Tech Field Day
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{{Infobox recurring event
| name = Tech Field Day
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| location = Silicon Valley, Boston, Austin, Seattle, Denver
| years_active = {{age|2009|11|12}}
| founded = {{start date|2009|11|12}}
| founders = Stephen Foskett
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| frequency = 7 per year
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| genre = Information technology
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| organized = Gestalt IT Media, LLC
| website = [http://TechFieldDay.com TechFieldDay.com]
}}
Tech Field Day is an independently organized conference series centered on enterprise IT infrastructure.{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/justinwarren/2015/08/24/the-rise-of-the-small-independent-conference/|title=The Rise Of The Small Independent Conference|author=Justin Warren|date=|work=Forbes}} Organized by Gestalt IT Media LLC, the Field Day series is intended to bring together product vendors and independent bloggers,{{cite web|url=http://blogstu.wordpress.com/2010/03/31/blogger-communities/|title=Tapping into blogger communities|last=|first=|date=31 March 2010|website=|accessdate=2017-11-30}} freelance writers, speakers, and leaders of online communities.{{cite web|url=http://thestorageanarchist.typepad.com/weblog/2010/04/2047-the-gestalt-are-coming-the-gestalt-are-coming.html|title=the gestalt are coming, the gestalt are coming!|date=April 6, 2010 |publisher=The Storage Anarchist}} The Field Day event series began in 2009 with a general datacenter event and expanded in 2010 to include an event focused on enterprise networking.{{cite web|url=http://www.douglasgourlay.com/blog/2010/10/on-gestalt-its-netfield-dat/|title=On Gestalt IT's NetField Day|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101012024445/http://www.douglasgourlay.com/blog/2010/10/on-gestalt-its-netfield-dat/|archive-date=2010-10-12|url-status=dead|accessdate=2017-11-30}}
Notable Introductions
Every Field Day event includes presentations by hardware and software vendors, but some notable introductions have also occurred at these events:
- [https://www.guardicore.com/ Guardicore] explains why traditional segmentation solutions are irrelevant and talk about software defined segmentation, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqNuSPDE9_s unveils User Identity Rules and FQDN rules] - at [https://techfieldday.com/companies/guardicore/ Security Field Day 2 2019].
- Data Robotics introduced their Drobo S and DroboElite models at the 2009 Field Day{{cite web|url=http://storagenerve.com/2009/11/23/drobo-s-and-drobo-elite-introduced-11232009/|title=DROBO S and DROBO Elite – Introduced 11/23/2009|date=January 2011|publisher=StorageNerve}} as well as the Drobo FS at the 2010 Boston event.{{cite web|url=http://basraayman.com/2010/04/06/drobo-announces-their-new-drobo-fs/|title=Drobo announces their new Drobo FS|last=|first=|date=6 April 2010|website=|accessdate=2017-11-30}}
- Nimble Storage used the 2010 Seattle Field Day as their corporate launch event.{{cite web|url=http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/storage-soup/does-nimble-dedupe/|title=Does Nimble dedupe?|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=IT Knowledge Exchange|accessdate=2017-11-30}}
- Actifio used Tech Field Day 4 as their corporate launch event.{{cite web|url=http://actifio.com/press/pr/pr-11-10-2010.aspx|title=ACTIFIO TO DISCUSS DYNAMICS OF DATA MANAGEMENT VIRTUALIZATION AT GESTALT IT TECH FIELD DAY 4 IN SAN JOSE|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=Actifio Press Release|accessdate=2017-11-30}}
- Druva Software used Tech Field Day 5 as their American corporate launch event.{{cite web|url=http://blog.druva.com/2011/02/16/why-druva-is-like-a-cow/|title=Why Druva is Like A Newborn Calf|accessdate=February 10, 2012|publisher=Druva Software}}
- Zerto and Embrane gave advance previews before their launches at Tech Field Day 6{{cite web|url=http://techfieldday.com/2011/zerto-offers-tech-field-day-delegates-sneak-peek/|title=Zerto Offers Tech Field Day Delegates a Sneak Peek|date=23 June 2011|accessdate=February 10, 2012|publisher=Tech Field Day}} and Networking Field Day 2,{{cite web|url=http://etherealmind.com/scaling-virtual-appliances-embrane/|title=Scaling Virtual Appliances With Embrane|date=12 December 2011|accessdate=February 10, 2012|publisher=EtherealMind}} respectively.
- Exablox used Storage Field Day 3 as their launch event.{{cite web|url=http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/smbit/new-startup-exablox-announced-at-storage-field-day-3/1144|title=New startup Exablox announced at Storage Field Day 3|accessdate=June 3, 2013|publisher=Tech Republic}} Also at that event, Fusion-io announced their acquisition of NexGen Storage{{cite web|url=http://siliconslopes.com/beta/?p=142|title=Fusion-io, NexGen CEOs talk acquisition, integration|accessdate=June 3, 2013|publisher=Silicon Slopes|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014184035/http://siliconslopes.com/beta/?p=142|archivedate=October 14, 2013}} and Cisco Systems first showed the next-generation MDS Fibre Channel platform.{{cite web|url=http://wahlnetwork.com/2013/05/06/building-a-monster-san-with-the-cisco-mds-9710-director/|title=Building a Monster SAN with the Cisco MDS 9710 Director|date=6 May 2013|accessdate=June 3, 2013|publisher=Wahl Network}}
See also
References
External links
- [http://techfieldday.com Tech Field Day homepage]