Tech Field Day Explained

Tech Field Day
Founders:	Stephen Foskett
Frequency:	7 per year
Organized:	Gestalt IT Media, LLC
Website:	TechFieldDay.com

Tech Field Day is an independently organized conference series centered on enterprise IT infrastructure.^[1] Organized by Gestalt IT Media LLC, the Field Day series is intended to bring together product vendors and independent bloggers,^[2] freelance writers, speakers, and leaders of online communities.^[3] 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.^[4]

Notable Introductions

Every Field Day event includes presentations by hardware and software vendors, but some notable introductions have also occurred at these events:

• Guardicore explains why traditional segmentation solutions are irrelevant and talk about software defined segmentation, unveils User Identity Rules and FQDN rules - at Security Field Day 2 2019.
• Data Robotics introduced their Drobo S and DroboElite models at the 2009 Field Day^[5] as well as the Drobo FS at the 2010 Boston event.^[6]
• Nimble Storage used the 2010 Seattle Field Day as their corporate launch event.^[7]
• Actifio used Tech Field Day 4 as their corporate launch event.^[8]
• Druva Software used Tech Field Day 5 as their American corporate launch event.^[9]
• Zerto and Embrane gave advance previews before their launches at Tech Field Day 6^[10] and Networking Field Day 2,^[11] respectively.
• Exablox used Storage Field Day 3 as their launch event.^[12] Also at that event, Fusion-io announced their acquisition of NexGen Storage^[13] and Cisco Systems first showed the next-generation MDS Fibre Channel platform.^[14]

See also

• IT Leader Forum

References

1. Web site: The Rise Of The Small Independent Conference. Justin Warren. Forbes.
2. Web site: Tapping into blogger communities. 31 March 2010. 2017-11-30.
3. Web site: the gestalt are coming, the gestalt are coming!. April 6, 2010 . The Storage Anarchist.
4. Web site: On Gestalt IT's NetField Day. https://web.archive.org/web/20101012024445/http://www.douglasgourlay.com/blog/2010/10/on-gestalt-its-netfield-dat/. 2010-10-12. dead. 2017-11-30.
5. Web site: DROBO S and DROBO Elite – Introduced 11/23/2009. January 2011. StorageNerve.
6. Web site: Drobo announces their new Drobo FS. 6 April 2010. 2017-11-30.
7. Web site: Does Nimble dedupe?. IT Knowledge Exchange. 2017-11-30.
8. Web site: ACTIFIO TO DISCUSS DYNAMICS OF DATA MANAGEMENT VIRTUALIZATION AT GESTALT IT TECH FIELD DAY 4 IN SAN JOSE. Actifio Press Release. 2017-11-30.
9. Web site: Why Druva is Like A Newborn Calf. February 10, 2012. Druva Software.
10. Web site: Zerto Offers Tech Field Day Delegates a Sneak Peek. 23 June 2011. February 10, 2012. Tech Field Day.
11. Web site: Scaling Virtual Appliances With Embrane. 12 December 2011. February 10, 2012. EtherealMind.
12. Web site: New startup Exablox announced at Storage Field Day 3. June 3, 2013. Tech Republic.
13. Web site: Fusion-io, NexGen CEOs talk acquisition, integration. June 3, 2013. Silicon Slopes. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131014184035/http://siliconslopes.com/beta/?p=142. October 14, 2013.
14. Web site: Building a Monster SAN with the Cisco MDS 9710 Director. 6 May 2013. June 3, 2013. Wahl Network.

External links

• Tech Field Day homepage