Big ideas and real-world wireless innovation take center stage at Mobility Field Day 14, where three days of presentations, demos, and technical discussions from May 6 through 8 bring together industry leaders and a global audience to explore the future of connectivity.

Wednesday features Hewle...

AI is everywhere in networking right now, but the reality doesn’t always match the marketing. In this episode of the Tech Field Day Podcast ahead of Mobility Field Day, Tom Hollingsworth is joined by Jennifer Huber and Megan Sorensen to break down what “AI-driven networks” actually mean in practi...

The session marks a significant milestone as the first appearance of the combined HPE, Aruba, and Juniper Mist entities following their recent merger. The speakers emphasize their commitment to a self-driving network philosophy, arguing that simply having a network up does not equate to a quality...

The session highlights the rapid integration of Aruba and Juniper Mist technologies, focusing on the evolution of the self-driving network. Bob Friday introduces the concept of agentic AI as a non-deterministic programming language that moves beyond traditional automation to solve complex network...

Wes Purvis, representing HPE Networking, provides an update on the current state of Wi-Fi 7 and the recent integration efforts between Aruba and Juniper Mist. He begins by highlighting HPE's successful infrastructure role in the 2026 Winter Olympics, which served over a million clients across fiv...

Wes Purvis of HPE Networking examines the potential benefits and technical hurdles of using 6 GHz standard power (SP) mode in indoor environments. Traditionally, indoor 6 GHz is limited to low power indoor (LPI) mode, which often results in a significant transmission power imbalance between the a...

Anilash Azeez presents the practical outcomes of HPE's location-based services and infrastructure at Mobility Field Day 14, focusing on bridging the gap between networking and real-world business results. The presentation highlights a dual-persona approach that serves both the Juniper Mist and Ar...

Slava Dementyev of HPE presents the latest advancements in integrated security, focusing on Access Assurance, the AI-driven HPE Mist cloud NAC (Network Access Control). He underscores the guiding principle that networking is an essential part of the security framework rather than just "plumbing,"...

In this presentation at Mobility Field Day 14, Mathew George outlines the security enhancements within HPE Aruba Central designed to simplify the transition to a zero-trust architecture. George identifies common barriers to zero-trust adoption, such as fragmented onboarding workflows, inconsisten...

Abhi Shamsundar, a member of the product team at HPE, presents the technical implementation of zero-trust micro-segmentation, focusing on how to enforce security policies closest to the source without requiring a massive network re-architecture. The session addresses a critical challenge in moder...

Alvin Castro and Thomas Munzer highlight how the integration of Aruba and Juniper Mist has unified their strategies around Infrastructure as Code. The core of their philosophy is a 100% REST API approach, ensuring that every function available in the user interface is also accessible via open API...

Sunmeel Bhumkar highlights the rapid transformation within Cisco Wireless driven by unprecedented advancements in AI and agentic operations. The presentation focuses on Cisco's commitment to easing the burden on network engineers through Agentic Ops, aiming to help them manage and scale networks ...

In this presentation at Mobility Field Day 14, Cisco's engineering and product leadership, including Neil Kulkarni, Benson Lao, and Vishal Desai, detailed the transition from viewing assurance as a feature to treating it as a holistic outcome. The speakers introduced the Closed Loop System framew...

Ameya Ahir begins by emphasizing that networking and security are becoming a single, integrated architecture rather than treating security as an optional overlay. As wireless becomes the primary access layer for modern devices, many of which lack Ethernet ports, the proliferation of unmanaged cli...

Jim Florwick discusses the evolution of Cisco's high-density wireless solutions, focusing on the 9179, the industry's first Wi-Fi 7 access point specifically designed for stadium and large venue environments. Building on the success of the previous generation 9104, this fourth-generation integrat...

Mehmet Yavuz, Co-Founder and CTO at Celona, discusses the evolution of private cellular networks and their increasing role in enterprise connectivity. Yavuz highlights the shift from experimental deployments to large-scale operational use cases, particularly in industrial and OT environments. He ...

Puneet Shetty, who heads product and field engineering at Celona, discusses the company's vision for the next generation of network operations by focusing on the evolution of their AIOps platform, Orion. Building on the foundation of Airflex and the successes seen with large-scale customers like ...

Kseniia Zviagintceva and Puneet Shetty demonstrate the Solona Orion Playground, an agentic AI platform designed to transform network operations. By connecting a Cloud AI assistant (such as Claude, OpenAI, or Copilot) to Celona's Model Context Protocol (MCP) server, users can access deep networkin...

Prince Jose, joined by Puneet Shetty, introduces AirConnect, an open-source initiative designed to bridge the gap between complex enterprise connectivity and the rapidly growing field of physical AI and robotics. In industrial environments like smart plants and warehouses, robotics vendors often ...

Vanlin Sathya and Puneet Shetty introduce the latest capabilities of the Celona AP20, a flagship access point that features a unique hardware design with dedicated 4G and 5G radios. Previously, the AP20 operated in either 4G or 5G mode, providing a software-defined upgrade path; however, Celona h...

Wyebot focuses on closing the "visibility gap" between infrastructure-reported data and the actual end-user experience by utilizing sensors that collect RF, interference, and application data. Their philosophy centers on simplicity--aiming for a "plug, play, show, done" experience--while maintain...

The OneLayer Introduction and Overview presentation addresses the critical visibility and security gaps in private LTE and 5G networks. While traditional IT environments rely on device-centric IP identifiers, cellular networks were originally designed for telecommunications providers to track SIM...

This presentation addresses the critical visibility and security gaps in private LTE and 5G networks. While traditional IT environments rely on device-centric IP identifiers, cellular networks were originally designed for telecommunications providers to track SIM cards for billing rather than ide...

The OneLayer Visibility and Observability presentation focuses on how the company's platform integrates into existing private cellular architectures to provide deep device awareness. OneLayer utilizes an on-prem component to connect with mobile network operators (MNOs) and private cellular cores ...