We are always supremely grateful to our delegates for carving out some time to attend Field Day events. This is especially true for our international delegates, who often brave double-digit flights across an ocean to attend. Dan Frith made such a trip to attend Storage Field Day. We’re very glad he endured some not inconsiderable jet lag to drink from the storage fire hose at the event. Be sure to check out all of his blog coverage from the event, and dig into the comprehensive video archive of all the presentations on our YouTube channel.
Storage Field Day – I’ll Be at Storage Field Day 19
Dan Frith is no stranger to Storage Field Day, so we’re thrilled to have his familiar face returning to the event. It’ll be the first Field Day event of 2020, so be sure to mark your calendar. The event is packed with a lot of the storage industry giants, emerging companies, and intriguing startups, so be sure to watch the live stream to stay up to date.
Scale Computing Makes Big Announcement About Small HE150
Scale Computing recently made some big news with some very small edge services. Their HE150 offers a full hyper-converged infrastructure appliance in an Intel NUC package. Dan Frith digs into how they are able to fit so much into a small package in this post. Be sure to check out their full archive of Field Day presentation videos for even more deep dives.
Pure//Accelerate 2019 – Cloud Block Store for AWS
One of the big announcements at Pure Accelerate this year was Cloud Block Store for AWS. Dan Frith was at the event as part of Storage Field Day Exclusive at Pure Accelerate, and got even more access, with technical deep dive presentations. He writes up his thoughts on Cloud Block Store in this post.
Pure//Accelerate 2019 – (Fairly) Full Disclosure
When you have an event like Storage Field Day Exclusive at Pure Accelerate 2019, you want to be sure you have the best and sharpest minds in storage in attendance. That’s why inviting Dan Frith was a no-brainer. Be sure to check out all of his pieces detailing what he saw at the event, and check out his comprehensive disclosure of exactly what happened while he was across the pond.
Pure Storage Expands Portfolio, Adds Capacity and Performance
Dan Frith is no stranger to the world of storage, and we were thrilled to have him at our presentations at Storage Field Day Exclusive at Pure Accelerate. In this post, he shares his thoughts from the show, from DirectMemory Cache to FlashArray//C.
Apstra’s Intent – What Do They Mean?
Dan Frith heard from Apstra for the first time at Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld 2019. Their intent-based networking and overall infrastructure vision with their Apstra Operating System was a bit out of Dan’s typical fare, which is more typically grounded in storage. After hearing their presentation, Dan was definitely impressed by their solutions, and can see why the company get’s a lot of buzz.
Random Short Take #21
Dan Frith shares another of his great lists of “short takes” on the news. This includes mention of the upcoming Pure Accelerate conference in Austin, which will include a Tech Field Day session, as well as coverage of the Commvault/Hedvig acquisition and VMworld’s Project Pacific launch.
NetApp, Workloads, and Pizza
While attending VMworld US 2019, Dan Frith was able to attend some Tech Field Day Extra presentations going on at the event. One of them was from NetApp, a company Dan is well familiar with but one that never fails to have something new to show. During the presentation, NetApp’s Andy Banta presented on the future of the data center, which will involve persistent memory, microvisors, and more specialized cores. It gave Dan a lot to think about, be sure to check out his post for details.
VMware – VMworld 2019 – (Fairly) Full Disclosure
Dan Frith is a frequent guest around the delegate table, and we were thrilled to have him for some of the presentations for Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2019. In this post, he looks back on everything that he did during the hectic travel to and participation in VMworld this year. Be sure to check out all of Dan’s great writing from the event.
Tech Field Day 19 – Wrap-Up and Link-O-Rama
It’s always a pleasure when Dan Frith comes to a Field Day event. Not only does he provide great articles going into detail about the presentations, but he also highlight and signal boosts writings by the other delegates. In this post, he shares posts from his fellow delegates from his most recent Tech Field Day event. Be sure to check it out for a lot of great writing.
Automation Anywhere – the Bots Are Here to Help
Robotic Process Automation isn’t a topic we’ve seen a lot of at Tech Field Day in the past, which is why the presentation from Automation Anywhere really grabbed a lot of attention. Dan Frith digs into their presentation in this piece. While the topic might have been new to the delegates, Automation Anywhere has been at the game since 2003 and is well established in the space. For Dan, the exciting advantage of RPA is not that it can change how we work, but rather change what we can work on.
Druva – in the Cloud, of the Cloud, Protecting the Cloud
Druva is no stranger to Field Day events, and Dan Frith got to hear an update about the company at Tech Field Day last month. The presentation began with an overview of data protection history and some of the historical challenges. It was interesting to see what all has been solved in that time. In this piece, Dan Frith was impressed with Druva’s focus. Rather than trying to be all things to all people, they focus on meeting customer requirements for data protection.
VMware vRealize – Operations Without Operators
At Tech Field Day, VMware presented on their four tenants for self-driving operations: Continuous Performance Optimization, Efficient Capacity Management, Intelligent Remediation, and Integrated Compliance. Dan Frith looks at how these elements are integrated into vRealize Operations. For him, it was eye opening to see the capabilities, and reinforced the point that the solution is so much more than a glorified dashboard.
NetApp Wants You to See the Whole Picture
Dan Frith is no stranger to Storage Field Day, but last month was the first time he attended a Tech Field Day event. Luckily there was a familiar face presenting at the event with NetApp. They presented on their Cloud Insights solution, which presenting into what turned into an overall theme of the event of management and monitoring. Dan was really intrigued by the ability of Cloud Insights to give a full picture of application services, with operating systems and underlying hardware.
Ixia Helps You See All the Stuff You Need to See
Dan Frith heard from Ixia at Tech Field Day last month. While the company was acquired by KeySight a few years ago, they still bring a long legacy of network insight and visibility to the market. At the event, they talked a lot about Vision X, their modular network packet broker. This is designed to offer a flexible feature set today, that can be built out by developers over time. It aims to offer high performance, high density visibility. For Dan, getting that visibility across the stack is incredibly valuable for modern IT.
Tech Field Day 19 – (Fairly) Full Disclosure
Dan Frith is a familiar site at the delegate table for Storage Field Day, but last month he was able to attend his first Tech Field Day, seeing presentations from across data center verticals. In this post, Dan outlines what was provided during the event, where he went, and gives an impression of the overall Field Day event experience.
I Met Stephen Foskett
In this post, Jim Palmer details his experience meeting Tech Field Day founder Stephen Foskett. Jim had previously attended Wireless Field Day last year, but got invited to Tech Field Day this year. Getting exposed to new technology and new people was a really unique opportunity and it was great to have Jim at the event. He even got Stephen to explain RAID storage to him!
Tech Field Day 19 – Day 0
Dan Frith crossed an ocean to join us at Tech Field Day this week. He usually writes a prolific amount for each event, and we love every bit of it. In this piece, he previews the event, provides the full schedule and embeds the live stream. It’s always great to get Dan’s insight from these presentations, and we can’t wait to read more.
Tech Field Day – I’ll Be at Tech Field Day 19
Dan Frith is a familiar face at Storage Field Day events, but we’re excited to have him around the table for Tech Field Day next week. We love bringing together perspectives from across the data center at these events, and Dan’s considerable storage pedigree should prove invaluable. Be sure to mark your calendar for the live stream to watch along with Dan.
