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Storage Field Day covers the storage and data protection industry

Storage Field Day (SFD) focuses on data infrastructure, enterprise storage. and data protection in both physical and virtual worlds. SFD brings together the best independent thought leaders in data storage to discuss pressing issues and technology advancements with key companies in the space.

We have produced Storage Field Day events since 2012, after including storage as a key component of the original Tech Field Day series since 2009. We now hold two or three such events per year.

Storage Field Day covers many diverse topics of interest to our delegates and their audience. In the past, companies have discussed the following areas:

  • Enterprise storage arrays, RAID systems, SAN, and NAS
  • Cloud and object storage products and services
  • Data protection products, including backup and replication

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Recent Storage Field Day Delegates

Storage Field Day Events


AI Infrastructure Field Day 2

Date: April 23–24, 2025, Silicon Valley
Presenters: MinIO, TBD
Delegates: TBD


AI Data Infrastructure Field Day 1

Date: October 2–3, 2024, Silicon Valley
Presenters: Google Cloud, HPE, INFINIDAT, MinIO, Pure Storage, Solidigm
Delegates: Andy Banta, Arjan Timmerman, Bart Heungens, Brian Booden, Camberley Bates, David Klee, Kurtis Kemple, Max Mortillaro, Rohan Puri, Steven Dickens, Vuong Pham


Storage Field Day 26

Date: September 20–21, 2023, Hybrid, Silicon Valley
Presenters: CTERA, SNIA, Solidigm
Delegates: Andrew Mauro, Andy Banta, Erik Ableson, Glenn Dekhayser, Jim Jones, Michael Paul, Ray Lucchesi, Vuong Pham, W. Curtis Preston, Wolfgang Stief


Storage Field Day 25

Date: March 22–23, 2023, Hybrid, San Francisco
Presenters: AWS, IBM, Index Engines, StorPool
Delegates: Andy Banta, Chris Childerhose, David Klee, Denny Cherry, Glenn Dekhayser, Jim Czuprynski, Lars Trøen, Max Mortillaro, Ray Lucchesi, Rohan Puri, Wolfgang Stief


Storage Field Day 24

Date: November 2–3, 2022, Hybrid, Silicon Valley
Presenters: AWS, Dell Technologies, Intel, Pure Storage, Solidigm
Delegates: Andy Banta, David Klee, Enrico Signoretti, Falko Banaszak, Frederic Van Haren, Gina Rosenthal, Glenn Dekhayser, Jim Czuprynski, Max Mortillaro, Ray Lucchesi, Richard Kenyan, Wolfgang Stief


Take Charge of your Multicloud Environment with NetApp

Date: September 20–20, 2022, Silicon Valley
Presenters: NetApp
Delegates: Avril Salter, Becky Elliott, Chris Williams, Eric Wright, Gina Rosenthal, Jim Jones, Lino Telera, Nathan Bennett, Phoummala Schmitt


Storage Field Day 23

Date: March 9–11, 2022, Hybrid, Silicon Valley
Presenters: Fungible, Hammerspace, Intel, MinIO, Pure Storage, RackTop Systems, SIOS, VAST Data
Delegates: Andrew Mauro, Andy Banta, Becky Elliott, Brandon Graves, David Klee, Enrico Signoretti, Erik Ableson, Jeffrey Powers, Justin Warren, Keith Townsend, Ray Lucchesi, Stephen Foskett, Wolfgang Stief


Storage Field Day 22

Date: August 4–6, 2021, Silicon Valley, Virtual
Presenters: CTERA, Fujifilm Data Storage, Infrascale, Intel, Komprise, Pure Storage
Delegates: Brandon Graves, Christian Mohn, Dan Frith, David Klee, Enrico Signoretti, Erik Ableson, Jason Benedicic, Justin Warren, Mikael Korsgaard Jensen, Ray Lucchesi, Rob Koper, Wolfgang Stief


Tech Field Day Presents Dell Technologies HCI & Storage: Cutting Edge Infrastructure to Drive Your Business

Date: August 2–3, 2021, Virtual
Presenters: Dell Technologies
Delegates: Andrew Mauro, Arjan Timmerman, Dukagjin Maloku, Gina Rosenthal, Karen Lopez, Keiran Shelden, Kerstin Mende-Stief, Pietro Piutti, Ray Lucchesi, Scott D. Lowe


Tech Field Day Presents Scality and HPE: Making the Future of Data Possible

Date: April 27–27, 2021, Virtual
Presenters: HPE, Scality
Delegates: Arjan Timmerman, Barry Coombs, Calvin Hendryx-Parker, Enrico Signoretti, Frederic Van Haren, Jon Klaus, Justin Warren, Larry Smith, Marc Staimer, Ned Bellavance, Paul Stringfellow, Pietro Piutti, Ray Lucchesi, Scott D. Lowe, Wolfgang Stief


Storage Field Day 21

Date: January 20–22, 2021, Virtual
Presenters: Hammerspace, Intel, MinIO, Nasuni, NetApp, Pliops, Tintri
Delegates: Andrew Mauro, Barry Coombs, Becky Elliott, Dan Frith, Enrico Signoretti, Frederic Van Haren, Jason Collier, Keiran Shelden, Matthew Leib, Max Mortillaro, Paul Stringfellow, Ray Lucchesi


Tech Field Day Exclusive with Intel Memory and Storage

Date: December 16–16, 2020, Virtual
Presenters: Intel
Delegates: Barry Coombs, Becky Elliott, Dan Frith, Enrico Signoretti, Howard Marks, Jason Collier, Justin Warren, Keith Townsend, Matthew Leib, Max Mortillaro, Paul Woodward, W. Curtis Preston


Storage Field Day 20

Date: August 5–7, 2020, Virtual
Presenters: Cisco, Intel, Nebulon, Pensando, Pure Storage, Qumulo, VAST Data
Delegates: Arjan Timmerman, Becky Elliott, Chris Maki, Dan Frith, David Chapa, Enrico Signoretti, Jason Benedicic, Keiran Shelden, Keith Townsend, Paul Stringfellow, Ray Lucchesi, Vuong Pham


Tech Field Day Presents Dell Technologies: Power Up the Portfolio

Date: June 25–26, 2020, Virtual
Presenters: Dell Technologies
Delegates: Andrew Mauro, Arjan Timmerman, Barry Coombs, Becky Elliott, Chris Evans, Enrico Signoretti, Gina Rosenthal, Keith Townsend, Ray Lucchesi, Tim Crawford


Storage Field Day 19

Date: January 22–24, 2020, Silicon Valley
Presenters: Dell EMC, Infrascale, Komprise, MinIO, NetApp, Stellus Technologies, Tiger Technology, WEKA, Western Digital
Delegates: Arjan Timmerman, Becky Elliott, Chin-Fah Heoh, Chris Evans, Dan Frith, Enrico Signoretti, Gina Rosenthal, Joey D'Antoni, Keiran Shelden, Ray Lucchesi, Ruairi McBride, Vuong Pham


Tech Field Day Exclusive with HPE Storage 2019

Date: October 22–24, 2019, Los Angeles
Presenters: HPE
Delegates: Becky Elliott, Dave Henry, Denny Cherry, James Green, Keith Ward, Matthew Leib, Roger Lund, Stephen Foskett, Vuong Pham, Wes Milliron


Tech Field Day Exclusive at Commvault GO 2019

Date: October 14–16, 2019, Denver
Presenters: Commvault
Delegates: Bart Heungens, Chin-Fah Heoh, Chris Evans, Glenn Dekhayser, Jeffrey Powers, Josh Fidel, Karen Lopez, Keith Townsend, Kori Younger, Markus Leinonen, Ray Lucchesi


Storage Field Day Exclusive at Pure Accelerate 2019

Date: September 15–18, 2019, Austin
Presenters: Pure Storage
Delegates: Alastair Cooke, Becky Elliott, Chris Evans, Christopher Kusek, Dan Frith, Enrico Signoretti, Justin Warren, Keith Townsend, Ken Nalbone, Matthew Leib, Max Mortillaro, Ray Lucchesi


Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2019

Date: August 26–28, 2019, San Francisco
Presenters: Apstra, Dell Technologies, Intel, NetApp, VMware, Virtana
Delegates: Adam Post, Al Rasheed, Becky Elliott, Brandon Graves, Chris Grundemann, Christopher Kusek, Dan Frith, Drew Conry-Murray, Enrico Signoretti, Gabe Maentz, Joep Piscaer, Josh Fidel, Justin Warren, Nico Stein, Paul Woodward, Wences Michel


Tech Field Day Exclusive At Intel Data-Centric Innovation Day

Date: April 1–2, 2019, San Francisco
Presenters: Intel
Delegates: Al Rasheed, Brian Gleason, Denny Cherry, Enrico Signoretti, Jeffrey Powers, Keith Townsend, Matthew Leib, Nate Avery, Ray Lucchesi, Rob Coote, Scott D. Lowe


Storage Field Day 18

Date: February 27–1, 2019, Silicon Valley
Presenters: Cohesity, Datera, IBM, NetApp, StorPool, VAST Data, WEKA, Western Digital
Delegates: Becky Elliott, Chin-Fah Heoh, Chris Evans, Dan Frith, Enrico Signoretti, Erik Ableson, Jon Klaus, Josh De Jong, Matthew Leib, Max Mortillaro, Paul Woodward, Ray Lucchesi


Tech Field Day Extra at NetApp Insight 2018

Date: October 22–24, 2018, Las Vegas
Presenters: NetApp
Delegates: Arjan Timmerman, Chan Ekanayake, Chris Maki, David Chapa, Howard Marks, Jason Benedicic, Mariusz Kaczorek, Matthew Leib, Max Mortillaro, Paul Stringfellow, Ray Lucchesi, Roger Lund, Ruairi McBride


Storage Field Day 17

Date: September 20–21, 2018, Silicon Valley
Presenters: Intel, Komprise, NGD Systems, StarWind
Delegates: Aaron Strong, Arjan Timmerman, Dan Frith, Enrico Signoretti, Howard Marks, Jeffrey Powers, Joe Houghes, Jon Hudson, Luigi Danakos, Mark Carlton, Max Mortillaro, Ray Lucchesi


Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2018

Date: August 27–29, 2018, Las Vegas
Presenters: Barefoot Networks, Blue Medora, Dell EMC, JetStream Software, NetApp, NetScout, Quali, Runecast, StorageCraft
Delegates: Adam Fisher, Al Rasheed, Alastair Cooke, Ather Beg, Brandon Graves, Christopher Kusek, Ed Horley, Edward Haletky, G. Michael Bridge, Gabe Maentz, Howard Marks, James Green, Joe Houghes, Joep Piscaer, John Marrone, Keith Ward, Ken Nalbone, Kori Younger, Marco Broeken, Mariusz Kaczorek, Mark May, Matthew Allford, Matthew Leib, Michelle Laverick, Mikael Korsgaard Jensen, Paul Woodward, Raff Poltronieri, Rita Younger, Roger Lund, Stephen Beaver, Theresa Miller, Tony Reeves


Storage Field Day 16

Date: June 27–28, 2018, Boston
Presenters: Dell EMC, INFINIDAT, Nasuni, NetApp, SNIA, StorONE, Zerto
Delegates: Andrew Mauro, Arjan Timmerman, Becky Elliott, Brandon Graves, Erik Ableson, Howard Marks, Jon Klaus, Keiran Shelden, Luigi Danakos, Matthew Leib, Ray Lucchesi, René van den Bedem


Tech Field Day Exclusive with Hitachi Vantara

Date: June 26–26, 2018, Boston
Presenters: Hitachi Vantara
Delegates: Andrew Mauro, Ben Kepes, Howard Marks, Jeff Burt, Keith Townsend, Liam Rogers, Ray Lucchesi, Stephen Foskett, Tim Crawford, Tim Stammers


Storage Field Day 15

Date: March 7–9, 2018, Silicon Valley
Presenters: Cohesity, Datrium, Dropbox, Hedvig, Huawei, IBM, NetApp, StarWind, WEKA, Western Digital
Delegates: Arjan Timmerman, Chan Ekanayake, Chin-Fah Heoh, Dan Frith, Dukagjin Maloku, Glenn Dekhayser, Josh De Jong, Karen Lopez, Lino Telera, Mariusz Kaczorek, Max Mortillaro, Michael Stanclift, Rachel Traylor, Ray Lucchesi


Storage Field Day 14

Date: November 8–10, 2017, Silicon Valley
Presenters: Congruity360, Dell EMC, E8 Storage, Scality
Delegates: Arjan Timmerman, Barry Coombs, Becky Elliott, Chin-Fah Heoh, Chris Evans, Erik Ableson, Glenn Dekhayser, Howard Marks, Jon Klaus, Mark Carlton, Max Mortillaro, René van den Bedem


Storage Field Day Exclusive at Storage Developer Conference

Date: September 14–14, 2017, Silicon Valley
Presenters: Dell EMC, SNIA
Delegates: J Metz, John Troyer, Jon Hudson, Leah Schoeb, Rob Markovic, Robert Novak, Stephen Foskett, W. Curtis Preston


Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2017

Date: August 28–30, 2017, Las Vegas
Presenters: Druva, Kingston, NetApp, Pluribus Networks
Delegates: Becky Elliott, Carl Fugate, Dan Frith, Eyvonne Sharp, Howard Marks, John White, Keith Townsend, Mark Carlton, Mark May, Matt Crape, Mike Preston, Phoummala Schmitt, Rick Schlander, Rob Coote, Roger Lund, Sean Thulin, Tony Mattke


Storage Field Day 13

Date: June 14–16, 2017, Denver
Presenters: Dell EMC, NetApp, Primary Data, SNIA, StorageCraft, X-IO
Delegates: Alex Galbraith, Brandon Graves, Dan Frith, Erik Ableson, Jason Nash, Matthew Leib, Max Mortillaro, Mike Preston, Ray Lucchesi, Scott D. Lowe, Stephen Foskett


Storage Field Day Exclusive at Pure Accelerate 2017

Date: June 12–14, 2017, San Francisco
Presenters: Pure Storage
Delegates: Arjan Timmerman, Chris Evans, Christopher Kusek, Dan Frith, Howard Marks, Justin Warren, Matthew Leib, Max Mortillaro, Ray Lucchesi


Storage Field Day 12

Date: March 8–10, 2017, Silicon Valley
Presenters: Datera, Elastifile, Excelero, Intel, NetApp, Nimble Storage, Ryussi Technologies, SNIA, StarWind
Delegates: Adam Bergh, Arjan Timmerman, Chan Ekanayake, Chin-Fah Heoh, Dan Frith, Dave Henry, Glenn Dekhayser, Howard Marks, Jon Klaus, Mark May, Matthew Leib, Ray Lucchesi


Storage Field Day 11

Date: October 5–7, 2016, Silicon Valley
Presenters: Avere, HGST, Intel, Primary Data, Scality
Delegates: Alastair Cooke, Chris Evans, Dave Henry, Dukagjin Maloku, Ed Morgan, James Green, Jon Klaus, Marc Farley, Max Mortillaro, Scott D. Lowe, Sean Thulin, W. Curtis Preston


Tech Field Day at NetApp Insight 2016

Date: September 26–29, 2016, Las Vegas
Presenters: NetApp
Delegates: Adam Bergh, Dave Morera, Ed Morgan, Enrico Signoretti, Glenn Dekhayser, Howard Marks, Jarett Kulm, Roger Lund, Scott D. Lowe, Stephen Foskett, Tim McCarthy


Storage Field Day 10

Date: May 25–27, 2016, Silicon Valley
Presenters: Cloudian, Datera, Exablox, Hedvig, Kaminario, Nimble Storage, Primary Data, Pure Storage, Tintri
Delegates: Arjan Timmerman, Chris Evans, Dan Frith, Enrico Signoretti, Francesco Bonetti, Gabe Maentz, Jon Klaus, Josh De Jong, Marco Broeken, Max Mortillaro, Ray Lucchesi, Rick Schlander


Tech Field Day Roundtable at Intel Cloud Day 2016

Date: March 31–31, 2016, San Francisco
Presenters: Intel
Delegates: Alastair Cooke, Chris Wahl, Drew Conry-Murray, Emad Younis, Eric Wright, Howard Marks, James Green, John Obeto, John Welsh, Mark Thiele, Matt Oswalt, Matthew Leib, Ray Lucchesi, Ryan Booth, Tim Crawford, Tom Hollingsworth, W. Curtis Preston


Storage Field Day 9

Date: March 16–18, 2016, Silicon Valley
Presenters: Cohesity, Intel, NetApp, Plexistor, VMware, Violin Memory
Delegates: Alex Galbraith, Chris Evans, Dave Henry, Enrico Signoretti, Howard Marks, Justin Warren, Mark May, Matthew Leib, Richard Arnold, Scott D. Lowe, Vipin V.K., W. Curtis Preston


Storage Field Day 8

Date: October 21–23, 2015, Silicon Valley
Presenters: Cohesity, Coho Data, INFINIDAT, Intel, NexGen, Nimble Storage, Primary Data, Pure Storage, Qumulo, Violin Memory
Delegates: Alex Galbraith, Dan Frith, Enrico Signoretti, Howard Marks, Jarett Kulm, Jon Klaus, Josh De Jong, Mark May, Ray Lucchesi, Scott D. Lowe, Vipin V.K.


Storage Field Day 7

Date: March 11–13, 2015, Silicon Valley
Presenters: Catalogic Software, Cloudian, Connected Data, EMC, Exablox, Kaminario, Maxta, Primary Data, Springpath, VMware
Delegates: Arjan Timmerman, Chris Evans, Christopher Kusek, Dan Frith, Dave Henry, Enrico Signoretti, Howard Marks, Jon Klaus, Keith Townsend, Mark May, Ray Lucchesi, Vipin V.K.


Storage Field Day 6

Date: November 5–7, 2014, Silicon Valley
Presenters: Avere, Coho Data, NEC Storage, Nexenta, Nimble Storage, Pure Storage, StorMagic, Tegile
Delegates: Arjan Timmerman, Chin-Fah Heoh, Dan Frith, Dennis Martin, Enrico Signoretti, Eric Shanks, Jarett Kulm, John Obeto, Jon Klaus, Nigel Poulton, Ray Lucchesi, Scott D. Lowe


Storage Field Day 5

Date: April 23–25, 2014, Silicon Valley
Presenters: Diablo, EMC, PernixData, SanDisk, Scale Computing, SolidFire, Veeam Software, X-IO
Delegates: Arjan Timmerman, Bob Plankers, Chris Evans, Enrico Signoretti, Howard Marks, Justin Warren, Keith Townsend, Lauren Malhoit, Phoummala Schmitt, Ray Lucchesi, Rob Koper, Robert Novak


Storage Field Day 4

Date: November 13–15, 2013, Silicon Valley
Presenters: Avere, Cleversafe, CloudByte, Coho Data, Gridstore, Nimble Storage, Overland Storage, Oxygen Cloud, Proximal Data, Virident
Delegates: Arjan Timmerman, Chris Wahl, Ed Grigson, Enrico Signoretti, Hans De Leenheer, Howard Marks, Joep Piscaer, Lauren Malhoit, Luca Dell'Oca, Ray Lucchesi, Rick Schlander, Scott D. Lowe


Storage Field Day 3

Date: April 24–26, 2013, Denver
Presenters: Cisco Datacenter, Cleversafe, Exablox, Fusion-io, Marvell, NetApp, NexGen, PernixData, SanDisk, Starboard
Delegates: Arjan Timmerman, Brandon Riley, Chris Wahl, Enrico Signoretti, Howard Marks, Ilja Coolen, John Obeto, Justin Paul, Lauren Malhoit, Luca Dell'Oca, Marco Broeken, Matt Simmons, Rick Schlander, Roy Mikes


Storage Field Day 2

Date: November 8–9, 2012, Silicon Valley
Presenters: Asigra, NexGen, Nimble Storage, Nimbus Data, Nutanix, Riverbed, Tintri, Virsto, Zerto
Delegates: Arjan Timmerman, Ed Grigson, Fabio Rapposelli, Howard Marks, John Hickson, Marco Broeken, Matt Simmons, Rick Schlander, Robert Novak, Robin Harris, Scott D. Lowe


Next-Generation Storage Symposium

Date: November 7–7, 2012, Silicon Valley
Presenters: Nexsan, Nimbus Data, Nutanix, Permabit, Pure Storage, Scale Computing, SolidFire, Starboard, Tegile
Delegates: Chris Evans, Howard Marks, Robin Harris, Scott D. Lowe, Stephen Foskett


Tech Field Day Roundtable at Storage Developer Conference 2012

Date: September 17–20, 2012, Silicon Valley
Presenters: SNIA
Delegates: Jeff Darcy, Robert Novak, Robin Harris, Scott D. Lowe, Stephen Foskett


Storage Field Day 1

Date: April 26–27, 2012, Silicon Valley
Presenters: Brocade, Coraid, Dell Storage, Drobo, Kaminario, Nimbus Data, Pure Storage, Quest Software, Tintri
Delegates: Arjan Timmerman, Chris Evans, Derek Schauland, Dwayne Lessner, Fabio Rapposelli, Hans De Leenheer, Howard Marks, Nigel Poulton, Ray Lucchesi, Robert Novak, Robin Harris, Scott D. Lowe


Solid-State Storage Symposium

Date: April 25–25, 2012, Silicon Valley
Presenters: EMC, Nimble Storage, Nimbus Data, Permabit, STEC, SolidFire, Velobit, Violin Memory, Virident
Delegates: Chris Evans, Howard Marks, Nigel Poulton, Robin Harris