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 59

Dataconomy

JUNE 9, 2023

As software applications become increasingly complex, it becomes imperative to adopt effective techniques that can uncover potential issues and enhance the overall quality of the codebase. It entails executing the code and examining its actual execution paths, data flows, and interactions with the system or environment.

Analysis 65

Analysis Software Development Applications Tools 65

Scott Lowe

MARCH 12, 2021

I didn’t do so well on storage links; apologies to my storage-focused friends! Here’s Chip Zoller’s comparison of Gatekeper and Kyverno. Operating Systems/Applications. Welcome to Technology Short Take #138. However, there should be something for most everyone else. Networking.

IPv6 60

IPv6 Network Storage Policies 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. Cisco Systems recently disclosed a vulnerability affecting more than 300 models of switches; see this Ars Technica article for more details.

Open Source 60

Open Source Storage Vmware Network 60

The Verge

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The company also announced a new entry-level iPad during its recent “California Streaming” event , which comes outfitted with a new front-facing camera, a faster processor, and double the base storage. Greater storage capacity, with base storage starting at 64GB. It even offers double the storage for the same price.

Storage 56

Storage Apple Video Sports 56

Vox

AUGUST 7, 2023

But the science of why it matters is, by comparison, relatively simple. With no physical friction from a track, maglev trains can attain extremely high speeds; a working commercial maglev train in Shanghai can hit 268 miles per hour , while a test superconducting maglev system in Japan reached a staggering 373 miles per hour in 2015.

Energy 89

Energy Training System Research 89

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

Linux 60

Linux Vmware Comparison Network 60

SecureWorld News

APRIL 30, 2023

It refers to advanced systems that focus on the data, the mechanisms for controlling access to it, and possible ways of transmission. Many advanced security systems cannot prevent a scenario in which a user takes a screenshot from a confidential document and then sends it via Telegram to an unauthorized recipient.

System 81

System Data Information Security Security 81

All Things Distributed

AUGUST 16, 2012

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. Both of these are important as they help customer accurately gauge the economic benefits of running their applications in the cloud. The AWS Economics Center now features the TCO of Web Applications whitepaper. By Werner Vogels on 16 August 2012 10:00 AM.

Agile 118

Agile Applications Comparison CTO Hire 118

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 14, 2016

This is a fascinating (to me, at least) paper on the implications of non-volatile storage on today’s data centers (and data center hardware). Operating Systems/Applications. Perhaps you feel a little bit like Kev Gorman, and are wondering what in the heck is CNA (cloud-native applications), anyway? Servers/Hardware.

Vmware 60

Vmware Devops Storage Linux 60

The Investing Edge

DECEMBER 16, 2014

In our last blog post , we referenced an IDG study suggesting that in the past two years, the percentage of enterprises with either applications or infrastructure running in the cloud has gone from just 12 percent to an enormous 69 percent. The bulk of IT spending is still going toward existing internal or legacy systems.

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Cloud IBM Resources Storage 87

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. There’s some good information in their article.

Network 60

Network Resources Devops Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 17, 2019

Speaking of Pulumi, Kyle Galbraith wrote up a comparison of Pulumi and Terraform for infrastructure as code. Operating Systems/Applications. Cindy Sridharan has a good article on health checks and graceful degradation in distributed systems. Richard Bejarano rants a bit about container misconceptions. Virtualization.

Linux 60

Linux Dell Open Source Licensing 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. Operating Systems/Applications. Cormac Hogan has a brief update on storage options for containers on VMware.

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Vmware Linux Storage Load Balancer 60

The Verge

AUGUST 6, 2020

The model I tested, which costs $629, has a Core i5-10210U processor, 8GB of RAM, and 128GB of storage. You can configure it with an i3 or an i7, and can jump up to 16GB of RAM and 256GB of storage as well.). It’s a load that has given weaker systems (like Lenovo’s $279 Chromebook Duet) some trouble. The C434 also has a 3.3-pound

Storage 82

Storage System Windows Examples 82

Scott Lowe

MAY 3, 2019

Diógenes Rettori has a comparison of Istio and Linkerd as solutions for service mesh. Keybase discusses some challenges with encrypted chat applications and how their architecture avoids some of those challenges. Operating Systems/Applications. Here’s a good article on packets-per-second limits in EC2.

Vmware 60

Vmware Open Source Intel Applications 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 14, 2016

This is a fascinating (to me, at least) paper on the implications of non-volatile storage on today’s data centers (and data center hardware). Operating Systems/Applications. Perhaps you feel a little bit like Kev Gorman, and are wondering what in the heck is CNA (cloud-native applications), anyway? Servers/Hardware.

Devops 60

Devops Vmware Storage Open Source 60

The Verge

JULY 19, 2021

The Aero model I have is $2,099 and includes Intel’s Core i7-11800H, 32GB of RAM, and 1TB of storage, in addition to the RTX 3070 and the 15.6-inch 2 storage slots. The cooling system, which includes two 71-blade fans and five heat pipes, did keep the Core i7 at reasonable temperatures. based on the application you’re using.

Dell 81

Dell Video Storage Apple 81

Linux Academy

JUNE 17, 2019

Whether you’re building an application, or you’re running complex infrastructure for a large corporation, you’ll eventually encounter repetitive tasks that need to be completed again and again. Configure your application to connect to your newly created database. Managing Your Applications and Infrastructure with Terraform.

Linux 60

Linux Course Load Balancer Google 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). Operating Systems/Applications. I was recently reviewing some articles on Git, the popular distributed version control system, and came across a few related posts. Virtualization.

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). Operating Systems/Applications. I was recently reviewing some articles on Git, the popular distributed version control system, and came across a few related posts. Virtualization.

Linux 60

Linux Open Source Network Vmware 60

The Verge

AUGUST 10, 2021

The base model starts at $2,039 and includes a Core i5-1135G7, 8GB of RAM, 128GB of storage, and a 14-inch 1920 x 1200 screen. that includes a Core i7-1185G7, 16GB of RAM, 512GB of storage, and a 2560 x 1600 touch display. You can go all the way up to a $3,309 model with the same processor and screen but 32GB of RAM and 1TB of storage.

Dell 60

Dell Comparison Windows Storage 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 21, 2016

Kevin Houston has an updated blade server comparison chart that might be helpful in making hardware decisions. Operating Systems/Applications. One of the announcements at DockerCon ‘16 was the Distributed Application Bundle (DAB), a way to package up multiple containers. Want to get geeky with storage protocol stacks ?

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Storage Hardware 60

The Verge

JANUARY 26, 2021

That’s paired with an entry-level Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 with Max-Q design, 32GB of memory, 1TB of storage, and a 16:10 3840 x 2400 touch display. Because the Flow X13, on its own, is truly an excellent laptop and one of the most powerful 13-inch systems on the market today. To illustrate why, I’ll pull out a few comparisons.

Mobile 89

Mobile Dell Travel Comparison 89

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). Operating Systems/Applications. I was recently reviewing some articles on Git, the popular distributed version control system, and came across a few related posts. Virtualization.

Open Source 60

Open Source Network Linux Engineering 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

Courtesy of Corey Quinn, here’s an awesome AWS versus Azure comparison , comic book style. Most folks have probably heard about 12 Factor Applications (see here if you haven’t or if you need a refresher); this article talks about 12 basic rules and good practices for using Kubernetes optimally.

Vmware 60

Vmware Load Balancer Network Open Source 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. Seen this

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Intel Network 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 24, 2015

Kevin Houston’s March 2015 blade server comparisons might be a useful place to start. Having an application that automatically grows to accommodate demand is somewhat of a “Holy Grail” for cloud-based applications and cloud management platforms. Operating Systems/Applications. Servers/Hardware. Virtualization.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Firewall Network 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 13, 2018

Operating Systems/Applications. Lightroom is one of only a few applications that I keep around for macOS; this article gives me some alternatives. Shahidh Muhammad has a review/comparison of various tools aimed at helping developers build and deploy their apps on Kubernetes.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Virtualization Authentication Tools 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

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. Steven Acreman shares a brief, high-level comparison of the major Kubernetes ingress solutions. Operating Systems/Applications.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Operating Systems Intel Hardware 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. Tirumarai Selvan has a comparison. Operating Systems/Applications. Eben Freeman shows how to integrate Istio, Envoy, and Honeycomb for detailed application statistics. Also see this VentureBeat article.

Linux 60

Linux Vmware Windows Applications 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 17, 2016

Ravello Systems (now part of Oracle Cloud following their acquisition by Oracle) has a REST API that allows you to programmatically interact with their service. 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).

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Network Open Source 60

Fountainhead

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Those metrics were (and are) nice if what you care about are "basic" efficiencies of a data center -- simply how much power is getting to your servers relative to all of the other power being consumed by infrastructure systems (e.g. lighting, power distribution, cooling, etc.). So, for example, you could have a fantastic PUE.

Data Center 113

Data Center Disaster Recovery Energy Data 113

The Verge

JULY 8, 2021

Unsurprisingly, it’s lacking in the gaming department by comparison, but it’s practically bursting with other niceties you’d usually find in other high-end productivity laptops, like a Windows Hello IR webcam, Thunderbolt 4, USB-C charging, long battery life, and a touchscreen.

Intel 57

Intel Windows Storage Dell 57

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 26, 2017

Good reason to make sure your systems and your images are patched! Operating Systems/Applications. Need a comparison of CloudFormation versus Terraform? I think I’m going to have to read it multiple times just to digest all the information here. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Nothing this time around.

Hardware 60

Hardware Devops Network Vmware 60

Virtualized Greek

APRIL 11, 2013

OpenStack is a platform that’s designed from the ground up to provide and infrastructure to software developers to build Cloud aware applications. I believe OpenStack see’s application developer’s as the ultimate customer. There was no portal that we see in solutions live vCenter and System Center Operation’s Manager (SCOM).

Vmware 69

Vmware Data Center Cloud Virtualization 69

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 22, 2014

Given that Docker is targeted at application deployment, then I felt that using Heat was a more appropriate way of leveraging Docker in an OpenStack environment as opposed to treating Docker as a form of a hypervisor. Other solutions, like fleet, at least let you just point to a cluster of systems instead of a specific system.

Virtualization 71

Virtualization Linux Network Fashion 71