Edge Is Not Just Cloud or Datacenter

Even though most of the technologies and infrastructure elements are the same, the nature of edge comping is entirely different. This episode of On-Premise IT features Edge Field Day delegates Enrico Signoretti, Allyson Klein, and Alastair Cooke discussing these differences with Stephen Foskett. Check out the full podcast on Gestalt IT’s Youtube channel.


Deploying Applications Across Edge Locations With Mako Networks and Avassa

In this Roundtable discussion with Mako Networks and Avassa, we hear from co-founders from both companies about deploying applications at scale at the edge. Watch how the conversation unfolded between Stephen Foskett, Simon Gamble, Carl Moberg, Ben Young, and Alastair Cooke on Gestalt IT’s Youtube channel.


Security Automation With ZEDEDA and Opengear

In this Roundtable discussion, that takeaway is that “Companies can no longer afford to have security as an afterthought.” See what Edge Field Day delegates Josh Warcop and Carl Fugate have to say while discussing Security through Automation with Raghu Vatte (VP of Product Management at ZEDEDA) and Ramtim Rampour (Technical Marketing Engineer at Opengear) on Gestaltit.com


Looking Forward to Tech Field Day 27

Get a sneak peek on what’s happening at the latest Tech Field Day, March 8-9! We will have presentations from Kentik, MemVerge, and Men&Mice, as well as a special presentation on the CXL Consortium. Check out Stephen Foskett’s video on what to expect on Gestalt IT’s website.


Learn More About Edge Computing at the First Edge Field Day Event

Curious about what’s happening at the first Edge Field Day? Stephen Foskett gives us the rundown of who will be presenting at the inaugural event. We have a great lineup with Avassa, Scale Computing, Mako Networks, ZEDEDA, and Opengear. Check out the video on Gestalt IT’s website.


Is Kubernetes a Good Fit for Edge Computing?

Our own Stephen Foskett considers whether Kubernetes makes sense at the edge. This is a key topic for our upcoming Edge Field Day event, with many of the presenting companies likely to talk containers and orchestration. What are the pros and cons of Kubernetes at the edge? Read on to learn more!


What Are the Limits of Edge Computing?

In this short article, Stephen Foskett considers the limitations of edge computing. The cost of deployment and maintenance, limited processing power and storage capacity, concerns about security, and the question of scalability all come into play. These are the topics we will be considering as we dive into edge computing at Edge Field Day in February!


Cloud Field Day Looks to the Next Generation in January

Our first Cloud Field Day of 2023 was this past January. We had Forward Networks, Fortinet, and Solo.io present on many cloud related topics such as net-ops, cloud sec ops, the Fortigate firewall, cloud native networking, etc. Be sure to check out presentations and more from Cloud Field Day on the Tech Field Day website!


Measuring the Current Day Blast Radius of Outages

Writing for Gestalt IT, Sulagna Saha discusses the most recent delegate roundtable discussion from Storage Field Day. Delegates, Enrico Signoretti, Frederic Van Haren, Glenn Dekhayser, Gina Rosenthal, Richard Kenyan, and moderator, Stephen Foskett, stood out in the discussion of Managing the Blast Radius as System Components get Bigger! Check out Sulagna’s thoughts on the dissection of this premise and the brainstorming that occurred on ways to limit the scope of impact.


Edge Computing – Through the Timeline

In her post for Gestalt IT, Sulagna Saha highlights a Tech Field Day Roundtable discussion from this past October. A few delegates stood out during the discussion on Edge Computing. They discussed how companies are continuing to explore the possibilities trapped inside edge and excited to see how this will evolve. Check out Sulagna’s thoughts here or on the Gestalt IT website for more from the Tech Field Day Roundtable delegate discussion.


Digging Deeper Into the Theme of Sustainability in Enterprise IT

In this post, Sulagna Saha writes about the Delegate Roundtable Discussion from the most recent Tech Field Day. The Roundtable was focused on Sustainability in Enterprise IT where they drilled down to the heart of it all to find out that it’s just a corporate practice, or marketing hype, created to gain advantage over competitors. Take a look here on more thoughts from Sulagna, or visit the Gestalt IT website.


Tech Field Day Is Back With a Mix of CXL

At this past Tech Field Day, our delegates joined Stephen Foskett at the OCP Summit for a first ever CXL Forum Event. They started off the week focusing on the emerging CXL technology sponsored by Intel, Micron, and MemVerge and finally finished the week with a great presentation from ZPE Systems at Tech Field Day! All videos will be posted soon, be sure to visit the Tech Field Day website for more.


Storage Field Day Returns to Silicon Valley!

Storage Field Day returns! We will be live in Silicon Valley November 2 and 3, 2022, with presentations from Solidigm, Dell, AWS, Pure Storage, and Intel! Make sure to tune in live on LinkedIn or visit the the Tech Field Day website for more.


CFDx NetApp – Thoughts

The very first Cloud Field Day Exclusive with NetApp was this past September where Chris Williams, Jim Jones, Nathan Bennett, and many other delegates joined together at NetApp headquarters along Santana Row. In this latest YouTube video, Chris, Jim, and Nathan, sit down with Stephen Foskett to discuss their thoughts on the NetApp presentation and their cloud solutions. You don’t want to miss this technical discussion!


Cloud Field Day 15 Returns to Silicon Valley!

Cloud Field has returned to Silicon Valley! There was a wide variety of companies who presented on multiple different topics. Excited to hear about more? All the videos from each presentation have been uploaded to the Tech Field Day website and available on YouTube, check them out!


Take Charge of Your Multicloud Environment With NetApp: A Cloud Field Day Extra

We’re excited to have announced a special Cloud Field Day Exclusive with NetApp this past September. NetApp talked about how they are leading the way with Multicloud and brought in real world customer experience from Google Cloud. Check out the latest from NetApp here or on the Tech Field Day website!


Gestalt IT Is Headed to VMware Explore US 2022!

Gestalt IT was back at VMware Explore this year in beautiful San Francisco! We had presentations from NetApp and Pure Storage and were able to attend some delegate sessions such as VMunderground, vBrownBag and the CTO Advisor Road Trip booth. Take a look here at a brief overview of our Tech Field Day Extra at VMware Explore.


ML Commons Unveils MLPerf Training V2.0 | Gestalt IT Rundown: June 29, 2022

On the latest Gestalt IT Rundown, Tom Hollingsworth is joined by Stephen Foskett where they dive into the newly released ML Commons MLPerf Training v2.0 results. This benchmark suite measures how fast systems can train models to a target quality metric. NVIDIA, Intel Habana, Google, and Graphcore all submitted at least partial results. How do we make sense of all this ML training hardware? Head to GestaltIT.com for shownotes.


Cloud Field Day Returns, Bridging the Datacenter to the Cloud

Cloud Field Day returns this June! Stephen Foskett, founder of Tech Field Day, will be moderating the event in Santa Clara County. Check out what companies to look forward to here!


AI Field Day Returns With a Focus on Data

AI Field Day returns in May! More applications are bringing machine learning capabilities, and companies are looking at deploying their own artificial intelligence applications as well. Stephen Foskett talks about which companies will be presenting and what we can look forward to. Check out his thoughts here!