The Independent IT Influencer Event
Event: Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2014
Appearance: Riverbed Presents at Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2014
Company: Riverbed
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Personnel: Eric Carter
Eric Carter of Riverbed introduces the company.
Event: Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2014
Appearance: Riverbed Presents at Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2014
Company: Riverbed
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Personnel: Omer Asad
Omer Asad of Riverbed discusses the challenges in branch IT.
Event: Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2014
Appearance: Nuage Networks Presents at Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2014
Company: Nuage Networks
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Personnel: Florin Balus
Florin Balus, co-founder, introduces the Nuage Networks Virtual Services Platform.
Event: Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2014
Appearance: Nuage Networks Presents at Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2014
Company: Nuage Networks
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Personnel: Florin Balus
Florin Balus, co-founder, gives an overview of the Nuage Networks Application Designer.
Event: Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2014
Appearance: Nuage Networks Presents at Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2014
Company: Nuage Networks
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Personnel: Florin Balus
Florin Balus, co-founder, demonstrates the Nuage Networks Application Designer.
Event: Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2014
Appearance: Nuage Networks Presents at Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2014
Company: Nuage Networks
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Personnel: Florin Balus
Florin Balus, co-founder, introduces Nuage Networks and discusses their vision.
Event: Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2014
Appearance: Zerto Presents at Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2014
Company: Zerto
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Personnel: Shannon Snowden
Event: Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2014
Appearance: Zerto Presents at Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2014
Company: Zerto
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Personnel: Gil Levonai
Event: Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2014
Appearance: Zerto Presents at Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2014
Company: Zerto
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Personnel: Joshua Stenhouse
Shannon Snowden, Senior Technical Marketing Architect, and Gil Levonai, Vice President of Product and Marketing discuss Zerto’s vision of the market and give and overview of the Zerto solution.
Event: Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2014
Appearance: SanDisk Presents at Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2014
Company: SanDisk
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Personnel: Serge Shats
Serge Shats, Engineering Fellow, discusses SanDisk’s server-side caching solution for VMware APIs for I/O filtering.
Event: Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2014
Appearance: SanDisk Presents at Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2014
Company: SanDisk
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Personnel: Rich Petersen, Serge Shats
Rich Petersen, Director of Marketing, and Serge Shats, Engineering Fellow, discusses VMware APIs for I/O Filtering and SanDisk’s implementation.
Event: Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2014
Appearance: DataGravity Presents at Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2014
Company: DataGravity
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Personnel: David Siles, Paula Long
Paula Long, CEO and co-founder and David Siles, VP Channels and Alliances, introduce DataGravity and provide a demo of the product.
Event: Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2014
Appearance: SolarWinds Presents at Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2014
Company: SolarWinds
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Personnel: Joel Dolisy, Suaad Sait
Suaad Sait, Executive Vice President Products and Markets, and Joel Dolisy, CTO and CIO, discuss the Solarwinds perspective on the performance of hybrid IT as well as the importance of integration.
Event: Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2014
Appearance: Asigra Presents at Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2014
Company: Asigra
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Personnel: Carlos DaSilva
Carlos DaSilva, Product Manager, introduces Asigra and discusses their products.
Event: Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2014
Appearance: Asigra Presents at Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2014
Company: Asigra
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Personnel: Carlos DaSilva
Carlos DaSilva, Product Manager, discusses the adoption of the Asigra Recovery License Model.
Event: Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2014
Appearance: Asigra Presents at Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2014
Company: Asigra
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Personnel: Carlos DaSilva
Carlos DaSilva, Product Manager, discusses the architecture of Asigra’s solutions as well as the new virtual machine replication functionality.
Event: Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2014
Appearance: Asigra Presents at Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2014
Company: Asigra
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Personnel: Carlos DaSilva, Marcin Warzywoda
Carlos DaSilva, Product Manager, and Marcin Warzywoda, Senior Software Engineer, discuss Asigra’s File Level Recovery capability.
Event: Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2014
Appearance: Asigra Presents at Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2014
Company: Asigra
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Personnel: Carlos DaSilva
Carlos DaSilva, Product Manager, introduces Asigra Backup and Recovery for Office 365 and demonstrates the product.
Event: Wireless Field Day 7
Appearance: Cisco Presents at Wireless Field Day 7
Company: Cisco, Cisco Mobility
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Personnel: John Blosco, Kshitij Mahant
Kshitij Mahant, Technical Marketing Engineer, introduces RX-SOP for high-density WLAN environments. He is joined by John Blosco, Technical Lead, who presents the details of RX-SOP. After some time at the whiteboard, the pair answer questions from the Tech Field Day delegates and show real-world examples.
Event: Wireless Field Day 7
Appearance: Cisco Presents at Wireless Field Day 7
Company: Cisco, Cisco Mobility
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Personnel: Matt Silverman
In the Tech Field Day presentation titled “Cisco MU-MIMO Deep Dive,” Matt Silverman, a Technical Leader at Cisco, provides an in-depth exploration of MIMO technology, focusing on the transition from single-user MIMO (SU-MIMO) to multi-user MIMO (MU-MIMO). Silverman begins by explaining the basics of SU-MIMO, which has been a part of the 802.11 standards since the ABG iterations. SU-MIMO allows for the transmission of multiple spatial streams to a single client, thereby increasing throughput and capacity. However, this requires multiple antennas on both the access point (AP) and the client. The introduction of 11n and 11ac standards has enabled higher data rates, but the presence of lower data rate clients, such as those with one or two antennas, can still drag down overall network performance.
Silverman then delves into the mechanics of MU-MIMO, which aims to enhance overall network capacity by transmitting different spatial streams to multiple clients simultaneously. This approach is particularly beneficial in environments with a mix of high and low data rate clients. By sending one spatial stream to each client, MU-MIMO can optimize the use of available bandwidth and reduce contention events, which occur when multiple devices compete for access to the wireless medium. Silverman explains that the AP must perform complex beamforming and nulling techniques to ensure that each client receives its intended spatial stream without interference from others. This involves sophisticated channel sounding protocols, where the AP periodically sends out frames to measure the channel conditions and adjust its transmission strategy accordingly.
The presentation also addresses the challenges of implementing MU-MIMO, such as the need for frequent channel sounding and the difficulty of maintaining accurate beamforming in dynamic environments. Clients that are mobile or located at the edge of the cell may require more frequent channel updates, which can introduce overhead and reduce the efficiency of MU-MIMO. Silverman emphasizes the importance of intelligent scheduling and firmware that can dynamically decide whether to use SU or MU-MIMO based on current network conditions. He also notes that while MU-MIMO can significantly improve performance in high-density environments like stadiums, it is not a one-size-fits-all solution and must be carefully integrated into the overall network design.
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