In spite of Dell’s recent announcement to spin off VMware, the two giants of tech still plan on working in tandem to deliver high quality cloud products as detailed in Dell’s March Cloud Field Day appearance. With VxRail and VMware Cloud Foundation, both Dell and VMware combine the capabilities of their high-performance servers and virtualization software, respectively, to streamline and secure operations. Check out the article and watch Dell’s Cloud Field Day presentation to learn more about the two products from the two companies.
Protecting Data In-Use Through Confidential Computing With Intel SGX
This piece details Intel’s appearance at March’s Cloud Field Day, where they showcased their Software Guard Extensions (SGX) for protecting data in-use. As a founding member of the Confidential Computing Consortium, Intel has a vested interest in protecting customer data, and their SGX solution provides a way to create data alcoves which prevent chunks of critical data from being tampered with while in use in an application. Read on to learn more about how it works, and check out the rest of Intel’s Cloud Field Day presentation for more technical info, as well as a deep dive into their Telemetry solution.
How Intel’s 3rd Gen Xeon Architecture Supports AI at the Edge
Intel rocked the world earlier this year with the release of their 3rd Generation Xeon Scalable processors, codenamed “Ice Lake,” which are designed specifically for advancing compute capabilities of servers. In their exclusive Tech Field Day event surrounding the new release, Intel gave an overview of how the Xeon platform is changing the AI edge game. Read on to learn about what Ice Lake has to offer, and be sure to watch Intel’s exclusive Tech Field Day event for more information.
Continuous Cloud Optimization Through Spot by NetApp
Many of today’s organizations have adopted cloud-based resources and infrastructure as key parts of their operations. The next step is to optimize them, which is what NetApp aims to do through Spot Ocean, part of Spot by NetApp. At March’s Cloud Field Day, NetApp detailed how IT practitioners can evaluate their containers and microservices in Kubernetes to maximize output while minimizing costs. For more information, check out NetApp’s presentation at Cloud Field Day on our website!
Tintri VMstore Delivers Self-Optimizing and Intelligent Infrastructure for Virtual Workloads
Tintri, a presenter at Storage Field Day earlier this year, is working hard to balance peak performance and ease of management for on-premises workloads. While presenting, they highlighted their VMstore Intelligent Infrastructure which is “designed to self-optimize virtual workloads by leveraging analytics and machine learning.” The staff at GestaltIT.com write that that VMstore’s ability to self-optimize can help overworked infrastructure teams and improve performance. Head over to the Tech Field Day YouTube channel and check out Tintri’s Storage Field Day presentation to learn more!
Hammerspace Unlocks Scale and Performance With Hybrid Cloud Storageless Data
Is “Storageless Data” a thing? At Storage Field Day in January, Hammerspace made their pitch on how they could utilize it to “simplify and unify the management of disparate storage systems, whether on-premises or in a public cloud.” The staff at GestaltIT.com watched Hammerspace’s presentation and writes that “with Hammerspace, organizations can couple together disparate storage systems across multiple sites into a unified platform” and indicate implications for the management of that data. Check out the GestaltIT Staff take on Hammerspace’s unique offering and watch their Storage Field Day videos to learn more about it!
Join Us on April 27th for Making the Future of Data Possible: An Event by Scality and HPE!
What is the future of data? See how Scality in conjunction with Hewlett Packard Enterprise are revolutionizing the way we store data in this exclusive Tech Field Day event. Stay tuned for the launch of Scality’s newest product, ARTESCA, to see how it works.
StorageOS: Enabling Anything-As-A-Service Through Cloud Native Storage
When StorageOS appeared at March’s Cloud Field Day, they made a statement to the industry that their storage solution can serve as the backbone for delivering nearly anything as a service from the cloud. This post dives into their presentation, detailing how StorageOS positions their product as an extensible, agile way to store objects for cloud applications. Learn more by reading the post or watching StorageOS’s original Cloud Field Day presentations.
Making the Most of Unstructured Data With Komprise
At March’s Cloud Field Day, Komprise showed off how their data management solution is capable of tackling the problem of mass amounts of unstructured data in an organization. This piece covers the major takeaways from their presentation, as well as some of the reasoning behind Komprise’s approach to data management. Read on to learn more, and be sure to watch all of the Komprise Cloud Field Day appearance for technical deep dives and demos.
How Forward Networks Fosters Empathy in Tech
This article covers Forward Networks’ recent appearance at Networking Field Day, discussing how since their first even Networking Field Day appearance up until now, Forward Networks has focused on making the lives of network admins easier. This emphasis on empathy has propelled Forward’s products into the limelight, both here at Networking Field Day as well as in the minds of their customers. To learn more about what empathy means in the tech industry, read this article and watch Forward Network’s presentation.
Simplifying Network Automation With Itential
In their appearance at Networking Field Day in February, Itential showcased their network automation solution. This piece dives into what benefits the product offers networking teams and how Itential looks to make automation easier by reducing the amount of coding required by networking teams. Read on to learn more, or watch Itential’s Networking Field Day presentation to see for yourself how it works.
Meet Field Day Delegate – Chris Cummings
Making his debut at this month’s Networking Field Day is the fabulous Chris Cummings! Chris took the time to answer some question as well as tell us about how he got into technology and about his passion for automation. Check out the piece on GestaltIT.com where we get an insight into the world of Chris Cummings, and see him in action at Networking Field Day!
Meet Field Day Delegate – Bryton Herdes
Our delegate community is always growing and adding new folks that help us stay current with the ever changing world of technology. One of the newest delegates that we’re excited to welcome in is Bryton Herdes! We got to know Bryton a little more recently including some scandalous details about how he bypassed the IT Admin’s security policies at his elementary school. Head on over to GestaltIT.com and get to know Bryton as he debuts at Networking Field Day!
Even More Networking Field Day Headed Your Way May 12-14, 2021!
Ready or not, here comes Networking Field Day! We’re so excited to share so many updates with you! Writing for GestaltIT.com, event lead Tom Hollingsworth has this to say about the event. “This Networking Field Day event is packed with companies that are building the next generation of hardware and software to keep your networks operating at peak performance. They’re helping you solve the hard problems to keep your users happy and productive. Whether it’s a router, a switch, or a software platform, you’re going to find something here that you need to know about.” Check out all Tom’s thought and tune in live for Networking Field Day!
Meet Field Day Delegate – Kerstin Stief
We hope everyone will give a big Tech Field Day welcome to our newest delegate, Kerstin Stief! Kerstin is attending her first event as a delegate at Networking Field Day. She took some time to share with us her unusual journey into technology as well as some of her favorite things. Head over to GestaltIT.com to learn more about Kerstin and, most importantly, to see a picture of her cat Casimir!
Scality Announces ARTESCA | Gestalt IT Rundown: April 28, 2021
This “bear” of a News Rundown features Tom Hollingsworth and Stephen Foskett, who discuss what’s new for the week of 4/28/21 in the IT industry. Tune in to hear about Scality’s announcement of ARTESCA, the University of Minnesota’s banning from Linux kernel development, and how one beaver was able to shut down the Internet access of an entire Canadian town. Also, Stephen talks about bears… like, a lot. Be sure to watch Scality’s exclusive launch of ARTESCA in partnership with HPE, only at Actual Tech Media and here at TechFieldDay.com.
How Nasuni Made Their Name in a Cloud-Washed Space
When everyone claims their product is in the cloud, it’s hard to parse through which solutions actually leverage the cloud in a way that benefits your business most. In their appearance at Storage Field Day, Nasuni detailed how their all-in-one, cloud-native approach to file storage fills their customers’ needs without emptying their pocketbooks. Read on to learn more about their approach, and be sure to check out their Storage Field Day presentation for more info.
A Major Transition in the Way Networks Are Built With DriveNets
We were excited to welcome DriveNets to Networking Field Day earlier this year where they presented on their unique software that pairs with Whitebox switches to provide easy to manage networks. In addition, the DriveNets offering is unique in that it treats the networks as clouds. The Gestalt IT staff write that DriveNets is making waves with their innovative take on networking “that can move from the hyper-scalers and service providers into enterprise-level companies.” If you want to learn more, be sure to head over to the Tech Field Day YouTube channel and watch the DriveNets videos from Networking Field Day there.
What Makes the Latest Intel Xeon Platform an AI Workhorse?
As a delegate at the Intel Data Center Update with Tech Field Day last month, Frederic Van Haren got an up close and personal look at Intel’s new Xeon Scalable processors. Writing for Gestalt IT, Frederic Van Haren takes a look at the Xeon processor from an AI perspective. He thinks that the combination of consistent hardware innovations andd the investment of time and money into software optimization helps make Xeon a “true AI workhorse.” Check out Frederic’s post on GestaltIT.com to learn more about Intel’s latest announcement!