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Technology Short Take 124

Scott Lowe

Redpill Linpro talks to readers about their new routers running Cumulus Linux. I’m pretty sure I’d heard of this utility before, but somehow it fell off my radar/map. I recently found this page , and thought it was a great idea—trying to bring improved security to the masses. Virtualization.

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Technology Short Take 153

Scott Lowe

Although Linux is often considered to be superior to Windows and macOS with regard to security, it is not without its own security flaws. I, personally, would posit that Linux can be more secure than other platforms, but it requires proper configuration and can still be undone by a loose nut behind the keyboard. Virtualization.

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Technology Short Take #46

Scott Lowe

This is a really useful post and I’m looking forward to future posts in this series. It was good to read this post on Cumulus Linux first impressions by Jeremy Stretch. I’m a fan of Cumulus, but I’m admittedly a Linux guy (see here ) so you might say I’m a bit biased. Virtualization.

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Technology Short Take #39

Scott Lowe

Craig Matsumoto of SDN Central helps highlight a recent (and fairly significant) development in networking protocols—the submission of the Generic Network Virtualization Encapsulation (Geneve) proposal to the IETF. This next round of hardware offloads seems targeted at network virtualization and related technologies.

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SeanDaniel.com [tech]: Give-Away Contest: Win a Copy of SBS.

Sean Daniel

Book Give-away : Win free copy of the Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard, Configuring (70-169) Certification Guide , just by commenting! Why I should have this book is elementary: Not because I'm planning on getting certified like most, but because I know LINUX & OS/X intimately and SBS 2011 is neither of those.

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Vendor Meetings at VMworld 2013

Scott Lowe

Given my previous role at EMC (involved in storage) and my current role at VMware focused on network virtualization (which encompasses SDN), I was quite curious. Even so, I’m going to keep an eye on Jeda to see how things progress. Jeda Networks describes themselves as a “software-defined storage networking” company.

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SeanDaniel.com [tech]: Why I plan on using the new Windows Home.

Sean Daniel

Why I plan on using the new Windows Home Server 2011. I’m sure you have heard by now, that the Release Candidate of the new Windows Home Server 2011 is available for download. It’s a huge milestone, and I’m excited for the final RTM sometime the first half of this year! I do understand the pain.

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