Scott Lowe

MAY 17, 2019

There will be a longer gap than usual before the next Tech Short Take (more details to come on Monday), but in the meantime here’s some articles and links to feed your technical appetite. Michael Allen published an article on weaponizing the Yubikey. Operating Systems/Applications. Networking.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 12, 2021

This is truly an information-dense article, and if working with the AWS API Gateway falls into your job responsibilities then this is probably a good post to read. Here’s Chip Zoller’s comparison of Gatekeper and Kyverno. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Career/Soft Skills.

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IPv6 Network Storage Policies 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 2, 2021

This article on eBPF and Isovalent (the company behind the Cilium CNI plugin for Kubernetes) has some statements with which I agree, and some that don’t make sense to me. Operating Systems/Applications. ” Get ready to get nerdy! Need to list assets across multiple cloud providers? Check out cloudlist.

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 11, 2020

This is an older article, but hopefully still useful nevertheless: Brian Mathews explains how to use the linkerd sidecar to find and fix application issues on Kubernetes. Operating Systems/Applications. Paul Johnston shares several comparisons in support of how tech teams should run more like sports teams.

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Linux Network Tools Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Here’s another collection of links and articles from around the Internet discussing various data center-focused technologies. The rise of the disaggregated network operating system (NOS) marches on: this time, it’s Big Switch Networks announcing expanded hardware support in Open Network Linux (ONL) , upon which its own NOS is based.

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Scott Lowe

JULY 13, 2018

It looks like there will be a follow-up to this article as well, so you may want to check back on Ajay’s site. The sort of things that are possible with Falco—some of which are outlined in this admittedly very vendor-specific article —makes it an intriguing solution (to me, anyway). Operating Systems/Applications.

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Load Balancer Virtualization Authentication Tools 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2012

Mirantis published an article discussing a framework they built for bare-metal provisioning with OpenStack that allows OpenStack to place workloads onto bare-metal nodes instead of onto a hypervisor. I don’t have anything for this area this time around, but I’ll stay alert for articles to add next time. Servers/Hardware.

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Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Continuing on that Envoy theme, you may find this article by Matt Klein—one of the primary authors of Envoy—helpful in understanding some of the concepts behind modern load balancing and proxying. Steven Acreman shares a brief, high-level comparison of the major Kubernetes ingress solutions. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Load Balancer Operating Systems Intel Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 6, 2018

Via Ivan Pepelnjak, I found this article by Diane Patton at Cumulus Networks talking about container network designs. This post is a bit older, but covers a challenge faced by cloud-native darling Netflix—how does one, exactly, identify which application used which IP address at a given point in time? Servers/Hardware.

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Linux Vmware Comparison Network 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 8, 2016

(Cue the round of folks claiming that this is why proprietary network operating systems [NOSes] are the route the networking industry should be taking.). Tony Sangha has a nice article providing step-by-step instructions on setting up a site-to-site IPSec VPN between VMware NSX and a Cisco CSR 1000v.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 30, 2018

Vadim Eisenberg has two articles that describe how to integrate external services into an Istio service mesh. The first article covers integrating external web services ; the second article discusses consuming external TCP services. Tirumarai Selvan has a comparison. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Linux Vmware Windows Applications 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

Nevertheless, I have persevered in order to deliver you this list of links and articles. And he provides a GitHub repository with samples from the article.). Courtesy of Corey Quinn, here’s an awesome AWS versus Azure comparison , comic book style. Operating Systems/Applications. Networking.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 23, 2017

However, hopefully I’ve managed to gather together some articles with useful information for you. Biruk Mekonnen has an introductory article on using Netmiko for network automation. Cossack Labs recently released Acra , a database encryption suite designed to protect applications against data leaks by providing strong encryption.

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Open Source Storage Vmware Network 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 21, 2016

Honestly, I haven’t had a great deal of time to make much progress, but I did come across this article by Sudeep Goyal which helped reinforce some of the basics I already knew. First up, there’s a great article on using IPVLAN with Docker and Cumulus Linux (with a tie back to sFlow, naturally!). See this article by Dale Coghlan.

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Vmware Linux Storage Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 17, 2016

In any case, here’s another collection of links and articles from around the Net on the major data center technology areas. Some of Anthony Burke’s work here may also be useful; for example, check out his recent article on using Log Insight to assist with achieving microsegmentation. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 26, 2017

Welcome to Technology Short Take #86, the latest collection of links, articles, and posts from around the web, focused on major data center technology areas. Csilla Bessenyei has a series of articles on step-by-step automation that you might find helpful. Operating Systems/Applications. Networking.

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Hardware Devops Network Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 14, 2016

As we start a new year, here’s a collection of links and articles from around the web. Nir Yechiel posted an article on using the Cumulus VX QCOW2 image with Fedora and KVM. Here’s an article on an effort to add Cisco IOS support to NAPALM. Operating Systems/Applications. Networking. Servers/Hardware.

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Vmware Devops Storage Linux 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 14, 2016

As we start a new year, here’s a collection of links and articles from around the web. Nir Yechiel posted an article on using the Cumulus VX QCOW2 image with Fedora and KVM. Here’s an article on an effort to add Cisco IOS support to NAPALM. Operating Systems/Applications. Networking. Servers/Hardware.

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Devops Vmware Storage Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 24, 2015

Welcome to Technology Short Take #50, the latest in my series of posts sharing various links and articles pertaining to key data center technologies. If you’re looking for more examples of how to incorporate these sorts of tools into your own network automation workflow, I’d recommend having a look at this article. Networking.

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Scott Lowe

MAY 25, 2017

Anthony Shaw has a good comparison of Ansible, StackStorm, and Salt (with a particular view at applicability in a networking context). Operating Systems/Applications. I was recently reviewing some articles on Git, the popular distributed version control system, and came across a few related posts.

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Linux Open Source Network Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 25, 2017

Anthony Shaw has a good comparison of Ansible, StackStorm, and Salt (with a particular view at applicability in a networking context). Operating Systems/Applications. I was recently reviewing some articles on Git, the popular distributed version control system, and came across a few related posts.

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Linux Open Source Network Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 16, 2017

Anthony Shaw has a good comparison of Ansible, StackStorm, and Salt (with a particular view at applicability in a networking context). Operating Systems/Applications. I was recently reviewing some articles on Git, the popular distributed version control system, and came across a few related posts.

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Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 22, 2015

Here’s hoping I’ve managed to find something of value and interest to you in this latest collection of links and articles from around the web on networking, storage, virtualization, security, and other data center-related technologies. Here’s an article that combines two of my favorite companies: Cumulus Networks and Ravello Systems.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

October 2016: Cook tells BuzzFeed News that while “VR has some interesting applications,” AR is superior to VR because “there’s no substitute for human contact. February 2017: Cook expands his thoughts on AR’s potential , adding a new comparison: AR is a big idea, like the smartphone. And so you want the technology to encourage that.”.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 5, 2013

I love this quote from that article: “The second misnomer is, flow based forwarding does not scale. I’m looking forward to the fourth and final article in the series! Although this post is a bit older (it’s from September of last year), it’s still an interesting comparison of both OpenStack and CloudStack.

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mrc's Cup of Joe Blog

APRIL 4, 2018

In this article, we explore 7 enterprise mobile app trends you can’t ignore this year. I won’t get into all of the details here, as there are whole articles written on 5G’s business impact. Now, I won’t get into all of the ins and outs of the topic, but here’s a good article on Instant Apps if you would like to know more.

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Mobile Trends Enterprise Enterprise 49

Scott Lowe

JUNE 11, 2014

He makes comparisons among server virtualization, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, and SDN, and feels that in order for SDN to really hit this market it needs to be “not a user-facing feature, but rather a means to an end” (his words). Operating Systems/Applications. Good stuff, I highly recommend reading it.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 10, 2015

I have here for your reading pleasure an eclectic collection of links and articles from around the web, focusing on data center-related technologies. His article also provides a quick look at some of the configuration commands involved. It’s a pretty detailed article with lots of useful information. Bring on the content!

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Sean Daniel

MAY 25, 2012

and I thought it would be great to do a little bit of a comparison now that I’ve played with it for a bit. So let’s get down to business, my impressions and comparisons between the iPad (3rd generation) and the Playbook 2.0. Build in Applications Apple’s Mail client is beautiful, and makes doing email fun.

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Dataconomy

JULY 18, 2023

These tech marvels are designed to add another dimension to your ChatGPT experience by linking you with external applications, services, and companies. ChatGPT plugins are live It’s important to note that plugins are accessible only via the website and not the mobile application. Is ChatGPT Plus worth it?

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