F5 NGINX Sprint 2.0 Day 1 Part 2, Announcements and Exec Q&A

Looking for some great insight on NGINX and how enterprise companies are using this technology platform more? Check out a Field Day delegate, Barry Coombs, Tech Doodles blog post for the most up to date information. Barry recaps on the Q&A section of the exclusive NGINX Sprint 2.0 Field Day. Take a look at his blog!


F5 NGINX Sprint 2.0 Day 2, Demo Day!

Barry Coombs, a Field Day delegate, intrigues us once again with his Tech Doodles from the most recent NGINX Sprint 2.0 Demo Day! Many delegates enjoyed this exclusive event and NGINX’s portfolio. Check out how Barry expands on why more enterprise organizations are adapting NGINX.


F5 NGINX Sprint 2.0 Day 1, Use Cases, Products and Updates

This post is another of Barry Coombs’ renowned Tech Doodles, covering the events of the F5 NGINX Sprint 2.0. Specifically, this doodle shares Coombs’ observations from the first day of the event. Be sure to see everything he included in the doodle by checking it out here.


Tech Field Day Delegates Thoughts Regarding Scality ARTESCA

Barry Coombs, the masterful creator of Tech Doodles, shares another one of his colorful graphics regarding his time on the delegate panel at Scality’s exclusive Tech Field Day event with HPE. This doodle in particular covers the reactions of each member of the panel in regards to ARTESCA, Scality’s newest product which the launched at the event. Check out the doodle for summaries of each delegate’s thoughts, and be sure to watch the Scality launch event to learn more about ARTESCA.


Scality ARTESCA Architecture

Barry Coombs follows the recent launch of Scality ARTESCA with Tech Field Day with a doodle of the ARTESCA architecture and his notes surrounding it. Barry mentions, “ARTESCA is a really interesting solution for object storage requirements, it is software-based, leverages Kubernetes, has multiple configuration options to meet edge and core use cases and unites developers and operations.” For more of his thoughts, be sure to check out this doodle on techdoodles.co.uk!


Scality & HPE #ARTESCA Launch, Discussion and Demonstration – Part Two

Delegate Barry Coombs is back with another doodle from Scality and HPE’s ARTESCA launch event! In Part Two of this doodle series, Barry focuses on the Tech Field Day portion of the event. This consisted of a DevOps panel discussion, ARTESCA UI Fly-Through, and a delegate roundtable. Barry notes that he was particularly impressed with ARTESCA’s ability to “allow for visibility and reporting of the underlying infrastructure layers including Kubernetes and the HPE hardware status.” Check out Barry’s blog for more doodles from the event!


Scality & HPE #ARTESCA Launch – Part One

We had a blast working with Scality as they collaborated with HPE to announce the launch of ARTESCA! One of the delegates in attendance for the launch was Barry Coombs who marked the occasion with one of his “Tech Doodles.” On his doodle, Barry recaps the Scality presentation including the details of the ARTESCA software from the origin story to the technical break-down. Head on over to Barry’s website to check it out and, if you haven’t yet, check out the great content from “Tech Field Day Presents Scality and HPE: Making the Future of Data Possible” on the Tech Field Day website!


Looking Ahead With Storage Field Day 21 – Barry Coombs, Jason Collier, Max Mortillaro – Ep 149

The Tech Interviews podcast kicks off its first episode of 2021 by looking ahead at the storage industry. Paul Stringfellow was joined by Barry Coombs, Jason Collier, and Max Mortillaro to discuss what they saw at Storage Field Day earlier this year. The four were delegates at the event and discuss their key takeaways from the presentations. To see the full conversation, visit techstringy.wordpress.com!


Storage Field Day 21 – Hammerspace

Barry Coombs was a delegate at Storage Field Day in January and followed the event with a doodle covering Hammerspace’s presentation. In this edition of Tech Doodles, Barry highlights Hammerspace’s presentation through handwritten notes and images from the event. Barry takes note of Hammerspace’s presentation on Storageless Data, which has to be software and cannot be bound to specific hardware so it can run anywhere. To learn more about Hammerspace’s solution, check out its presentation on the Tech Field Day website!


Storage Field Day 21 – Intel

Intel presented at Storage Field Day in January, where Barry Coombs joined us as a delegate. Barry created a doodle covering Intel’s presentation, including notes on Intel Optane Technology and how Intel plans to continue investing, developing, and scaling the Intel Optane business. To see what else Barry included in his doodle covering Intel’s presentation, visit Tech Doodles!


Storage Field Day 21 – Pliops

In this edition of Tech Doodles, Barry Coombs recaps Pliops’ presentation from Storage Field Day in January. Barry was a delegate at the event and in his doodle, writes, “Pliops allows you to unleash the full potential of your SSDs.” He also mentioned that Pliops’ storage processor accelerates almost any flash workload. To see what else Barry had to say about Pliops at Storage Field Day, head over to techdoodles.co.uk.


Storage Field Day 21 – MinIO Session

As a delegate, Barry Coombs had the opportunity to see MinIO at Storage Field Day in January. In this edition of Tech Doodles, Barry mentions, “MinIO does one thing and one thing only. Object Storage.” He also notes MinIO’s guiding principles: Cloud Native, Performant, and Simple. Go to techdoodles.co.uk to see what else Barry had to say about MinIO at Storage Field Day.


Storage Field Day 21 – Nasuni

At Storage Field Day in January, Barry Coombs joined us as a delegate and had the opportunity to see Nasuni’s presentation. In this edition of Tech Doodles, Barry recaps Nasuni’s presentation with notes on Nasuni Cloud File Storage, its different use cases, and more. Check out Barry’s doodle for more of his thoughts!


Storage Field Day 21 – Tintri

Barry Coombs was a delegate at Storage Field Day in January and follows the event with his notes on Tintri’s presentation. In this Tech Doodle, Barry mentions that Tintri works with customers across a wide variety of verticals and specializations and is building intelligent systems. For more of Barry’s notes from Tintri’s appearance at Storage Field Day, check out Tech Doodles!


Storage Field Day 21 – NetApp

NetApp presented at Storage Field Day in January where Barry Coombs joined us as a delegate. In his latest edition of Tech Doodles, Barry highlights NetApp’s presentations through handwritten notes and images from the event. Check out Tech Doodles to see his notes on NetApp Storage GRID, NetApp Data Science Toolkit, NetApp Keystone, and more!


Intel Memory Storage 2020 Briefing

Barry Coombs had the opportunity to attend the Tech Field Day Exclusive with Intel Memory and Storage as a delegate in December and interact directly with the Intel team as they recapped their keynote sessions. In his latest edition of Tech Doodles, Barry highlights the presentations including Intel’s six pillars, utilizing Optane in conjunction with DRAM, and Intel’s DAOS software. If you haven’t yet, be sure to check out our website to watch all the videos from the Tech Field Day Exclusive with Intel Memory and Storage!


Intel Memory & Storage Moment 2020

It was a pleasure to team up with Intel on the Intel Memory & Storage Moment 2020! At the event, delegate Barry Coombs saw keynotes from the Intel team on a variety of topics including several key product announcements. In his latest version of TechDoodles, Barry artistically recaps day one of IMS20. Check out his doodle and then head over to the Intel website to see the Day 1 keynotes!


Pure Storage PortWorx – Kubernetes Storage Platform

Pure Storage’s acquisition of PortWorx and the resulting partnership, was presented at Cloud Field Day 9. Barry Coombs of Tech Doodles looks deeper at the companies’ solutions


Azure NetApp Files and NetApp Virtual Desktop Service

NetApp presented its Microsoft Azure NetApp Files services and its Virtual Desktop Services offering during Cloud Field Day 9. Barry Coombs, Author behind Tech Doodles, Chief Technologist at Computerworld Group, and Tech Field Day Delegate said he was pleasantly surprised by the fresh storage content NetApp is developing.


StorPool Software Defined, High Performance, Scale Out, Block-Storage

StorPool, the developer of high performance, scale-out block storage software for primary demanding workloads showed delegates its software defined, high performance, block-storage
during Cloud Field Day 9. Cloud Field Day Delegate Barry Coombs, Author behind Tech Doodle and Chief Technologist at Computerworld Group took a brief look at the solution and its high points.