Storage Field Day 1

April 26–April 27, 2012

#SFD1

Who: Storage

What: Field Day

When: Past

Location: Silicon Valley

For the first time, Gestalt IT will host a special IT storage-focused Field Day event in April 2012! This unique event brings together innovative enterprise storage vendors and independent thought leaders, allowing them to get to know one another and discuss key technology issues. It is a forum for engagement, education, hands-on experience, and feedback. This is Gestalt IT’s third year of Tech Field Day events – learn more at the Tech Field Day site!

Storage Field Day 1 will be held in Silicon Valley on April 25-27, 2012!

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Presenting Sponsors

Delegate Panel

Delegates are selected by the Field Day Delegate community. For more information on our selection process, please see our page about becoming a Field Day Delegate.

Arjan Timmerman

@ArjanTim

Dutch analyst, world traveler and technology advisor

Chris M Evans

@ChrisMEvans

Chris is a UK-based consultant with an interest in all technologies, focusing on storage, virtualisation and cloud.

Derek Schauland

@WebJunkie

Dwayne Lessner

@dlink7

Fabio Rapposelli

@FabioRapposelli

Hans De Leenheer

@HansDeLeenheer

Rental Evangelist & Enterprise Clown. Sometimes referred to as Technical Marketer.

Howard Marks

@DeepStorageNet

Storage Analyst Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Nigel Poulton

@NigelPoulton

Nigel is a self-confessed tech-addict who works, creates IT training vids, hosts a podcast, writes a blog, and writes books.

Ray Lucchesi

@RayLucchesi

Ray Lucchesi is president of Silverton Consulting, blogs at RayOnStorage.com, co-hosts GreyBeardsOnStorage.com podcast and has worked in data storage for over 30 years mostly in marketing and engineering new disk and tape automation products.

Robert Novak

@Gallifreyan

Citizen-analyst, writer, comedian, shopkeeper, retired system administrator, griller and smoker

Robin Harris

@StorageMojo

Scott D. Lowe

@OtherScottLowe

Scott D. Lowe is an independent consultant, blogger, and author focusing on issues that affect the CIO and on the virtualization and storage markets.

Presentation Calendar

Most presentations are streamed live on this page, at stg-techfielddayq-staging.kinsta.cloud, and on the Tech Field Day LinkedIn page. After the event, the following pages contain video recordings of these presentations.

Thursday, Apr 26 08:00-10:00 Kaminario Presents at Storage Field Day 1
Thursday, Apr 26 10:30-12:30 Nimbus Data Presents at Storage Field Day 1
Thursday, Apr 26 13:30-15:30 Drobo Presents at Storage Field Day 1
Thursday, Apr 26 16:00-18:00 Coraid Presents at Storage Field Day 1
Thursday, Apr 26 18:30-19:15 Quest Software Presents at Storage Field Day 1
Friday, Apr 27 08:00-10:00 Dell Storage Presents at Storage Field Day 1
Friday, Apr 27 10:30-12:30 Brocade Presents at Storage Field Day 1
Friday, Apr 27 13:30-15:30 Tintri Presents at Storage Field Day 1
Friday, Apr 27 16:00-18:00 Pure Storage Presents at Storage Field Day 1
All dates and times listed are local time in Silicon Valley, US/Pacific.

Event Staff

Benjamin Freedman

@PrimeImageVideo

Claire Chaplais

@CChaplais

Claire Chaplais has over 20 years experience in business operations, marketing communication programs, and event management for the high tech industry. She worked for great companies like Wind River Systems, StorageTek, Common Sense Media, and Harris B …

Scott Sexauer

Stephen Foskett

@SFoskett

Stephen is the President of the Tech Field Day business unit for The Futurum Group and focuses on AI, edge, and cloud


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  19. Coverage: Pure Storage FlashArray: Ooooooh yeh!
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  22. Coverage: Pure Storage goes GA with All Flash Array
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More Information

If you would like to sponsor or attend these events as a delegate, please contact Tech Field Day, info@techfieldday.com.


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