As we get back to in-person events, it’s always exciting to welcome a first-time delegate to the crazy world of Field Day! For Cloud Field Day in February, we are excited to announce first-time delegate Jim Czuprynski! Jim is a self-described technology advocate with many years of experience in IT – let’s learn a little more about Jim!
A New Year of Networking at Networking Field Day 27!
Tune in and follow along for the very first hybrid Networking Field Day in San Jose, California! We have presentations from ZPE Systems, Network to Code, Forward Networks, IP Fabric, Itential, ZeroTier, Juniper Networks and Pica8, check them out!
Meet Field Day Delegate – Brian Knudtson
We’d like to welcome our newest delegate to the Tech Field Day community: Brian Knudtson! Brian brings a mix of experience to the IT industry ranging from system administration to marketing and sales. He will be attending Cloud Field Day 13 as a delegate and took a few minutes to tell us a little about himself.
Wide-Scale Automation in Hybrid Cloud With Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform
A tool that automates all aspects of IT in a business from configuration to deployment is a dream come true for companies in the hybrid cloud space. A platform that comes close in parts is the very familiar Ansible Automation Platform. Writing for Gestalt It, Sulagna Saha discusses Red Hat’s newly enhanced capabilities in their Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform that was demonstrated at this past Cloud Field Day. Check out Sulagna’s thoughts here!
Juniper Networks’ Mist Cloud Platform Just Got Better With Added Support for EVPN-WXLAN
End-users’ experience takes a toll when issues become frequent in a network. Writing for Gestalt It, Sulagna Saha explains the new Juniper Networks’ Mist Cloud Platform that was deployed for their Mist AI and Cloud at Networking Field Day last September. This platform promises coveted operational simplicity to ENPN-VXLAN fabric management. Check out Sulagna’s thoughts here!
Achieving All-Round Data Protection at Minimal Cost With Veeam Software
Much of the modern-day data and workloads today live on the cloud or in on-prem data centers or in both. That makes data protection a standard ask of all organizations. Writing for Gestalt It, Sulagna Saha discusses Veeam Software’s presentation from this past Cloud Field Day. She explains the cloud solutions that make the complex job of managing and preserving data in cloud and hybrid environments easy, reliable, and cost-effective. Check out Sulagna’s thought here!
Managing Cloud Costs With Yotascale Multi-Cloud Cost Visibility
If you are on multi-cloud and you are seeing your cloud cost going up incrementally, it’s a good idea to pause for a moment and reassess the expenses. Writing for Gestalt It, Sulagna Saha discusses the tool that Yotascale Multi-Cloud Cost Visibility demonstrated at this past Cloud Field Day. It can quickly find all the information, track the expenses as they relate to usage and identify areas where savings can be made by cutting down resource usage. Check out Sulagna’s thoughts here!
The Promise and Limitations of Cloud Mobility
At this past Cloud Field Day, MemVerge CEO and co-founder, Dr. Charles Fan, introduced the company’s AppCapsule, which can manage cache-coherency and address perceived “Big Memory Cloud Fault Tolerance” issues. Writing for Gestalt It, Sulagna Saha gives her thoughts on Big Memory Cloud and the built in SpotOn, which identifies Spot terminations, and mitigates ramifications with insight to how this can affect migrations. Check out Sulagna’s thought’s here!
Dissecting DNS Security and NetSecOps With EfficientIP
In today’s world, DNS is as ubiquitous as computers. It is used a kazillion times a day and yet DNS security is still a big issue. Writing for Gestalt It, Sulagna Saha highlights the Security Field Day panel where Tom Hollingsworth and an expert group of Field Day delegates discuss DNS security and its possible solutions in deep detail with Efficient IP.
State of the Cloud
Check out the latest State of the Cloud interview featuring Gestalt It’s Stephen Foskett and Field Day delegate Matt Leib. They discuss the observations made at Cloud Field Day in November 2021 while talking about containerization and container orchestration as the next-generation platform for enterprise application.
Versa Networks Tightens Up Security in Hybrid Multi-Cloud With Versa SASE
Security in a hybrid multi-cloud environment comes with its fair share of complexities and pain points. Luckily, writing for Gestalt It, Sulagna Saha discusses that the way to move past those is to have SASE in place. At this past Security Field Day, Versa Networks presented their SASE product that irons out the differences in security policies of multiple platforms while ensuring ironclad security and compliance for the users. Take a look here at Sulagna’s thought!
Multi-Cloud Doesn’t Have to Be an Erector Set Approach
Looking for an approach to Autonomous Multi-Cloud Networking? Writing for Gestalt IT, Sulagna Saha discusses Prosimo ‘s presentation that outlined the underlying challenges of multi-cloud networking and how their approach helps overcome them at November’s Cloud Field Day. Check out Sulagnas’s thoughts here!
Arista Lines Up Merchant Silicon-Based Routing Products for Service Provider Networks
There is a big debate among industry insiders about who comes on top between merchant and custom silicon. Writing for Gestalt It, Sulagna Saha discusses the presentation from Arista at this past Networking Field Day: Service Provider and how their merchant silicon-based routing products settle the debate in favor of merchant silicon. Check out Sulagna’s thoughts on this inexpensive pricing for service network providers!
Secure Zero-Touch Provisioning With Cisco’s New Implementation on IOS XR
Security is critical to any network, especially when it involves Zero-Touch Provisioning. Writing for Gestalt IT, Sulagna Saha discusses why secure device onboarding is a must to maintain a fully secure network. Luckily, Cisco brought an implementation on its IOS XR to the very first Networking Field Day: Service Provider this past December! Check out Sulagna’s thoughts on how this function will bolster security in ZTP workflows!
A Step Towards Ethical Facial Recognition With Oosto
With ethicality always being in question with facial recognition, it’s interesting to see that Oosto, formerly known as Anyvison, is working alongside Intel to mitigate the concerns of the users through ethical policies and bending to legal restrictions while bringing people solutions that are both intelligent and effective. Writing for Gestalt It, Sulagna Saha discusses Oosta’s demonstration on their new technology at this past Security Field Day! Check out Sulagna’s thoughts on their clever facial recognition solutions here!
Juniper Networks Is Simplifying Container Migration With Contrail
Juniper Networks presented a new approach to centralizing, automating, and ensuring security, load-balancing and migratability of architectures across cloud providers as well as within the corporate datacenter at this past Cloud Field Day! Writing for Gestalt IT, Matt Leib addresses the challenges presented by migrating containers, and the progress Juniper Networks has made in that direction through the release of Contrail software. Check out Matt’s thought here!
Threat Hunting for Exploits With Cisco
In the realm of enterprise security, it’s important to think about what threats are out there. Writing for Gestalt IT, Tom Hollingsworth explains the framework that Cisco has put in place during their presentation at the latest Security Field Day. He discusses why you should dedicate a part of your bandwidth to this kind of threat so that it can reap benefits beyond your wildest dreams! Check out Tom’s thoughts about Cisco’s presentation here!
Security Effectiveness Reaches New Heights With Juniper Security Director Cloud
At the latest Security Field Day, Juniper Networks presented on a solution to secure access with promises to make enforcement of ironclad security at the user end simple, easy, and effective. Writing for Gestalt IT, Sulagna Saha discusses the uncomplicated interface of the new Juniper Security Director Cloud. Check out her thoughts on this impressively efficienct high security platform.
A Service Provider Network Is Not Your Enterprise Network
Join Gestalt IT’s, Tom Hollingsworth as he brings on Nick Buraglio, Chris Cummings, and Vince Schuele, a panel of service provider networking experts, for the latest On-Premise IT RoundTable. They will be dissecting the differences between the traditional enterprise network and a service provider or transit network. Find out the ultimate goals of your infrastructure and who the customer is for a service provider network.
Get Ready for Networking Field Day: Service Provider!
We’re right at the end of 2021, but we couldn’t let it go without a special new event! The first ever Networking Field Day: Service Provider has finally arrived. This event has been requested by the community and the presenters for a few years and we wanted to make sure to do it right. Check out the presentations from DriveNets, Cisco and Arista here!