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Networking Field Day 7

Networking Field Day 7
February 19–21, 2014
#NFD7
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.

Bob McCouch

@BobMcCouch

Bob McCouch, CCIE #38296, is a networking consultant in Pennsylvania, USA, with over 10 years of industry experience.

Brandon Carroll

@BrandonCarroll

Consulting System Engineer, Instructor, Blogger, and Technology Fan. CCIE #23837.

Chris Marget

@ChrisMarget

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

Edward Henry

@NetworkN3rd

Ed Henry is a networking blogger that works for a higher education network in New England.

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?

Josh O’Brien

@JoshOBrien77

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

Matt Oswalt

@Mierdin

Matt Oswalt is a network software developer and blogger.

Nick Buraglio

@ForwardingPlane

Network Architect, engineer, researcher, and blogger.

Paul Stewart

@PacketU

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

Teren Bryson

@SomeClown

Network, Programming, Unix Geek; Whisky Taster; Brain Hacker; Student of Everything; Cancer Survivor; Freelance Writer; Automata; PGP: https://goo.gl/49FMp9 – Coming from the aether.

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, Feb 19 9:30 - 11:30 Tail-f Systems Presents at Networking Field Day 7
Wednesday, Feb 19 13:00 - 15:00 LiveAction Presents at Networking Field Day 7
Wednesday, Feb 19 15:30 - 17:30 Plexxi Presents at Networking Field Day 7
Thursday, Feb 20 8:00 - 10:00 Brocade Presents at Networking Field Day 7
Thursday, Feb 20 10:30 - 12:30 Dell Networking Presents at Networking Field Day 7
Thursday, Feb 20 13:30 - 15:30 Extreme Networks Presents at Networking Field Day 7
Thursday, Feb 20 16:00 - 18:00 Avaya Presents at Networking Field Day 7
Friday, Feb 21 8:00 - 10:00 Juniper Networks Presents at Networking Field Day 7
Friday, Feb 21 10:30 - 12:30 Pluribus Networks Presents at Networking Field Day 7
Presenters: Alessandro Barbieri, Dave Ginsburg, Rolf Muralt, Sunay Tripathi
All dates and times listed are local time in Silicon Valley, US/Pacific.

Event Staff

Benjamin Freedman

@PrimeImageVideo

Jennifer Huber

@JenniferLucille

Jennifer has over 10 years of experience in the networking and wireless engineering industry.

Stephen Foskett

@SFoskett

Stephen Foskett is a writer and speaker on enterprise IT topics and organizes the popular Tech Field Day event series.


Links with Tag #NFD7

  1. What is your netflow strategy?
    • Networking Field Day 9
    • Nick Buraglio
    • LiveAction, NetScout, SolarWinds
  2. Musing: Cisco Buys Tail-F and Disrupts Competitor Product Development
    • Greg Ferro
    • Cisco, Tail-f Systems
  3. SDN Use Case: Content Filtering
    • SDN Connect Live
    • Tom Hollingsworth
    • Tail-f Systems
  4. Pluribus Server Switch – WLTM Engineer With Ideas!
    • John Herbert
    • Pluribus Networks
  5. Tail-F Systems….Another one Bites the Dust?
    • Josh O’Brien
    • Cisco, Tail-f Systems
  6. Thoughts on Cisco Acquiring Tail-F Systems
    • John Herbert
    • Cisco, Tail-f Systems
  7. Cisco to Acquire Tail-f Systems: What does it mean?
    • Paul Stewart
    • Tail-f Systems
  8. Show 191 – Netvisor – the Pluribus Network Hypervisor – Sponsored
    • Greg Ferro
    • Packet Pushers, Pluribus Networks
  9. Abstraction vs Automation
    • Edward Henry
    • Plexxi
  10. Why the Networking Industry Needs a Mini-NETCONF, and Needs it NOW
    • John Herbert
    • Tail-f Systems
  11. Avaya Takes an Elegant Approach with SPB
    • Paul Stewart
    • Avaya
  12. Configuration Management the Tail-f NCS Way
    • John Herbert
    • Tail-f Systems
  13. No One Cares About Our SDN
    • Paul Stewart
  14. Shortest Path Bridging (SPB) – You Won’t Believe Who Has It
    • John Herbert
    • Avaya
  15. SDN Is The Mother(******) of Invention
    • John Herbert
    • Plexxi
  16. Blending the Network; Pluribus ServerSwitch
    • Nick Buraglio
    • Pluribus Networks
  17. Free Training from Brocade
    • Paul Stewart
    • Brocade
  18. From Micro to Macro Management with Plexxi DSE
    • Edward Henry
    • Plexxi
  19. Brocade Vyatta & Forwarding Performance on X86 Server
    • Greg Ferro
    • Brocade
  20. Packet Pushers Podcast and Network Field Day 7
    • Teren Bryson
    • Packet Pushers
  21. OpenDaylight at Networking Field Day 7
    • Matt Oswalt
    • Brocade, OpenDaylight, Plexxi
  22. Discussing NFD7 with the Packet Pushers
    • John Herbert
    • Packet Pushers
  23. Dell Aims for the Clouds with Z9500 Spine
    • Bob McCouch
    • Dell, Dell EMC
  24. Show 184 – The Future of Networking Part 2 as Inspired by #NFD7
    • Bob McCouch, Brandon Carroll, Edward Henry, Ethan Banks, John Herbert, Matt Oswalt, Stephen Foskett, Teren Bryson
    • Packet Pushers
  25. The Advantage Tail-f Has Developing NCS
    • Paul Stewart
    • Tail-f Systems
  26. Network Engineers: Don’t Be The Dinosaur
    • Ethan Banks
  27. Dell Fabric Manager & The Future for CCIEs
    • Lindsay Hill
    • Dell, Dell EMC
  28. One CLI to rule them all? It’s more than that.
    • Edward Henry
    • Tail-f Systems
  29. The Future of Networking Part 1 As Inspired By #NFD7
    • Bob McCouch, Brandon Carroll, Edward Henry, Ethan Banks, John Herbert, Matt Oswalt, Stephen Foskett, Teren Bryson
    • Packet Pushers
  30. Are Younger Engineers Dumb? Part 2
    • John Herbert
    • Dell, Dell EMC, Juniper Networks
  31. Using the Brocade vRouter VPN Capabilities
    • Paul Stewart
    • Brocade
  32. Plexxi Makes Progress With DSE (SDN)
    • Brandon Carroll
    • Plexxi
  33. Choice or the Illusion of Choice
    • Teren Bryson
  34. Network Configuration: The Case for Normalization
    • Matt Oswalt
    • Cisco, Cisco Datacenter, Plexxi, Tail-f Systems
  35. Looking Back At Network Field Day 7
    • Extreme Networks
  36. Networking Field Day 7 – In Review
    • Edward Henry
  37. Server Brawn + Switch Brains = Infrastructure Fabric
    • Bob McCouch
    • Pluribus Networks
  38. Tail-F NCS can change the way existing and future networks are managed
    • Nick Buraglio
    • Tail-f Systems
  39. On Buggy Whips and Restlessness
    • Teren Bryson
  40. sFlow: Dell, Cumulus, Open Source, Open Standards, and Unified Management
    • Dell, Dell EMC
  41. sFlow: Real Time SDN and NFV Analytics for DDoS Mitigation
    • Brocade
  42. Just What Is LiveAction?
    • Paul Stewart
    • LiveAction
  43. NFD7 is Over; It’s Redux Time!
    • John Herbert
  44. 7 Things I Learned at Networking Field Day 7
    • Paul Stewart
  45. NFD7 Day 3 (Friday) – and My Birthday!
    • John Herbert
  46. The Future Is Now: Time to Disrupt the Networking Industry
    • Dell, Dell EMC
  47. NFD7 Day 2 (Thursday)
    • John Herbert
  48. Free HD Live Stream of NFD7!
    • John Herbert
  49. Network Field Day Calendar
    • Teren Bryson
  50. NFD7 Day 1 (Wednesday)
    • John Herbert
  51. Goodbye Snowpocalypse, Hello Networking Field Day 7!
    • Bob McCouch
  52. Networking Field Day 7 — Tweet Your Q’s
    • Paul Stewart
  53. Gentleman, Start Your Engines: Network Field Day 7 Begins Now!
    • Brandon Carroll
  54. LiveAction Debuts at ‘Network Field Day 7’
    • LiveAction
  55. Holy Smokes, it’s Almost NFD Time Again!
    • John Herbert
    • Avaya, Brocade, Dell, Dell EMC, Extreme Networks, Juniper Networks, LiveAction, Plexxi, Pluribus Networks, Tail-f Systems
  56. Network Field Day 7
    • Nick Buraglio
  57. While Software Dominates Hardware, Upstart Pluribus Networks Launches New Switching Platforms
    • Jason Edelman
    • Pluribus Networks
  58. Join the Tech Field Day family
    • Storage Field Day 5, Virtualization Field Day 3, Wireless Field Day 6
    • Arjan Timmerman
  59. Networking Field Day 7 – Here We Go Again!
    • Matt Oswalt
    • Avaya, Brocade, Dell, Dell EMC, Extreme Networks, Juniper Networks, LiveAction, Plexxi, Pluribus Networks, Tail-f Systems
  60. Invited to Networking Field Day 7!
    • Brandon Carroll
  61. Networking Field Day 7
    • Edward Henry
  62. Speaking, Meeting and Consulting in Q1 2014
    • Tech Field Day Extra at Interop Las Vegas 2014
    • Greg Ferro
  63. PLNOG 11 Interviews: Ivan Pepelnjak (NIL Data Solutions)
    • Ivan Pepelnjak

More Information

If you would like to sponsor or attend these events as a delegate, please contact Stephen Foskett, Gestalt IT Community Organizer, at sfoskett@gestaltit.com or call +1(508)451-9532.


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