Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Servers/Hardware. What I’d like to find—but haven’t yet—is a good, in-depth comparison of fundamental concepts between AWS, Azure, and GCP. Operating Systems/Applications. I loved this article by Lawrence Jones about how his organization tested and prepared for the impact of latency on their application.

Cloud 87

Cloud Tools Applications Policies 87

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. RSC will help Meta’s AI researchers build new and better AI models”.

Research 115

Research Apple Hardware System 115

Virtualized Greek

JANUARY 28, 2014

That proved to be more of apples to oranges comparison, but I think the OS example is a good comparison. When collecting requirements for an application, we compile a list of functional requirements to determine the best OS platform. Virtualization Citrix Hyper-V KVM VMWare'

Vmware 68

Vmware Linux Comparison Windows 68

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Servers/Hardware. Kay Singh collects some user comments on the new M1-powered Apple hardware. 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. Virtualization.

Linux 60

Linux Network Tools Hardware 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. Which is known for ease of use?

Study 66

Study Apple Google Operating Systems 66

Scott Lowe

MAY 3, 2019

Diógenes Rettori has a comparison of Istio and Linkerd as solutions for service mesh. Servers/Hardware. Keybase discusses some challenges with encrypted chat applications and how their architecture avoids some of those challenges. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

Vmware 60

Vmware Open Source Intel Applications 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

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. Virtualization. Networking. Nothing this time around, sorry!

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Storage Load Balancer 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 17, 2019

Servers/Hardware. Speaking of Pulumi, Kyle Galbraith wrote up a comparison of Pulumi and Terraform for infrastructure as code. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. The second article is by Rob Beekmans examining several virtual desktop platforms available to customers/users. Networking.

Linux 60

Linux Dell Open Source Licensing 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 14, 2016

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). Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization.

Vmware 60

Vmware Devops Storage Linux 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

The folks over at Cilium took a look at a recent CNI benchmark comparison and unpacked it a bit. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Megan O’Keefe shares a Kubernetes developer workflow for macOS that includes a list of applications, themes, tools, and shortcuts. Virtualization.

Network 60

Network Resources Devops Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 6, 2018

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. Jorge Salamero Sanz (on behalf of Sysdig) provides a similar comparison, this time looking at ECS, Fargate, and EKS.

Linux 60

Linux Vmware Comparison Network 60

Galido

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Immersive Experience through Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality. Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) have changed the way in which people interact with technological devices, and how they perceive the digital world. However, in comparison to AR, VR is still quite expensive and requires sophisticated use.

Trends 81

Trends Artificial Intelligence Internet Virtualization 81

The Verge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

There’s virtual reality and there’s augmented reality — both of these are incredibly interesting. 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. Cook pronounces it “pokey-mans.”). This is something only Apple can do.”.

Apple 118

Apple Education 3D Virtualization 118

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. These environments should be aware of the needs of people, customizing requirements and forecasting behaviours.

Artificial Intelligence 41

Artificial Intelligence Healthcare Transportation Energy 41

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 14, 2016

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). Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization.

Devops 60

Devops Vmware Storage Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

VPCs, or Virtual Private Clouds, are Amazon’s software-defined networking mechanism for workloads running on AWS.). Servers/Hardware. Courtesy of Corey Quinn, here’s an awesome AWS versus Azure comparison , comic book style. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization.

Vmware 60

Vmware Load Balancer Network Open Source 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). Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Check out the GitHub repository. This one is definitely worth a read, in my opinion.

Linux 60

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). Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Check out the GitHub repository. This one is definitely worth a read, in my opinion.

Linux 60

Linux Open Source Network Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 17, 2016

Servers/Hardware. Marcos Hernandez (a colleague on the NSX team at VMware) recently pointed out this Heat template for a multi-tier application with dynamic routing (via Quagga). Operating Systems/Applications. Finally, you might find the VMware Virtual SAN 6.2 Virtualization. Read more about it here.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Network Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 30, 2018

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. Operating Systems/Applications. Eben Freeman shows how to integrate Istio, Envoy, and Honeycomb for detailed application statistics. Virtualization.

Linux 60

Linux Vmware Windows Applications 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 8, 2016

Cumulus Networks recently shifted their pricing and licensing model toward perpetual licenses; this article has more information and a comparison of the old vs. new models. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. VCE—er, or is it EMC Converged Platforms Division?—recently

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Intel Network 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

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. Virtualization.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Operating Systems Intel Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 21, 2016

Servers/Hardware. Kevin Houston has an updated blade server comparison chart that might be helpful in making hardware decisions. Kevin Houston has an updated blade server comparison chart that might be helpful in making hardware decisions. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Thanks Jason!

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Storage Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 23, 2017

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. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. installation caused by duplicate NSX Manager UUIDs.

Open Source 60

Open Source Storage Vmware Network 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). Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Check out the GitHub repository. This one is definitely worth a read, in my opinion.

Open Source 60

Open Source Network Linux Engineering 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 26, 2017

Servers/Hardware. Werner Ruegg has a post on an alternative hardware solution for vSphere home labs. Operating Systems/Applications. Need a comparison of CloudFormation versus Terraform? Virtualization. (Do I need to talk about how understanding a service mesh is a good thing for networking professionals?

Hardware 60

Hardware Devops Network Vmware 60

The Verge

AUGUST 10, 2021

Most significantly, the Latitude line supports Intel’s vPro, a hardware and firmware platform that includes a number of security features and makes it easier for IT departments to manage devices remotely. This worked very well and should be convenient for folks who are in and out of virtual meetings all day. That’s quite a delta.

Dell 60

Dell Comparison Windows Storage 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 24, 2015

This article by Russell Bryant is a great overview and update of the work going on with Open Virtual Network (OVN). 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).

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

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. Note that the Playbook hardware was not updated for Playbook 2.0,

Apple 53

Apple Comparison Windows SMB 53

GeekWire

APRIL 3, 2024

In a technical blog posting , Microsoft’s Dennis Tom and Krysta Svore wrote that they used a qubit-virtualization system to improve the reliability of Quantinuum’s ion-trap hardware by a factor of 800. . “With this system, we ran more than 14,000 individual experiments without an error,” Zander said.

Microsoft 130

Microsoft Report IBM Research 130

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.

Artificial Intelligence 61

Artificial Intelligence Applications Industry Transportation 61

Fountainhead

JULY 15, 2013

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. A day doesn’t pass that I’m not asked (by a co-worker, partner or analyst) about whether hosted/virtual desktops delivered over the public Internet make sense. Believe it or not, it’s an apples-to-oranges comparison.

Cloud 194

Cloud Data Center Virtualization Mobile 194

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.

Artificial Intelligence 41

Artificial Intelligence Applications Industry Transportation 41

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2012

First up is Brent Salisbury’s how to build an SDN lab without needing OpenFlow hardware. Not unsurprisingly, one of the key advantages of STT that’s highlighted is its improved performance due to TSO support in NIC hardware. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization.

Vmware 109

Vmware Virtualization Storage Hardware 109

The Verge

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Neal Stephenson famously coined the term “metaverse” in his 1992 novel Snow Crash , where it referred to a 3D virtual world inhabited by avatars of real people. The protagonist is a master hacker who gets in katana fights at a virtual nightclub. But wait, now Ready Player One isn’t a metaverse and virtual worlds don’t have to be 3D?

3D 144

3D Virtualization Internet Media 144

CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 18, 2023

Adopt AI to better leverage existing hardware investments. 2] AIOps can help identify areas for optimization using existing hardware by combing through a tsunami of data faster than any human ever could. Cloud-based network management also better aligns spend through a subscription, OpEx-driven model. Automate security enforcement.

Survey 52

Survey Network Wireless Security 52