CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 11, 2022

Customers want to be able to transfer money to anyone, anywhere; get an answer instantly regarding their loan application; and have access to their deposits right away, with no hold on their funds. An SD-WAN overlays traditional or hybrid WAN infrastructures and locates the software or hardware nodes at each location and in the cloud.

WAN 109

WAN Financial Agile Firewall 109

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

SASE supports multiple secure access use cases—such as private applications, cloud applications, and SaaS applications—with flexible connectivity options across any user, branch, campus, microbranch location. 3 Why the trough of disillusionment?

WAN 133

WAN Network Security Cloud 133

CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 27, 2023

For technologists with the right skills and expertise, the demand for talent remains and businesses continue to invest in technical skills such as data analytics, security, and cloud. Companies can’t ignore digital transformation as technology continues to dominate nearly every aspect of business and daily-life.

Engineering 115

Engineering Devops Architecture Software 115

Fountainhead

MAY 12, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Profiling questions nobodys asking re: cloud applications. I find it odd that so much is being written about defining cloud terminology, cloud operation, and cloud construction. Tuesday, May 12, 2009. Or am I missing something?

Cloud 186

Cloud Data Center Applications Virtualization 186

TM Forum

JANUARY 27, 2022

“When we talk about cloudification we think of it as a way to optimize capex on the hardware infrastructure. “For that, of course, we need a telco cloud infrastructure and we need the network workloads to be containerized,” explains Leboucher. ” Orange is testing how its vision will work in practice.

CTO 130

CTO Network Cloud Virtualization 130

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

This is session COMS002, titled “Next Generation Cloud Infrastructure with Data Plane Virtualization.” Verplanke believes that DPDK (Data Plane Development Kit) and virtualization are key to virtualizing workloads that move around lots and lots of packets, such as firewalls, routers, and other similar functions.

Virtualization 113

Virtualization Intel Cloud Data 113

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. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

Open Source 105

Open Source Load Balancer WAN Architecture 105

SecureWorld News

JANUARY 13, 2022

That is, our primary security controls of firewalls, intrusion prevention, network segmentation, and wired network security are no longer the primary method to manage technology in a COE. As COVID-19 continues to impact organizations, many have shifted management technologies to the cloud to facilitate the always-on management of devices.

Authentication 73

Authentication Resources Security Cloud 73

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 20, 2023

2] In this arena, desktop virtualization and cloud technologies will play starring roles. Driven by the growth of cloud-based technologies, the global VDI market is projected to reach a value of more than USD78 billion by 2030. [3] They opted to run VDI in a private cloud with a pay-as-you-go consumption model.

Dell 59

Dell Intel Virtualization Cloud 59

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. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. Thinking of buying an M1-powered Mac? You may find this list helpful. Matt Fuller has you covered.

Linux 60

Linux Firewall Open Source Vmware 60

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Following this trend, some airlines even developed their own “payment application” through which customers not only can book airline tickets but also make payments on other e-commerce platforms. is asking all organizations to encrypt the data on the application level—in other words, disk or partition-level encryption is not enough anymore.

Airlines 52

Airlines Travel Security Firewall 52

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 Thinking of using a hardware VTEP (VXLAN Tunnel Endpoint) with VMware NSX? Servers/Hardware. Networking.

Vmware 60

Vmware Hardware Storage Linux 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 2, 2019

The key takeaway here is that anytime there is firewalling or other stateful services in place, the traffic will route to the (non-distributed) service router instead of just the distributed routers. Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization.

Storage 60

Storage Applications Programming Firewall 60

SecureWorld News

APRIL 9, 2023

However, conventional solutions such as antivirus, firewalls, and other detection and blocking tools can only offer a limited level of security. Here, filtering, threat analysis, and sandboxing are performed on a public or private cloud server. Provides more security: Remote browser isolation in the cloud is very reliable.

Security 83

Security Malware Virtualization Network 83

Kitaboo

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

It prevents students from accessing the institute’s network for classes or retrieving educational material or work saved on the cloud. Similarly, organizations must also implement security controls for their data stored in the cloud. For instance, you can create cloud backups and also store data in external hardware.

Education 78

Education Malware eBook Backup 78

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. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

Open Source 60

Open Source Load Balancer WAN Architecture 60

Dataconomy

JUNE 27, 2023

How to counter the most risky cloud computing threats? Vulnerability scanners can identify weaknesses in your systems and applications, allowing you to address them promptly through patches and updates. Common features include real-time scanning, web protection, email scanning, firewall capabilities, and ransomware protection.

Malware 68

Malware Software Software Financial 68

Galido

JUNE 28, 2018

Application monitoring. PRTG monitors all types of systems, devices and applications in your IT infrastructure: SNMP: Ready to use and with customization options. As devices are discovered, probes will also detect the services and hardware it can monitor. Reducing the costs by buying only the hardware you need.

Network 60

Network LAN VOIP Licensing 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2017

Servers/Hardware. Here’s an interesting article on the role that virtualization is playing in the network functions virtualization (NFV) space now that ARM hardware is growing increasingly powerful. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications.

Windows 60

Windows Vmware Virtualization Linux 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2017

Servers/Hardware. Here’s an interesting article on the role that virtualization is playing in the network functions virtualization (NFV) space now that ARM hardware is growing increasingly powerful. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications.

Windows 60

Windows Vmware Virtualization Linux 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Servers/Hardware. specifically, the new container network firewall functionality. When I was using Fedora, I needed some useful information on firewall-cmd , and found this article to be helpful. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. Perhaps I should remove this section?

Firewall 60

Firewall Virtualization Network Storage 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 16, 2017

Servers/Hardware. Here’s an interesting article on the role that virtualization is playing in the network functions virtualization (NFV) space now that ARM hardware is growing increasingly powerful. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications.

Windows 60

Windows Virtualization Devops Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 2, 2017

Tony Sangha took PowerNSX (a set of PowerShell cmdlets for interacting with NSX) and created a tool to help document the NSX Distributed Firewall configuration. Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. What’s that? You haven’t heard of PowerNSX before? See here.).

Linux 60

Linux Devops Open Source Virtualization 60

CTOvision

JUNE 5, 2015

SIEM also has the capability to integrate with applications that are developed in house by using a customized collector. Some of the tools can be basic tools like antivirus, firewall and intrusion detection systems like Snort. The hardware should be properly configured according to their requirements. Incident Management.

Security 150

Security Intel Network Analysis 150

Scott Lowe

APRIL 24, 2015

This is kind of cool, and (in my humble opinion) a sign of changing times: Juniper has Vagrant boxes as well as a Vagrant plugin for working with vSRX (virtual firewall) VMs (via this article from Matt Oswalt). Servers/Hardware. Here are some general guidelines for configuring syslog forwarding on a Cisco ASA firewall.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Firewall Network 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 10, 2015

What’s really interesting to me is the (completely uncoordinated) alignment between Matt’s list of skills for networking pros and the list I provided to virtualization pros in a series of recent VMUG presentations (refer to slide 15, but the list is software development basics, Linux, automation/orchestration, and public cloud services).

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Hardware Software Development 60

CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 15, 2022

If you recently integrated cloud technologies into your IT environment, chances are your team spent many months working behind the scenes, diligently setting up the implementation to generate quick gains for the business. Either way, clouds of any flavor from public to on prem to hybrid don’t manage themselves. They have two options.

Cloud 138

Cloud Open Source Applications Storage 138

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Servers/Hardware. Vivek Gite over at nixCraft explains how to use ufw (Uncomplicated Firewall) on Ubuntu to limit SSH connections. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. Flatpak is a (relatively) new application packaging/sandboxing mechanism for Linux applications.

Linux 60

Linux Network Virtualization IPv6 60

Dataconomy

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Look for a Managed Security Service Provider that has invested heavily in cutting-edge security tools and technologies, such as next-generation firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and advanced threat protection platforms. They should also have a strong track record of delivering successful security solutions to clients.

Security 74

Security Information Security Data System 74

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Servers/Hardware. While all the attention is “up the stack,” there are still some occasions when you need to worry about the details in the hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. you’ll need to be sure to unblock WMI in the Windows Firewall.

Vmware 69

Vmware Linux Storage Virtualization 69

Dataconomy

MARCH 28, 2023

An IoT ( Internet of Things ) ecosystem refers to a network of interconnected devices, sensors, and software applications that work together to collect, analyze, and share data. Application layer:  This layer includes software applications and tools that enable users to interact with and make sense of the data generated by the system.

Data 28

Data Storage Security Network 28

Dataconomy

MARCH 28, 2023

An IoT ( Internet of Things ) ecosystem refers to a network of interconnected devices, sensors, and software applications that work together to collect, analyze, and share data. Application layer:  This layer includes software applications and tools that enable users to interact with and make sense of the data generated by the system.

Data 28

Data Storage Security Network 28

Scott Lowe

MARCH 17, 2016

At the recent OCP Summit, Microsoft introduced Software for Open Networking in the Cloud (SONiC). Servers/Hardware. Russell Pope at Kovarus recently wrote about using security groups to manage the VMware NSX distributed firewall. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Network Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 29, 2016

If you like geeking out over the hardware side of networking, you may find this Ars Technica article on the physical infrastructure of the global Internet to be an interesting read. (I Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications.

Linux 60

Linux Network Hardware Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 12, 2016

I recently spoke at Interop 2016 in Las Vegas, and while I was there I scribbled down some notes pertaining to how decomposing applications into microservices-based architectures was similar in some respects to decomposing networks into an overlay network and an underlay (physical) network. Servers/Hardware. Networking.

Vmware 60

Vmware Windows Network Agile 60

Galido

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Identify whether or not you need support for particular scripts or Windows applications and other special software. You need to clarify with your prospective provider if they can actually provide service for the applications you want to implement. You are able to put in custom firewalls and set them according to your requirements.

Backup 103

Backup Resources Security Virtualization 103

Scott Lowe

APRIL 8, 2013

Greg Ferro examines a potential SDN use case (an OpenFlow use case) in the form of enterprise firewall migrations. Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. Just getting started in the networking field? Mounting guest disk images on the host? Check it out here.

Storage 111

Storage Vmware WAN Virtualization 111