Introducing Juniper Mist Access Assurance (NAC)

Event: Mobility Field Day 9

Appearance: Juniper Presents at Mobility Field Day 9

Company: Juniper Networks

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Personnel: Sanjoy Dey, Slava Dementyev

Juniper introduced the first cloud-native access assurance service driven by Mist AI at Mobility Field Day 9. Discover how Juniper Mist Access Assurance combines full network access control (NAC) and policy enforcement to simplify network operations.


Juniper Networks Wireless Access: New AP, RRM 6Ghz, Auto-Placement

Event: Mobility Field Day 9

Appearance: Juniper Presents at Mobility Field Day 9

Company: Juniper Networks

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Personnel: Wes Purvis

Availability of the 6 GHz band is the most important enhancement to Wi-Fi in the past decade. See how the new AP24 driven by Mist AI complements Juniper’s other Wi-Fi 6E access points. You’ll also learn about new Mist enhancements, including RRM powered by reinforcement learning, and auto placement and orientation.


Juniper Networks Enhancements to Marvis VNA: User Data, ChatGPT, and Marvis Actions

Event: Mobility Field Day 9

Appearance: Juniper Presents at Mobility Field Day 9

Company: Juniper Networks

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Personnel: Bob Friday, Sudheer Matta

Get an overview of Juniper’s latest Marvis innovations. These include the extension of Marvis across the full enterprise stack and the addition of Continuous User Experience Learning, Marvis Conversational Interface LLM, and new Marvis Actions.


Juniper Networks AI-Driven Enterprise: Momentum and New Developments

Event: Mobility Field Day 9

Appearance: Juniper Presents at Mobility Field Day 9

Company: Juniper Networks

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Personnel: Jeff Aaron

Find out how Juniper’s newest enhancements expand the company’s commitment to Experience-First Networking driven by Mist AI.


Aruba Central & AIOps Innovation

Event: Networking Field Day Experience at Aruba Atmosphere 2023

Appearance: Aruba Presents at Networking Field Day Experience at Aruba Atmosphere 2023

Company: HPE Aruba Networking

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Personnel: Frank Jas, Jose Tellado

Deep dive into the next generation IT efficiency features that include GUI, AI and workflow innovation with HPE Aruba Networking Product Marketing and AI Data Science leadership. Include a demo and interactive Q&A.


Aruba SSE In Action at Aruba Atmosphere 2023

Event: Networking Field Day Experience at Aruba Atmosphere 2023

Appearance: Aruba Presents at Networking Field Day Experience at Aruba Atmosphere 2023

Company: HPE Aruba Networking

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Personnel: Adam Powers

In this session, learn how Aruba EdgeConnect is integrating the software from Axis Security into the new EdgeConnect SSE product line. Also discussed is EdgeConnect SD-WAN App Express, an exciting way to configure edge devices to optimize application traffic and ensure reliable operations.


Aruba and The Future of Private Cellular & Wi-Fi

Event: Networking Field Day Experience at Aruba Atmosphere 2023

Appearance: Aruba Presents at Networking Field Day Experience at Aruba Atmosphere 2023

Company: HPE Aruba Networking

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Personnel: Stuart Strickland

Wi-Fi and private cellular are complementary technologies whose coordination may bring great value to enterprise networks. But private cellular has not yet been delivered in an integrated manner that exploits their synergies or respects enterprise requirements. In this conversation at Tech Field Day, we’ll consider use cases enabled by augmenting Wi-Fi with private cellular, challenges of managing coordinated networks, and how enterprise experience will shape the future of cellular technologies.


Building Fourth Generation Data Center Fabric with Aruba

Event: Networking Field Day Experience at Aruba Atmosphere 2023

Appearance: Aruba Presents at Networking Field Day Experience at Aruba Atmosphere 2023

Company: HPE Aruba Networking

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Personnel: Todd McDole, Yash Nagaraju

The shift is on from centralized Data Centers to distributed “Centers of Data”. New architectures are needed to provide secure connectivity that deliver an exceptional experience for users/apps regardless of where they live, on-premises, or at the edge. This next wave of connectivity requires 100/400GbE fabrics, simplified orchestration and distributed services that connect workloads running on increasingly powerful compute, across hybrid-cloud infrastructures. This session will detail how HPE Aruba Networking solutions can help.


Aruba CX Switching: Purpose-Built for Mission Critical Networks

Event: Networking Field Day Experience at Aruba Atmosphere 2023

Appearance: Aruba Presents at Networking Field Day Experience at Aruba Atmosphere 2023

Company: HPE Aruba Networking

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Personnel: Ed Chang, Yash Nagaraju

Modern enterprise networks are supporting everything from business processes and deployed applications to hyperconnected environments for workers and customers. Learn how Aruba CX switching technology delivers always-on experiences for businesses that never sleep.


Cyber Hygiene with RackTop BrickStor SP User Behavior Analytics

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Appearance: RackTop Systems Tech Field Day Showcase

Company: RackTop Systems

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Personnel: David Hughes, Will Crittenden

Ransomware threats have evolved and elevated rapidly over the past couple years, giving offenders more stealth and sophistication. Join Tech Evangelist, Will Crittenden, and Director of Sales Engineering, David Hughes from RackTop in this Tech Field Day Showcase as they explain and demonstrate BrickStor SP’s active defense capabilities with user behavior analytics. The only way organizations can be safe is by building cyber resiliency through active defense. Active defense requires employing solutions that can outmaneuver offenders by making attacks harder to carry out. RackTop’s BrickStor SP is a cyberstorage solution that is embedded with capabilities to outsmart and slow down bad actors making an attack less probable.


Create Data Centric Zero Trust Architecture with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework with RackTop

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Appearance: RackTop Systems Tech Field Day Showcase

Company: RackTop Systems

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Personnel: Jonathan Halstuch

The NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) is a widely used approach that consists of a set of guidelines and best practices to help manage cybersecurity risks. In this Tech Field Day Showcase presented by RackTop Systems, CTO, Jonathan Halstuch talks about building an airtight data-centric zero trust architecture that aligns fully with the NIST cybersecurity framework with RackTop’s BrickStor SP. Fashioned by experts in the cybersecurity industry, the framework provides a blueprint for understanding, tackling and reducing risks, and defending digital assets, for organizations any size. Although proven effective, few solutions fully comply with the framework, even fewer in the enterprise storage aisle. Learn how RackTop’s cyberstorage solution leverages the NIST standards in aiding organizations protect their data from the worst threats.


Visibility and Automation Should Be Working Together

Event: Networking Field Day 31

Appearance: Networking Field Day 31 Delegate Roundtable Discussion

Company: Tech Field Day

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Personnel: Tom Hollingsworth

Automation isn’t going to take our jobs away any time soon. One of the major reasons why is because we don’t trust it yet to do the major jobs we rely on people to accomplish. Is it because we don’t think a script is capable of doing things a human would do? Or is it because we can’t tell for sure that the system has done what we’ve asked it to do and no more? Integrating visibility together with automation is the key to helping both tools grow into wider adoption. In this Networking Field Day delegate roundtable we explore how visibility and automation need to be more tightly integrated.


Enterprises Should Act More Like Service Providers

Event: Networking Field Day 31

Appearance: Networking Field Day 31 Delegate Roundtable Discussion

Company: Tech Field Day

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Personnel: Tom Hollingsworth

Large enterprises treat their users and departments like a service provider. IT functions to meet their needs instead of being a slow cost center. That works for the Fortune 50 but why hasn’t it filtered down to smaller organizations yet? Are IT departments ill-equipped to function in this way at smaller sizes? Does the trend of outsourcing prevent it from happening? Can companies with a stake in both worlds help ease the transition? In this Networking Field Day delegate roundtable learn how enterprises should approach these questions.


Manage Network Infrastructure as Code Complexity with HashiCorp Terraform Cloud

Event: Networking Field Day 31

Appearance: HashiCorp Presents at Networking Field Day 31

Company: HashiCorp

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Personnel: Rosemary Wang

In this session, Rosemary Wang demonstrates patterns and practices to help maintain and scale networking as code over time. By using Terraform Cloud, Wang shows how to reduce configuration drift with drift detection to minimize automation failures and treat the network as immutable infrastructure using a blue-green deployment model to implement major changes.


Collaboration Patterns for Network Infrastructure as Code with HashiCorp Terraform Cloud

Event: Networking Field Day 31

Appearance: HashiCorp Presents at Networking Field Day 31

Company: HashiCorp

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Personnel: Rosemary Wang

Rosemary Wang dives into patterns for collaborating on network as code using Terraform Cloud. Wang shows how to modularize, test, and secure networks as code and empower teams to correctly and safely configure the network across an organization.


HashiCorp Terraform for Network Infrastructure as Code

Event: Networking Field Day 31

Appearance: HashiCorp Presents at Networking Field Day 31

Company: HashiCorp

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Personnel: Rosemary Wang

Terraform is an infrastructure as code tool that integrates with a variety of platforms, providers, and clouds. In this presentation, Rosemary Wang introduces Terraform and applies it to network use cases.


Standardize Infrastructure Automation with HashiCorp Terraform

Event: Networking Field Day 31

Appearance: HashiCorp Presents at Networking Field Day 31

Company: HashiCorp

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Personnel: Melar Chen

HashiCorp enables the cloud operating model with infrastructure automation to provision, secure, connect, and run any infrastructure for any application. Terraform is the standard for infrastructure automation to provision and manage cloud, network, on-premises, and SaaS.


CIS Compliance with BackBox

Event: Networking Field Day 31

Appearance: BackBox Presents at Networking Field Day 31

Company: BackBox

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Personnel: Josh Stephens, Perry Greenwood

During the presentation at Networking Field Day 31, Josh Stephens and Perry Greenwood from BackBox highlighted the importance of automating compliance workflows to simplify network management for various compliance standards such as PCI, HIPAA, and STIG. They emphasized that many organizations currently depend on Excel sheets for compliance management, which is not the most efficient method. Therefore, BackBox has invested in developing CIS compliance automation features for several major platforms including FortiGate, Checkpoint, Cisco, F5, and Juniper. This automation aims to cover as much of the compliance process as possible, particularly focusing on CIS level 1 and partially on level 2, which tends to require more manual processes.

The demo showcased BackBox’s IntelliChecks functionality, designed to run compliance checks across various devices. For instance, Checkpoint has a 90% coverage for CIS level 1 compliance with BackBox, while FortiGate achieves 100% coverage for level 1 and 60% for level 2 due to its robust CLI capabilities. These compliance checks are based on industry-standard benchmarks that are frequently utilized in various regulatory frameworks. BackBox’s IntelliChecks allow users to define network-specific variables, ensuring that each network’s unique requirements are met. The results from these checks can be generated into detailed reports which can be exported into formats such as Excel or HTML, facilitating easier communication of compliance status within organizations.

Furthermore, BackBox offers additional functionalities like access management, targeting junior IT personnel who might require oversight during network changes. This feature logs and records all commands and session activities, providing a robust audit trail. It supports both CLI and web sessions, enhancing the auditability and security of network operations. This is particularly useful for managed service providers (MSPs) and large network operations teams, enabling them to track changes efficiently and pinpoint the source of network modifications. This end-to-end capability from compliance automation to detailed recording and auditing creates a comprehensive toolset for maintaining network security and operational integrity.


Automated Upgrades with BackBox

Event: Networking Field Day 31

Appearance: BackBox Presents at Networking Field Day 31

Company: BackBox

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Personnel: Josh Stephens, Perry Greenwood

BackBox offers a network automation platform which supports multi-vendor environments and aims to simplify OS upgrades across various network devices. With built-in automations for 47 different platforms, BackBox can handle complex updates, even for devices not initially included, thanks to a supportive professional services team that can tailor solutions for customers. The platform does not rely on extensive Python knowledge and can be operated using simple Linux and CLI commands. This accessibility ensures that network administrators can create and schedule upgrade tasks without needing deep programmability skills.

A major benefit highlighted in the presentation is the ability to schedule upgrades to minimize disruptions during off-peak hours, such as late at night. Additionally, BackBox allows for notifications and alerts, ensuring administrators can sleep through most upgrade processes unless an issue arises requiring their attention. The platform is flexible, capable of handling intricate upgrade schedules, high-availability (HA) clusters, and performing pre and post-upgrade checks to ensure system integrity. These features streamline maintenance tasks and reduce the need for manual interventions, contributing to a more efficient and reliable network management process.

Further integration with ticketing systems like ServiceNow and monitoring solutions allows for seamless change management. This ensures that any scheduled changes are tracked, which helps in maintaining a clear communication channel for network operations centers (NOCs). The automation capabilities extend to executing complex multi-step upgrades, checking resource availability, and incorporating risk intelligence data to address security vulnerabilities, making BackBox a comprehensive tool for network administrators aiming to maintain system up-to-date while ensuring security and operational efficiency.


BackBox Programmability with Perry Greenwood

Event: Networking Field Day 31

Appearance: BackBox Presents at Networking Field Day 31

Company: BackBox

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Personnel: Josh Stephens, Perry Greenwood

The presentation by Perry Greenwood, Senior Product Manager, and Josh Stephens, CTO at BackBox, focuses on the company’s programmability, APIs, and integrations. They describe two key aspects of programmability: extending scripts and integrating with outside services or homegrown systems. Perry showcases the IntelliTrack scripts, which are device-aware and capable of both automation checks and remediation. A notable feature of these scripts is their ability to handle dynamic variables for tasks like configuring NTP servers, which allows for flexibility and customization based on regional or system-specific needs. The presenters explain how these tasks can be scripted using familiar tools and commands, like curl or Python, and are built upon an extensive library of over 2,300 pre-built automations.

The session also addresses the use of APIs within BackBox. Their API documentation, accessible through swaggers, includes both external APIs, which remain static, and internal APIs, which may change. They demonstrate adding devices to BackBox using an API with a CSV file, which simulates the integration with third-party systems such as CMDB or ServiceNow. This method supports scenarios where users prefer avoiding internal firewall scans and instead directly provide device data. Furthermore, the speakers highlight the capability of the API to handle various tasks such as kicking off workflows, checking job statuses, and pulling logs, essentially enabling any GUI function to be performed via API. They emphasize that a significant portion of their users utilize these API integrations for their network management and automation needs.

The presentation concludes with discussions on IPv6 support in BackBox, which is fully native, allowing operations on IPv6-only networks. They also touch on the use of out-of-band management networks and how BackBox can be integrated in such setups. Additionally, they mention the challenges and solutions related to managing overlapping IP addresses in MSP networks or during mergers and acquisitions. For addressing these issues, BackBox employs remote agents that facilitate automation and discovery tasks, demonstrating their robust support for complex and large-scale network environments.


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