Ryan Adzima, Sudheer Matta, Sujit Ghosh, Sunalini Sankhavaram
Tuesday, Sep 14 11:00-13:00
Arista Presents at Networking Field Day 26
Presenters: Alex Nichol, Doug Gourlay, Fred Hsu
Wednesday, Sep 15 8:00-9:00
NetBeez Presents at Networking Field Day 26
Presenters: Panickos Neophytou, Panos Vouzis, Stefano Gridelli
Wednesday, Sep 15 10:00-11:00
PathSolutions Presents at Networking Field Day 26
Presenters: Tim Titus
Wednesday, Sep 15 12:00-14:00
Kentik Presents at Networking Field Day 26
Presenters: Anil Murty, Avi Freedman, Dan Rohan, Greg Villain
Thursday, Sep 16 8:00-10:00
Cisco Presents at Networking Field Day 26
Presenters: Azeem Suleman, Daniel Pita, Gabi Zapodeanu, Karthik Thumula
Thursday, Sep 16 11:00-12:30
ZPE Systems Presents at Networking Field Day 26
Presenters: Arnaldo Zimmermann, Koroush Saraf, Rene Neumann
Thursday, Sep 16 13:30-15:30
Riverbed Presents at Networking Field Day 26
Presenters: Brandon Carroll, John Murphy, Jon Hodgson, Phil Gervasi, Vincent Berk
All dates and times listed are local time in Virtual, US/Pacific.

Event Staff

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 #NFD26

  1. Juniper Networks’ Mist Cloud Platform Just Got Better With Added Support for EVPN-WXLAN
    • Sulagna Saha
    • Juniper Networks
  2. D://xprs0017: Processors in Italy, a British Comeback and the Email Celebrates Its Birthday
    • Networking Field Day 25, Security Field Day 6, Tech Field Day Presents Dell Technologies HCI & Storage: Cutting Edge Infrastructure to Drive Your Business
    • Kerstin Mende-Stief, Wolfgang Stief
    • Apstra, Intel, Juniper Networks, Versa Networks
  3. NFD26 – Performance Monitoring W/ NetBeez
    • Tim Bertino
    • NetBeez
  4. Hybrid Cloud Automation With Cisco Nexus Dashboard
    • Zach DeMeyer
    • Cisco
  5. Kentik: Bringing Observability to the Modern Network
    • Zach DeMeyer
    • Kentik
  6. NetBeez Offers a Solution for Work From Home Scenarios
    • Keith Ward
    • NetBeez
  7. TechHouse570- Networking Field Day- Day 3 Recap
    • Girard Kavelines
    • Cisco, ZPE Systems
  8. How Riverbed Helps IT Bridge the Visibility Gap
    • Zach DeMeyer
    • Riverbed
  9. NFD26: Arista Adds an Automation Architecture and Macro Segmentation to Its Cloud Grade Routing
    • Pete Welcher
    • Arista Networks
  10. ZPE Systems Unifies the Remote Office
    • Tom Hollingsworth
    • ZPE Systems
  11. NetBeez Unifies Network Management
    • Zach DeMeyer
    • NetBeez
  12. Is Juniper on the Right Track With Its Mist AI? My Perspective!
    • Faisal Khan
    • Juniper Networks, Juniper, driven by Mist AI
  13. NFD26: Juniper Adds Sophisticated MIST Functionality
    • Pete Welcher
    • Juniper Networks, Juniper, driven by Mist AI
  14. Taking Control Over the Network With Arista
    • Zach DeMeyer
    • Arista Networks
  15. Next-Generation Network Automation and Cloud Scale Routing With Arista Networks
    • Jason Gintert
    • Arista Networks
  16. Demonstrating End-To-End Visibility From Client to the Cloud
    • Phil Gervasi
    • Riverbed
  17. NetBeez 2021 Update
    • Pete Welcher
    • NetBeez
  18. NFD26: NetBeez Update
    • Pete Welcher
    • NetBeez
  19. NFD26: Update on Two Cisco Fabric Automation Platforms
    • Pete Welcher
    • Cisco
  20. Juniper to Focus on ‘Experience-First Networking’
    • Keith Ward
    • Juniper Networks
  21. Kentik – Get Observability and Monitoring Under Control
    • Ed Horley
    • Kentik
  22. Briefings in Brief 102: ZPE Systems Melds Universal CPE With Out-Of-Band Management
    • Drew Conry-Murray, Ed Horley
    • Packet Pushers, ZPE Systems
  23. Ep 63 – NFD26 – the Art of Network Engineering
    • A.J. Murray, Tim Bertino
    • Arista Networks, Cisco, Juniper Networks, Kentik, NetBeez, PathSolutions, ZPE Systems
  24. NFD26: Troubleshooting With Riverbed, the Story
    • Pete Welcher
    • Riverbed
  25. ZPE Systems-Not Your Dad’s Console Server
    • Josh Warcop
    • ZPE Systems
  26. NFD26: Kentik Adds Nifty Capabilities
    • Pete Welcher
    • Kentik
  27. ZPE – A New Swiss Army Knife Networking Product
    • Ed Horley
    • ZPE Systems
  28. NetBeez Presentation at Networking Field Day 26: 6 Highlights
    • NetBeez
  29. NFD26: The Overview
    • Pete Welcher
  30. NFD26: PathSolutions TotalView Provides Helpful Network Management
    • Pete Welcher
    • PathSolutions
  31. Automation and Assurance of the AI Driven Campus With Juniper Networks
    • Jason Gintert
    • Juniper Networks
  32. TechHouse570- Networking Field Day- Day 1 Recap
    • Girard Kavelines
    • Arista Networks, Juniper Networks, Juniper, driven by Mist AI
  33. Arista – Open Source Network Automation and Tooling
    • Ed Horley
    • Arista Networks
  34. Briefings in Brief 101: Juniper Wants to Wire Your Campus Fabric With Mist Cloud
    • Drew Conry-Murray, Ed Horley
    • Juniper Networks, Packet Pushers
  35. Networking Field Day 26
    • Tim Bertino
  36. NFD26 – Scaling Discussion W/ Arista
    • Tim Bertino
    • Arista Networks
  37. NFD26 – Experience First Networking W/ Juniper
    • Tim Bertino
    • Juniper Networks
  38. All the Networking You Crave at Networking Field Day 26!
    • Tom Hollingsworth
    • Arista Networks, Cisco, Juniper Networks, Kentik, NetBeez, PathSolutions, Riverbed, ZPE Systems
  39. Juniper – Mist API and Automation With Postman
    • Ed Horley
    • Juniper Networks, Juniper, driven by Mist AI
  40. Marvis Learns New Tricks
    • Chris Grundemann
    • Juniper Networks
  41. TechHouse570- Networking Field Day- Day 2 Recap
    • Girard Kavelines
    • Kentik, NetBeez, PathSolutions
  42. NFD26: ZPE Systems: Combined OOB Functionality in One Box
    • Pete Welcher
    • ZPE Systems
  43. Network Field Day 26
    • Ed Horley
  44. Meet Field Day Delegate – Tim Bertino
    • Tim Bertino, Zach DeMeyer
  45. Meet Field Day Delegate – Girard Kavelines
    • Girard Kavelines, Zach DeMeyer
  46. TechHouse570- Networking Field Day 26
    • Girard Kavelines
  47. Network Field Day 26 Is Coming
    • Pete Welcher

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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