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Networking Field Day 5

L-R: Josh O'Brien, Colin McNamara, John Herbert, Brent Salisbury, Brandon Carroll, Stephen Foskett, Tom Hollingsworth, Peter Welcher, Terry Slattery, Greg Ferro, Claire Chaplais, Jon Langemak, Ethan Banks, Paul Stewart

Networking Field Day 5

March 6–March 8, 2013

#NFD5

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.

Brent Salisbury

@NetworkStatic

Brent Salisbury works as a Network Architect, CCIE #11972.

Colin McNamara

@ColinMcNamara

Colin McNamara is a seasoned professional with over 15 years experience with network and systems technologies.

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.

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.

Josh O’Brien

@JoshOBrien77

Josh has worked in the industry for 14 years and is now serving as CTO in the Telemedicine sector.

Paul Stewart

@PacketU

Paul Stewart is a Network and Security Engineer, Trainer and Blogger who enjoys understanding how things really work.

Pete Welcher

@PJWelcher

Early CCIE with broad knowledge of IT topics

Terry Slattery

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

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.

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, Mar 6 08:00-18:00 Cisco Presents at Networking Field Day 5
Thursday, Mar 7 08:00-10:00 SolarWinds Presents at Networking Field Day 5
Thursday, Mar 7 10:30-12:30 Ruckus Presents at Networking Field Day 5
Presenters: GT Hill
Thursday, Mar 7 13:30-15:30 Brocade Presents at Networking Field Day 5
Thursday, Mar 7 16:00-18:00 Plexxi Presents at Networking Field Day 5
Friday, Mar 8 08:00-12:00 Juniper Presents at Networking Field Day 5
All dates and times listed are local time in Silicon Valley, US/Pacific.

Event Staff

Benjamin Freedman

@PrimeImageVideo

Claire Chaplais

@CChaplais

Claire Chaplais has over 20 years experience in business operations, marketing communication programs, and event management for the high tech industry. She worked for great companies like Wind River Systems, StorageTek, Common Sense Media, and Harris B …

Stephen Foskett

@SFoskett

Stephen is the President of the Tech Field Day business unit for The Futurum Group and focuses on AI, edge, and cloud


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    • Tom Hollingsworth
    • Ruckus Networks
  2. Coverage: Secret Sunday – Mike Bushong
    • John Herbert, Mike Bushong
  3. Coverage: Secret Sunday #2 – Schprokits
    • Networking Field Day 4
    • John Herbert
  4. Coverage: The Principle of Same-Same in Physical Network Design
    • Ethan Banks
    • Brocade
  5. Coverage: YAML – Yet Another YAML Lover
    • Networking Field Day 4
    • John Herbert
    • Juniper Networks
  6. Coverage: Software Defined, uh, Week From Unicornland?
    • John Herbert
  7. Coverage: Network Function Abstraction Redux (Now with DevOps!) | Keeping It Classless
    • Matt Oswalt
    • Juniper Networks
  8. Coverage: NFD6 Vendor Preview: Plexxi
    • Networking Field Day 6
    • Matt Oswalt
    • Plexxi
  9. Coverage: Why Blog?
    • Networking Field Day 4
    • Paul Stewart
  10. Coverage: Solarwinds – A Lot of Hot Air?
    • John Herbert
    • SolarWinds
  11. Coverage: Repairing My Cool Name Plate
    • Paul Stewart
    • Ruckus Networks
  12. Coverage: Configuring Ruckus ZoneDirector for Wireless Guest Access
    • Paul Stewart
    • Ruckus Networks
  13. Coverage: Solarwinds Thwack Ambassador for July 2013
    • John Herbert
    • SolarWinds
  14. Coverage: Ruckus AP7982 and ZD1100 – First Look
    • John Herbert
    • Ruckus Networks
  15. Coverage: Network Field Day 5: Ruckus Wireless Revisited
    • Pete Welcher
    • Ruckus Networks
  16. Coverage: SolarWinds Portfolio Overview
    • Paul Stewart
    • SolarWinds
  17. Coverage: Ruckus on 802.11ac
    • Paul Stewart
    • Ruckus Networks
  18. Coverage: Talking Juniper EX9200 and QFX Switches at Interop
    • Juniper Networks
  19. Coverage: Brocade’s Pragmatically Defined Network
    • Tom Hollingsworth
    • Brocade
  20. Coverage: Brocade’s April 2013 Announcements
    • Pete Welcher
    • Brocade
  21. Coverage: Understanding Contrail Systems, Juniper’s SDN Acquisition
    • Paul Stewart
    • Juniper Networks
  22. Coverage: SolarWinds at Network Field Day 5
    • Pete Welcher
    • SolarWinds
  23. Coverage: The Cisco ONE SDN Controller
    • Brent Salisbury
    • Cisco, Cisco Datacenter
  24. Coverage: Juniper and the Removal of the Human Element
    • Tom Hollingsworth
    • Juniper Networks
  25. Coverage: Plexxi – Layer 1 SDN
    • Jon Langemak
    • Plexxi
  26. Coverage: Affinity Networking Takes Center Stage
    • Paul Stewart
    • Plexxi
  27. Coverage: Plexxi Switch
    • Anthony Burke
    • Plexxi
  28. Coverage: My first Networking Field day
    • Jon Langemak
    • Brocade, Cisco, Cisco Borderless, Cisco Datacenter, Juniper Networks, Plexxi, Ruckus Networks, SolarWinds
  29. Coverage: Plexxi and the Case for Affinity
    • Tom Hollingsworth
    • Plexxi
  30. Coverage: Juniper to unveil programmable core switch for software-defined networking – Network World
    • Juniper Networks
  31. Coverage: Brocade Defined Networking
    • Tom Hollingsworth
    • Brocade
  32. Coverage: Causing A Network Ruckus
    • Tom Hollingsworth
    • Ruckus Networks
  33. Coverage: Why I View Brocade as an SDN Leader
    • Paul Stewart
    • Brocade
  34. Coverage: SDN Dominates NFD#5
    • Brent Salisbury
    • Brocade, Cisco, Cisco Datacenter, Juniper Networks, Plexxi
  35. Coverage: SolarWinds at Network Field Day 5
    • Pete Welcher
    • SolarWinds
  36. Coverage: Plexxi Control
    • Anthony Burke
  37. Coverage: Solarwinds – The Right Tool For A New Job
    • Tom Hollingsworth
    • SolarWinds
  38. Coverage: March Madness: The Blog
    • Pete Welcher
    • Cisco, Cisco Borderless, Cisco Datacenter
  39. Coverage: Cisco Borderless Idol
    • Tom Hollingsworth
    • Cisco, Cisco Borderless
  40. Coverage: Show 141 – The Pace of Change Is Picking Up
    • Brent Salisbury, Ethan Banks, Greg Ferro, Pete Welcher, Stephen Foskett
    • Brocade, Cisco, Cisco Borderless, Cisco Datacenter, Juniper Networks, Packet Pushers, Plexxi
  41. Coverage: Defining Cisco’s onePK
    • Paul Stewart
    • Cisco, Cisco Datacenter
  42. Coverage: Be The Steamroller Not The Road
    • Brent Salisbury
  43. Coverage: The Cisco WLAN Scape
    • Pete Welcher
    • Cisco, Cisco Borderless
  44. Coverage: Cisco Data Center Duel
    • Tom Hollingsworth
    • Cisco, Cisco Datacenter
  45. Coverage: Networking Field Day 5: SDN and Unicorn Blood
    • Omar Sultan
    • Cisco, Cisco Datacenter
  46. Coverage: Network Field Day 5: Cisco onePK
    • Terry Slattery
    • Cisco, Cisco Datacenter
  47. Coverage: Whiteboard: Software Defined Networking – The Real Story
    • SolarWinds
  48. Coverage: Network Field Day 5 – Disturbing Images
    • Greg Ferro
  49. Coverage: Testing WLAN and Network Management Products
    • Pete Welcher
    • Ruckus Networks, SolarWinds
  50. Coverage: Did You Say SDN?
    • Paul Stewart
  51. Coverage: Network Field Day 5: Ruckus Wireless Comments
    • Pete Welcher
    • Ruckus Networks
  52. Coverage: 15 Minutes, Puppet and a Screwdriver
    • John Herbert
    • Cisco, Cisco Datacenter
  53. Coverage: Decoding the New Infrastructure – NFD5 Redux
    • John Herbert
    • Brocade, Cisco, Cisco Borderless, Cisco Datacenter, Juniper Networks, Plexxi, Ruckus Networks, SolarWinds
  54. Coverage: Sci-fi Throwdown (Opinionated Bracket from Hell)
    • Bob Plankers, John Herbert
    • SolarWinds
  55. Coverage: Dancing on the strings of DevOps
    • Networking Field Day 4
    • Anthony Burke, Derick Winkworth, Kurt Bales
    • Juniper Networks
  56. Coverage: Network Field Day 5: Ruckus Wireless Comments
    • Pete Welcher
    • Ruckus Networks
  57. Coverage: Network Field Day 5: Ruckus Wireless
    • Terry Slattery
    • Ruckus Networks
  58. Coverage: Smart Optical Switching – Your Plexxible Friend
    • John Herbert
    • Plexxi
  59. Coverage: Show 139 – Making Your Way Down The Path To Nirvana
    • Brandon Carroll, Ethan Banks, Greg Ferro, Josh O’Brien, Tom Hollingsworth
    • Packet Pushers
  60. Coverage: The Good and Bad of Wireless
    • Wireless Field Day 3
    • Brent Salisbury
    • Cisco, Cisco Borderless, Ruckus Networks, Tanaza
  61. Coverage: Networking Field Day 5
    • Michael McNamara
  62. Coverage: Plexxi Session Streaming Live
    • Paul Stewart
    • Plexxi
  63. Coverage: Extracting The Most Value From Network Vendor Presentations
    • John Harrington
    • Packet Pushers
  64. Coverage: Cisco OnePK
    • Pete Welcher
    • Cisco, Cisco Datacenter
  65. Coverage: SolarWinds Presentation Streaming Live
    • Paul Stewart
    • SolarWinds
  66. Coverage: Ruckus Presentation Streaming Live
    • Paul Stewart
    • Ruckus Networks
  67. Coverage: Cisco Datacenter at Network Field Day 5 (evening session)
    • Paul Stewart
    • Cisco
  68. Coverage: NFD5 Live Stream
    • Brandon Carroll
  69. Coverage: Back in the Saddle with NFD5
    • Josh O’Brien
  70. Coverage: Cisco Borderless at Network Field Day Five
    • Paul Stewart
    • Cisco, Cisco Borderless
  71. Coverage: Network Field Day #5 Streaming Link
    • Pete Welcher
  72. Coverage: Come learn with me – Network Field Day 5
    • Colin McNamara
  73. Coverage: Get Your Geek On (Live Streaming from NFD5)
    • John Herbert
  74. Coverage: Networking Field Day 5 – Participate Remotely
    • Nick Buraglio
  75. Coverage: NFD5 At Cisco Today, Speed Dating, and Voting on Topics!
    • Cisco, Cisco Borderless
  76. Coverage: Network Field Day Comes to Cisco
    • Omar Sultan
    • Cisco, Cisco Borderless, Cisco Datacenter
  77. Coverage: Some Thoughts Prior to Network Field Day #5
    • Pete Welcher
  78. Coverage: Basic Software Defined Networking (SDN)
    • Pete Welcher
    • Cisco, Cisco Datacenter
  79. Coverage: SDN: The Daylight Project
    • Brent Salisbury, Pete Welcher
  80. Coverage: Networking Field Day 5: Only A Few Days Away
    • Brandon Carroll
  81. Coverage: Why Would A Vendor Care About Network Field Day Events?
    • Networking Field Day 6
    • Ethan Banks
    • Packet Pushers
  82. Coverage: Network Field Day 5 — Tweet Your Q’s
    • Paul Stewart
  83. Coverage: Networking Field Day #5 – A Community Event
    • Brent Salisbury
  84. Coverage: Das Blinken Lichten · Networking Field Day 5!
    • Jon Langemak
  85. Coverage: What is Networking Field Day 5 Anyway?
    • Networking Field Day 4
    • John Herbert
  86. Coverage: Network Field Day 5
    • Tom Hollingsworth
  87. Coverage: Gestalt IT Tech Field Day with Terry on March 2013
    • Terry Slattery
  88. Coverage: Gestalt IT Networking Field Day — What is it?
    • Networking Field Day 4
    • Paul Stewart

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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