The Verge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

This opens up the ability to repurpose the hardware for more things today, and means that a randomly discovered shrink wrapped headset twenty years from now will be able to update to the final software version, long after over-the-air update servers have been shut down. John Carmack (@ID_AA_Carmack) September 24, 2021. “We

Operating Systems 118

Operating Systems Fractional CTO System CTO 118

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 31, 2021

This is the last Technology Short Take of 2021, so hopefully I’ll close the year out “with a bang” with this collection of links and articles on various technology areas. Servers/Hardware. Filippo Valsorda speculates on how open source maintainers need to evolve into professional maintainers. Networking.

Open Source 94

Open Source Virtualization Applications Security 94

Scott Lowe

MAY 27, 2022

Servers/Hardware. marks the first release of the open source container orchestration platform that is signed using Sigstore (more details here ). For relevant storage news, I’d recommend having a look at J Metz’ Storage Short Take 42. network virtualization). Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

Virtualization 79

Virtualization Storage Programming Network 79

CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Demand has increased so much that IT job postings in manufacturing doubled between May 2021 and 2022, according to Dice.com, with increased demand for skills such as agile development, Python, software development, automation, C++, SQL, and Java, among others. Software engineer.

Software Development 116

Software Development Engineering Software Software 116

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Components involved include the open source Kuma service mesh (in turn leveraging Envoy), anycast BGP, and mutual TLS (mTLS). Servers/Hardware. William Lam takes a look at some potentially interesting homelab hardware. Jim Jones has an article on getting started with S3-compatible object storage. Seriously.).

Storage 79

Storage Hardware Policies Open Source 79

CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 5, 2022

The logical progression from the virtualization of servers and storage in VSANs was hyperconvergence. By abstracting the three elements of storage, compute, and networking, data centers were promised limitless infrastructure control. Worries around vendor lock-in surround the black-box nature of HCI-in-a-box appliances, too.

Cloud 88

Cloud CTO Open Source Data Center 88

ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

When I started writing my first book when gadgets betray us, IoT was still known as hardware hacking, or embedded security. There has to be storage somewhere so even sensors, end up sending their data someplace that has to be stored, and that might be in the cloud, for instance, which is increasingly a part of the Internet of Things.

Internet 52

Internet Research Security Tools 52