AI Field Day Returns May 27 and 28

AI Field Day is back for its second ever event! Read this post to learn about what companies presented during the event and what topics they covered. Watch the actual presentations to learn more!


Join Us on April 27th for Making the Future of Data Possible: An Event by Scality and HPE!

What is the future of data? See how Scality in conjunction with Hewlett Packard Enterprise are revolutionizing the way we store data in this exclusive Tech Field Day event. Stay tuned for the launch of Scality’s newest product, ARTESCA, to see how it works.


Scality Announces ARTESCA | Gestalt IT Rundown: April 28, 2021

This “bear” of a News Rundown features Tom Hollingsworth and Stephen Foskett, who discuss what’s new for the week of 4/28/21 in the IT industry. Tune in to hear about Scality’s announcement of ARTESCA, the University of Minnesota’s banning from Linux kernel development, and how one beaver was able to shut down the Internet access of an entire Canadian town. Also, Stephen talks about bears… like, a lot. Be sure to watch Scality’s exclusive launch of ARTESCA in partnership with HPE, only at Actual Tech Media and here at TechFieldDay.com.


Intel Updates the Xeon Scalable Platform With Tech Field Day

Intel’s “How Wonderful Gets Done 2021” event featured keynotes from new CEO Pat Gelsinger, as well as Navin Shenoy of the Data Platforms Group and Lisa Spelman of the Xeon and Memory Group. During this event, they announced their 3rd generation Xeon Scalable processor line, code name “Ice Lake.” Tech Field Day also participated, with sessions and roundtable discussions following the announcement. For links to the keynotes, as well as the Tech Field Day presentations, head over to TechFieldDay.com!


Join Tech Field Day on April 21-23, 2021

Tech Field Day is returning this week! Join us April 21st-23rd as we learn about the latest trends in datacenter, hybrid cloud, networking, and security. Check out this video and post from our Organizer in Chief, Stephen Foskett, to learn more!


Cisco Live Global 2021 Keynote Liveblog

It’s Cisco Live time again! Stephen Foskett and Tom Hollingsworth are live blogging the Cisco Live keynote. Head over to GestaltIT.com to check it out!


Presenters React to the Networking Field Day Experience

Networking Field Day was last month and the presenters are raving about the experience. The interactions with our delegates are what make Field Day events so special. To learn why companies participate in Tech Field Day events and what makes Networking Field Day stand out, check out this video and post on GestaltIT.com!


Cloud Field Day Returns March 10-12, 2021

Cloud Field Day is returning soon! Join us for the exciting 3-day lineup of presentations on March 10-12, 2021, and use #CFD10 on Twitter to join in on the discussion. To learn more about the upcoming Cloud Field Day, check out this video and post from our Founder and Organizer in Chief, Stephen Foskett, on GestaltIT.com!


Taking a Deep Dive Into Modern Storage Solutions With Storage Field Day 21

What is storageless storage? Writing for GestaltIT.com, Georgina Ford explores this topic and how Storage Field Day delegates Jason Collier, Max Mortillaro, and Paul Stringfellow react to this concept. Tune in to Storage Field Day this week where we’ll be hearing from MinIO, Tintri, NetApp, Nasuni, Hammerspace, Pliops, and Intel!


Is Storageless Storage Just Someone Else’s Storage?

Is “Storageless storage” just a buzz word oxymoron or is there something there? To get to the bottom of it, Stephen Foskett and a panel of delegates from Storage Field Day talk through it on the latest episode of the On-Premise IT Podcast. Check out the lively conversation with Max Mortillaro, Matthew Leib, Jason Collier, and Paul Stringfellow! Be sure to check out the podcast as well as Storage Field Day where we’re sure to hear more about storageless storage!


Gestalt IT Rundown: December 16, 2020

It’s Rundown time! In the latest edition of the Gestalt IT Rundown, Stephen Foskett and Tom Hollingsworth break down the latest stories in the tech world. On the docket for this episode, they talk about the SolarWinds Orion platform being hacked, Oracle moving to Texas, Intel’s Memory and Storage Moment, and more! To hear their takes on all of these hot button issues and more, head over to GestaltIT.com or the Tech Field Day YouTube channel.


Scality and Cloud Field Day: A Bond That Spans Years

Scality has forged a strong bond with Cloud Field Day. It looks back at what it presented at Cloud Field day, and how the event helped it shape its products and conversations


Converging Conference Communities in the Cloud

In the latest episode of the Gestalt IT Rundown, Stephen Foskett brings on delegate Max Mortillaro to talk about the most recent news from the tech world. They run through a wide variety of topics from Arista Networks acquiring Awake Security, VMware’s partnerships with companies like Pensando in Project Monterey, and recent Tech Field Day events like Networking Field Day and Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld 2020. Check out their analyses of all the recent tech news and much more in the latest Gestalt IT Rundown on GestaltIT.com


Voices in Innovation – Enrico Signoretti Explores the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Online Events

In the latest episode of GigaOm: Voices in Innovation, Enrico Signoretti explores the successes and challenges around the transition to online events since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Stephen Foskett (founder of Tech Field Day) & Ben Freedman (owner of Prime Image Media) join the podcast to talk through what they have found helpful to overcome the hurdles of implementing online events, including how they successfully transitioned Tech Field Day to an all virtual environment.


Pure Storage FlashRecover Brings Cohesity to FlashBlade

Pure Storage and Cohesity have teamed up to launch a new integrated product: the Pure Storage FlashRecover. This jointly engineered product has gotten the attention of Stephen Foskett. At Storage Field Day earlier this year, Stephen saw Cohesity’s presentations and gained a better understanding of the architecture of their products. You also might remember seeing FlashBlade introduced at Pure Accelerate 2016. Stephen writes that Pure Storage and Cohesity joining forces has a chance to make some real waves in storage.


Judges on Fire: Stephen Foskett, Organizer in Chief, Tech Field Day

The organizers of the Tech Trailblazers Awards started a new podcast called “Judges on Fire,” an intimate and enlightening way for listeners to get to know their award judges a little bit more. For the first episode, they spoke with Tech Field Day founder and organizer-in-chief, Stephen Foskett. They discussed how he went from being a Unix systems administrator out of college to starting Tech Field Day, how the event has adapted to life in a pandemic, and what are the best things to come out of the event.


Coming Together During COVID-19, With Stephen Foskett of Gestalt IT

Tech Field Day founder and organizer Stephen Foskett appeared on Live Now to discuss how technology companies and events are adapting to the current COVID-19 self-isolating landscape. He finds the industry is dividing into two camps: those that are scaling back on events and other efforts as they get up to speed, and other that are already used to working remotely and operating at full speed. It’s an interesting discussion in how IT as a whole is reacting to this unprecedented situation.


Day Two Cloud 038: Making the Case for Third-Party Cloud Storage

Tech Field Day founder Stephen Foskett was recently a guest on the Day Two Cloud podcast. On the episode, he and Ned Bellavance discuss third-party cloud storage, and how it fits into a market with so many native options readily available. In the episode they discuss common enterprise use cases, and examines key issues including performance, data management, and operations.


BONUS: The Origins of Tech Field Day – the On-Premise IT Roundtable

In this bonus episode of the On-Premise IT Roundtable, we’re joining Stephen Foskett as he talks with some of the original delegates and inspirations for the Tech Field Day event series. They discuss the event that gave Stephen the initial idea, a fortuitous plane ride, how the first Tech Field Day event went, where the idea for the live stream started and more.


Meet the #TFD Founder: Stephen Foskett

It was great to have Aruba Network interview Tech Field Day founder Stephen Foskett on the event’s tenth anniversary. In it, they discuss how the event got started, what has changed since the beginning, and what the event offers delegates and presenting companies.