The dream that every business and every application belong on a public cloud platform has faded into a more nuanced realization that applications have differing requirements leading to different implementations. There has also been a shift to accepting that “cloud” is an operating model rather than a location. Technologies originating as cloud-native have a place in on-premises data centres just as much as existing on-premises technologies can have value in the public cloud. Our next Tech Field Day event has a hybrid cloud focus. Our Cloud Field Day event is on October 23 and 24. Here’s a quick overview of what to look forward to.
Event Schedule
We kick off on Wednesday at 8:00 AM with Platform9, who specialises in running a cloud-based management service for your private cloud. Platform9 will demonstrate the Enterprise Virtualization Platform, providing the VM, Kubernetes, clustering and networking features you expect including VM protection and migration from your existing infrastructure. At 11:00, we will have Qumulo present cross-cloud storage with capabilities to help alleviate the pain of connecting applications that run on hybrid and multi-cloud environments. After a lunch break, we will return at 2:30 for HYCU to bring us the news on data protection for hybrid-cloud environments. To finish out the day, we will have some Ignite presentations from our delegates, a great way to soak up some of the knowledge that is around the table at every event and get a flavor of what we talk about during the social events that are part of the on-site Tech Field Day experience.
On Thursday, we will be back at 8:00 AM with VMware and the VMware Cloud Foundation, the lead product in the VMware by Broadcom portfolio. If you’ve not been paying attention for the last year, or were lost on a deserted island, then you’ve completely missed the transformation of the VMware software portfolio under Broadcom. The team from Broadcom will be back at Field Day, this time to talk about private cloud. The company is squarely focused on helping customers adopt a private cloud based on VMware Cloud Foundation, or VCF. The Broadcom team has three hours to unpack the new VCF for our viewers, focusing on deployment, operations and consumption of the platform. In the afternoon, the delegates will get time to discuss the significant issues of hybrid and multi-cloud in a delegate roundtable.
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You can learn more about the event and our panel of independent technical influencers by visiting the Tech Field Day website and event pages. Each of our delegates has their own blog, podcast, or social media platform where they share their thoughts on enterprise technology from servers to storage to networking and beyond.
Thank you for joining Cloud Field Day live October 23 and 24. You can watch live on the Tech Field Day website, on LinkedIn, or on our sister site Techstrong TV. You can also watch videos from these presentations shortly after the event on YouTube. While you are on YouTube, please subscribe to our channel, and please follow our LinkedIn page for more Field Day content.
Alastair Cooke is a Tech Field Day Event Lead, now part of The Futurum Group. You can connect with Alastair on LinkedIn or on X/Twitter and you can read more of his research notes and insights on The Futurum Group’s website.
Gestalt IT and Tech Field Day are now part of The Futurum Group. Learn more about upcoming events, delegates, event leads, and more on the Tech Field Day website. Read analyst insights and learn more on The Futurum Group’s website.
