Ruckus Introduction with Marcus Burton, GT Hill and Steve Martin

Event: Wireless Field Day 3

Appearance: Ruckus Presents at Wireless Field Day 3

Company: Ruckus Networks

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Personnel: GT Hill, Marcus Burton, Steve Martin


Wild Packets OmniPeek Demo with Jay Botelho

Event: Wireless Field Day 3

Appearance: WildPackets Presents at Wireless Field Day 3

Company: WildPackets

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Personnel: Jay Botelho

Jay Botelho (Director of Product Management at WildPackets) demonstrates a beta version of WildPackets OmniPeek 7.0 for wireless. The product will be publicly available on October 3, 2012. Jay used the room and the wireless devices in the room to help show new features within OmniPeek 7.0 including the Compass dashboard, which is able to view overall WLAN behavior, including signal strength, for any or all users or protocols on the network. Jay also demoed OmniPeek 7.0 multi-channel analysis using multiple, 3-stream 802.11n adapters, as well as wireless roaming detection.

Later in the presentation Jay demoed OmniPeek Remote Assistant, which allows non-technical users to capture packets to send via email to network engineers for deep packet analysis and troubleshooting, eliminating the need for the network engineer to be onsite.

WildPackets now supports wireless decodes such as 802.11ac, 802.11w, and 802.11u, and demonstrated the details of these decodes to the delegates.


An Introduction to WildPackets

Event: Wireless Field Day 3

Appearance: WildPackets Presents at Wireless Field Day 3

Company: WildPackets

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Personnel: Mandana Javaheri, Vincent Sartor

An introduction to WildPackets: what they do, who there customers are and the fire of 2002. This video features Vincent Sartor (Director of Engineering) and Mandana Javaheri (Senior Program Manager).


Ryan Woodings and Trent Cutler from MetaGeek talk about what’s next for MetaGeek

Event: Wireless Field Day 3

Appearance: MetaGeek Presents at Wireless Field Day 3

Company: MetaGeek

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Personnel: Ryan Woodings, Trent Cutler

Ryan Woodings and Trent Cutler discuss what’s in the pipeline for development at MetaGeek, including Chanalyzer on for android tablets, a re-imagined approach to inSSIDer as a poor-man’s site survey tool, and expanding basic Wi-Fi Education trying to make wireless better for everyone. Trent also demo-ed a new feature of Tamograph’s site survey application which now integrates with Wi-Spy RF data simultaneously.


Ryan Woodings and Trent Cutler of MetaGeek talk about Eye P.A.

Event: Wireless Field Day 3

Appearance: MetaGeek Presents at Wireless Field Day 3

Company: MetaGeek

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Personnel: Ryan Woodings, Trent Cutler

Ryan Woodings and Trent Cutler share the origins and newest developments in MetaGeek’s latest innovation, Eye P.A. – Visual Packet Analysis. Eye P.A. now captures .pcap files directly with AirPcap Nx, and has additional support for Commview and Netmon files.  Eye P.A.’s latest version also now features an improved Workflow – including filters.  View the .pcap file information in the Packet view of the workflow tabs.  Drill down into the multi-layered actionable piecharts which visualize all the data of a .pcap file with ease, and persistent memory.


Ryan Woodings and Trent Cutler from MetaGeek share update features of Chanalyzer Pro

Event: Wireless Field Day 3

Appearance: MetaGeek Presents at Wireless Field Day 3

Company: MetaGeek

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Personnel: Ryan Woodings, Trent Cutler

Ryan Woodings and Trent Cutler talk about the the latest update to Chanalyzer Pro. How to find rogue access points, see misconfigured APs, how to document your findings on a site and create a report, update session names to help you remember where you were during the capture.


Ryan Woodings talks about MetaGeek and inSSIDer Wi-Fi Scanner

Event: Wireless Field Day 3

Appearance: MetaGeek Presents at Wireless Field Day 3

Company: MetaGeek

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Personnel: Ryan Woodings, Trent Cutler

Ryan Woodings, Chief Geek, talks about the origins of MetaGeek and what the company looks like today.  Includes several news articles, alternative transportation awards, innovative company of the year nomination, and winning 4th Best Place To Work.

Ryan also discusses a 20% project of a filter that was integrated into inSSIDer, the inSSIDer family, inSSIDer for Mac (on sale during Wireless Field Day 3 at the Mac AppStore), and inSSIDer for Android.


VMworld 2012 Veeam Roundtable

Event: Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2012

Appearance: Veeam Roundtable at VMworld US 2012

Company: Veeam Software

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Personnel: Doug Hazelman, Gabrie van Zanten, Luca Dell'Oca, Maish Saidel-Keesing, Roger Lund, Shane Williford, Stephen Foskett


VMworld 2012 Booth Tour – Scale Computing with Scott Lowe

Event: Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2012

Appearance: VMworld US 2012 Booth Tour

Company: Scale Computing

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Personnel: Scott D. Lowe, Stephen Foskett


VMworld 2012 Nutanix Roundtable

Event: Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2012

Appearance: Nutanix Roundtable at VMworld US 2012

Company: Nutanix

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Personnel: Bill Hill, Brandon Riley, Dheeraj Pandey, Fabio Rapposelli, Gabrie van Zanten, Greg Stuart, Luca Dell'Oca, Roger Lund, Stephen Foskett


VMworld 2012 Booth Tour – SimpliVity with Stephen Foskett

Event: Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2012

Appearance: VMworld US 2012 Booth Tour

Company: SimpliVity

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Personnel: Jesse St. Laurent, Stephen Foskett


VMworld 2012 Booth Tour – Micron with Stephen Foskett

Event: Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2012

Appearance: VMworld US 2012 Booth Tour

Company: Micron

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Personnel: Scott Shadley, Stephen Foskett


VMworld 2012 TFD Roundtable with Scale Computing

Event: Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2012

Appearance: Scale Computing Roundtable at VMworld US 2012

Company: Scale Computing

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Personnel: Bill Hill, Colin McNamara, Fabio Rapposelli, Howard Marks, Jason Collier, Jeff Ready, Patrick Conte, Roger Lund, Ryan Adzima, Stephen Foskett

In this Tech Field Day Roundtable video, a group of independent influencers discuss the new Scale Computing HC3 converged infrastructure offering introduced that day.

This video includes the following participants:

This 44 minute video touches on the following topics:
  1. Validating the vision for the company and its market.
  2. Scale HC3 uses KVM rather than the VMware hypervisor. How will the market react?
  3. “Sub-Standard” VMware deployments and how cost limits the accessibility of VMware.
  4. Using VDI on HC3.
  5. How supportable is Scale HC3 in a production environment?
  6. Considering software-defined infrastructure. Does Scale count?
  7. Long-term goals of HC3 – implementing a platform and integrating networking.
  8. Using Scale HC3 at larger businesses – remote offices, vertical applications, and more.
  9. Is Scale going up against VMware?
  10. Considering Scale HC3 as a private infrastructure cloud.


VMworld 2012 Booth Tour – Scale Computing with Howard Marks

Event: Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2012

Appearance: VMworld US 2012 Booth Tour

Company: Scale Computing

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Personnel: Howard Marks, Stephen Foskett

Stephen Foskett and Howard Marks discuss the Scale Computing HC3 converged infrastructure offering at VMworld 2012. Howard introduces Scale’s position in the market and comments on the lower cost of Scale HC3. He says this is a great model for small and mid-sized businesses akin to a Volkswagen compared to a Mercedes-Benz. Howard expects the HC3 to perform reasonably for a few hundred users even without flash storage.


VMworld 2012 Booth Tour – Stephen Foskett Visits Scale Computing

Event: Tech Field Day Extra at VMworld US 2012

Appearance: VMworld US 2012 Booth Tour

Company: Scale Computing

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Personnel: Jeff Ready, Stephen Foskett

Tech Field Day is coming to VMworld 2012, and we’re visiting some of the most interesting companies at the event.

In this video, Stephen Foskett talks with Jeff Ready, CEO and Founder of Scale Computing about HC3, a converged infrastructure offering which was launched at the show. Jeff describes the HC3 and the choice to introduce it at VMworld. HC3 is smaller and less expensive than other converged offerings and is targeted at small and medium businesses.


Hotspot 2.0 and 802.11u Discussed at the Wi-Fi Mobility Symposium

Event: WiFi Mobility Symposium

Appearance: Hotspot 2.0 and 802.11u Discussed at the Wi-Fi Mobility Symposium

Company: Aerohive, HP Networking, HPE Aruba Networking, Ruckus Networks

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Personnel: Andrew vonNagy, Devin Akin, GT Hill, Paul Congdon, Peter Thornycroft

Discussion about Hotspot 2.0 at the Wi-Fi Mobility Symposium was heated, with much optimism about this new technology. This session was introduced by Andrew von Nagy and moderated by Andrew and Marcus Burton. It features the following panelists (L-R):

  • Devin Akin, Aerohive Networks
  • Peter Thornycroft, Aruba Networks
  • Paul Congdon, HP Labs
  • GT Hill, Ruckus Wireless

Public Wi-Fi hotspots are predicted to grow at an astounding rate, quadrupling in number from 1.3M to 5.8M between now ant 2015 according to the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA). Due in large part to the growing demand for mobile data by consumers and the lack of available capacity on cellular data networks (even after LTE upgrades), Wi-Fi offload has become a key strategy for most mobile network operators. Recognizing this need, the Wi-Fi Alliance and WBA teamed up to create the new Wi-Fi Certified Hotspot program which promises to provide a cellular-like user experience by streamlining Wi-Fi network selection and access. Hotspot operators will also be able to leverage cellular or 3rd party credential providers to facilitate network access and to provide data security. Symposium panelists will present the business drivers for the next generation of Wi-Fi hotspots, and discuss progress made by industry participants to bring Hotspot 2.0 solutions to market.


Gigabit Wi-Fi (802.11ac/ad) Discussed at the Wi-Fi Mobility Symposium

Event: WiFi Mobility Symposium

Appearance: Gigabit Wi-Fi (802.11ac/ad) Discussed at the Wi-Fi Mobility Symposium

Company: Aerohive, HP Networking, HPE Aruba Networking, Ruckus Networks

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Personnel: Andrew vonNagy, Devin Akin, GT Hill, Marcus Burton, Paul Congdon, Peter Thornycroft

The Wi-Fi Mobility Symposium panelists discussed the possibilities for gigabit Wi-Fi, including practical applications and questions about the relevance of technologies like 802.11ac and 802.11ad. This session was introduced by Marcus Burton and moderated by Marcus and Andrew von Nagy. It features the following panelists (L-R):

  • Devin Akin, Aerohive Networks
  • Peter Thornycroft, Aruba Networks
  • Paul Congdon, HP Labs
  • GT Hill, Ruckus Wireless

Speed is king. The desire for in-home video and multimedia distribution is growing as consumers increasingly adopt more dynamic time-shifted and location-shifted media consumption behaviors. Wireless networking is the preferred method due to its ease-of-use, ubiquity, and low-cost compared to wired network installation. Two separate standards are being developed to enable higher capacity and support for multiple high-def video streams: 802.11ac provides gigabit speeds for multi-room access and ensures backward compatibility with existing Wi-Fi equipment in the 5GHz frequency band, while 802.11ad provides multi-gigabit speeds at much shorter ranges but does not provide compatibility due to operation in the much higher 60GHz frequency range. Symposium panelists will present the benefits and development progress for both standards, and discuss use-cases within the home as well as enterprise environments.


BYOD and Mobile Device Management Discussed at the Wi-Fi Mobility Symposium

Event: WiFi Mobility Symposium

Appearance: BYOD and Mobile Device Management Discussed at the Wi-Fi Mobility Symposium

Company: Aerohive, HP Networking, HPE Aruba Networking, Ruckus Networks

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Personnel: Andrew vonNagy, Carlos Gomez, Devin Akin, GT Hill, Marcus Burton, Paul Congdon

The Wi-Fi Mobility Symposium panelists discussed the nascent trends of bring-your-own-device (BYOD), its impact on Wi-Fi networks, and how to manage these devices. This session was introduced by Andrew von Nagy and moderated by Andrew and Marcus Burton. It features the following panelists (L-R):

  • Devin Akin, Aerohive Networks
  • Carlos Gomez, Aruba Networks
  • Paul Congdon, HP Labs
  • GT Hill, Ruckus Wireless

The appeal of the latest generation of smartphones and tablets is undeniable. Consumers are buying mobile devices in record quantities, replacing sales of traditional PCs and laptops, and becoming more tech-savvy than ever. And now they want that flexibility and ease-of-use in the workplace too. The industry is calling this trend the “consumerization of IT” and one thing is clear, enterprise IT departments have little say in the matter due to executive level sponsorship. Symposium panelists will present the challenges and opportunities with mobile devices in the workplace, and discuss solutions that allow IT departments to effectively enable workforce mobility without compromising corporate data security.


Aerohive’s Devin Akin presents at the WiFi Mobility Symposium

Event: WiFi Mobility Symposium

Appearance: Aerohive Presents at the WiFi Mobility Symposium

Company: Aerohive

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Personnel: Devin Akin


Ruckus Wireless’ GT Hill presents at the WiFi Mobility Symposium

Event: WiFi Mobility Symposium

Appearance: Ruckus Presents at the WiFi Mobility Symposium

Company: Ruckus Networks

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Personnel: GT Hill

GT Hill of Ruckus Wireless presents at the Wi-Fi Mobility Symposium in San Jose, CA on January 25, 2012