With software abstraction becoming all the rage in enterprise IT, VMware offers their vRNI solution as a way to gain top-down network visibility — even across multiple clouds. This post covers their presentation of vRNI, or vRealize Network Insight, at May’s Networking Field Day event. Learn about the three pillars the tool is designed to support by reading this post, or checking out their video presentation on the topic.
Streamlining Zero Trust Security With Hashicorp
This piece addresses Hashicorp and their Security Field Day appearance in March. At the event, Hashicorp detailed three tools, Vault, Consul, and Boundary, which, when used together with an identity solution like SSO, build a solid basis for a zero-trust approach to security for enterprises. Learn what each of the three tools can do here, and be sure to watch them all in action in Hashicorp’s Security Field Day presentation.
Meet Field Day Delegate – Dan Jones
Let’s welcome Dan Jones to the Tech Field Day community! He is an Apple consultant who specializes in MDM and WiFi and is the technical director of a system integrator in the UK. Dan will be joining us next month at Mobility Field Day, so be sure to tune in and catch him on the delegate panel!
Server Building Block + Storage + Networking = Pure Storage’s FlashBlade
During April’s Tech Field Day event, Pure Storage presented their solution to the problem of unstructured data in the enterprise: their new FlashBlade server blocks. FlashBlade combines storage and networking needs into a single package, reducing latency and compute times while maintaining a small form factor for server stack scalability. Read this piece to learn more about FlashBlade, and be sure to watch Pure’s presentation for a full technical breakdown.
BlueCat Moves DDI to the Cloud
Bluecat is completely changing the DDI game by shifting it entirely to the cloud, as they presented during April’s Tech Field Day event. This piece dives into just what exactly that means for the industry as a whole, and how their cloud DDI solution solves four key issues the cloud presents in the realm of DDI. Learn more by reading the post, or watching BlueCat’s presentation for yourself.
Riverbed Optimizes Your Network and Applications Through Performance and Visibility
April’s Tech Field Day event served as the spotlight for Riverbed to talk about how their new Unified NPM platform is painting a bigger picture of network and app telemetry. This post details their presentation, specifically how the platform works and the benefits it provides enterprises. Read on to learn more, and be sure to watch Riverbed’s Phil Gervasi present on the Unified NPM platform during their Tech Field Day appearance.
Leverage VMware Through Your Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
This piece covers Oracle’s Cloud Field Day presentation from April, where they announced they would be partnering with VMware to combine Oracle Cloud Infrastructure with VMware’s software and architecture to deliver an entirely new solution. In essence, the partnership means that you can completely virtualize your VMware VMs in Oracle’s cloud, making them more scalable and cloud-forward. Learn more in this article, or by watching Oracle’s presentation from their Cloud Field Day appearance.
Intel Customers Share Their Optane Experience Stories at Storage Field Day
May’s Storage Field Day event served as a platform for Intel to showcase their customers’ experiences with their Optane Persistent Memory product. This post hones in on those experiences, taking into account customer use cases as well as feedback to paint a picture of the Optane product in action. Read on, or watch Intel’s Storage Field Day appearance, to learn more.
Comparing Ice Lake to Previous Generations of Xeon Scalable Processors
Intel announced their newest generation of Xeon scalable processors, codenamed “Ice Lake,” at an exclusive Tech Field Day event in March, marking the third installment of the platform. In their presentation, covered in this post, they detailed the capabilities of Ice Lake in comparison to past versions of Xeon. Read on to hear how they stack up to one another, and be sure to watch Intel’s exclusive Tech Field Day presentation to get the full scoop on the release.
How Veeam Supports Multi-Cloud Backup and Recovery Efforts
The modular data management architecture that Veeam detailed during April’s Tech Field Day event promises to centralize backup and snapshot management while also saving time and money. This piece covers Veeam’s presentation by their Cloud-native Global Technologist, David Hill, who describes the ways customers have and can use Veeam to accomplish their data management needs with ease. Learn more by checking out the piece and its associated Tech Field Day video.
Tackling Data Storage at Scale With Micron
At April’s Tech Field Day event, Micron discussed how they’ve positioned themselves and their portfolio to take on the massive amounts of data at play in today’s enterprises. This article details the composability and scalability capabilities Micron’s storage can provide, and how they will ultimately benefit the modern data center. Read on or watch the Tech Field Day presentation to see how Micron’s adjusted outlook on the market has led them to innovate and collaborate, establishing themselves as technological leaders in the space.
Improving the Data Center Through Composability With Xilinx FPGAs
The battle between ASIC and FPGA has long divided the compute hardware manufacturer industry, and Xilinx believes the FPGAs they showcased at April’s Tech Field Day will set the story straight. Xilinx FPGAs alleviate loads from the CPU, taking on high-powered tasks and promoting a more composable data center. See how they work in this article, or by watching Xilinx’s Tech Field Day presentations.
The Continued Cloud Collaboration of Dell and VMware
In spite of Dell’s recent announcement to spin off VMware, the two giants of tech still plan on working in tandem to deliver high quality cloud products as detailed in Dell’s March Cloud Field Day appearance. With VxRail and VMware Cloud Foundation, both Dell and VMware combine the capabilities of their high-performance servers and virtualization software, respectively, to streamline and secure operations. Check out the article and watch Dell’s Cloud Field Day presentation to learn more about the two products from the two companies.
Protecting Data In-Use Through Confidential Computing With Intel SGX
This piece details Intel’s appearance at March’s Cloud Field Day, where they showcased their Software Guard Extensions (SGX) for protecting data in-use. As a founding member of the Confidential Computing Consortium, Intel has a vested interest in protecting customer data, and their SGX solution provides a way to create data alcoves which prevent chunks of critical data from being tampered with while in use in an application. Read on to learn more about how it works, and check out the rest of Intel’s Cloud Field Day presentation for more technical info, as well as a deep dive into their Telemetry solution.
How Intel’s 3rd Gen Xeon Architecture Supports AI at the Edge
Intel rocked the world earlier this year with the release of their 3rd Generation Xeon Scalable processors, codenamed “Ice Lake,” which are designed specifically for advancing compute capabilities of servers. In their exclusive Tech Field Day event surrounding the new release, Intel gave an overview of how the Xeon platform is changing the AI edge game. Read on to learn about what Ice Lake has to offer, and be sure to watch Intel’s exclusive Tech Field Day event for more information.
Continuous Cloud Optimization Through Spot by NetApp
Many of today’s organizations have adopted cloud-based resources and infrastructure as key parts of their operations. The next step is to optimize them, which is what NetApp aims to do through Spot Ocean, part of Spot by NetApp. At March’s Cloud Field Day, NetApp detailed how IT practitioners can evaluate their containers and microservices in Kubernetes to maximize output while minimizing costs. For more information, check out NetApp’s presentation at Cloud Field Day on our website!
Zach DeMeyer
Zach is the Technical/Content Writer at Gestalt IT with a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines. A storyteller at heart, he loves being on the cutting edge of new technology and telling the world about it. When he’s not working, he enjoys all things outdoors, music, and soccer.
StorageOS: Enabling Anything-As-A-Service Through Cloud Native Storage
When StorageOS appeared at March’s Cloud Field Day, they made a statement to the industry that their storage solution can serve as the backbone for delivering nearly anything as a service from the cloud. This post dives into their presentation, detailing how StorageOS positions their product as an extensible, agile way to store objects for cloud applications. Learn more by reading the post or watching StorageOS’s original Cloud Field Day presentations.
Making the Most of Unstructured Data With Komprise
At March’s Cloud Field Day, Komprise showed off how their data management solution is capable of tackling the problem of mass amounts of unstructured data in an organization. This piece covers the major takeaways from their presentation, as well as some of the reasoning behind Komprise’s approach to data management. Read on to learn more, and be sure to watch all of the Komprise Cloud Field Day appearance for technical deep dives and demos.
Simplifying Network Automation With Itential
In their appearance at Networking Field Day in February, Itential showcased their network automation solution. This piece dives into what benefits the product offers networking teams and how Itential looks to make automation easier by reducing the amount of coding required by networking teams. Read on to learn more, or watch Itential’s Networking Field Day presentation to see for yourself how it works.
