Last December, MemVerge introduced the concept of Big Memory at Tech Field Day. This term covers data sets that operate in-memory but require more capacity than conventional infrastructure can provide. MemVerge developed Memory Machine, which aims to solve the issue with Big Memory and looks to significantly expand available memory by combining software with Intel Optane storage. To learn more about MemVerge’s Memory Machine platform, check out the videos from Tech Field Day on our website!
Veeam Targets Cloud-Native Data Protection
Towards the end of last year, Veeam presented its company’s journey at Tech Field Day, describing its journey in two acts. Act I established Veeam as a well-respected and successful data center data management and protection solution. As it has seen its success as a backup solution provider, Veeam introduces Act II of its story with an intense focus on cloud-native solutions, aiming to become the most trusted provider of backup solutions that deliver Cloud Data Management. To learn more about Veeam’s story and its intentions for the future, check out the videos from Tech Field Day on our website!
What Do the Delegates Think About Networking Field Day?
We love our delegates and were happy to have a great group join us for Networking Field Day in February! As our very own, Tom Hollingsworth, puts it, “One of the joys of working with a group of professionals and influencers like this is the fact that they are outspoken and love to share their thoughts around the event and the presenting companies.” To see what these delegates had to say about Networking Field Day, check out this video and post on GestaltIT.com!
Security Field Day Is Back March 23-25, 2021
Security Field Day is coming back! Join us March 23-25, 2021 to see the exciting lineup of presentations and experts from the security community. You can also use #XFD5 on Twitter to join the conversation, and for more about the upcoming Security Field Day, check out this video and post from Tom Hollingsworth on GestaltIT.com.
Pure Storage and Portworx Accelerate Cloud Native Apps on Any Infrastructure
At Cloud Field Day last fall, Pure Storage discussed its acquisition of Portworx and how it solves persistent storage in Kubernetes. Pure Storage and Portworx are working to accelerate traditional and cloud-native applications, providing storage to any application on any infrastructure. To learn more about Pure Storage and Portworx, check out the videos from Cloud Field Day on our website!
Presenters React to the Networking Field Day Experience
Networking Field Day was last month and the presenters are raving about the experience. The interactions with our delegates are what make Field Day events so special. To learn why companies participate in Tech Field Day events and what makes Networking Field Day stand out, check out this video and post on GestaltIT.com!
Meet Field Day Delegate – Jamie Phillips
Cloud Field Day is coming back soon and we’re welcoming a new delegate, Jamie Phillips, who will be joining us for the first time! Jamie is a Site Reliability Engineer, family man, and avid Mountain Biker. But that’s not all, check out this post on GestaltIT.com to learn more about him!
Cloud Field Day Returns March 10-12, 2021
Cloud Field Day is returning soon! Join us for the exciting 3-day lineup of presentations on March 10-12, 2021, and use #CFD10 on Twitter to join in on the discussion. To learn more about the upcoming Cloud Field Day, check out this video and post from our Founder and Organizer in Chief, Stephen Foskett, on GestaltIT.com!
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform Brings Operational Consistency to the Edge
Last December, at Tech Field Day, Red Hat highlighted its OpenShift Container Platform, which has multiple configurations to run Kubernetes at the edge and as-a-service in the public cloud and on-premises. Red Hat has brought this offering to the edge with three new deployment models aimed at making it easier to run AI/ML at the edge. For more on the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform, check out the videos from Tech Field Day on our website!
VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery Enables As-A-Service Ease and Fast Recovery
At Tech Field Day in December, VMware highlighted its Cloud Disaster Recovery-as-a-service (DRaaS) solution. This offering orchestrates and implements cloud-based disaster recovery using a software-defined datacenter on VMware Cloud on AWS for customers with on-premises vSphere, allowing for low cost and fast recovery. VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery also allows organizations to regularly test their DR plans with automated jobs regularly checking for issues, making it a highly available environment that’s ready for recovery. Check out VMware’s presentations from Tech Field Day on our website to learn more!
Buying Into the New Oil and Making It Work for You
Red Hat highlighted AI/ML market trends at AI Field Day last fall, and what it brings to the table. The company claims that 80% of a data scientist’s time is spent doing mundane tasks, which Red Hat is trying to solve. Data scientists want a self-service cloud-like experience for their AI and ML projects. This is where Red Hat OpenShift comes in. To learn more about how Red Hat OpenShift is helping with AI/ML projects and models, check out its videos from AI Field Day on our website!
Managed OpenShift in the Cloud: Red Hat at Cloud Field Day
At Cloud Field Day last November, Red Hat highlighted its managed service options and competitive advantages in the cloud. Red Hat addresses the challenges of maintaining day-to-day operations through its OpenShift Managed Services. There are three major Managed OpenShift offerings: OpenShift Dedicated, Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO), Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA). For more information on Red Hat’s OpenShift, watch its presentations on the Tech Field Day website!
Unifying SD-WAN and Edge With Cisco Catalyst 8000 Series
Hardware isn’t dead! Writing for GestaltIT.com, Tom Hollingsworth says that the new Cisco Catalyst 8000 series edge devices have shown us how hardware can stay relevant in today’s tech world. Tom writes that the Cisco Catalyst 8000 provides “a platform at the edge to create networks, deploy containerized software, and manage it all from a central location.” At Tech Field Day last year, Cisco highlighted their new products like the Catalyst 8000. Check out the Cisco presentation from Tech Field Day 22 and Tom’s take on it on the Gestalt IT post.
Translating Your Network With Cisco Crosswork Network Controller
Cisco presented its Cisco Crosswork Network Controller at Networking Field Day last fall. Tom Hollingsworth takes a look at this networking solution and states: “In short, the Crosswork Network Controller helps make your multivendor network environment homogeneous.” For more information and Tom’s thoughts, check out his post on GestaltIT.com!
Eradicating Tier 1 and Tier 2 Support
Juniper Networks presented Juniper Mist at AI Field Day last November. Juniper Mist has eradicated tier 1 and tier 2 support, so customers will now speak with Marvis. Marvis is a self-automated AI customer service virtual network assistant. For more on the Juniper Mist AI experience, watch the company’s presentations on the Tech Field Day website!
Latency? What Latency: Intel Optane Lightning-Fast Storage and Memory
Last August at Storage Field Day, Intel presented its latest Optane developments. Optane is persistent and a super low latency media. Intel introduced two new device types: Intel Optane Persistent Memory and Intel Optane SSDs. To learn more about Intel Optane Technology, watch Intel’s presentations from Storage Field Day on the Tech Field Day website!
Managing the Control Plane: AWS
AWS drives the evolution of cloud computing. Widely seen as the industry leader in the field, they don’t put on the brakes when it comes to growing services and adding new features. The Gestalt IT staff writes that AWS’s development of Elastic Container Service (ECS) and Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) “greatly simplify deploying, managing, and maintaining a container orchestrator system.” Check out the Gestalt IT take on the latest from AWS and check out the AWS presentations on our website!
Riverbed Wants You to Stop Being the Network Superhero
You might fancy yourself a superhero: running around, solving all the problems around you just in time to save the day. But doing all that can be exhausting and hard to keep up. Instead, Tom Hollingsworth thinks you should be a Supervillain…just hear him out! At Tech Field Day last year, Riverbed presented on how you can move away from being a “wrench turner” and instead become a “conductor.” With Riverbed harnessing the power of AI and machine learning, you too can have your own minions focus on the wrench turning while you focus on the scheming. Check out Tom’s thoughts on GestaltIT.com and the Riverbed presentation from Tech Field Day on our website.
Presenters React to the Storage Field Day 21 Experience
Storage Field Day was our first event of 2021, and we think it went swimmingly! After the presentations, we spoke to each of the presenting teams to get their thoughts on their Storage Field Day appearances and we compiled some of their answers into a video.
A big thank you to Hammerspace, Intel, NetApp, Pliops, MinIO, Tintri, and Nasuni for making the event such a success! Check out their thoughts on Storage Field Day on the YouTube video or take a look at the many great presentations on our website.
Meet Field Day Delegate – Jason Gintert
Jason Gintert is a new delegate joining us at Networking Field Day next week! He is the co-founder of WAN Dynamics, a professional networking services company focused on WAN & cloud. He took a few minutes to tell us a little about himself in this Meet the Field Day Delegate post! Welcome to the Tech Field Day community, Jason!