Scott Lowe

MARCH 15, 2024

Servers/Hardware Menno Finlay-Smits shares information on reducing fan noise on Intel NUCs. Operating Systems/Applications Here’s one person’s take on sudo for Windows. David Both has an article on using systemd journals for troubleshooting. Ivan Pepelnjak dives deep on DHCP relaying on a Linux host.

Linux 112

Linux Vmware Load Balancer Malware 112

CTOvision

AUGUST 16, 2016

From an enterprise IT standpoint, their championing of the Android operating system has earned them a place in the mobility domain, and their Google Apps offering helped show many businesses that the cloud can work for office automation. Related articles. We track Google ( NASDAQ:GOOGL ) as a Tech Titan , of course.

Google 150

Google Cloud Advertising Operating Systems 150

CTOvision

DECEMBER 3, 2014

The mission of Napatech: Our mission is to keep our customers one step ahead of the data ingestion curve by accelerating their applications and time-to-market while reducing risk. We say that now and in the future, we enable our customers’ applications to run faster than the networks they need to manage and protect. Related articles.

Applications 254

Applications CTO Network Operating Systems 254

CTOvision

AUGUST 15, 2016

The Company also designs and sells hardware, and delivers online advertising to the customers. The Company operates in five segments: Devices and Consumer (D&C) Licensing, D&C Hardware, D&C Other, Commercial Licensing, and Commercial Other. Related articles.

Microsoft 150

Microsoft Enterprise Enterprise Licensing 150

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 8, 2021

There’s some networking stuff, a few security links, and even a hardware-related article. As Alec shares in the article, it turns out that adding Tor to a “standard” DoH configuration doesn’t significantly impact performance (as measured by latency). Servers/Hardware. Networking.

IPv6 97

IPv6 Storage Hardware Vmware 97

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 12, 2022

Well, you’ll have to read the whole article to find out for sure, but I have links to articles on…well, lots of different topics! DNS, BGP, hardware-based security, Kubernetes, Linux—they’re all in here. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Career/Soft Skills.

Linux 90

Linux Storage Virtualization Hardware 90

Galido

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

An android phone is a powerful and highly advanced Smartphone which runs on the Android operating system, which is created by Google. Using android mobiles you can able to install a varying number of applications for your convenience and at the same time, these mobiles provide multitasking capability for the end users.

Mobile 77

Mobile Operating Systems Apple Hardware 77

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 8, 2021

There’s some networking stuff, a few security links, and even a hardware-related article. As Alec shares in the article, it turns out that adding Tor to a “standard” DoH configuration doesn’t significantly impact performance (as measured by latency). Servers/Hardware. Networking.

IPv6 60

IPv6 Storage Hardware Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 27, 2023

I’ve got another collection of links to articles on networking, security, cloud, programming, and career development—hopefully you find something useful! Servers/Hardware What do you think of the ThinkPhone ? This article on using osquery for behavioral detection of macOS malware was an interesting read.

Programming 90

Programming Open Source Cloud Devops 90

CTOvision

AUGUST 16, 2016

The Company operates through five segments: Global Technology Services (GTS), Global Business Services (GBS), Software, Systems Hardware and Global Financing. Its GBS segment provides consulting and systems integration, application management services and process services. Related articles.

IBM 150

IBM Artificial Intelligence Enterprise Enterprise 150

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

This time around, my list of links and articles is a tad skewed toward cloud computing/cloud management, but I’ve still managed to pull together some links on other topics that readers will hopefully find useful. Lucky for you there’s a link to an article about it below. Servers/Hardware. You didn’t?

Cloud 87

Cloud Tools Applications Policies 87

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

This is a slightly older article (from January of this year) in which Josh Saul of Hedgehog pays homage to the achievements of Cumulus Networks in the open networking movement. As detailed in this article , it turns out BitLocker can be bypassed—assuming physical access to the hardware—with a cheap logic analyzer.

Vmware 74

Vmware Network Hardware Cloud 74

Scott Lowe

APRIL 15, 2022

This article contains some good information on IPv6 for those who are just starting to get more familiar with it, although toward the end it turns into a bit of an advertisement. Servers/Hardware. Cabling is hardware, right? Here’s a set of 15 principles for designing and deploying scalable applications on Kubernetes.

Linux 74

Linux Load Balancer IPv6 Licensing 74

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 6, 2023

If you’re new to this site, the Technology Short Takes are essentially “link lists”—I collect links and articles about various technologies and I share them about every 3-4 weeks (sometimes more frequently). Servers/Hardware. Get more details in this article. Operating Systems/Applications.

Network 74

Network Vmware Cloud Operating Systems 74

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 28, 2022

In any case, I’ve spent the last month collecting links to articles and tutorials from around the web on all the various technologies that us IT folk are likely to encounter in our day-to-day adventures. Servers/Hardware. Looks like some significant bandwidth increases could be on the horizon; see this article for more details.

Open Source 79

Open Source Apple Vmware Cloud 79

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. I found this article on NSO/Pegasus a very interesting read. Operating Systems/Applications.

Open Source 94

Open Source Virtualization Applications Security 94

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 6, 2021

Servers/Hardware. I saw this blog post about Curiefense , an open source Envoy extension to add WAF (web application firewall) functionality to Envoy. This post on using SPIFFE/SPIRE, Kubernetes, and Envoy together shows how to implement mutual TLS (mTLS) for a simple application. Operating Systems/Applications.

Open Source 105

Open Source Load Balancer WAN Architecture 105

Scott Lowe

APRIL 29, 2022

My link of links and articles from around the Internet is a bit light on networking and virtualization this time around, but heftier in the security, cloud, and OS/application sections. Servers/Hardware. a shares a trick for bypassing the macOS TCC protection using older applications. Operating Systems/Applications.

Linux 74

Linux Storage Programming Applications 74

Kitaboo

DECEMBER 6, 2023

In this article, we’ll explore the mechanisms white label ed platforms use to convert, adjust, optimize, and distribute eBooks across different formats. White label ed platforms understand that their eBooks need to be compatible across devices that vary in screen size, resolution, and hardware capabilities.

eBook 78

eBook Quality Assurance Operating Systems Education 78

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Thanks to this article , that oversight is now corrected. Oh, and the article shares a handy Python script to help implement bogon filtering in NSX-T. In truth, the answer is exactly as Ivan says at the top of the article: when it comes to migrating container hosts, you don’t. Servers/Hardware. Seriously.).

Storage 79

Storage Hardware Policies Open Source 79

Scott Lowe

MAY 27, 2022

I mean, don’t you want to spend this weekend catching up on some technology-related articles instead of cooking on the grill and gathering with friends and family? Still, for those who need a little technology fix over the weekend, hopefully I’ve included something useful in the list of articles below. Servers/Hardware.

Virtualization 79

Virtualization Storage Programming Network 79

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The list of articles is a bit shorter than usual this time around, but I’ve still got a good collection of articles and posts covering topics in networking, hardware (mostly focused on Apple’s processors), cloud computing, and virtualization. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 74

Vmware Cloud Network Hardware 74

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 21, 2022

I have a few more links than normal this time around, although I didn’t find articles in a couple categories. Don’t worry—I’ll keep my eyes peeled and my RSS reader ready to pull in new articles in those categories for next time. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications.

Load Balancer 90

Load Balancer Linux Intel Cloud 90

Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2021

The collection of links shared below covers a fairly wide range of topics, from old Sun hardware to working with serverless frameworks in the public cloud. Servers/Hardware. Hari Rana has a detailed discussion of security concerns regarding Flatpak (a packaging format for Linux applications). Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Hardware Load Balancer Apple 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Here’s another collection of articles and blog posts about some of the common technologies that modern IT professionals will typically encounter. Brian Boucheron provides a great article on how to inspect and debug Kubernetes network primitives. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications.

Hardware 60

Hardware Open Source Vmware Linux 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Both the hardware as well as the software have served me well. Both the hardware as well as the software have served me well. I adopted OS X as my operating system of choice in 2003 because I wanted a stable, powerful, UNIX-based operating system. This article was originally posted on blog.scottlowe.org.

Operating Systems 131

Operating Systems Apple Applications Linux 131

Cloud Musings

MARCH 9, 2018

According to the former Equifax CEO’s testimony to Congress , one of the primary causes of this now infamous data breach was the company’s failure to patch a critical vulnerability in the open source Apache Struts Web application framework. A process to identify vulnerabilities in hardware, operating systems, and applications.

Operating Systems 79

Operating Systems Enterprise Enterprise Virtualization 79

ForAllSecure

APRIL 19, 2023

It’s time to evolve beyond the UNIX operating system. So while I was editing this podcast on self-healing operating systems, I was reminded of an article that I never finished for Fobes.com. It’s a radical rethinking of how we even view our current choices of UNIX-derived operating systems.

Operating Systems 40

Operating Systems System Open Source Applications 40

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 27, 2021

I never found the root cause, but we did find a workaround; however, along the way, someone shared this article with me. Servers/Hardware. Dan Lorenc’s article on policy and attestations does a great job of covering key concepts like signatures, attestations, and provenance. Operating Systems/Applications.

Linux 90

Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 90

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 15, 2021

This article by Joshua Fox outlines how and when to use each of the various types of firewalls offered by AWS. Servers/Hardware. More details are available in this article. Cormac Hogan shares some lessons learned using a Kubernetes Operator to query vSphere resources. Operating Systems/Applications.

Linux 60

Linux Firewall Open Source Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 11, 2016

In this post you’ll find a collection of links to articles discussing the major data center technologies—networking, hardware, security, cloud computing, applications, virtualization…you name it! (If MTU in OpenStack Neutron has been, as this article by Sam Yaple points out, a bit of a touchy subject. Servers/Hardware.

Vmware 60

Vmware Hardware Storage Linux 60

Galido

JULY 20, 2018

Many iPhone users and Apple fanboys alike stand by their product no matter how limited Apple makes their storage capacities, while Android geeks have long time been able to freely add storage/memory cards to their devices and take advantage of more powerful hardware. Aesthetics, Hardware and Price. Most geeks like that control.

Study 66

Study Apple Google Operating Systems 66

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

I found this link in the serverless mullet architectures post, see the “Operating Systems/Applications” section below.). Servers/Hardware. Much of what’s said in this article applies to all forms of “lock-in,” to be honest. I’m glad I read this article from Michael Gasch.

Architecture 60

Architecture Operating Systems Applications How To 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 6, 2021

Servers/Hardware. I saw this blog post about Curiefense , an open source Envoy extension to add WAF (web application firewall) functionality to Envoy. This post on using SPIFFE/SPIRE, Kubernetes, and Envoy together shows how to implement mutual TLS (mTLS) for a simple application. Operating Systems/Applications.

Open Source 60

Open Source Load Balancer WAN Architecture 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The list of articles is a bit shorter than usual this time around, but I’ve still got a good collection of articles and posts covering topics in networking, hardware (mostly focused on Apple’s processors), cloud computing, and virtualization. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Cloud Network Hardware 60

Galido

OCTOBER 18, 2018

If you are reading this article, it means that you want to start studying programming. This language is perfect programming language for the development of medium and high complexity web applications. Originally authored by David Heinemeier Hansson, it is a cross-platform Web application framework written in Ruby. Objective-C.

Programming 81

Programming Operating Systems Open Source Applications 81

Kitaboo

MAY 23, 2023

In this comprehensive guide, we will delve into the fascinating world of Digital Rights Management (DRM) and explore how it is implemented in software applications. Gone are the days of clunky hardware-based DRM solutions that relied on physical tokens or specialized hardware components.

Software 78

Software Software Licensing eBook 78