Scott Lowe

MAY 3, 2019

In part 1 , John discusses the frameworks/tooling and the goals for his network automation efforts; in part 2 , John digs into getting started with Ansible and the initial impact of his efforts. Diógenes Rettori has a comparison of Istio and Linkerd as solutions for service mesh. This looks like a handy tool.

Vmware 60

Vmware Open Source Intel Applications 60

Dataconomy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate and Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert certifications cover a wide range of topics related to Microsoft’s technology suite, including Windows operating systems, Azure cloud computing, Office productivity software, Visual Studio programming tools, and SQL Server databases.

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Microsoft Security Database Administration Software Development 45

ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Fuzzing has been responsible for discovering a large number of security-critical issues found in operating systems, browsers, and other security-sensitive applications. A fuzzer needs two things to analyze a program: One or multiple ways to feed random data into the application under test. A way to detect issues.

Programming 52

Programming Exercises Applications Comparison 52

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

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

Network 60

Network Resources Devops Vmware 60

ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Fuzzing has been responsible for discovering a large number of security-critical issues found in operating systems, browsers, and other security-sensitive applications. A fuzzer needs two things to analyze a program: One or multiple ways to feed random data into the application under test. A way to detect issues.

Programming 52

Programming Exercises Applications Comparison 52

Scott Lowe

JULY 13, 2018

Interesting article here on Chick-Fil-A’s use of Kubernetes in their restaurants, and the tools/process they follow for establishing those clusters. This article is not (in my opinion) a knee-jerk reaction to some of the debate around Kubernetes’ complexity, but rather a measured and honest evaluation of a tool to solve problems.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Virtualization Authentication Tools 60

Network World

MAY 17, 2024

Red Hat went all-in on generative AI at its annual summit last week, offering a wide range of tools for operational and development teams to help them build and deploy generative AI systems. Red Hat also made improvements to OpenShift AI, a platform released last year for deploying gen AI applications at scale.

Enterprise 159

Enterprise Enterprise Open Source IBM 159

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Google’s Project Zero team posted an update on finding and exploiting Safari bugs using publicly available tools. I share this not to encourage illegal activities, but instead to point out that no operating system is secure, so be alert at all times and use good computing practices regardless of your OS. Good stuff!

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Operating Systems Intel Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 25, 2017

Michael Kashin has a handy little tool that functions like ssh-copy-id on servers, but for network devices (leveraging Netmiko). Anthony Shaw has a good comparison of Ansible, StackStorm, and Salt (with a particular view at applicability in a networking context). Operating Systems/Applications.

Linux 60

Linux Open Source Network Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 25, 2017

Michael Kashin has a handy little tool that functions like ssh-copy-id on servers, but for network devices (leveraging Netmiko). Anthony Shaw has a good comparison of Ansible, StackStorm, and Salt (with a particular view at applicability in a networking context). Operating Systems/Applications.

Linux 60

Linux Open Source Network Vmware 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. William provides an overview in part 1 , discusses client tools in part 2 , reviews NSX-T integration in part 3 , and actually kicks off the PKS installation with Ops Manager and BOSH in part 4.

Linux 60

Linux Vmware Windows Applications 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.). 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.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Intel Network 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 26, 2017

Here’s a handy CLI tool for working with AWS IAM configurations. It stands for Yet Another Kubernetes Deployer, and I thought this up after finding this article on kube-spawn , a tool for starting up a local multi-node Kubernetes cluster (primarily for testing and development). Operating Systems/Applications.

Hardware 60

Hardware Devops Network Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 16, 2017

Michael Kashin has a handy little tool that functions like ssh-copy-id on servers, but for network devices (leveraging Netmiko). Anthony Shaw has a good comparison of Ansible, StackStorm, and Salt (with a particular view at applicability in a networking context). Operating Systems/Applications.

Open Source 60

Open Source Network Linux Engineering 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. Operating Systems/Applications. installation caused by duplicate NSX Manager UUIDs. Check back next time! and vSphere.

Open Source 60

Open Source Storage Vmware Network 60

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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Apple Education 3D Virtualization 118

Scott Lowe

APRIL 24, 2015

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. Kevin Houston’s March 2015 blade server comparisons might be a useful place to start. Operating Systems/Applications. Servers/Hardware.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Firewall Network 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 14, 2016

NAPALM (Network Automation and Programmability Layer with Multivendor support) looks like a really cool tool. This is a good introductory post, and one that I plan to leverage as I dive deeper into these tools. Operating Systems/Applications. Here’s an article on an effort to add Cisco IOS support to NAPALM.

Vmware 60

Vmware Devops Storage Linux 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 14, 2016

NAPALM (Network Automation and Programmability Layer with Multivendor support) looks like a really cool tool. This is a good introductory post, and one that I plan to leverage as I dive deeper into these tools. Operating Systems/Applications. Here’s an article on an effort to add Cisco IOS support to NAPALM.

Devops 60

Devops Vmware Storage Open Source 60

mrc's Cup of Joe Blog

APRIL 4, 2018

For a more detailed description of each, check out this handy comparison chart. The performance can even match desktop application performance as long as the user is in a good signal area, while local caching allows apps to remain usable offline. Cross-platform tools become a necessity. ” Why?

Mobile 49

Mobile Trends Enterprise Enterprise 49

Scott Lowe

MARCH 10, 2015

I highly recommend you read the entire post, but in short the five skills Matt recommends are software skills (which includes configuration management and software development tools like Git ), Linux, deep protocol knowledge, hypervisor and container networking, and IPv6. Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Hardware Software Development 60

All Things Distributed

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Expanding the Cloud - Introducing AWS OpsWorks, a Powerful Application Management Solution. Today Amazon Web Services launched AWS OpsWorks , a flexible application management solution with automation tools that enable you to model and control your applications and their supporting infrastructure. Comments ().

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Cloud Applications Web Services Resources 157

SecureWorld News

APRIL 30, 2023

Gartner introduced the term DCAP, but it actually evolved from the concept of DAG systems, which originated in 2004. DCAP incorporates the Data Access Governance ( DAG ) approach, aimed at controlling and managing access to unstructured data, along with additional tools for classifying the data and analyzing user actions.

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System Data Information Security Security 82

ForAllSecure

MARCH 24, 2021

Vamosi: So a vulnerable version of Bash provided an attacker the ability to pass untrusted code to other systems and processes. It’s like the operating system left the front door wide open to attackers. Our story begins in the 1980s where both the tool used for this discovery and Bash shell were created.

Open Source 52

Open Source Operating Systems Software Software 52

ForAllSecure

MARCH 24, 2021

Vamosi: So a vulnerable version of Bash provided an attacker the ability to pass untrusted code to other systems and processes. It’s like the operating system left the front door wide open to attackers. Our story begins in the 1980s where both the tool used for this discovery and Bash shell were created.

Open Source 52

Open Source Operating Systems Software Software 52

The Verge

JUNE 1, 2021

Horacio unsurprisingly pushed back on these comparisons — citing a range of statistics from Spotify’s Loud and Clear website that lays out exactly how and how much it pays artists around the world. Then they got to a point where they achieved critical mass in terms of applications. That’s not a world that we want to live in.

Apple 94

Apple Company Industry System 94

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 22, 2015

Rancher—the company behind RancherOS (Linux distro that uses Docker for system services as well as user applications) and Rancher (a management platform for containerized infrastructure)—recently announced a container metadata service they’re saying is analogous to Amazon’s Instance Metadata service. Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Virtualization Guidelines Network 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 5, 2013

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. Operating Systems/Applications. BTW, Nick’s writing some pretty good content, so if you’re not subscribed to his blog I’d reconsider.

Virtualization 102

Virtualization Storage Vmware Network 102

Dataconomy

JULY 18, 2023

deep learning model, the free version of which is certainly a formidable tool, adroit at handling a myriad of questions and requests. These tech marvels are designed to add another dimension to your ChatGPT experience by linking you with external applications, services, and companies. Its capabilities are abundant.

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Microsoft Training Applications Travel 36