Tech Field Day Podcast

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Tech Field Day Podcast

The Tech Field Day Podcast is the only podcast that dares to be both on topic, or on premise, and sometimes on location, bringing together a group of independent IT luminaries and experts in their field from around the Enterprise to discuss a single idea revolving around their technological knowledge base and skillset. This podcast is hosted by Stephen Foskett, Organizer of the Tech Field Day event series, and Tom Hollingsworth, Tech Field Day Event Lead.

  1. 34. WiFi is Always the Best Solution

    2 DAYS AGO

    34. WiFi is Always the Best Solution

    Event Page: https://techfieldday.com/event/mfd12/ 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 Hollingsworth is joined by Lee Badman, Troy Martin, and Ron Westfall as they discuss what other options exist and what workflows they can improve. Host: Tom Hollingsworth: https://www.linkedin.com/in/networkingnerd/ Panel: Ron Westfall, Research Director, The Futurum Group: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ron-westfall-b7679a/ Troy Martin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/labguy/ Lee Badman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leebadman/ Tech Field Day: Website: https://www.techfieldday.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tech-field-day X/Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/techfieldday Podcast: Website: https://www.techfieldday.com/podcast X/Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/techfielddaypod Tags: #TFDPodcast, #MFD12, #Mobility, #WiFi, @TechFieldDay, @TechFieldDayPod, @Cisco, @NileSecure,

    28 min
  2. 33. AI Doesn't Make App Dev Any Better

    NOV 12

    33. AI Doesn't Make App Dev Any Better

    Event Page: https://techfieldday.com/event/adfd2/ 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 issues revolving around AI and App Dev with Alastair Cooke, Guy Currier, Jack Poller, and Stephen Foskett. The ultimate objective of a software development team is to deliver an application that fulfills a business need and helps the organization be more successful. An AI that can recommend basic code snippets doesn’t move that needle far. More sophistication is needed to get value from AI in the development process. The objective should be to have AI handle the repetitive tasks and allow humans to focus on innovative tasks where generative AI is less capable. AI agents must handle building tests and reviewing code for security and correctness to enable developers to concentrate on building better applications that help organizations. Host: Alastair Cooke: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alastaircooke/ Panelists: Guy Currier: https://www.linkedin.com/in/guycurrier/ Jack Poller: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackpoller/ Stephen Foskett: Foskett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sfoskett/ Tech Field Day: Website: https://www.techfieldday.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tech-field-day X/Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/techfieldday Podcast: Website: https://www.techfieldday.com/podcast X/Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/techfielddaypod Tags: #TFDPodcast, #ADFD2, #KubeCon, #CloudNativeCon, @TechFieldDay, @TechFieldDayPod,

    30 min
  3. 32. AI is the Enabler of Network Innovation

    NOV 5

    32. AI is the Enabler of Network Innovation

    Event Page: https://techfieldday.com/event/nfd36/ 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 Robohn, and Ron Westfall as they discuss how AI is driving innovation in the networking market. They talk about how the toolsets are changing to incorporate AI features as well as how the need to push massive amounts of data into LLMs and generative AI constructs is creating opportunities for companies to show innovation. They also talk about how Ethernet is becoming ascendant in the AI market. Host: Tom Hollingsworth: https://www.linkedin.com/in/networkingnerd/ Panel: Ron Westfall, Research Director, The Futurum Group: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ron-westfall-b7679a/ Scott Robohn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottrobohn/ John Freeman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-freeman-46489a3/ Tech Field Day: Website: https://www.techfieldday.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tech-field-day X/Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/techfieldday Podcast: Website: https://www.techfieldday.com/podcast X/Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/techfielddaypod #TFDPodcast, #NFD36, #AI, #Networking, #LLMs

    29 min
  4. 31. Edge Computing is a Melting Pot of Technology

    OCT 29

    31. Edge Computing is a Melting Pot of Technology

    Event Page: https://techfieldday.com/event/efd3/ 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 Currier, John Osmon, Ivan McPhee, and host Alastair Cooke, all of whom attended Edge Field Day in September. To accommodate the unique nature of the diverse and unusual locations where businesses operate, many different technologies are brought together to form the melting pot of edge computing. Containers and AI applications are coming from the massive public cloud data centres to a range of embedded computers on factory floors, industrial sites, and farm equipment. ARM CPUs, sensors, and low-power hardware accelerators are coming from mobile phones to power applications in new locations. Enterprise organizations must still control and manage data and applications across these locations and platforms. Security must be built into the edge from the beginning; edge computing often happens in an unsecured location and often with no human oversight. This melting pot of technology and innovation makes edge computing an innovative part of IT. Host: Alastair Cooke: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alastaircooke/ Panelists: Guy Currier: https://www.linkedin.com/in/guycurrier/ John Osmon: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-osmon-2a5a421/ Ivan McPhee: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivanmcphee/ Tech Field Day: Website: https://www.techfieldday.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tech-field-day X/Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/techfieldday Podcast: Website: https://www.techfieldday.com/podcast X/Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/techfielddaypod #TFDPodcast, #EFD3, #EdgeComputing, @GuyCurriersFeed, @JohnOsmon, @IvanMcPhee, @DemitasseNZ, @TechFieldDayPod, @TechFieldDay, @TheFuturumGroup,

    27 min
  5. 30. There Are Too Many Clouds

    OCT 22

    30. There Are Too Many Clouds

    Event Page: https://techfieldday.com/event/cfd21/ Public Cloud computing is a large part of enterprise IT alongside on-premises computing. Many organizations that had a cloud-first approach and are now gaining value from on-premises private clouds and seeing their changing business needs leading to changing cloud use. This episode of the Tech Field Day podcast delves into the complexity of multiple cloud providers and features Maciej Lelusz, Jack Poller, Justin Warren, and host Alastair Cooke, all attendees at Cloud Field Day. The awareness of changing business needs is causing some re-thinking of how businesses use cloud platforms, possibly moving away from using cloud vendor specific services to bare VMs. VMs are far simpler to move from one cloud to another, or between public cloud and private cloud platforms. Over time, the market will speak and if there are too many cloud providers, we will see mergers, acquisitions or failures of smaller specialized cloud providers. In the meantime, choosing where to put which application for the best outcome can be a challenge for businesses. Host: Alastair Cooke: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alastaircooke/ Panelists: Justin Warren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinwarren/ Jack Poller: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackpoller/ Maciej Lelusz: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maciejlelusz/ Tech Field Day: Website: https://www.techfieldday.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tech-field-day X/Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/techfieldday Podcast: Website: https://www.techfieldday.com/podcast X/Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/techfielddaypod Tags: #TFDPodcast, #CFD21, #HybridCloud, #MultiCloud, @TechFieldDayPod, @TheFuturumGroup, @GestaltIT, @TechFieldDay, @DemitasseNZ, @JPWarren, @Poller, @@MaciejLelusz,

    25 min
  6. 29. You Don’t Need Post-Quantum Crypto Yet

    OCT 15

    29. You Don’t Need Post-Quantum Crypto Yet

    Event Page: https://techfieldday.com/event/xfd12/ With the advent of quantum computers, the likelihood that modern encryption is going to be invalidated is a possibility. New standards from NIST have arrived that have ushered in the post-quantum era. You don’t need to implement them yet but you need to be familiar with them. Tom Hollingsworth is joined by Jennifer Minella, Andrew Conry-Murray, and Alastair Cooke in this episode to discuss why post-quantum algorithms are needed, why you should be readying your enterprise to use them, and how best to plan your implementation strategy. Host: Tom Hollingsworth: https://www.linkedin.com/in/networkingnerd/ Panelists: Alastair Cooke: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alastaircooke/ Jennifer Minella: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferminella/ Drew Conry-Murray: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewconrymurray/ Tech Field Day: Website: https://www.techfieldday.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tech-field-day X/Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/techfieldday Podcast: Website: https://www.techfieldday.com/podcast X/Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/techfielddaypod #TFDPodcast, #XFD12, #Quantum, @NetworkingNerd, @JJX, @DemitasseNZ, @Drew_CM, @GestaltIT, @TechFieldDay, @TechFieldDayPod, @TheFuturumGroup,

    30 min
  7. 28. Network Automation Is More Than Just Tooling

    OCT 8

    28. Network Automation Is More Than Just Tooling

    Event: https://techfieldday.com/event/nfdxnokia24/ The modern enterprise network automation strategy is failing. This is due in part to a collection of tools masquerading as an automation solution. In this episode, Tom Hollingsworth is joined by Scott Robohn, Bruno Wollmann, and special guest Mike Bushong of Nokia to discuss the current state of automation in the data center. They discuss how tools are often improperly incorporated as well as why organizations shouldn’t rely on just a single person or team to affect change. They also explore ideas around Nokia Event-Driven Automation (EDA), a new operations platform dedicated to solving these issues.

    28 min
  8. 27. Data Infrastructure Is A Lot More Than Storage

    OCT 1

    27. Data Infrastructure Is A Lot More Than Storage

    Event Page: https://techfieldday.com/event/aidifd1/ The rise of AI and the importance of data to modern businesses has driven us too recognize that data matters, not storage. This episode of the Tech Field Day podcast focuses on AI data infrastructure and features Camberley Bates, Andy Banta, David Klee, and host Stephen Foskett, all of whom will be attending our AI Data Infrastructure Field Day this week. We've known for decades that storage solutions must provide the right access method for applications, not just performance, capacity, and reliability. Today's enterprise storage solutions have specialized data services and interfaces to enable AI workloads, even as capacity has been driven beyond what we've seen in the past. Power and cooling is another critical element, since AI systems are optimized to make the most of expensive GPUs and accelerators. AI also requires extensive preparation and organization of data as well as traceability and records of metadata for compliance and reproducibility. Another question is interfaces, with modern storage turning to object stores or even vector database interfaces rather than traditional block and file. AI is driving a profound transformation of storage and data. Host: Stephen Foskett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sfoskett/ Panelists: Camberley Bates, Chief Technology Advisor at The Futurum Group: https://www.linkedin.com/in/camberleybates/ Andy Banta: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andybanta/ David Klee: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidaklee/ Tech Field Day: Website: https://www.techfieldday.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tech-field-day X/Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/techfieldday Podcast: Website: https://www.techfieldday.com/podcast X/Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/techfielddaypod Tags: #TFDPodcast, #AIDIFD1, #AI, @TechFieldDay, @SFoskett, @AndyBanta, @CamberleyB, @KleeGeek, @TheFuturuemGroup, @TechFieldDay,

    26 min
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The Tech Field Day Podcast is the only podcast that dares to be both on topic, or on premise, and sometimes on location, bringing together a group of independent IT luminaries and experts in their field from around the Enterprise to discuss a single idea revolving around their technological knowledge base and skillset. This podcast is hosted by Stephen Foskett, Organizer of the Tech Field Day event series, and Tom Hollingsworth, Tech Field Day Event Lead.

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  • Creator
    Tech Field Day
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2024
  • Episodes
    284
  • Rating
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    © Tech Field Day
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