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Tech Field Day Podcast — 366 episodes
SPOTLIGHT: Data Centers Need to be Multi-Tenant presented by Netris
SPOTLIGHT: Networks Need to Drive Themselves presented by HPE
Enterprise Networks Are Embracing Open Options Presented by Cisco - Tech Field Day Podcast Spotlight
113. Optimizing Existing Hardware with Smart Software is the Only Way to Survive the AI Boom
112. Trillion Dollar AI Hype is Just Tech Groundhog Day
Enterprise AI Will Fail Without a Dedicated Data Strategy
110. You Can't Bet Your Company's Future on AI
109. We Can’t Trust Networks to Fix Themselves
SPOTLIGHT: You Don’t Have To Pick Just One AI Network Presented by Cisco
Mistaking Quantity for Quality in Tech and Life
106. AI Driven Networks are More Marketing Than Reality
105. Busting All of the Myths Around Mythos
104. AI Networking Will Never Make It To The Enterprise
SPOTLIGHT. Waiting for Data Is Not a Technical Problem Presented by IBM
102. Networking Needs More Telemetry
101. The Internet Still Delivers Massive Public Good
SPOTLIGHT: Making Agentic AI Real for Business Intelligence with Qlik
99. Data Protection Needs To Do More
Rising Memory & Storage Costs Make On-Prem Hardware Uneconomical
97. Security Is More Than AI in 2026
96. Don’t Give Your AI Agent the Keys to Your Business
SPOTLIGHT: AI Tooling is Causing Identity Security Issues with 1Password
SPOTLIGHT: AI Has Escaped Your Datacenter Presented by Cisco
93. Billion-Dollar AI Headlines Obscure Real Business Value
92. AI Needs Resource Efficiency
91. Your Security Strategy Needs Graphs
SPOTLIGHT: Modern Data Mobility is Challenging the Laws of Physics with Hammerspace
89. 2026 Is A Bright Year for HPE and Juniper
88. Tech Field Day Takeaways for 2025: Making AI Less Manic
87. Generative AI Coding Tools Make Enterprise Applications Worse
86. Network Automation Needs Standards
85. Simplification of IT is Really an Illusion
SPOTLIGHT: Simplification in IT is really an illusion
83. Well Managed Kubernetes Means Infrastructure Finally Doesn’t Matter
82. NetAIOps Has Its Challenges
81. Ready or Not, AI is Coming to the Enterprise
80. Private Cloud is Not just Self-Service Virtualization
SPOTLIGHT: Your Edge Projects will Fail Without Fleet Lifecycle Management with ZEDEDA
SPOTLIGHT: Every AI Strategy Needs a Data Protection Strategy with Commvault
SPOTLIGHT. Moving Enterprise AI Applications From Experiments to Production with NetApp
76. Passkeys are the Future
SPOTLIGHT. Unified Flash Memory and Reduced HBM are Reshaping AI Training and Inference with Phison
74. Software is Automating Your AI Data Centre Infrastructure
73. Agentic AI Spells the End of Dial Twiddlers
SPOTLIGHT: Networks Need Agentic AI with HPE Juniper Networking
SPOTLIGHT: SASE Makes Convergence Simple with HPE Aruba Networking
70. Early Adoption of Generative AI Helps Control Costs with Signal65
SPOTLIGHT: Datacenter Networking Needs AIOps with HPE Juniper Networks
68. Network Engineers are Facing an Identity Crisis
67. Re-Imagining the Mainframe for the AI Era at SHARE
66. The DoJ Just Devalued Juniper Mist
65. Enterprises Shouldn't Be Outsourcing Their IT Anymore
64. We Are Long Past Passwords
63. MLO is a Lie
62. A Different Type of Datacenter is Needed for AI
61. User-Centric Connectivity Has to Innovate
60. Scaling Smarter Optimizes Cloud Costs in the Age of Data Abundance
59. Compliance Does Not Equal Security
SPOTLIGHT. The Unknown Unknowns of Cloud Providers with Catchpoint
SPOTLIGHT. Managing Hybrid Cloud Networks Complexity with Infoblox
56. Wi-Fi is Fast Enough
SPOTLIGHT: Quality Data is the Foundation for AI with Qlik
54. AI Needs to be Boring
53. Virtual Networks are Air Gapped
SPOTLIGHT: Servers Are Still Relevant in the Age of Cloud with HPE
SPOTLIGHT: Production AI Applications with VMware Private AI on VCF with Broadcom
50. Hybrid and Multicloud Applications are a Headache
49. Not All AI Infrastructure is the Same
48. AI Innovation Inevitably Drives Massive Energy Consumption
47. Trade Restrictions will Allow China to Out-Innovate US AI Companies
46. Technical Management is Not Real Management
45. The Network is Finally the Application
44. Data is Making the Enterprise Network Better
43. 6GHz Will Help IoT Adoption
42. AI is the Leading Geopolitical Issue
41. Private Clouds are Coming Back
40. IoT is Going to Make Things More Difficult
39. Wi-Fi Marketing Numbers are Lies
38. Technology Silos Are a Thing of the Past
37. Company Acquisitions are a Necessary Evil in Enterprise Tech
36. There’s a Gulf Between Storage and AI
35. Snowflake Networks are Built to Break
34. WiFi is Always the Best Solution
33. AI Doesn't Make App Dev Any Better
32. AI is the Enabler of Network Innovation
31. Edge Computing is a Melting Pot of Technology
30. There Are Too Many Clouds
29. You Don’t Need Post-Quantum Crypto Yet
28. Network Automation Is More Than Just Tooling
27. Data Infrastructure Is A Lot More Than Storage
26. AI and Cloud Demand a New Approach to Cyber Resilience featuring Commvault
25. Hardware Still Matters at the Edge
24. AI Solves All Our Problems
23. Ethernet is Not Ready to Replace InfiniBand Yet
22. AI is Not a Fad
21. AI as We Know It is Just a Fad
20. AI Has A Place In Networking Operations
19. Network-as-a-Service is More of a Financial Model
18. The Mainframe is Still Going Strong
17. Network Engineering is a Dying Career Field
16. Open Source Helps Small Businesses Modernize Applications
15. On-Premises Networks Need to Work Like Cloud Networks
14. Everything is the Cloud and The Cloud is Everything
13. GenAI is Revolutionizing the Enterprise
12. It's Time for Private 5G in the Enterprise
11. Cloud Native is Just a Marketing Term
10. AI is the New Blockchain
9. Application Modernization Requires Good Security Practices
8. Techstrong Editorial Platform Engineering Is the Revenge of IT Operations
7. Wi-Fi 7 Isn’t Enough For Future Wireless Needs
6. Data Quality is More Important Than Ever in an AI World with Qlik
5. Containerization is Required to Modernize Applications at the Edge
4. Security Audits Cause More Harm Than Good
3. AI is Smarter Than Your Average Network Engineer
2. Cyber Resiliency is Just Data Protection
1. Credible Content From the Community is More Important than Ever
0. Reintroducing the Tech Field Day Podcast
AI Demands a New Storage Architecture with Hammerspace
No One Wants To Be A Network Engineer Any More
Real World AI Looks a Lot Different From the Movies
The Future of AI Needs Ethernet
Generative AI is Developing Applications
Hardware Can’t Keep Up With Software
We Need AI to Enable Everything
Platform Engineering Isn’t Just DevOps Renamed
Cloud Repatriation is Really Happening
Ethernet Won’t Replace InfiniBand for AI Networking in 2024
AI Is Going To Make Malware Worse
It’s Always the Wi-Fi
WebAssembly Will Displace Containers For Web-Scale Applications
Identity Management is Tweaking our Neuroses
Cybersecurity is a C-Suite Problem
You Are Afraid of the Vendor Switch
Edge is the Third Great Tech Revolution
Licensing is Ruining Networking
Mind the Gap Between Hyperscale and Enterprise IT
No One Talks About Edge Backup
Edge Innovation is Coming from All Directions
No One Understands Storage Anymore
Primary Storage is Becoming Secondary Storage
AI Infrastructure Disrupts Enterprise IT with Justin Emerson from Pure Storage
Once Again, Snapshots Are Not Backups
VMware Should Focus on the Hypervisor and Networking
Low Code and No Code Aren’t The Magic Solution
Startups are Tech Trailblazers for the Giants
Hybrid Environments Require Cloud DR
Network-as-a-Service is the End of Network Engineering Roles
Network Testing Is Critical
Security is not Privacy
Hardware Doesn’t Matter Anymore
Silos Are Sabotaging Your Security Strategy
Constant Rebranding is Ruining Your Sales Cycle
Machine Learning is Best Suited for Security
Predictive Site Surveys Don’t Work
Cloud Workload Repatriation is a Real Problem
QLC SSDs Are Ready for Mainstream with Solidigm
We Gave Away Too Much To Get Wi-Fi 6E
Don’t Just Store Your Data, Make It Useful with Hammerspace Orchestration
Private 5G Can’t Be Simplified For Enterprises
The Edge is a Real Place
Lock In Is The Enemy
APIs Are Ruining Networking
Databases and Storage Systems Are Converging
Enterprises Need Security Specialists to Succeed with Fortinet
Big Storage Is Everywhere!
IP Address Management in a Modern Dynamic Network
The IT Industry Is Doing Better Than It Seems
Is Encrypted Traffic Monitoring Worth It?
Edge Is Not Just Cloud or Datacenter
Stop Building Snowflakes
Is XDR Only for Security Teams?
Storage as a Service is More Than Financial Engineering with Pure Storage
It’s Time to Repatriate Applications from the Cloud
Enterprise IT Doesn’t Care About A Recession
Hybrid Cloud is Evolving Into the Multicloud with NetApp
Flash Memory Won’t Replace Disk Drives, Let Alone Tape
The Edge is Real This Time
Security Isn’t The WiFi’s Fault
Enterprises Should Be Looking for CloudOps Devs
The Initial Journey to the Cloud is Over with NetApp
It’s Too Hard to Collaborate in Automation
Hybrid Work has Vastly Increased the Enterprise Threat Surface
Security has to be Integrated into the Entire IT Stack
Where Have All The Objects Gone?
Subscription Services are Strangling Enterprise IT
The Future of Datacenter is Serverless
Network Access Can’t Be Controlled From The Edge
You Don’t Need Wi Fi 6E Today
It’s The End of VMworld as We Know IT
IT Infrastructure Companies Don’t Understand Developers
Storage Admins Aren’t Ready for Infrastructure as Code
Observability Needs to Be Smarter
Real Cloud Hybrid Storage Doesn’t Exist
EVPN Doesn’t Need VXLAN
Service Providers Lead the Way in Automation
Wireless is Not Mission Critical
Multi-Cloud is Inevitable
You’re Using the Word Site Survey Wrong
The Future of Storage Isn’t Purely Hardware or Software
Consistent Security is Very Difficult
Networking is Too Complex
The Cloud is More Than Just an API
Full Stack Engineering is a Joke
Does Enterprise IT Matter Anymore
Sometimes the Best Storage is No Storage
IT is Always Reinventing the Wheel
People Don’t Realize How Insecure Their Storage Is
AI Needs Specialized Storage
VPNs Aren’t Required Anymore
Developer Advocacy Isn’t Exactly What We Think It Will Be
Do Enterprises Need Private Cellular?
Too Much Security is Just as Bad as No Security
Storage is Insecure
Firewalls Don’t Seem To Belong Everywhere
Next-Generation Storage is Not Storage Anymore
Reactive Security Controls Are Not Enough
Web3 is Bunk
The Hypercloud is More Important Than the Cloud
Disruptive Technologies Get Buried
2022 Will Be the Same For Technology As 2021
A Service Provider Network is Not Your Enterprise Network
You’re Not Ready to Deal with Unstructured Data
Data Rates Don’t Change Cell Size
Heavy Containers Shouldn’t Exist
The Cloud Is Finally Ready For the Enterprise
Data Protection Software Doesn’t Solve Ransomware Issues
You Need To Get Out Of Your Comfort Zone If You Want To Learn
Will Working From Anywhere Destroy Enterprise IT?
Service Mesh Is a Use in Search of a Problem
Hype and Reality Are Not Related
When is it Time to Scrap Everything in Storage and Start Over?
It’s Time to Embrace the Bottlenecks in Storage
Technical Debt Will Bankrupt Your Modern Apps
High Availability Is the Worst Reason to Go Multi-Cloud
Is Enterprise Wireless the Key to Bringing Workers Back to the Office?
DNS is Critical for Modern Cloud
Enterprise IT Has Transformed Public Cloud
Humans Aren’t Smart Enough to Manage Storage
Composable Infrastructure Will Save the Data Center From the Cloud
We Have Reached the End of the SSD Era
The Enterprise is Not Ready for AI
Traditional Network Monitoring Tools Can’t Keep Up With Modern Environments
Are Our Networks Just Becoming Cloud Service Providers?
Multicloud Is the True Driver of SASE and SD-WAN Adoption
Is It the End of the Server as We Know It?
Private LTE Won’t Displace WiFi
Do We Need To Toss Out Hacked Software?
Is Security Just A Bunch of Products?
Kubernetes Needs Data, Not Storage
What Is The Fate of VMware?
XDR Isn’t Enough for Your Security Needs
Metadata is Not Data
Is SASE Just A Marketing Term?
Pat Gelsinger is Going to Save Intel
Docker Only Cares About Developers Now
Is Storageless Storage Just Someone Else’s Storage?
Do Predictions Even Matter in 2021?
Bug Bounty Programs are Just Legalized Bribery
Traditional Security Models Don’t Work From Just Anywhere
Rate Limiting Will Kill Docker
You Need Cloud Gateways to Transition to the Cloud
There’s Still No Viable Open Source Business Model
Solving Networking From Home Challenges
Governments Trying to Disrupt Botnets is a Bad Idea
Enterprise Networking Has No Need for IPv6 – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
Object Storage is the Future of Primary Storage
Companies are Not Inherently Good or Evil
Working From Home Isn’t All That Great
Not All APIs Are Created Equal
Your Data is Lying to You
You Should Roll Your Own Whitebox Storage
Wi-Fi Isn’t Always the Best Wireless Solution – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
IoT Doesn’t Need Wi-Fi 6E – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
Disaggregated Architecture Runs Best with Enterprise Hybrid Cloud
A Single Source of Truth Can Bring Justice to the World
IT Observability Principles Can Help Bring Justice to the World
AI Can’t Do Much for WiFi – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
Orchestration is the Reason Enterprises Haven’t Adopted Containers – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
Encryption is Ruining Network Security – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
Anomaly Detection is the Only Good ML in the Enterprise – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
vSphere 7 Means NVMe-oF is Ready for Prime Time – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
IT Isn’t Really “That” Broken – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
Feature-Based Licensing for Infrastructure is a Good Thing
Enterprise AI is a Bunch of BS – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
COVID-19 Is A Security Disaster – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
Physical Distancing Isn’t Possible for IT Support – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
Commodity Broadband is Inferior to MPLS – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
Backup is a Security Hole – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
Single Pane of Glass is a Myth – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
Is Backup Dead? – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
Hadoop is Dead – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
Toxic People Are Unavoidable in IT- The On-Premise IT Roundtable
Wi-Fi Monetization is Bad – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
IT Certifications Are More Valuable Than A College Degree – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
The Promise of the Cloud Cannot Be Achieved – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
Digital Transformation is a Myth – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
BONUS: The Origins of Tech Field Day – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
Simplification Adds Risk – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
The Administrative Hurdle of IPv6 – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
Storage: You Gotta Keep ’em Separated – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
Learning Kubernetes is a Waste of Time – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
Security Can’t Keep Up – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
The Cloud Should Adapt to the Enterprise – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
Redesigning is Useless in Wireless – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
SaaS Backup Isn’t My Problem – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
The Traditional Office is Dying – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
VARs are Useless – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
IoT Is Making Society Less Secure – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
Multi-Cloud Is A Fad – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
You’re Wrong About Data Protection Policy – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
Bringing Yourself to Work – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
The Cloud is Going to Disappear – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
Network Analytics Is Too Expensive – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
Microsoft Is Done With Windows – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
Change Your Password All The Time – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
The Storage Array is Dead – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
You Need Sensors for Analytics – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
5G will Replace Traditional Networks – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
Composable Infrastructure is Just Blade Server 2.0 – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
You Shouldn’t Run Your Own Website – On-Premise IT Roundtable
It Doesn’t Matter Where Your Data is Stored – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
BONUS: Phoummala Schmitt – IT Origins
Networking Disaggregation Isn’t Ready – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
BONUS: Tomer Shiran – IT Origins
Leon Adato – IT Origins
IT Burnout is Inevitable – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
Revisited: Security is a Dumpster Fire – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
BONUS: Ted Dunning – IT Origins
Enterprise AI Is Just a Buzzword – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
BONUS: Patric Palm – IT Origins
Automation Will Kill Engineering Jobs – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
All Your Networking Are Belong to NFV | The On-Premise IT Roundtable
BONUS: Karen Lopez – IT Origins
You Should Care Where SaaS Lives | On-Premise IT Roundtable
BONUS: Zachary Smith – IT Origins
Your Notifications Stink! The On-Premise IT Roundtable
Painful IT Language – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
BONUS: Dong Ngo – IT Origins
Words Don’t Mean Things After All! The On-Premise IT Roundtable
The IT Differentiation Dilemma – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
BONUS: Matt Leib – IT Origins
Whitebox World – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
Licensing Models Matter- The On-Premise IT Roundtable
BONUS Interview Episode: Allison Sheridan – IT Origins
Intent-Based Networking Isn’t Just SDN – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
2017 was the Year of… – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
Failed Startups – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
All Storage Should Scale-Out – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
The CLI is Dead – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
Security is a Dumpster Fire – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
Technical Debt Really Isn’t All That Bad – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
What Is Automation? The On-Premise IT Roundtable
Managed Services from the 90s to Now – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
Cloud Lock-In: The On-Premise IT Roundtable
Cloud is More Than a Data Center: The On-Premise IT Roundtable
IoT Abandonware: The On-Premise IT Roundtable
The Brave New World of NVMe: The On-Premise IT Roundtable
Is Kubernetes a Flash in the Pan? The On-Premise IT Roundtable
Managing Your IT Career – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
Caching vs Tiering – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
What is Big Data? The On-Premise IT Roundtable
Intel and Network Functions Virtualization: The On-Premise IT Roundtable
Virtualization and Containers: The On-Premise IT Roundtable 4
Locations and Beacons: The On-Premise IT Roundtable 3
Is DevOps a Disaster? The On-Premise IT Roundtable 2
SD-WAN: On-Premise IT Roundtable 1