Tech Field Day Podcast
2 Seasons
The Tech Field Day Podcast brings together a group of IT technical experts from the Tech Field Day delegate community to discuss a single topic about key concepts in the industry from a variety of perspectives. Hosted by Tech Field Day event leads Tom Hollingsworth, Alastair Cooke, and Stephen Foskett.
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80. Private Cloud is not just Self-Service Virtualization - Tech Field Day Podcast
Private cloud is not just virtualization 4.0, self-service VM deployment doesn’t fulfil the same need as the Public Cloud. This episode of the Tech Field Day podcast features Mike Graff, Jon Hildebrand, and Alastair Cooke. Private cloud has evolved from simple virtualization to a more comprehensi...
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79. Your Edge Projects will Fail Without Fleet Lifecycle Management with ZEDEDA - Tech Field Day Podcast Spotlight
Projects to deliver applications to edge locations will fail without comprehensive fleet lifecycle management. This episode of the Tech Field Day podcast features Sachin Vasudeva from Zededa discussing the importance of long-term edge management with Guy Currier and Alastair Cooke. There are uniq...
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78. Every AI Strategy Needs a Data Protection Strategy with Commvault
Every company lives in fear of a ransomware attack, whether they have suffered one or not, and this is even more critical in the era of AI. This episode of the Tech Field Day Podcast looks forward to Commvault SHIFT in November with a discussion of the importance of data protection to AI applicat...
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77. Moving Enterprise AI Applications From Experiments to Production with NetApp - Tech Field Day Podcast
Running enterprise applications in production is a lot different from the AI experiments many of us have been involved with so far. This episode of the Tech Field Day podcast, recorded prior to NetApp Insight 2025, features Ingo Fuchs from NetApp along with Gina Rosenthal, Glenn Dekhayser, and St...
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76. Pass Keys are the Future - Tech Field Day Podcast
Passwords create friction and therefore users find ways around them. New technology such as secure enclaves and PKI allow us to create better solutions like passkeys. In this episode of the Tech Field Day Podcast. Alan Shimmel and Kate Scarcella join Tom Hollingsworth to discuss the problems with...
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75. Unified Flash Memory and Reduced HBM are Reshaping AI Training and Inference with Phison
AI will need less HBM (high bandwidth memory) because flash memory unification is changing training and inference. This episode of the Tech Field Day podcast features Sebastien Jean from Phison, Max Mortillaro, Brian Martin, and Alastair Cooke. Training, fine-tuning, and inference with Large Lang...
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74. Software is Automating Your AI Data Centre Infrastructure - Tech Field Day Podcast
Hardware always matters, especially in AI and now software is automating your AI data centre infrastructure. This episode of the Tech Field Day podcast features Gina Rosenthal, Barton George, Andy Banta, and Alastair Cooke. Generative AI brought new hardware into enterprise data centres; GPUs, TP...
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73. Agentic AI Spells the End of Dial Twiddlers - Tech Field Day Podcast
You aren’t in the business of twiddling the dials, even though the dials may still be important. This episode of the Tech Field Day podcast features Guy Currier, Jay Cuthrell, and Alastair Cooke. Knowledge of all the dials and controls has historically been a defining characteristic of infrastruc...
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72. Networks Need Agentic AI with HPE Juniper Networking - Tech Field Day Podcast Spotlight Series
Agentic AI is reshaping the IT landscape and networking is no exception. Building upon the previous research into machine learning means we have a head start on harnessing that power. In this episode of the Tech Field Day podcast, brought to you by HPE Juniper Networking, Tom Hollingsworth is joi...
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71. Network Engineers are Facing an Identity Crisis - Tech Field Day Podcast Spolight
Converged networking is creating complexity with network operations and engineering teams. Ensuring that users are able to access resources and complete workflows means being up-to-date with the latest technology behind the scenes. You need a trusted partner to make it all happen with minimal iss...
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70. Early Adoption of Generative AI Helps Control Costs with Signal65 - Tech Field Day Podcast
If you haven’t already, start working with Generative AI now and make sure to control your ongoing costs. This episode of the Tech Field Day podcast features Russ Fellows, Mitch Lewis, and Brian Martin, all from Signal65, and is hosted by Alastair Cooke. Generative AI is delivering value to busin...
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69. Datacenter Networking Needs AIOps with HPE Juniper Networks - Tech Field Day Podcast
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68. Network Engineers are Facing an Identity Crisis - Tech Field Day Podcast
Network engineers are the firefighters and knowledge bases of enterprise IT, however the role of a network engineer is rapidly evolving. With the rise of automation, orchestration, and AI, the familiar image of an engineer hunched over a command-line interface (CLI) is giving way, leading many to...
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67. Re-Imagining the Mainframe for the AI Era at SHARE - Tech Field Day Podcast
As Tech Field Day heads to SHARE in Cleveland, we are considering the many ways the mainframe has been re-imagined and re-built for the AI era. This episode of the Tech Field Day podcast features Cynthia Overby of Rocket Software and SHARE, Derek Britton, and Jeffrey Powers discussing the modern ...
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66. The DoJ Just Devalued Juniper Mist - Tech Field Day Podcast
The proposed remedies for the HPE acquisition of Juniper Networks did a real disservice to Juniper Mist. The confusion around what’s going on with the proposed Juniper AIOps for Mist auction have professionals asking a lot of questions. In this episode, recorded on the eve of the close of the acq...
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65. Enterprises Shouldn't Be Outsourcing Their IT Anymore - Tech Field Day Podcast
Enterprise networks are complicated but outsourcing all of the operations team doesn’t lead to better outcomes. It’s important to remember that enterprise covers a wide range of network definitions. In this episode, Ed Weadon, Chris Grundemann, and Jody Lemoine join Tom Hollingsworth as they disc...
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64. We Are Long Past Passwords - Tech Field Day Podcast
Passwords have served their use in the enterprise. We need to start moving away from simple passwords as an authentication mechanism. In this episode of the Tech Field Day podcast, Tom Hollingsworth is joined by Tony Efantis, Karen Lopez, and Fernando Montenegro as they discuss the premise that w...
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63. MLO is a Lie - Tech Field Day Podcast
Watch the Mobility Field Day Presentations here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLinuRwpnsHacvm_NA6qqs7RVHUXu9wNmP
One of the most anticipated features of Wi-Fi 7 isn’t ready for the public. Worse yet, it may never deliver on the promise of fast, reliable wireless connectivity. In this ep...
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62. A Different Type of Datacenter is Needed for AI - Tech Field Day Podcast
AI demands specialized data center designs due to its unique hardware utilization and networking needs, which require a new type of infrastructure. This Tech Field Day Podcast episode features Denise Donohue, Karen Lopez, Lino Telera, and Alastair Cooke. Network design has been a consistent part ...
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61. User-Centric Connectivity Has to Innovate - Tech Field Day Podcast
Modern networking is being disrupted in the data center but user-facing networking has largely stagnated. Users are getting slightly faster connections but everything feels mostly the same. In this episode, Tom Hollingsworth is joined by Sam Clements and Ed Weadon as they discuss innovation in th...
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60. Cloud Economics and Scaling Smarter in the Age of Data Abundance - Tech Field Day Podcast
Keeping every application and every scrap of data on the public cloud becomes very expensive; we need to improve our cloud economics. This episode of the Tech Field Day podcast features Vriti Magee, Mitch Lewis, and Alastair Cooke. The belief that data is the new oil has led many companies to ret...
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59. Compliance Does Not Equal Security - Tech Field Day Podcast
Enterprises require vastly different infrastructure for AI. When building your next network, you need to understand what is required in order to achieve specific outcomes. In this episode of the Tech Field Day podcast, Tom Hollingsworth is joined by Scott Robohn, Brad Gregory, and Ron Westfall to...
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58. The Unknown Unknowns of Cloud Providers with Catchpoint - Tech Field Day Podcast Spotlight Series
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Your Internet Application is full of unknowns, which will affect its performance and availability for your customers. This episode of the Tech Field Day Podcast features...
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57. Managing Hybrid Cloud Networks Complexity with Infoblox - Tech Field Day Podcast Spotlight Series
Managing hybrid-cloud networks is complex due to differing architectures and naming between on-premises and the multiple public cloud platforms. This Tech Field Day Podcast episode features Glenn Sullivan, Senior Director of Product Management at Infoblox, Eric Wright, and Alastair Cooke. Each pu...