Videos

Event: Cloud Field Day 4

Appearance: SoftNAS Presents at Cloud Field Day 4

Company: SoftNAS

Video Links:

• Vimeo: SoftNAS SmartTiers Feature Overview with John Bedrick
• YouTube: SoftNAS SmartTiers Feature Overview with John Bedrick

Personnel: John Bedrick

John Bedrick, Senior Director of Product Marketing, looks at SoftNAS SmartTiers, which is a SoftNAS patent-pending, automated storage tiering feature that moves aging data from more expensive, high- performance block storage to less expensive object storage according to your policies, reducing public cloud storage costs by up to two-thirds versus other available solutions.

The SoftNAS SmartTiers Cost Savings Calculator is a web-based calculator that can be used to show the potential savings a customer could save off the normal public cloud storage costs through the use of the SmartTiers feature contained within the SoftNAS Cloud Platinum edition.

Event: Cloud Field Day 4

Appearance: SoftNAS Presents at Cloud Field Day 4

Company: SoftNAS

Video Links:

• Vimeo: SoftNAS Product Flexibility with John Bedrick
• YouTube: SoftNAS Product Flexibility with John Bedrick

Personnel: John Bedrick

John Bedrick, Senior Director of Product Marketing, looks at how SoftNAS Cloud provides companies flexibility in pricing options with choices of three product editions, support for both block and object storage, choice of compute instances, choice of storage protocols (NFS, SMB/CIFS, AFP and iSCSI) and choice of operating locations: public cloud (AWS and Azure), private cloud / on-premises, hybrid-cloud or multi-cloud environments to support multiple solutions.

Event: Cloud Field Day 4

Appearance: SoftNAS Presents at Cloud Field Day 4

Company: SoftNAS

Video Links:

• Vimeo: SoftNAS Product Overview with John-Marc Clark
• YouTube: SoftNAS Product Overview with John-Marc Clark

Personnel: John-Marc Clark

John-Marc Clark, Vice President of Marketing, looks at SoftNAS Cloud 4, their fourth major release since 2012. The product contains three product editions and supports AWS, Azure, and VMware with support for other cloud platform vendors on the roadmap. The newest product edition is SoftNAS Cloud Platinum and is the company’s flagship hybrid-cloud / multi-cloud product.

Event: Cloud Field Day 4

Appearance: SoftNAS Presents at Cloud Field Day 4

Company: SoftNAS

Video Links:

• Vimeo: SoftNAS Company Overview with Rick Braddy
• YouTube: SoftNAS Company Overview with Rick Braddy

Personnel: Rick Braddy

Rick Braddy, Founder, CEO, and CTO, introduces the company and the genesis of what lead him to found it. The company was founded in 2012 with an initial focus on making cloud NAS capabilities available, easy to deploy, and cost-effective in the public cloud.

Event: Tech Field Day Exclusive with Hitachi Vantara

Appearance: Deep Dive: Hitachi Storage Platforms

Company: Hitachi Vantara

Video Links:

• Vimeo: Hitachi Vantara Storage Platforms with Bob O’Heir
• YouTube: Hitachi Vantara Storage Platforms with Bob O’Heir

Personnel: Bob O'Heir

Hitachi Vantara’s Bob O’Heir and Joe Amato give Tech Field Day attendees a rundown on the Hitachi Virtual Storage (VSP) family of all-flash and hybrid-flash storage systems, including new models launched in May 2018, which offer increased performance and scalability and simplified installation.

Event: Tech Field Day Exclusive with Hitachi Vantara

Appearance: Deep Dive: Modern Data Protection with Hitachi Data Instance Director

Company: Hitachi Vantara

Video Links:

• Vimeo: Hitachi Vantara Modern Data Protection with Hitachi Data Instance Director with Bob O’Heir and John McDevitt
• YouTube: Hitachi Vantara Modern Data Protection with Hitachi Data Instance Director with Bob O’Heir and John McDevitt

Personnel: Bob O'Heir, John McDevitt

Hitachi Vantara’s John McDevitt presents a primer and technical deep dive on Hitachi Data Instance Director (HDID), highlighting how its helping customers to address GDPR and take control of growing copy data management challenges.

Event: Tech Field Day Exclusive with Hitachi Vantara

Appearance: Deep Dive: IT Automation with Hitachi Automation Director

Company: Hitachi Vantara

Video Links:

• Vimeo: Hitachi Vantara IT Automation with Hitachi Automation Director with Albert Tan and Nathan Moffitt
• YouTube: Hitachi Vantara IT Automation with Hitachi Automation Director with Albert Tan and Nathan Moffitt

Personnel: Albert Tan, Nathan Moffitt

Hitachi Vantara’s Nathan Moffitt and Albert Tan provide Tech Field Day attendees with a technical deep dive on Hitachi Automation Director (HAD) and how it can be used to automate both Hitachi and third-party IT resources to deliver business value to customers.

Event: Tech Field Day Exclusive with Hitachi Vantara

Appearance: Deep Dive: IT Analytics with Hitachi Infrastructure Analytics Advisor

Company: Hitachi Vantara

Video Links:

• Vimeo: Hitachi Vantara Deep Dive IT Analytics and Hitachi Infrastructure Analytics Advisor with Manu Batra
• YouTube: Hitachi Vantara Deep Dive IT Analytics and Hitachi Infrastructure Analytics Advisor with Manu Batra

Personnel: Manu Batra, Nathan Moffitt

Hitachi Vantara’s Nathan Moffitt and Manu Batra drill down on IT Analytics and Hitachi Infrastructure Analytics Advisor (HIAA), highlighting new features and functionalities introduced in May 2018. This session features a live demo and demonstrates how HIAA is helping data center customers achieve improved operational efficiency.

Event: Tech Field Day Exclusive with Hitachi Vantara

Appearance: Delivering Data Value and Driving Data Center Modernization

Company: Hitachi Vantara

Video Links:

• Vimeo: Hitachi Vantara Delivering Data Value and Driving Data Center Modernization with Bob Madaio
• YouTube: Hitachi Vantara Delivering Data Value and Driving Data Center Modernization with Bob Madaio

Personnel: Bob Madaio

Hitachi Vantara VP of Infrastructure Solutions Marketing Bob Madaio provides a high level overview of the company’s storage and core infrastructure products, services and solutions portfolio, and sets context for how Hitachi is helping enterprises to achieve data-driven insights and drive data center modernization in their organizations.

Event: Tech Field Day Exclusive with Hitachi Vantara

Appearance: Hitachi Vantara: Driving Digital Innovation at Hitachi

Company: Hitachi Vantara

Video Links:

• Vimeo: Hitachi Vantara Driving Digital Innovation with Asim Zaheer
• YouTube: Hitachi Vantara Driving Digital Innovation with Asim Zaheer

Personnel: Asim Zaheer

Hitachi Vantara CMO Asim Zaheer offers a primer on Hitachi Vantara, its role within the overall Hitachi Group, and its vision and portfolio strategy.

Event: Tech Field Day Exclusive with Hitachi Vantara

Appearance: Deep Dive: Hitachi Converged Infrastructure

Company: Hitachi Vantara

Video Links:

• Vimeo: Hitachi Vantara Coverged Infrastructure with Bob Madaio and Ravi Srinivasan
• YouTube: Hitachi Vantara Coverged Infrastructure with Bob Madaio and Ravi Srinivasan

Personnel: Bob Madaio, Ravi Srinivasan

Hitachi Vantara’s Ravi Srinivasan and Bob Madaio provide an overview of Hitachi Unified Compute Platform (UCP) converged and hyperconverged infrastructure systems, highlighting new features and functionality announced in June 2018 together and key use cases.

Event: Cloud Field Day 3

Appearance: NetApp Presents at Cloud Field Day 3

Company: NetApp

Video Links:

• Vimeo: NetApp Data Orchestration and Integration
• YouTube: NetApp Data Orchestration and Integration

Personnel: Eiki Hrafnsson

Eiki Hrafnsson, Technical Director Cloud Data Services, discusses data orchestration and integration between NetApp Cloud Volumes and public cloud services like Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure. This includes creating sync relationships between volumes and integration with Kubernetes via both API and UI.

Event: Cloud Field Day 3

Appearance: NetApp Presents at Cloud Field Day 3

Company: NetApp

Video Links:

• Vimeo: NetApp Cloud Volumes on Amazon AWS and Azure
• YouTube: NetApp Cloud Volumes on Amazon AWS and Azure

Personnel: Eiki Hrafnsson

Eiki Hrafnsson, Technical Director Cloud Data Services, demonstrates NetApp Cloud Volumes in action in Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure.

Event: Networking Field Day 18

Appearance: A10 Networks Presents at Networking Field Day 18

Company: A10 Networks

Video Links:

• Vimeo: A10 Networks Enterprise Security with SSL Insight and Cloud Visibility
• YouTube: A10 Networks Enterprise Security with SSL Insight and Cloud Visibility

Personnel: Yasir Liaqat

Yasir Liaqat, Sr. Director of Product Management, discusses concerns about enterprise security and showcases the A10 Networks SSL Insight and Cloud Visibility platform tha allows network professionals to inspect encrypted traffic and ensure that it is not malicious or violating business regulations.

Event: Networking Field Day 18

Appearance: A10 Networks Presents at Networking Field Day 18

Company: A10 Networks

Video Links:

• Vimeo: A10 Networks Distributed DDoS Detection and Protection through Intelligent Automation
• YouTube: A10 Networks Distributed DDoS Detection and Protection through Intelligent Automation

Personnel: Arvind Prabhudev, Rich Groves

Rich Groves, Director of Research and Development, and Arvind Prabhudev, Director of Software Engineering, give an overview of the A10 Networks One DDoS distributed denial of service detection and protection mechanism. Also discussed is the use of intelligent automation in the solution to secure network resources an keep networks operational through attacks.

Event: Networking Field Day 18

Appearance: A10 Networks Presents at Networking Field Day 18

Company: A10 Networks

Video Links:

• Vimeo: A10 Networks Harmony Controller Demo with Tom Guerrette
• YouTube: A10 Networks Harmony Controller Demo with Tom Guerrette

Personnel: Tom Guerrette

Tom Guerrette, Dir. Solution Architect Cloud, demonstrate the Harmony Controller Analytics solution and showcase the features it can provide to networking professionals.

Event: Networking Field Day 18

Appearance: A10 Networks Presents at Networking Field Day 18

Company: A10 Networks

Video Links:

• Vimeo: A10 Networks Technology Vision with Raj Jalan
• YouTube: A10 Networks Technology Vision with Raj Jalan

Personnel: Raj Jalan

Raj Jalan, CTO, discusses the technology behind A10 Networks and their solutions and how network analytics and security concerns are driving customers to seek innovative solutions that meet their needs both now and in the future.

Event: Networking Field Day 18

Appearance: A10 Networks Presents at Networking Field Day 18

Company: A10 Networks

Video Links:

• Vimeo: A10 Networks Company Introduction
• YouTube: A10 Networks Company Introduction

Personnel: Paul Nicholson

Paul Nicholson, Director of Product Marketing, introduces A10 Networks and discusses their solution portfolio. Highlights include intelligent automation and the A10 Harmony analytics controller.

Event: Networking Field Day 18

Appearance: Red Hat Ansible Automation Presents at Networking Field Day 18

Company: Red Hat Ansible

Video Links:

• Vimeo: Red Hat Ansible OpenConfig Demo
• YouTube: Red Hat Ansible OpenConfig Demo

Personnel: Peter Sprygada

Peter Sprygada, Red Hat Distinguished Engineer, demonstrates how Ansible supports OpenConfig netconf and yang data models.

Event: Networking Field Day 18

Appearance: Red Hat Ansible Automation Presents at Networking Field Day 18

Company: Red Hat Ansible

Video Links:

• Vimeo: Introducing Red Hat Ansible Network Engine
• YouTube: Introducing Red Hat Ansible Network Engine

Personnel: Peter Sprygada

Ansible Network Engine is a set of consumable functions distributed as Ansible Roles that have been optimized for monitoring the bootstrap, provisioning, and configuration management of network infrastructure and multi cloud network connectivity.

Event: Networking Field Day 18

Appearance: Red Hat Ansible Automation Presents at Networking Field Day 18

Company: Red Hat Ansible

Video Links:

• Vimeo: Red Hat Ansible Network Architecture
• YouTube: Red Hat Ansible Network Architecture

Personnel: Peter Sprygada

Ansible’s power is in its ability to automate many different devices, platforms, and use cases. Red Hat has recently invested in Ansible’s ability to automate networks, which started with enabling devices, then moved to applications, and finally cloud networks.