Amy Arnold takes a look at what Mist Systems presented at Mobility Field Day last month. Utilizing a cloud-based micro-services architecture along with a smattering of AI, Amy looks at how Mist can provide customer focused reliability, visibility, and proactive troubleshooting for wireless networks.
Moms Love Mist
Mist Systems returned to Mobility Field Day earlier this month, and definitely impressed Mitch Dickey. But what really stood out to him was how relatable what they were presenting was to a non-tech audience. Mitch thinks this will be a major boon as they approach customers.
Mist Unveils AI-Driven Wi-Fi
In this post, Rowell Dionicio looks at the WiFI advances shown by Mist Systems at Mobility Field Day earlier this month. The company offers a cloud-managed WiFI service with a constant stream of updates, bug fixes, and new features through their dashboard at scale via microservices. He also got to see Marvis, Mist’s AI-driven Virtual Network Assistant. This can be used with troubleshooting, including being smart enough to open tickets with Mist automatically.
Figuring Out What Bothers Me About Wi-Fi and “Analytics”
Lee Badman heard about a number of wireless analytics solutions at Mobility Field Day last week. But one thing stuck in his mind. Outside of the merits of any solution over another, the underlying assumption behind many was that an analytics solution was needed because the wireless network is in some way being managed poorly. For Lee, WLAN problems often come from problems in vendor code, not something an admin can really be proactive about. This isn’t to say that these analytics solutions aren’t needed, but Lee wants them put in the proper context of why WLAN problems most often arise.
#MFD3 Day 1 Recap
Scott Lester posted a summery of what he saw at the first day of Mobility Field Day. Mist Systems impressed scott with their AI-driven infrastructure, and the unique way they are able to proactively advise customers about issues. Arista Networks also provided an interesting presentation. The company recently acquired Mojo Networks, and their presentation focused on the marriage of cognitive networking and cloud driven wireless.
Mist Enhances Machine Learning Capabilities To Improve WLAN Performance, Troubleshooting
Drew Conry-Murray wrote up what Mist Systems presented on at Mobility Field Day this week. He looks at how the company uses a large number of data points per AP to feed information to their AI-driven infrastructure. Key to this is the refinement of Marvis, the company virtual network assistant. The company showed how they are working to allow admins to interact and resolve issues with Marvis using natural language recognition.
MFD3 Sneak Peek!
Mobility Field Day is fast coming upon us next week. We’re excited to have Scott Lester joining us out in Silicon Valley for his first event. In this post, he gives a preview of what he expects to hear at the event. Make sure to follow along on our live stream to catch every presentation along with Scott.
Mark Your Calendars: Mobility Field Day 3
In this video, Rowell Dionicio discusses coming back for his third Mobility Field Day. He discusses what he expects to hear from each of the presenters, including Arista, who recently acquired previous presenter Mojo Networks. There are a lot of new faces on the delegate side, and Rowell is looking forward to the discussions and perspectives that they will bring.
Management Frame Detection?
Samuel Clements considers the acronym MFD. What could be better than Management Frame Detection? Mobility Field Day of course! He’s heading out to the event later this month. In this post, he reviews the announced presenters and what he expects to hear about from each. Remember, you can follow along with all presentations during the event on our live stream, and engage with the conversation on Twitter using #MFD3.
Contemplating Mist Systems and Mobility Field Day 3
Ahead of heading out west to Mobility Field Day in September, Lee Badman is considering the latest updates from Mist Systems. With Artificial Intelligence being one of the signature buzzwords of 2018, Lee is curious how exactly Mist will demonstrate a meaningful implementation. He’s intrigued to learn more, but he’ll definitely have a lot of questions for their presentation.
What I’d Like to See at MFD3
Drew Lentz may not be at Mobility Field Day next month, but that hasn’t tempered his enthusiasm. He’ll be watching the live stream and following #MFD3 on Twitter. In this post, he looks at the presenting companies and watch he wants to see from each.
Policy Control with WxLAN, PPSK, and Personal WLANs
Robert Boardman and the Wi-Fi of Everything crew talk to Mist Systems. In this video, they look at how the company integrated sophisticated policy controls into their wireless products.
Dynamic Packet Capture For Simpler Wi-Fi Troubleshooting
Robert Boardman and the Wi-Fi of Everything crew talk with Mist Systems and look at how their dynamic packet capture can ease troubleshooting. This allows an engineer to follow a given client across access points.
vBLE Implementations with Bob Friday of Mist Systems
Robert Boardman and the crew at WiFi of Everything recorded an interview with Mist Systems co-founder and CTO Bob Friday. They discuss vBLE, and get a live demo of their beacons in use in the Mist Systems offices.
No Strings Attached Show E64 – Wireless AI
On the latest No Strings Attached Show Blake Krone sits down with Bob Friday from Mist Systems. They discuss what AI means for wireless networks and engineers alike discussing how AI will help not replace the Wireless engineer.
Through the Mist; Predictable, Reliable, and Measurable Wifi from Mist Systems
When hear about a company for the first time, it can sometimes be frustrating to deal with the morass of buzzwords thrown about. More often then not, these are the noise that must be dealt with before the actual company message can be understood. Recently, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning have been conspicuous culprits. But the reason these terms are so conspicuous is because if they are properly utilized, they can revolutionize a product category. According to Mitch Dickey, Mist Systems is actually applying the technologies to improve Wi-Fi and location services. They’re doing this with intelligent packet capture, which automatically starts when their services detect a problem. Mitch thinks this proactive approach is game changing for mobility.
Mist Systems is the Cloud WLAN Vendor With a (not so) Secret Weapon
Lee Badman says there is more than meets the eyes from Mist Systems after their Mobility Field Day presentation. Here he is referring to their Virtual Bluetooth Beacons (vBLE), which “open up endless possibilities once you realize the limitless business cases.” Lee is unsure about Mist’s future in general, but he is sure that their vBLE is a really interesting and unique technology that does have a future.
Here comes Mobility Field Day 2!
Brennan Martin previews each Mobility Field Day presenting company and talks what he is anticipating from each. This includes more info on Mist System’s BLE beacons and APs, Nyansa’s work in turning large amounts of Wi-Fi client behavior data into informative insights, and Mojo Network’s plans for Wi-Fi on open hardware. Brennan will be posting additional articles post-event to recap the presentations.
Mist Systems Polishes Their Message at Mobility Field Day 2
Lee Badman compares the positives and negatives he saw from Mist System’s Mobility Field Day presentation. He compliments Mist as the “real deal” when it comes to AI and Machine Learning, says they have mastered the UI, and is very excited for their virtual BLE beacon. On the other side, however, he worries that Mist is a bit late to the WLAN party and is up against some very established players.
Mist Systems: A first look
At Mobility Field Day, Jake Snyder was pleasantly surprised by Mist Systems. In this post he talks about the easy to use, well-designed dashboard as well as the AP41, which Mist sent to all delegates before the event. Jake was very impressed by the AP41, saying it ran flawlessly with no connection issues whatsoever, only lamenting that the lack of issues did not allow him to see the AI part of Mist’s product in action.
