Tech Field Day

Tech Field Day
Genre Information technology
Frequency 7 per year
Location(s) Silicon Valley, Boston, Austin, Seattle, Denver
Years active 8
Founded November 12, 2009 (2009-11-12)
Founders Stephen Foskett
Organized by 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:

  • 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]

References

  1. ↑ Justin Warren. "The Rise Of The Small Independent Conference". Forbes.
  2. ↑ "Tapping into blogger communities". Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  3. ↑ "the gestalt are coming, the gestalt are coming!". The Storage Anarchist. Retrieved January 2011. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  4. ↑ "On Gestalt IT's NetField Day". Archived from the original on 2010-10-12. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  5. ↑ "DROBO S and DROBO Elite – Introduced 11/23/2009". StorageNerve. January 2011.
  6. ↑ "Drobo announces their new Drobo FS". Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  7. ↑ "Does Nimble dedupe?". IT Knowledge Exchange. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  8. ↑ "ACTIFIO TO DISCUSS DYNAMICS OF DATA MANAGEMENT VIRTUALIZATION AT GESTALT IT TECH FIELD DAY 4 IN SAN JOSE". Actifio Press Release. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  9. ↑ "Why Druva is Like A Newborn Calf". Druva Software. Retrieved February 10, 2012.
  10. ↑ "Zerto Offers Tech Field Day Delegates a Sneak Peek". Tech Field Day. Retrieved February 10, 2012.
  11. ↑ "Scaling Virtual Appliances With Embrane". EtherealMind. Retrieved February 10, 2012.
  12. ↑ "New startup Exablox announced at Storage Field Day 3". Tech Republic. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  13. ↑ "Fusion-io, NexGen CEOs talk acquisition, integration". Silicon Slopes. Archived from the original on October 14, 2013. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  14. ↑ "Building a Monster SAN with the Cisco MDS 9710 Director". Wahl Network. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
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