This LinkedIn post revisits the PathSolutions TotalView product following the Network Field Day 26 event. The author offers analogies and screencaps to demonstrate how TotalView, a focused network management solution, makes complex network tasks more manageable and efficient for users. The comprehensive overview suggests this tool, with its built-in alerting and performance measuring, could be particularly beneficial for small to medium-sized networks looking to streamline operations.
NFD26: ZPE Systems: Combined OOB Functionality in One Box
After attending the latest Tech Field Day as a delegate, Pete Welcher wrote on how ZPE took stuff you might use to remotely manage a site network, modularized it, and made it available in a single set of box platforms. He finds himself wondering if all the ZPE capabilities might provide a case for selectively refreshing your remote management solution to gain functionality. Be sure to check out Pete’s thoughts!
Network Field Day 26 Is Coming
The LinkedIn post announces the upcoming all-virtual Network Field Day 26 taking place from September 14-16, 2021. It gives a glimpse of the expected sponsor presentations and ensures attendees that plenty of product demos will be showcased. The post also provides a list of delegates attending the event along with an invitation to the readers to stay tuned for detailed blogs about each presentation.
Network Field Day 26 Is Coming
Get ready for the next Networking Field Day event! The action kicks off September 14th, and concludes Sept. 16th. Tune in to hear what’s new and noteworthy from your favorite networking sponsors and delegates!
Review Blog: Good Stuff From Tech Field Day 21
Pete Welcher attended Tech Field Day last March as a delegate and had some thoughts! In a recent post on his LinkedIn, Pete points to his several posts on the event. Thanks to Pete for being a delegate at our events, we look forward to hearing more “good stuff” from him!
Network Field Day 23: Juniper, Mist, Marvis, and Automation
This LinkedIn article offers a digest of the key points from the Juniper presentation at Networking Field Day. The tech firm is shifting towards leveraging AI technology through its Mist acquisition across its platforms, demonstrating their belief in AI and machine learning’s potential impact. The blogger highlights various aspects of the presentation, such as wireless and wired integration, end-to-end automation with ServiceNow, AI-driven WAN, and contact tracing with vBLE and analytics.
Network Field Day 23: Arista’s Latest Technology Innovations
Arista had a lot to bring to Networking Field Day earlier this year, and delegate Pete Welcher was impressed with the scope of updates they had. Specifically, Pete digs into the Arista updates on CloudVision as a service, DANZ Monitoring Fabric, and the Cognitive WiFi intelligence being extended to the Campus. To read all about what Pete is calling “impressive innovations” from the Arista team, check out their presentations on the Tech Field Day website!
Network Field Day 23: Cisco NSO Is a Major Power Tool
This blog post delves into Cisco’s presentations at Network Field Day 23, with a primary focus on the Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO). The author relays his impressive experience with NSO, outlining how it configures network devices via CLI and API, with strong praise for its broad operating system support and ability to expose all features via API. The post also briefly touches upon Cisco’s Crosswork Qualification Environment and Network Controller, recommending them to those building IP-based transport networks.
Network Field Day 23: Apstra Manages Your Datacenter Fabric
Networking Field Day delegate Pete Welcher has been following Apstra for years, thanks in part to their presence at Tech Field Day since 2016! In a recent post, Pete goes on a deep dive of the Apstra offerings and Networking Field Day presentations. He praises Apstra for their simplicity and highlights some of the advantages of using them such as improving network reliability and decreasing outages. Check out all of Pete’s thoughts as well as the Apstra presentation on our website!
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 Overview, or Throw Out Your Net Management Tools, They’re Obsolete!
There is a network management revolution going on, and legacy systems are no longer going to cut it. Airvine, Apstra, Arista, Boradcom, Catchpoint, Cisco, Intel, IP Fabric, Juniper Networks and PathSolutions came together at Network Field Day 23 to showcase how each of their products is making waves in the network management space. Peter Welcher, Network Field Day 23 delegate and tech expert came to the conclusion that it is time to modernize company’s network management tools, or die, based on what he saw at the event.
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.
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!
