Tech Field Day Podcast

Tech Field Day Podcast

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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  • 54. AI Should Become Boring - Tech Field Day Podcast

    Mature technologies deliver business value by integration into boring production applications, so AI needs to be boring. This Tech Field Day Podcast episode features Max Mortillaro, Guy Currier, Jay Cuthrell, and Alastair Cooke. AI has frequently been in the public news, many organizations are bu...

  • 53. Virtual Networks are Air Gapped - Tech Field Day Podcast

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    The definition of traditional security technologies must evolve to meet new use cases. Networks that use virtual constructs to segregate traffic are just as air gapped as physical separation. In this episode, Tom Hollingswort...

  • 52. Servers Are Still Relevant in the Age of Cloud with HPE - Tech Field Day Spotlight Series

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    Although we live in a world of software, server hardware still matters from datacenter to cloud to edge. This episode of the Tech Field Day Podcast features Scott Shaffer, VP and Chief Technologist at HPE, discussing the evolution of the...

  • 51. Production AI Applications with VMware Private AI on VCF - Tech Field Day Podcast Spotlight

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    You already have the people and the platform to run production AI applications in your on-premises data center. This episode of the Tech Field Day Podcast, presented by Broadcom, features Tasha Drew, Gina Rosenth...

  • 50. Hybrid and Multicloud Applications are a Headache - Tech Field Day Podcast

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    Hybrid-multi-cloud applications have become part of the enterprise IT landscape, but they give me a headache. This episode of the Tech Field Day Podcast features Barton George, Mike Graff, Mitch Lewis, and Alastair Cooke discussin...

  • 49. Not All AI Infrastructure is the Same

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    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 ...

  • 48. AI Innovation Inevitably Drives Massive Energy Consumption - Tech Field Day Podcast

    The increasing reliance on technology has led to a surge in energy consumption, raising concerns about sustainability. In this episode of the Tech Field Day Podcast, recorded live at AI Field Day in San Jose, California, Jim Czuprynski, Jack Poller, Andy Banta, and Stephen Foskett discuss the cha...

  • 47. Trade Restrictions will Allow China to Out-Innovate US AI Companies - Tech Field Day Podcast

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    China will out-innovate US AI companies because of the trade restrictions imposed on it. In this episode of the Tech Field Day Podcast features Ned Bellavance, Eric Wright, Justin Warren, and Alastair Cooke. They say that necessity is the mother...

  • 46. Technical Management is Not Real Management - Tech Field Day Podcast

    Being a manager of a technical team is harder than regular management because of the balance required to be both a leader and contributor. In this episode, Zoe Rose, Dominik Pickhardt, and David Penaloza join Tom Hollingsworth to discuss the challenges of being a manager of a technical team. They...

  • 45. The Network is Finally the Application - Tech Field Day Podcast

    The network is, finally, the application in the public cloud. In this episode of the Tech Field Day Podcast, recorded before Cloud Field Day, features Jon Myer, Michael Levan, Larry Smith, and Alastair Cooke. Deploying applications across multiple clouds requires the network be the common connect...

  • 44. Data is Making the Enterprise Network Better - Tech Field Day Podcast

    The amount of data that has been unearthed in the network over the past few years is astounding. We now have access to more information that we could ever hope to want about the status of packets transiting through the enterprise. But is this data causing networks to be more complex? In this epi...

  • 43. 6 GHz Will Help IoT Adoption - Tech Field Day Podcast

    The expansion of wireless spectrum technologies is affording new opportunities for growth. Existing areas are becoming more crowded as devices become more prevalent. This includes not only user devices but Internet of Things (IoT) as well. In this episode, Tom Hollingsworth is joined by Cheryl Co...

  • 42. AI is the Leading Geopolitical Issue - Tech Field Day Podcast

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    Artificial Intelligence has risen from a plain technical challenge to become the leading geopolitical issue in 2025. This episode of the Tech Field Day podcast, recorded in advance of AI Field Day, features Dr. Bob Sutor, Mitch Ashley, and Jim Cz...

  • 41. Private Clouds are Coming Back - Tech Field Day Podcast

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    The public cloud is real; are private clouds real? Will we see more private clouds in 2025? Private cloud technology is far from the early days when on-premises virtualization was cloud-washed. In this Tech Field Day Podcast episode, Jon Myer, Allyson Klein, and J...

  • 40. Networking Editorial IoT is Going to Make Things More Difficult - Tech Field Day Podcast

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    IoT devices are growing by the thousands every day. Networks are gaining millions of devices every year and the total number is expected to top 31 billion by the end of 2025. Each of these devices are going to create complexity issues for networking administrat...

  • 39. Wi-Fi Marketing Numbers are Lies - Tech Field Day Podcast

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    All marketing is aspirational. Quoted throughput and user counts are hopeful at best. All IT professionals know this. In this episode, Tom Hollingsworth is joined by Kerry Kulp, Scott McDermott, and Mark Houtz as they discuss the inflated claims of marke...

  • 38. Technology Silos are a Thing of the Past - Tech Field Day Podcast

    Enterprise IT has long been divided into silos. This is because of scarce resources and specialized knowledge required to perform some IT operations tasks. The world of today is much more focused on outcomes and the need for silos is waning. In this episode of the Tech Field Day Podcast, Stephen ...

  • 37. Acquisitions are a Necessary Evil - Tech Field Day Podcast

    The IT industry’s reliance on acquisitions is a necessary driver of innovation, though they often seem to get in the way of competition and progress. This episode of the Tech Field Day podcast, recorded during Cloud Field Day 21, features Ray Lucchesi, Jon Hildebrand, Ken Nalbone, and Stephen Fos...

  • 36. There’s a Gulf Between Storage and AI - Tech Field Day Podcast

    There is a significant gap between storage companies and their ability to effectively support AI infrastructure. In this episode of the Tech Field Day podcast, recorded during the AI Data Infrastructure Field Day 2 in Santa Clara, host Stephen Foskett and guests Kurtis Kemple, Brian Booden, and R...

  • 35. Snowflake Networks are Built to Break - Tech Field Day Podcast

    Network engineers are notorious for doing whatever it takes to keep their customers and users happy. No reference architecture is safe from modification. However, these unique designs, commonly referred to as "snowflakes", create challenges when unforeseen consequences occur. In this episode of t...

  • 34. WiFi is Always the Best Solution - Tech Field Day Podcast

    Wi-Fi is the most dominant client connectivity option on the market today. The growth of ubiquitous computing has only happened because of the mass deployment of Wi-Fi. However, Wi-Fi isn’t the only wireless solution and isn’t always the best way to connect devices. In this episode, Tom Hollingsw...

  • 33. AI Doesn't Make App Dev Any Better - Tech Field Day Podcast

    Generative AI is transforming many industries where people create content. Software development is no different; AI agents are in almost every development platform. But is AI improving application development and software quality? This episode of the Tech Field Day Podcast looks at some of the is...

  • 32. AI is the Enabler of Network Innovation - Tech Field Day Podcast

    Artificial Intelligence is creating the kind of paradigm shifts not seen since the cloud revolution. Everyone is changing the way their IT infrastructure operates in order to make AI work better. In this episode of the Tech Field Day Podcast, Tom Hollingsworth is joined by John Freeman, Scott Rob...

  • 31. Edge Computing is a Melting Pot of Technology - Tech Field Day Podcast

    Edge computing is one of the areas where we see startup vendors offering innovative solutions, enabling applications to operate where the business operates rather than where the IT team sit. This episode of the Tech Field Day podcast focuses on the melting pot of edge computing and features Guy C...