Virtualization Field Day

Virtualization Field Day (VFD) focuses on server and desktop virtualization and management technologies. VFD brings together the best independent thought leaders in virtualization to discuss pressing issues and technology advancements with key companies in the space.

We have produced Virtualization Field Day events since 2010, and virtualization has been a key topic for the original Tech Field Day series since the beginning.

We also produce in-person and online Roundtable events to present key virtualization technologies to a broader audience. This includes our participation in VMworld starting in 2010 and continuing through 2012.

If you would like to get involved with Virtualization Field Day, either as a delegate or presenting sponsor, please contact us! We have pages for sponsors and delegates, including forms to use to get in touch.

Topics Covered

Virtualization Field Day covers many diverse topics of interest to our delegates and their audience. In the past, companies have discussed the following areas:

  • Server hypervisors and management products
  • Storage, data protection and replication solutions
  • Alternative hypervisors, including desktop, personal, and mobile

Presenting Sponsors

Virtualization Field Day Events


Tech Field Day Extra at VMware Explore US 2023

Date: August 21–22, 2023, Las Vegas
Presenters: AMD, VMware
Delegates: Allyson Klein, Andy Banta, Brian Knudtson, John White, Keith Townsend, Matt Tyrer, Mikael Korsgaard Jensen, Paul Woodward, Philip Sellers, Raphael Meyerowitz, Richard Kenyan, Shaun Neal, W. Curtis Preston, Wences Michel


Tech Field Day Extra at VMware Explore US 2022

Date: August 29–31, 2022, San Francisco
Presenters: NetApp, Pure Storage
Delegates: Alastair Cooke, Andy Banta, Brian Knudtson, Gina Rosenthal, Keith Townsend, Ken Nalbone, Nathan Bennett, Nico Stein, Paul Woodward, Pete Robertson, Vuong Pham


Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld 2020

Date: October 6–6, 2020, Virtual
Presenters: Pensando, Pure Storage, Runecast
Delegates: Ather Beg, Brandon Graves, Chris Grundemann, Chris Hildebrandt, Ethan Banks, Gina Rosenthal, Justin Warren, Marco Broeken, Matthew Leib, Ned Bellavance, Nico Stein, TBD


Tech Field Day 20

Date: November 13–15, 2019, Silicon Valley
Presenters: Aruba, BlueCat, Cisco, Forescout, Ixia, NetApp, Riverbed, Scale Computing, SolarWinds, Veeam Software
Delegates: Chris Evans, Enrico Signoretti, Ethan Banks, Gina Rosenthal, Greg Ferro, Joep Piscaer, John Herbert, Jon Klaus, Jordan Martin, Max Mortillaro, Stephanie Ihezukwu


Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2019

Date: August 26–28, 2019, San Francisco
Presenters: Apstra, Dell Technologies, Intel, NetApp, VMware, Virtana
Delegates: Adam Post, Al Rasheed, Becky Elliott, Brandon Graves, Chris Grundemann, Christopher Kusek, Dan Frith, Drew Conry-Murray, Enrico Signoretti, Gabe Maentz, Joep Piscaer, Josh Fidel, Justin Warren, Nico Stein, Paul Woodward, Wences Michel


Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2018

Date: August 27–29, 2018, Las Vegas
Presenters: Barefoot Networks, Blue Medora, Dell EMC, JetStream Software, NetApp, NetScout, Quali, Runecast, StorageCraft
Delegates: Adam Fisher, Al Rasheed, Alastair Cooke, Ather Beg, Brandon Graves, Christopher Kusek, Ed Horley, Edward Haletky, G. Michael Bridge, Gabe Maentz, Howard Marks, James Green, Joe Houghes, Joep Piscaer, John Marrone, Keith Ward, Ken Nalbone, Kori Younger, Marco Broeken, Mariusz Kaczorek, Mark May, Matthew Allford, Matthew Leib, Michelle Laverick, Mikael Korsgaard Jensen, Paul Woodward, Raff Poltronieri, Rita Younger, Roger Lund, Stephen Beaver, Theresa Miller, Tony Reeves


Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2017

Date: August 28–30, 2017, Las Vegas
Presenters: Druva, Kingston, NetApp, Pluribus Networks
Delegates: Becky Elliott, Carl Fugate, Dan Frith, Eyvonne Sharp, Howard Marks, John White, Keith Townsend, Mark Carlton, Mark May, Matt Crape, Mike Preston, Phoummala Schmitt, Rick Schlander, Rob Coote, Roger Lund, Sean Thulin, Tony Mattke


Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld Europe 2016

Date: October 17–20, 2016, Barcelona
Presenters: Nimble Storage, Paessler
Delegates: Alastair Cooke, Andreas Lesslhumer, Andrew Mauro, David Varnum, Karel Novak, Lino Telera, Marco Broeken, Max Mortillaro, Pietro Piutti


Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2016

Date: August 29–31, 2016, Las Vegas
Presenters: ClearSky Data, Docker, NooBaa, Paessler, Primary Data, SanDisk, Scality
Delegates: Alastair Cooke, Arjan Timmerman, Christopher Kusek, Dan Frith, Dave Morera, Enrico Signoretti, Howard Marks, James Green, John White, Jon Hildebrand, Josh De Jong, Justin Warren, Karen Lopez, Keith Townsend, Mark May, Raff Poltronieri, Roger Lund, Tim Smith


Tech Field Day 10

Date: February 3–5, 2016, Austin
Presenters: Caringo, Dell, Diablo, Platform9, Rubrik, SolarWinds, VMTurbo
Delegates: Arjan Timmerman, Chris Evans, Enrico Signoretti, Joep Piscaer, Josh Luedeman, Justin Warren, Karen Lopez, Larry Smith, Matthew Leib, Nigel Poulton, Ray Lucchesi, Theresa Miller


Virtualization Field Day 6

Date: November 18–20, 2015, Silicon Valley
Presenters: AppFormix, Cirba, FalconStor, Spirent, ZeroStack
Delegates: Chris Evans, Craig Kilborn, Gabrie van Zanten, Jon Hildebrand, Julian Wood, Keith Townsend, Sonia Cuff, Teren Bryson, Tim Carr, W. Curtis Preston


Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2015

Date: August 31–3, 2015, San Francisco
Presenters: Cirba, ClearSky Data, DataGravity, Datto, Luminus Networks, Platform9, Primary Data, Reduxio, SanDisk, Velostrata, Violin Memory
Delegates: Alastair Cooke, Amit Panchal, Amy Manley, Andrew Mauro, Chris Evans, Christopher Kusek, David Davis, Enrico Signoretti, Eric Shanks, Howard Marks, James Green, Joep Piscaer, Keith Townsend, Larry Smith, Marco Broeken, Mark May, Matthew Leib, Phoummala Schmitt, Rick Schlander, Roger Lund, Scott D. Lowe, Shane Williford, Stephen Beaver, Theresa Miller


Virtualization Field Day 5

Date: June 24–26, 2015, Boston
Presenters: DataGravity, Infinio, NexGen, OneCloud Software, PernixData, Ravello Systems, Rubrik, Scale Computing, VMTurbo
Delegates: Alastair Cooke, Amy Manley, Bob Plankers, Chris Marget, Eric Shanks, Ethan Banks, Justin Paul, Luc Dekens, Mike Preston, Sean Massey, Vladan Seget


Virtualization Field Day 4

Date: January 14–16, 2015, Austin
Presenters: Commvault, Dell, Platform9, Scale Computing, SimpliVity, SolarWinds, StorMagic, VMTurbo
Delegates: Amit Panchal, Amy Manley, Christopher Kusek, Emad Younis, James Green, Jeff Wilson, Julian Wood, Justin Warren, Larry Smith, Marco Broeken, Matt Simmons, Mike Preston


Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld Europe 2014

Date: October 14–16, 2014, Barcelona
Presenters: Diablo, VMTurbo, Veeam Software, X-IO
Delegates: Andrew Mauro, Arjan Timmerman, Ed Grigson, Erik Ableson, Hans De Leenheer, Joep Piscaer, José Luis Gómez, Marco Broeken, Martin Glassborow, Nigel Poulton, Vladan Seget


Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2014

Date: August 25–28, 2014, San Francisco
Presenters: Asigra, DataGravity, EMC, Infinio, Nuage Networks, Riverbed, SanDisk, SolarWinds, TBD, Zerto
Delegates: Alastair Cooke, Chris Wahl, Enrico Signoretti, Eric Shanks, Eric Wright, Ethan Banks, Hans De Leenheer, Howard Marks, James Green, Joep Piscaer, Michael Stump, Robbert Erents, Roger Lund, Shane Williford, Stephen Beaver


Virtualization Field Day 3

Date: March 5–7, 2014, Silicon Valley
Presenters: Atlantis Computing, CloudPhysics, Coho Data, Commvault, Pure Storage, Spirent, VMTurbo
Delegates: Alastair Cooke, Andrew Mauro, David Davis, Eric Shanks, Eric Wright, James Green, Jeff Wilson, Marco Broeken, Paul Meehan, Rick Schlander, Scott D. Lowe


Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2013

Date: August 26–29, 2013, San Francisco
Presenters: Asigra, Commvault, Infinio, SimpliVity
Delegates: Adam Eckerle, Alastair Cooke, Arjan Timmerman, Chris Wahl, Colin McNamara, David Davis, Ed Horley, Edward Haletky, Enrico Signoretti, Greg Stuart, Hans De Leenheer, Howard Marks, Joep Piscaer, Justin Paul, Lauren Malhoit, Luca Dell'Oca, Rick Schlander, Rob Markovic, Robert Novak, Roger Lund, Scott D. Lowe, Shane Williford, Tim Smith


Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2012

Date: August 27–30, 2012, San Francisco
Presenters: Nutanix, Scale Computing, Veeam Software
Delegates: Arjan Timmerman, Bill Hill, Brandon Riley, Chris Wahl, Colin McNamara, David Davis, Fabio Rapposelli, Gabrie van Zanten, Greg Knieriemen, Greg Stuart, Howard Marks, Justin Paul, Luca Dell'Oca, Maish Saidel-Keesing, Marco Broeken, Robin Harris, Roger Lund, Ryan Adzima, Shane Williford


Virtualization Field Day 2

Date: February 23–24, 2012, Silicon Valley
Presenters: Pivot3, Pure Storage, Symantec, Truebit.tv, Xangati, Zerto
Delegates: Bill Hill, Brandon Riley, Chris Wahl, David Owen, Dwayne Lessner, Edward Haletky, Mike Laverick, Rick Schlander, Robert Novak, Rod Haywood, Roger Lund, Scott D. Lowe, Todd Scalzott


Tech Field Day 6

Date: June 9–10, 2011, Boston
Presenters: Embotics, NetApp, SolarWinds, Symantec, VKernel, VMware, Zerto
Delegates: Chris Dearden, Chris Wells, Christian Mohn, Ed Czerwin, Edward Haletky, Gabrie van Zanten, Mike Laverick, Shannon Snowden, Theron Conrey, Todd Scalzott, Tom Howarth


Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2010

Date: August 30–2, 2010, San Francisco
Presenters: Symantec, Veeam Software, Xsigo, Zetta
Delegates: Allan Ruiz, Craig Stewart, Greg Stuart, Howard Marks, Jason Boche, Luigi Danakos, Scott D. Lowe, Scott Jones