Data Field Day Roundtable: Questioning the Open Source Business Model

Event: Data Field Day 1

Appearance: Data Field Day 1 Delegate Roundtables

Company: N/A

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Personnel: Andrea Mauro, John Obeto, John Troyer, Josh Ludeman, Justin Warren, Karen Lopez, Paul Miller, Theo Priestley, Yves Mulkers

The Data Field Day delegates discuss open source as a business model. John Troyer begins the discussion with the Hortonworks IPO and the vast expenditure on various public cloud platforms. Joining the discussion are Andrea Mauro, John Obeto, Josh Ludeman, Justin Warren, Karen Lopez, Paul Miller, Theo Priestley, and Yves Mulkers.


The Hadoop Journey with Cloudera

Event: Data Field Day 1

Appearance: Cloudera Presents at Data Field Day 1

Company: Cloudera

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Personnel: Justin Erickson

Justin Erickson, Product Manager at Cloudera, presents the recent history and development of Hadoop. YARN and MapReduce 2 have become standard and speed and security of storage has been addressed. Apache Spark has appeared as a successor to MapReduce. Impala 2.0 interactive SQL is a key advancement, running faster and bringing better SQL compliance and usability. Kafka brings increased performance and can be configured as a fast, reliable Apache Flume channel. Hue also brings a real UI for Hadoop with search, sentry, and much more.


Cloudera Xplain.io Demo

Event: Data Field Day 1

Appearance: Cloudera Presents at Data Field Day 1

Company: Cloudera

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Personnel: Anupam Singh

Anupam Singh, co-founder of Xplain.io and Head of Data Management for Cloudera, presents and demonstrates Xplain.io as an Enterprise Knowledge Hub.


Bringing Trust and Visibility to Apache Hadoop with Cloudera

Event: Data Field Day 1

Appearance: Cloudera Presents at Data Field Day 1

Company: Cloudera

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Personnel: Alex Gutow

Alex Gutow of Cloudera Product Marketing presents Cloudera Enterprise with security, data governance, administration and management to meet business needs. She presents Cloudera Navigator for data management and data lifecycle automation.


Cloudera Corporate Overview – Driving Big Value with Big Data

Event: Data Field Day 1

Appearance: Cloudera Presents at Data Field Day 1

Company: Cloudera

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Personnel: Mike Olson

In this video, Cloudera Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Mike Olson, presents the history of the company, Hadoop, and the market for big data.


Nuage Networks Virtual Services Assurance Platform Demo

Event: Tech Field Day Extra at ONUG Spring 2015

Appearance: Nuage Networks Presents at Tech Field Day Extra at ONUG Spring 2015

Company: Nuage Networks

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Personnel: Dimitri Stiliadis

Dimitri Stiliadis, CTO and Co-Founder, demonstrates the capabilities of the Virtual Services Assurance Platform. This demonstration includes a look at the user interface and alerting capabilities as well as the diagnostic abilities of the system.


Nuage Networks Virtual Services Assurance Platform Overview

Event: Tech Field Day Extra at ONUG Spring 2015

Appearance: Nuage Networks Presents at Tech Field Day Extra at ONUG Spring 2015

Company: Nuage Networks

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Personnel: Dimitri Stiliadis

Dimitri Stiliadis, CTO and Co-founder of Nuage Networks, introduced the Nuage Networks Virtual Services Assurance Platform (VSAP) during the Tech Field Day Extra at ONUG Spring 2015. The platform is designed to enhance the operationalization of virtual networks and data center networks by addressing key aspects such as event correlation, error handling, and multi-vendor support. Stiliadis emphasized the importance of optimizing the IT delivery loop, which involves deploying, designing, and operating applications efficiently. The goal of Nuage Networks is to remove network-related obstacles from the IT service delivery process, thereby accelerating the overall IT delivery cycle.

The VSAP aims to provide comprehensive visibility and control over both virtual and physical network layers. Stiliadis explained that while Nuage Networks initially focused on creating abstractions and policy-based mechanisms for application developers, it became evident that operations teams were underrepresented. These teams needed tools to maintain applications and networks at peak performance. The VSAP addresses this by offering a route monitor that peers with physical networks to reconstruct a complete graph of the layer three topology. This includes using standard protocols like BGP and OSPF to gather data and correlate events across both the physical and virtual layers. The platform also utilizes SNMP to gather layer two information, ensuring a detailed understanding of the network’s physical infrastructure.

The platform’s correlation engine plays a crucial role in analyzing and correlating events from the network. It logs every event, such as route updates and interface changes, and correlates them to provide insights into network performance and issues. This allows operations teams to trace back and understand the root causes of network problems, even after the fact. The VSAP also offers proactive monitoring tools, such as continuity tests between virtual machines, to ensure network reliability. Additionally, the platform supports multi-vendor environments, demonstrating compatibility with various third-party switches and routers. This flexibility, combined with the ability to provide actionable insights and suggestions for network issues, makes the VSAP a valuable tool for maintaining robust and efficient network operations.


Tech Field Day Extra Roundtable – IPv4 and IPv6

Event: Tech Field Day Extra at Interop Las Vegas 2015

Appearance: Tech Field Day Extra Roundtables at Interop 2015

Company: Tech Field Day

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Personnel: Tom Hollingsworth

The Tech Field Day Extra delegates at Interop Las Vegas 2015 delved into the ongoing transition from IPv4 to IPv6, highlighting the complexities and market dynamics involved. The discussion began with the observation that companies are now engaging in the transfer and rental of IPv4 addresses due to the scarcity of available IPv4 space. This scarcity has led to the emergence of a marketplace where IPv4 addresses can be bought and sold, reflecting the high demand and limited supply. The delegates noted that while this aftermarket provides a temporary solution, it is not sustainable in the long term, as the remaining IPv4 addresses are rapidly depleting. The conversation also touched on the fact that many legacy IPv4 addresses are not managed by ARIN, further complicating the situation.

Despite the pressing need for IPv6 adoption, the delegates observed significant resistance from enterprises, particularly in regions like the UK and Europe, where there is a general lack of urgency. Many enterprises possess sufficient IPv4 address space and do not feel the immediate pressure to transition. The discussion highlighted that for most enterprises, IPv6 is not a priority compared to other pressing networking issues such as software-defined networking (SDN), application firewalls, and the shift from 1 gig to 10 gig networks. The delegates emphasized that while IPv6 has been on the radar for over a decade, it often takes a backseat to more immediate concerns. However, they acknowledged that certain sectors, such as mobile operators and large-scale enterprises, are more proactive in adopting IPv6 due to the limitations and costs associated with IPv4.

The roundtable also explored specific use cases where IPv6 adoption is more critical. For instance, the mobile market in the United States has seen significant IPv6 adoption, with major carriers like Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile reporting over 50% native IPv6 traffic. This shift is driven by the need to reduce the costs and resource consumption associated with dual-stack connections. Additionally, the Internet of Things (IoT) and large-scale enterprises with extensive internal networks are identified as key drivers for IPv6 adoption. The delegates concluded that while IPv6 may not be an immediate concern for all enterprises, it is essential for network professionals to be educated about it and to implement appropriate policies and procedures to manage its integration effectively.


Tech Field Day Extra Roundtable – Whitebox Switches

Event: Tech Field Day Extra at Interop Las Vegas 2015

Appearance: Tech Field Day Extra Roundtables at Interop 2015

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The Tech Field Day Extra delegates discuss recent news in whitebox switching and how software defined networking is playing a big role in adoption in the data center.


Tech Field Day Extra – SanDisk Storage Memory Convergence

Event: Tech Field Day Extra at Interop Las Vegas 2015

Appearance: SanDisk Presents at Tech Field Day Extra at Interop Las Vegas 2015

Company: SanDisk

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Personnel: Dan Baigent, Nisha Talgala

Nisha Talagala and Dan Baigent of SanDisk discuss the convergence of storage technologies at it pertains to new memory-style architectures.  Included is discussion of new SanDisk advancements that reduce latency and provide faster storage paths for applications that need high performance.


Tech Field Day Extra – SanDisk Application Acceleration

Event: Tech Field Day Extra at Interop Las Vegas 2015

Appearance: SanDisk Presents at Tech Field Day Extra at Interop Las Vegas 2015

Company: SanDisk

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Personnel: Dan Baigent, Nisha Talgala

Nisha Talagala and Dan Baigent of SanDisk discuss application acceleration using SanDisk technologies.  Included is an overview the new SanDisk NVM file system as well as statistics on the impact of latency and compression as it pertains to flash storage.


NEC ProgrammableFlow Service Chaining Demo

Event: Networking Field Day 9

Appearance: NEC Presents At Networking Field Day 9

Company: NEC Networking

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Personnel: Aravind Sukumar

Aravind Sukumar, Senior Systems Engineer, introduces the Programmable Flow service chaining architecture and demonstrates the applications for the technology.


Maxta KVM/OpenStack Demo

Event: Storage Field Day 7

Appearance: Maxta Presents at Storage Field Day 7

Company: Maxta

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Personnel: Kiran Sreenivasamurthy

This demo will show Maxta hyper-converged solution, based on MxSP, being set up in a KVM/OpenStack environment, running key data services.


Maxta Design Principles and Software Stack

Event: Storage Field Day 7

Appearance: Maxta Presents at Storage Field Day 7

Company: Maxta

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Personnel: Christian Czezatke, Raghu Shastry

Lead Engineer Christian Czezatke will take you on a technical journey through key components, the distributed file system, I/O, data layout, data services, policy and fault management and additional features that are foundational to the Maxta solution. This is a unique opportunity to see what is “under the hood” of Maxta technology and to learn about its technical advantages.


Maxta Solutions Overview

Event: Storage Field Day 7

Appearance: Maxta Presents at Storage Field Day 7

Company: Maxta

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Personnel: Kiran Sreenivasamurthy

This session will cover Maxta’s solutions for hyper-convergence and Maxta’s technology building blocks. Learn about Maxta capabilities, features, and functions.


Who is Maxta? “Think Outside the Storage Box”

Event: Storage Field Day 7

Appearance: Maxta Presents at Storage Field Day 7

Company: Maxta

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Personnel: Yoram Novick

Learn how Maxta is maximizing the promise of hyper-convergence. In this session you will learn about Maxta, the problems we seek to solve, and what our unique value proposition is. Maxta not only delivers on the promise of simplicity, scalability, and cost savings, but also offers the unique choice to hyper-convergence on leading server brands and white boxes, supporting multiple hypervisors, with hybrid and all flash configurations. Maxta solutions are available in 2 deployment models – MaxDeploy Appliances and MxSP software defined storage.


Cloudian Smart Data – Efficient, Scalable Storage for the Internet of Things

Event: Storage Field Day 7

Appearance: Cloudian Presents at Storage Field Day 7

Company: Cloudian

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Personnel: Paul Turner

In-place data analytics at petabyte scale, Hadoop integration and Hortonworks certification, and Cloudian smart support.


Cloudian Enterprise Management, Multi Tenancy, and the S3 Ecosystem

Event: Storage Field Day 7

Appearance: Cloudian Presents at Storage Field Day 7

Company: Cloudian

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Personnel: Gary Ogasawara


Cloudian HyperStore Dynamic Policy Engine

Event: Storage Field Day 7

Appearance: Cloudian Presents at Storage Field Day 7

Company: Cloudian

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Personnel: Gary Ogasawara


Exablox OneBlox and OneSystem Demo

Event: Storage Field Day 7

Appearance: Exablox Presents at Storage Field Day 7

Company: Exablox

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Personnel: Sean Derrington