Kati Lehmuskoski was a delegate at our very first AI Field Day where she heard from companies such as BrainChip, Aruba, and MemVerge! She covered some key takeaways from the event, such as finding suitable talent is hard, AI should only be used if it is needed, and the power of platforms. Thanks for joining us, Kati!
Network Field Day 23: Broadcom’s Cloud-Scale Telemetry
The LinkedIn post summarizes Broadcom’s presentation at Network Field Day 23, focusing on its new telemetry functions built into its latest chips. The author comprehensively explains the function and advantages of chip-based telemetry and discusses using Broadcom’s Inband Flow Analyzer (IFA) for latency issues. Particularly impressive is Broadcom’s innovative approach to tracking aggregate statistics on the switch: flows and flow aggregates, with potential applications including inline DDOS detection.
Network Field Day 23: Intel’s Performance-Enhancing Ethernet Chip Technologies
At Networking Field Day, delegate Pete Welcher was impressed with Intel’s presentation highlighting the new features in the powerful Intel 800 series Ethernet chips and NIC’s. Pete writes about Intel’s four main presentation topics including ADQ, NVMEoF, DDP, and Barefoot Networks. For the full analysis of Intel’s presentations check out Pete’s post and for the videos of their presentations head over to the Tech Field Day website!
Networking Field Day 23: Catchpoint Monitors Digital Experience
Catch Peter Welcher’s analysis of Catchpoint’s monitoring system, which was presented at Networking Field Day 23
NFD23: PathSolutions TotalView Provides Multi-Faceted Network Management
As a delegate at Networking Field Day, Pete Welcher was able to see PathSolutions present on their offerings including TotalView. In a recent post, Pete recaps the PathSolutions presentations and writes that TotalView touches several different technical areas, even some past the expected network management like security or telephony. If you haven’t yet, be sure to check out the PathSolutions presentations on our website and read Pete’s post breaking them down.
Network Field Day 23: Walls Don’t Stop AirVine
In this blog, the author outlines his takeaways from a presentation by startup AirVine at Network Field Day 23, which covered their product WaveTunnel. WaveTunnel is a 60 GHz wireless solution offering a quick building backbone without extensive cabling, boasting the ability to transmit through non-metallic walls, including brick and concrete. Its self-organizing network, decentralized intelligence, high-speed phased array antennas, and resilience make it an innovative and cost-effective option, particularly for older or historical buildings.
Network Field Day 23: IP Fabric
IP Fabric’s Automated Network Assurance Platform, presented at Network Field Day 23, is designed to analyze data and spit out discrepancies in a vendor and domain-agnostic way. The system is designed to retrieve and store data and allow it to be accessible across enterprise teams and silos, providing better visibility into the network and better data accessibility, according to Peter Welcher, a Network Field Day 23 delegate and 20-year CCIE who loves network design. His blog takes a look at IP Fabric and what it could do for a company.
The State of DevOps
Kati Lehmuskoski was one of the delegates at Tech Field Day at NGINX Sprint 2020 in September. NGINX packed the three day event with dynamic keynotes, intriguing demos, and a Hackathon that captured our imaginations. One of the keynote presentations that caught Kati’s attention was one focused on DevOps and given by Gene Kim. Kati writes about his take on DevOps and the the struggle between quantity, quality, and speed in development. Check out Gene Kim’s keynote as well as all of the other great content from Tech Field Day at NGINX Sprint 2020 on our website!
Tech Field Day 21: Google’s VMware Managed Service
The LinkedIn explores Google Cloud’s new VMware Engine, as presented at Tech Field Day 21. The VMware Engine runs on high-performance hardware with 100 Gbps networking, and offers benefits like seamless migration, easy scaling, Rapid innovation, and self-service experiences. The author praises the offering’s ease of provisioning, its lift-and-shift capabilities, and its integration with other Google Cloud services, while noting that operational responsibilities like backup & DR, and monitoring would still be customer-responsibilities.
Networking Field Day 23 Is Coming!
Pete Welcher posts some of his thoughts on the most recent announcements for the upcoming Networking Field Day! Pete writes that he is very much looking forward to being a delegate at our jam-packed four day event. In this post, he writes specifically about our two most recently announced presenters: AirVine and IP Fabric! Pete is excited to see them up close and personal in the coming weeks, and so are we!
Tech Field Day 21: VMware Presents on Many Topics
Pete Welcher, a delegate at Tech Field Day in March, was impressed with VMware’s fast-paced and informational presentations. He writes about VMware’s jam-packed presentations including their focus on automation and orchestration of the datacenter in the cloud. We’re grateful for Pete’s time as a delegate and his recaps of event content from our Tech Field Day events! To check out VMware’s presentations, head on over to our website.
Tech Field Day 21: Zerto Saves the Data
Pete Welcher first heard of Zerto from friends a few years ago, and in March he was able to see them up close and personal at Tech Field Day. In his latest post, Pete outlines the features Zerto offers that he finds particularly impressive including continuous journaling and short RPO. With backup staying current down to almost the second, Pete writes that Zerto has gotten his attention. Check out Pete’s post and review of Zerto’s Tech Field Day presentations!
Looking Forward to Network Field Day 23
Pete Welcher posted about our September Networking Field Day event over on LinkedIn. He’s looking forward to the event overall, but the highlight of this article are his thoughts about the presenting companies. He mentions Arista, Cisco, Juniper Networks, and Palo Alto, which he calls “four of the top five” networking companies. He’s also keen on seeing Apstra, Broadcom, Catchpoint, Intel, PathSolutions, and VMware, though the latter is not able to present at this event this time.
Better Late Than Never: Tech Field Day 21 Summary
Pete Welcher was one of the delegates at Tech Field Day earlier this year. Pete writes that he was impressed with all three presenters at Tech Field Day (Zerto, Google Cloud, and VMware) and writes about how each brought their own unique perspective in his event summary. We’re thankful for his participation in Tech Field Day and for his recap, even if it is later than he had planned!
Bringing a Butter Knife to a Screwdriver Party: Three Network Automation Tools From NFD21…Just for Fun.
At our recently Networking Field Day, Micheline Murphy got to hear from three different companies with different approaches to network automation. In this post, she breaks down what she heard from Forward Networks, Aruba Networks, and NetworkToCode.
Videocast From Pure Accelerate 2019
Max Mortillaro was a delegate at Storage Field Day Exclusive at Pure Accelerate 2019. In this video, he shares his thoughts about FlashArray //C, which was announced at the show. The delegates got a deep dive into this during the Field Day presentations.
Connecting Ideas and People With Dell Influencers
Chin-Fah Heoh attended Dell Technologies World this year, and was a delegate at the Tech Field Day Extra event we held there as well. During the presentations, he was introduced to Liqid, Kemp, and Big Switch Networks, all of whom recently announced major partnerships with Dell. For him, events focused on influencers are at their best when they foster real connections with real people, something he’s definitely got out of his Field Day experiences.
Dell and the Power of Influencing Influencers
Chin-Fah, HEOH is very impressed by how Dell is handling influencer relations, and discusses his reaction to being invited to Dell Technologies World at the end of April. Chin-Fah has been a Field Day delegate as well and says their work with influencers reminds him of how we do things here at Gestalt IT. Thanks!
Network Field Day 16
Gian Paolo Boarina returned from his first Networking Field Day event having seen presentations from eight different companies. The topics ranged from network visibility, to analytics, intent-based networking, SDN, and more. We’re looking forward to hearing Gian’s impressions of each!
