Tech Field Day is an independently-organized conference series centered on enterprise IT infrastructure. Organized by Gestalt IT, the Field Day series is intended to bring together product vendors and independent bloggers[1], freelance writers, speakers, and leaders of online communities[2]. 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[3].
Every Field Day event includes presentations by hardware and software vendors, but some notable introductions have also occurred at these events:
- Data Robotics introduced their Drobo S and DroboElite models at the 2009 Field Day[4] as well as the Drobo FS at the 2010 Boston event[5].
- Nimble Storage used the 2010 Seattle Field Day as their corporate launch event[6].
- Actifio used Tech Field Day 4 as their corporate launch event[7].
Events and Sponsors
The following Field Day events have been held:
- Tech Field Day (November 2009, San Jose) - 3PAR, Data Robotics, MDS Micro, Nirvanix, Ocarina Networks, Symantec, Xsigo Systems
- Tech Field Day 2 (April 2010, Boston) - Cisco Systems, Data Robotics, EMC, HP, VKernel[8]
- Tech Field Day 3 (July 2010, Seattle) - Compellent[9], F5 Networks, NEC, Veeam, Nimble Storage
- Networking Field Day (September 2010, San Jose) - Arista Networks, Cradlepoint, Force10, HP, Juniper Networks, SolarWinds, Xsigo Systems
- Tech Field Day 4 (November 2010, San Jose) - NetApp[10], Aprius, Avere Systems, Actifio, Intel, SolarWinds, Asigra[11]
- Tech Field Day 5 (February 2011, San Jose) - Symantec, TBA, Data Robotics, Xangati, NetEx, InfoBlox, HP[12]
References
- ^ "Tapping into blogger communities". Retrieved January 2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "the gestalt are coming, the gestalt are coming!". The Storage Anarchist. Retrieved January 2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "On Gestalt IT's NetField Day". Retrieved January 2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "DROBO S and DROBO Elite – Introduced 11/23/2009". StorageNerve. January 2011.
- ^ "Drobo announces their new Drobo FS". Retrieved January 2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Does Nimble dedupe?". IT Knowledge Exchange. Retrieved January 2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "ACTIFIO TO DISCUSS DYNAMICS OF DATA MANAGEMENT VIRTUALIZATION AT GESTALT IT TECH FIELD DAY 4 IN SAN JOSE". Actifio Press Release. Retrieved January 2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Gestalt IT Tech Field Day". vKernel Blog. Retrieved January 2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "3 Questions for Tech Field Day's Stephen Foskett". Compellent Blog. Retrieved January 2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Gestalt IT Tech Field Day 4 at NetApp!". Virtual Storage Guy. Retrieved January 2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Gestalt IT – Tech Field Day Experience". Asigra Blog. Retrieved January 2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "2011, Tech Field Day 5". Gestalt IT. Retrieved February 2, 2011.