The Verge

JANUARY 24, 2022

RSC will be used to train a range of systems across Meta’s businesses: from content moderation algorithms used to detect hate speech on Facebook and Instagram to augmented reality features that will one day be available in the company’s future AR hardware. Meta’s AI supercomputer is due to be complete by mid-2022.

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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. Which is known for ease of use?

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Study Apple Google Operating Systems 66

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Networking. Via Kirk Byers (who is himself a fantastic resource), I read a couple of articles on network automation that I think readers may find helpful. First up is a treatise from Mircea Ulinic on whether network automation is needed. I first ran into Forward Networks a few years ago at Fall ONUG in New York.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 4, 2023

As more organizations rely on HPC to speed time to results, especially for their data-intensive applications, the $40B market [1] faces challenges and opportunities. It’s important to note that more research and benchmark comparisons are needed to help customers make the best decisions.

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Dell Data Center Intel Artificial Intelligence 56

Scott Lowe

MAY 25, 2017

Networking. I enjoyed Dave McCrory’s series on the future of the network (see part 1 , part 2 , part 3 , and part 4 —part 5 hadn’t gone live yet when I published this). Michael Kashin has a handy little tool that functions like ssh-copy-id on servers, but for network devices (leveraging Netmiko). Servers/Hardware.

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Linux Open Source Network Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 25, 2017

Networking. I enjoyed Dave McCrory’s series on the future of the network (see part 1 , part 2 , part 3 , and part 4 —part 5 hadn’t gone live yet when I published this). Michael Kashin has a handy little tool that functions like ssh-copy-id on servers, but for network devices (leveraging Netmiko). Servers/Hardware.

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Linux Open Source Network Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 3, 2019

Networking. Via BlueCat Networks, John Capobianco shares his network automation journey. Via BlueCat Networks, John Capobianco shares his network automation journey. Diógenes Rettori has a comparison of Istio and Linkerd as solutions for service mesh. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications.

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All Things Distributed

AUGUST 16, 2012

Both of these are important as they help customer accurately gauge the economic benefits of running their applications in the cloud. Owning your own hardware is extremely inflexible, you have to over-scale and plan for peak demand and if you make a mistake with the type of hardware you are stuck with it. Comments ().

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Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Networking. 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. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Check this out.

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 6, 2018

Networking. Lindsay Hill walks through using Telegraf, InfluxDB, and Grafana to monitor network statistics. Via Ivan Pepelnjak, I found this article by Diane Patton at Cumulus Networks talking about container network designs. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Thanks Michael!

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Linux Vmware Comparison Network 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 14, 2016

Networking. Cumulus VX, if you aren’t aware, is a community-supported virtual appliance version of Cumulus Linux aimed at helping folks preview and test “full-blown” Cumulus Linux (which, of course, requires compatible hardware). Using Python and Netmiko for network automation is the topic of this post by Colin McAlister.

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The Accidental Successful CIO

AUGUST 27, 2014

Keeping the company’s email systems up and running, implementing an big ERP project, and securing the corporate network from the bad guys is no longer what the company needs us to do for them. In comparison, the enterprise applications that the IT department has been providing them with now look primitive in comparison.

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Artificial Intelligence 3D Comparison Programming 225

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

Networking. The engineering team at Lyft recently discussed a new overlay-free networking approach they’ve been working on for Kubernetes: IPVLAN-based CNI stack for running within VPCs on AWS. (For VPCs, or Virtual Private Clouds, are Amazon’s software-defined networking mechanism for workloads running on AWS.).

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

For example, LG imagines using the secondary panel for camera controls while using the camera application, freeing up the main display as an uncluttered viewfinder. Video applications can use the second display for media and volume controls. The rest of the hardware for the LG Wing is fairly ordinary. The Wing measures in at 9.17

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Course Mobile Hardware Applications 66

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 16, 2017

Networking. I enjoyed Dave McCrory’s series on the future of the network (see part 1 , part 2 , part 3 , and part 4 —part 5 hadn’t gone live yet when I published this). Michael Kashin has a handy little tool that functions like ssh-copy-id on servers, but for network devices (leveraging Netmiko).

Open Source 60

Open Source Network Linux Engineering 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 23, 2017

Networking. Biruk Mekonnen has an introductory article on using Netmiko for network automation. Gabriele Gerbino has a nice write-up about Cisco’s efforts with APIs ; his article includes a brief description of YANG data models and a comparison of working with network devices via SSH or via API. Servers/Hardware.

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Open Source Storage Vmware Network 60

Galido

JULY 25, 2018

Small business marketing has a lot of differences in comparison with large or medium business marketing. Mobile Apps and Web Applications. The improved JavaScript performance will lead the browser-based as well as HTML 5 based application development environment to a greater extent. Mobile Device Diversity.

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Media Social Small Business Trends 77

Scott Lowe

JULY 21, 2016

Networking. Netmiko, if you haven’t heard, is a fantastic Python library that’s really useful when writing Python-based network automation scripts. Here’s a “cheat sheet” for working with Cumulus Linux ; it may prove useful for networking professionals who don’t (yet) have a lot of familiarity with Linux. (If Servers/Hardware.

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Vmware Linux Storage Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 17, 2016

Networking. At DevOps Networking Forum 2016, I had the opportunity to share a presentation on some Linux networking options. Here’s another topic that came up at the recent DevOps Networking Forum: Spotify’s SDN Internet Router (SIR). Here’s some information on Nuage Networks’ experimental Docker Network plugin.

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Vmware Linux Network Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 14, 2016

Networking. Cumulus VX, if you aren’t aware, is a community-supported virtual appliance version of Cumulus Linux aimed at helping folks preview and test “full-blown” Cumulus Linux (which, of course, requires compatible hardware). Using Python and Netmiko for network automation is the topic of this post by Colin McAlister.

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Devops Vmware Storage Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 17, 2019

Networking. Servers/Hardware. Speaking of Pulumi, Kyle Galbraith wrote up a comparison of Pulumi and Terraform for infrastructure as code. Operating Systems/Applications. Courtesy of Tigera, Alex Pollitt shares some guidelines on when Linux conntrack is no longer your friend.

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Linux Dell Open Source Licensing 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 8, 2016

Networking. Cue the round of folks claiming that this is why proprietary network operating systems [NOSes] are the route the networking industry should be taking.). (Cue Cue the round of folks claiming that this is why proprietary network operating systems [NOSes] are the route the networking industry should be taking.).

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Vmware Linux Intel Network 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 30, 2018

Networking. Matt Oswalt tackles the topic of unit testing (specifically with regard to network automation) with a post on unit testing JunOS with JSNAPy. This is an older post (more than 2 years old), but as far as I can tell the concepts are still quite applicable. Servers/Hardware. Tirumarai Selvan has a comparison.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 27, 2020

The most affordable 5G phone lags behind the Pixel 4A 5G’s camera, display, and software The TCL 10 5G UW is the latest 5G phone exclusive to Verizon’s network today, and it’s the most affordable 5G-ready phone yet — for the moment, at least. By comparison, the 10 5G UW has a bigger bottom bezel and a square-shaped rear fingerprint sensor.

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Google Software Software Hardware 57

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 26, 2017

Networking. I found the articles at step 5, the benefits of Git for network engineers , but the previous four articles also look helpful. Do I need to talk about how understanding a service mesh is a good thing for networking professionals? Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Dataconomy

MAY 30, 2023

Characteristics of ambient intelligence AmI manifests itself in various real-world applications, enhancing our daily lives and transforming the way we interact with our environments. It pervades our homes, workplaces, public spaces, and even our personal devices, creating a pervasive and interconnected network of intelligent systems.

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Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Networking. Servers/Hardware. Serve The Home takes a critical look at the Bloomberg Supermicro stories, debunking or at least calling into question many details of the alleged hardware hack as reported by Bloomberg. Steven Acreman shares a brief, high-level comparison of the major Kubernetes ingress solutions. Good stuff!

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Load Balancer Operating Systems Intel Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 10, 2015

Networking. I love this post from Matt Oswalt on five next-gen skills for networking pros. You may have heard about the “6-pack”, Facebook’s new open modular hardware switch introduced recently ( here’s a post on it ). Servers/Hardware. Here’s hoping you find something useful. Bring on the content!

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Vmware Linux Hardware Software Development 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 24, 2015

Networking. Tyler Christiansen recently published a post on a network automation workflow that was based on a presentation he gave at the SF Network Automation meetup. This article by Russell Bryant is a great overview and update of the work going on with Open Virtual Network (OVN). Servers/Hardware.

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Dataconomy

AUGUST 14, 2023

Comparable to a well-executed duet, the client computer communicates its intentions by dispatching requests to various entities, ranging from computer programs to hardware components. A client computer is a key player in the client-server model of computer networks ( Image credit ) What is a client computer? Thin clients are like that.

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Galido

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

However, in comparison to AR, VR is still quite expensive and requires sophisticated use. With a gradual increase in the availability of more practical applications, it is possible for VR to become more accessible for the general public. Blockchain. Artificial Intelligence.

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Trends Artificial Intelligence Internet Virtualization 81

Dataconomy

APRIL 20, 2023

.” A digit-computer is capable of performing mathematical operations and logical comparisons on digital information using a combination of hardware and software. They are used in a wide variety of applications, from personal computers and smartphones to large-scale data centers and scientific simulations.

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Dataconomy

APRIL 20, 2023

.” A digit-computer is capable of performing mathematical operations and logical comparisons on digital information using a combination of hardware and software. They are used in a wide variety of applications, from personal computers and smartphones to large-scale data centers and scientific simulations.

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Artificial Intelligence Applications Industry Transportation 41

Scott Lowe

APRIL 2, 2021

Networking. Ali Al Idrees has a post on using NSX ALB (formerly Avi Networks) with Kubernetes clusters in a vSphere with Tanzu environment. This post provides some examples of shared control planes (and thus shared failure domains) within networking. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 18, 2023

6 ways to drive operational efficiencies by modernizing your Wi-Fi network Shift to cloud-based network management. Cloud-based network management increases agility and allows resource-constrained IT departments to focus on optimizing the network, not deploying, managing, or upgrading the network management system.

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Survey Network Wireless Security 52

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2012

Networking. If you’re interested in learning more about OpenFlow and software-defined networking but need to do this on a shoestring budget in your home lab, a number of guides have been written to help out. First up is Brent Salisbury’s how to build an SDN lab without needing OpenFlow hardware. Servers/Hardware.

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Dataconomy

JULY 18, 2023

Collective exploration involves cooperative navigation of the swarm through the environment, facilitating tasks such as situational overview, object search, environmental monitoring, or establishing communication networks. Swarm intelligence algorithms are typically decentralized, meaning that they do not require a central controller.

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