Men&Mice DDI, the “friendly” Manager

“Men&Mice DDI is a software solution that provides comprehensive management of DNS, DHCP, and IP address allocation.” In this article, Nico Stein discusses the Men&Mice DDI that the company talked about during their presentation at Tech Field Day in March. Read his thoughts on his website, and watch the full presentation on the Tech Field Day YouTube Channel.


The IT Industry Is Doing Better Than It Seems

Is the IT industry in trouble? This episode of On-Premise IT features Andy Banta, Nico Stein, and Geoff Burke, who will be attending Tech Field Day this week, discussing the state of the industry with Stephen Foskett. Check out the full podcast on Gestalt IT’s Youtube channel or your favorite podcast platform.


Lightbits Labs at Cloud Field Day 14 – Storage on Steroids!

Nico Stein attended the most recent Cloud Field Day and took a particular fascination with Lightbits Labs. In this article, he discusses Lightbits open-sourced technology that makes customer usage easier. Take a look here at Nico’s thoughts on this fast running approach!


MemVerge Big Memory Cloud

Nico Stein attended November’s Cloud Field Day as a delegate in San Jose, California for the first hybrid Field Day event since the pandemic began. He took special interest into the Memory Machine Cloud Edition that MemVerge presented! Nico first learned about MemVerge and their Memory Machine at a past Tech Field Day event and was excited to see what more they had for him. Check out his thoughts here!


The Cloud Is Finally Ready for the Enterprise

The question of cloud readiness has plagued the enterprise for a decade, but we have finally gotten to the point that enterprise IT is coming to the public cloud. Check out the latest On-Premise IT Roundtable where two Field Day delegates, Jim Jones and Nico Stein, and founder of Gestalt IT, Stephen Foskett, discuss the cloud enterprise and the upcoming Cloud Field Day in November.


Cloud Field Day 11 With Intel, Kasten, NGinx and More…

Nico Stein breaks down his time as a delegate at June’s Cloud Field Day event in this blog. He hones in specifically on the presentations by Kasten by Veeam, but covers other appearances as well. Read the piece to learn about all of the presentations, and be sure to watch the ones that catch your eye.


Cisco Live 2019 and TechField Day in Review

Losing your phone in a cab isn’t the best way to kick off Tech Field Day Extra at Cisco Live US 2019. Luckily for Nico Stein, the rest of the even was a much better experience. The Cisco Arrival Tweet Up, Cisco Champions behind the scenes tour, and Tech Field Day Extra presentations by the likes of Fred Niehaus and Dave Zacks helped to still make it a great event.


Cisco WiFi 6 and the New Cisco Catalyst Access Points

In this post, Nico Stein looks at the new Wi-Fi 6 specific features found on the Cisco Catalyst Access Points. He got a deep dive into the latest on this during Tech Field Day Extra at Cisco Live US 2019 from the inimitable Fred Niehaus. Overall Nico sees Wi-Fi 6 being more about efficiency than about maximizing throughput, something he saw reiterated in Cisco’s latest.


TechField Day Delegate at Cisco Live TFDx

Nico Stein is out at Cisco Live US this week, and attending Tech Field Day Extra presentations at the event. For him, it’s a perfect combination of community and technology to create real conversations. He’s looking forward to getting to know the delegates and seeing what interesting presentations are on tap.


Meet Field Day Delegate: Nico Stein

While regular Field Day events are always special, it’s also great to get to do presentations at larger industry events. They don’t get much bigger than Cisco Live. In this post, we’re getting to know one of the new delegates coming to Tech Field Day Extra at Cisco Live US 2019, Nico Stein. Be sure to read it to find out how he went from editing autoexec.bat files to working in IT. We can’t wait to have him around the delegate table and to see what he thinks about the presentations.


Nico Stein

Nico has been working in IT for over 15 years and is currently the AVP of IT at a Credit Union based in Maryland.