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Stephen is the President of the Tech Field Day business unit for The Futurum Group. An active participant in the world of enterprise information technology, Stephen currently focuses on AI, edge, and cloud, and is a long-time voice in enterprise storage.

Stephen organizes the popular Tech Field Day event series for The Futurum Group, bringing a panel of independent technical content creators together with leading companies in the industry. We organize our Field Day events throughout the year in different topics, and also bring our community to industry events. Stephen also hosts the weekly Utilizing Tech podcast, and contributes to numerous podcasts, webcasts, and industry news reports.

A graduate of Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where he studied the impact of technology and society, Stephen has lived in northeast Ohio for a decade. He frequently travels to Silicon Valley for Field Day events and appears on-stage, in analyst and press panels, and behind the scenes at events around the world.



197 Events Staffed


86 Field Day Appearances


149 Field Day Videos


213 Links with Tag @SFoskett

  1. AI Chatbots – A Chatty Companion or a Sneaky Trap?
  2. Automation Will Change Our Socio-Economic Canvas. But Can It Assure Economic Well-being?
  3. Techstrong Gang – December 18, 2024
  4. Technology Silos Are a Thing of the Past
  5. Southworks – AppDev Field Day – KubeCon ‪@cncf‬ 2024
  6. Company Acquisitions are a Necessary Evil in Enterprise Tech
  7. There’s a Gulf Between Storage and AI
  8. Building A Truly Cloud-Agnostic Multi-Cloud Solution with Southworks
  9. Techstrong Gang – November 19, 2024
  10. AI Doesn’t Make App Dev Any Better
  11. Exploring the Future of App Development at AppDev Field Day from KubeCon and CloudNativeCon
  12. Platform9 Launches Private Cloud Director
  13. Techstrong Gang – October 29, 2024
  14. Techstrong Gang – October 22, 2024
  15. Data Infrastructure Is A Lot More Than Storage
  16. Using AI To Connect Business Workflows
  17. Techstrong Gang – September 24, 2024
  18. Exploring the Importance of Data Infrastructure at AI Data Infrastructure Field Day 1
  19. AI and Cloud Demand a New Approach to Cyber Resilience featuring Commvault
  20. Techstrong Gang – September 17, 2024
  21. Demand for AI Pushes Up the Global AI PC Adoption Curve
  22. Hardware Still Matters at the Edge
  23. Taking Technology to the Edge at Edge Field Day 3
  24. AI Solves All Our Problems
  25. The Shifting Focus of AI at AI Field Day 5
  26. AI is Not a Fad
  27. What’s Causing a Skills Shortage in Mainframe?
  28. AI as We Know It is Just a Fad
  29. Mainframes Take the Main Stage at SHARE Kansas City 2024
  30. Qlik – Opening a Broader Access to AI-Driven Data Analytics
  31. The Mainframe is Still Going Strong
  32. Open Source Helps Small Businesses Modernize Applications
  33. Everything is the Cloud and The Cloud is Everything
  34. GenAI is Revolutionizing the Enterprise
  35. Google Shares the Scope of Enterprise Cloud at Cloud Field Day
  36. Techstrong Gang June 11, 2024
  37. Announcements From Qlik Connect | Gestalt IT Rundown: June 5, 2024
  38. Cloud Native is Just a Marketing Term
  39. Looking at the Rapidly Evolving Modern Cloud at Cloud Field Day 20
  40. Qlik Cloud Integration With Talend
  41. Moving Beyond Platform Engineering and IT Operations at AppDev Field Day
  42. Platform Engineering Is the Revenge of IT Operations
  43. The Critical Role of Advanced Storage in AI Data Infrastructure
  44. Data Quality is More Important Than Ever in an AI World with Qlik
  45. Containerization is Required to Modernize Applications at the Edge
  46. Credible Content From the Community is More Important than Ever
  47. The Bedrock of AI Is Data With Nick Magnuson and Clive Bearman of Qlik
  48. The Year of AI at AI Field Day 4
  49. Cloud Field Day – Infrastructure Matters on the Road
  50. The Truth Behind SaaS Data Recovery With W Curtis Preston
  51. Mind the Gap Between Hyperscale and Enterprise IT
  52. NodeWeaver: Pioneering Edge Computing Solutions for Tomorrow’s Challenges
  53. Automation, Analytics, and More at Cloud Field Day 18
  54. The Present and Future of Edge at Edge Field Day 2
  55. Storage Field Day 26 Is Headed to SNIA’s Storage Developer Conference
  56. Things Are Heating Up for Tech Field Day Extra at VMware Explore
  57. Announcements From Cisco Live
  58. Elevate Your Cloud Knowledge at Cloud Field Day 17
  59. What Is a Cloud Database and How Does It Work?
  60. Takeaways From the Recent Storage Field Day
  61. Enterprise Storage Enters a New Age
  62. What’s New in Storage at Storage Field Day 25
  63. Unraveling the Key Themes of Edge Computing – a Roundtable Discussion
  64. The IT Industry Is Doing Better Than It Seems
  65. IP Address Management in a Modern Dynamic Network
  66. Edge Is Not Just Cloud or Datacenter
  67. Deploying Applications Across Edge Locations With Mako Networks and Avassa
  68. Security Automation With ZEDEDA and Opengear
  69. Looking Forward to Tech Field Day 27
  70. Learn More About Edge Computing at the First Edge Field Day Event
  71. Is Kubernetes a Good Fit for Edge Computing?
  72. What Are the Limits of Edge Computing?
  73. Cloud Field Day Looks to the Next Generation in January
  74. Measuring the Current Day Blast Radius of Outages
  75. Edge Computing – Through the Timeline
  76. Digging Deeper Into the Theme of Sustainability in Enterprise IT
  77. Tech Field Day Is Back With a Mix of CXL
  78. Storage Field Day Returns to Silicon Valley!
  79. CFDx NetApp – Thoughts
  80. Cloud Field Day 15 Returns to Silicon Valley!
  81. Take Charge of Your Multicloud Environment With NetApp: A Cloud Field Day Extra
  82. Gestalt IT Is Headed to VMware Explore US 2022!
  83. ML Commons Unveils MLPerf Training V2.0 | Gestalt IT Rundown: June 29, 2022
  84. Cloud Field Day Returns, Bridging the Datacenter to the Cloud
  85. AI Field Day Returns With a Focus on Data
  86. Developer Advocacy Isn’t Exactly What We Think It Will Be
  87. Do Enterprises Need Private Cellular?
  88. Join the Networking Field Day Experience at Aruba Atmosphere 22!
  89. Episode 14 – Having a Field Day With AI Expert Stephen Foskett
  90. How to Connect Everything From Everywhere With ZeroTier
  91. State of the Cloud
  92. Cloud Field Day Returns November 3-5, 2021
  93. The Cloud Is Finally Ready for the Enterprise
  94. Tech Field Day Returns With Avassa, Cisco, Pure Storage, and Xilinx
  95. Returning to NGINX Sprint 2.0 With Tech Field Day
  96. Tech Field Day Presents Dell Technologies HCI & Storage: Cutting Edge Infrastructure to Drive Your Business
  97. Announcing Storage Field Day 22, August 4-6, 2021
  98. Intel Sapphire Rapids Rushes Back to 2022 | Gestalt IT Rundown: June 30, 2021
  99. Pegasus Flies to Exploit Journalist Phones | Gestalt IT Rundown: July 21, 2021
  100. US Government Strikes Down JEDI | Gestalt IT Rundown: July 07, 2021
  101. The Enterprise Is Not Ready for AI
  102. AI Field Day Returns May 27 and 28
  103. Join Us on April 27th for Making the Future of Data Possible: An Event by Scality and HPE!
  104. Scality Announces ARTESCA | Gestalt IT Rundown: April 28, 2021
  105. Intel Updates the Xeon Scalable Platform With Tech Field Day
  106. Join Tech Field Day on April 21-23, 2021
  107. Cisco Live Global 2021 Keynote Liveblog
  108. Presenters React to the Networking Field Day Experience
  109. Cloud Field Day Returns March 10-12, 2021
  110. Taking a Deep Dive Into Modern Storage Solutions With Storage Field Day 21
  111. Is Storageless Storage Just Someone Else’s Storage?
  112. Gestalt IT Rundown: December 16, 2020
  113. Scality and Cloud Field Day: A Bond That Spans Years
  114. Converging Conference Communities in the Cloud
  115. Voices in Innovation – Enrico Signoretti Explores the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Online Events
  116. Pure Storage FlashRecover Brings Cohesity to FlashBlade
  117. Judges on Fire: Stephen Foskett, Organizer in Chief, Tech Field Day
  118. Coming Together During COVID-19, With Stephen Foskett of Gestalt IT
  119. Day Two Cloud 038: Making the Case for Third-Party Cloud Storage
  120. BONUS: The Origins of Tech Field Day – the On-Premise IT Roundtable
  121. Meet the #TFD Founder: Stephen Foskett
  122. Juniper NXTWORK 2019 Keynote Live Blog
  123. Druva Protects Corporate Data Outside the Firewall
  124. Where Did Tech Field Day Come From? Tech Field Day at 10
  125. SolarWinds Aims to Connect the Data Dots
  126. Meeting the Storage Performance Requirements of AI and ML Workloads With WekaIO
  127. Nth Generation Symposium Keynote Live Blog
  128. Celebrating 10 Years of Pure Storage and Tech Field Day
  129. It’s All About the Delegates: Tech Field Day at 10
  130. Tech Field Day 20 – The Ten Year Anniversary Edition
  131. Commvault Go Day 2 Live Blog
  132. Stephen Foskett Gets the Latest News From Commvault at Commvault GO 2019
  133. Why You Should Consider Software-Defined Storage in Your Data Center
  134. Accelerate Day 1 Recap With Stephen Foskett From Gestalt IT by Pure Storage
  135. Pure Accelerate 2019 Day 2 Keynote Liveblog
  136. Pure Accelerate 2019 Day 1 Keynote Liveblog
  137. IBM’s New Class of Data Protection: Upcycling of the IT World?
  138. Leaving the Ecuador Open | Gestalt IT Rundown, September 18, 2019
  139. Can You Avoid Moving to the Cloud? No, and Why Would You?
  140. StorPool’s Strategy Rose to the Cloud—and Beyond!
  141. vSoccer at VMworld 2019
  142. The Contention Window: S1E12 : TechFieldDay – Mobility Field Day 4 Preview
  143. I Met Stephen Foskett
  144. What You See and What You Get When You Follow Me
  145. You’re Wrong About Data Protection Policy
  146. Nyansa Wants to Be the IoT Sheriff
  147. Liveblog: Intel Data-Centric Innovation Day 2019
  148. Intel’s Crossover Point: A 3D Spork?
  149. Voices in Data Storage – Episode 9: A Conversation With Stephen Foskett
  150. Goodbye X-IO, Hello Axellio and Violin 2.0!
  151. NetApp: HCI Stands For “Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure”
  152. NetApp’s Data Fabric Gets Real
  153. Smaller Conferences Can Have a Bigger Impact
  154. 9 Years of Tech Field Days with Stephen Foskett
  155. Commvault and Services
  156. Cloud Storage – AWS, Azure, and Beyond
  157. Multi-Cloud, DevOps, and Storage
  158. 3D XPoint Is At A Crossroads – Can Intel and Micron Deliver?
  159. What Differentiates Servers in a Commodity x86 World?
  160. Tech ONTAP Podcast: NetApp at Storage Field Day 15
  161. A Conversation with Congruity360 COO Mark Shirman
  162. Commvault GO 2017 Keynote Live Blog!
  163. #CiscoChampion Radio, S4|Ep.14: All About Tech Field Day
  164. Surprise! Facebook Shares Dramatically Improve Reach, Clicks, and Views
  165. Storage is Getting Cloudier!
  166. The Year of Cloud Extension
  167. Pure Accelerate 2017 Keynote Live Blog
  168. SPEP03 – TFD12 | Open TechCast
  169. What’s The Deal With Containers, Anyway?
  170. Tech Field Day: Seven Years Later
  171. Geek Speak: Snapshots Aren’t Backups (But They Could Be A Big Part…)
  172. Speaking in Tech: ‘Radical dev-docused’ work from Apple…
  173. Speaking in Tech: How good is the UK’s broadband? Really awful
  174. TECHunplugged Austin is One Packed Event
  175. Talking NVMe, 3DXpoint and Networking
  176. Tech Field Day Viewership Rockets Forward in 2015
  177. Every Device Can Speak SMB Protocol Thanks To Visuality Systems
  178. Live Streaming Video Adds to the Tech Field Day Experience
  179. Storage Field Day 8 Brings the Enterprise Storage Industry Together
  180. Infinidat’s Solution For the I/O Blender: Math
  181. What’s In A Name?
  182. Generation 3 drobo: Fall In Love All Over Again
  183. VFD4 – The email
  184. Cisco’s Trojan Horse
  185. Networking Field Day 8
  186. Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2014
  187. SolarWinds Showcases Virtualization Management for Hybrid IT and More at VMworld(R) US 2014
  188. #VMEspresso with SolarWinds at VMworld: “Storage I/O is About to Get Crazy”
  189. Why is DataGravity Such a Big Deal?
  190. 08 – Wireless Field Day 7 Kickoff « On The Fly Wi-Fi
  191. On experts, influencers, and evangelists
  192. Is Storage the Killer App for Software-Defined Networking?
  193. Show 184 – The Future of Networking Part 2 as Inspired by #NFD7
  194. Software-Defined Data Center Symposium, April 22 in Santa Clara, CA
  195. My Tech Field Day VFD3 Experience
  196. The Future of Networking Part 1 As Inspired By #NFD7
  197. “Everybody’s On the Internet, and Nobody Cares”
  198. Scaling Storage At The Client
  199. Scaling Storage In Conventional Arrays
  200. Scale-Out Storage Field Day?
  201. VMware-Integrated Caching? Not So Fast!
  202. SimpliVity Announcement Roundup
  203. AirTight Networks to Make its Live Tech Field Day Debut at Wireless Field Day 5 in Silicon Valley
  204. SDDC Interview: Tech Field Day’s Stephen Foskett and Tom Hollingsworth
  205. Show 153 – Cisco Live 2013 Roundtable Discussion with Tech Field Day
  206. Scaling Storage Is Hard To Do
  207. How Does OpenFlow Impact The Daily Life Of Networkers?
  208. We Might Be In The Business of Technology, But It’s The People That Make It Great
  209. Storage Field Day 3 Is Here!
  210. Solid State Storage Symposium – San Jose, CA
  211. Storage Field Day 1 – Silicon Valley
  212. Show 141 – The Pace of Change Is Picking Up
  213. One Year of Tech Field Day Video: 90,000 Views!

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