The presentation by Forward Networks demonstrated how their Forward AI platform addresses the critical security challenge of mitigating risks posed by vulnerable hosts, specifically a host named `batch 01` with unpatchable critical vulnerabilities. Traditionally, blocking internet access for such...

Forward AI aims to revolutionize network configuration audit and compliance, particularly for organizations in regulated industries that dread annual audits. These audits are typically manual, time-consuming, and error-prone, and carry a significant risk of penalties. The traditional approach inv...

The presentation highlighted a security vulnerability management use case that demonstrated a unique way to access Forward AI via Slack. In a common scenario, a CISO asked via Slack which devices were affected by a specific CVE. Forward AI, acting as an agent within the Slack channel, was prompte...

Solidigm presents on the current state of the Storage market. A view of what technologies are driving change, the solutions provided to overcome some of the challenges, and a look at how the latest innovations for early 2026 impact the view of storage in the AI pipeline and deployment efforts. In...

A discussion between Solidigm and Vast on the efforts in the last year, from the all-flash TCO Colloborate to the way our technologies have synced to solve AI Market demands, discusses some recent Context-related impacts to the year of Inference for 2026. With the evolution of DPU-enabled inferen...

An update from Vast Data on plans for 2026, efforts to help customers evolve their existing systems, and an early overview of the Vast AI OS platform. This session covers existing, soon-to-be-released, and future topics that will leave listeners wanting more, with more to come at an upcoming Vast...

This roundtable discussion explores how the reality of artificial intelligence is driving profound shifts in infrastructure, moving beyond mere marketing labels to necessitate new, distinct approaches. Participants noted this transformative power in vendor presentations, citing Exite Labs' massiv...

The big headlines that we're seeing around the massive funding of large AI companies  are a distraction from the reality that AI is being built and used in business applications. This episode of the Tech Field Day podcast features Frederic Van Haren, Chris Grundemann, Brian Martin, and Alastair C...