Scott Lowe

JANUARY 27, 2023

Servers/Hardware What do you think of the ThinkPhone ? This article by Brian Caffey on deploying the same web application on ECS Fargate using three different IaC tools (CDK, Terraform, and Pulumi) has some really great and useful information in it. Ah, the bygone sounds of yesteryear …what a blast from the past!

Programming 90

Programming Open Source Cloud Devops 90

Linux Academy

APRIL 30, 2019

LPI Linux Essentials — This course teaches the basic concepts of processes, programs, and the components of the Linux operating system. From there, you will learn how to deploy Prometheus to Kubernetes and configure Prometheus to monitor the cluster as well as applications deployed to it.

Linux 113

Linux Course Big Data Devops 113

Scott Lowe

APRIL 15, 2022

Servers/Hardware. Cabling is hardware, right? Here’s a set of 15 principles for designing and deploying scalable applications on Kubernetes. Ajeet Singh Raina shares a list of the top 200 Kubernetes tools for DevOps engineers. Operating Systems/Applications.

Linux 74

Linux Load Balancer IPv6 Licensing 74

Linux Academy

APRIL 29, 2019

LPI Linux Essentials — This course teaches the basic concepts of processes, programs, and the components of the Linux operating system. From there, you will learn how to deploy Prometheus to Kubernetes and configure Prometheus to monitor the cluster as well as applications deployed to it.

Linux 60

Linux Course Big Data Devops 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. Micro-segmentation is one of those terms (like SDN, cloud, DevOps, etc.)

Vmware 60

Vmware Devops Storage 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. Operating Systems/Applications. This other post by Cody on automated Windows 10 post-install may also be useful.

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. Operating Systems/Applications. This other post by Cody on automated Windows 10 post-install may also be useful.

Windows 60

Windows Vmware Virtualization Linux 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Jorge Castro shares some informal notes on using Clear Linux as an everyday DevOps/cloud-native/Kubernetes client. 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

Scott Lowe

MAY 25, 2018

Also, a quick note that I removed the “Servers/Hardware” and “Storage” sections this time around, as I didn’t have any useful content to share. Operating Systems/Applications. At first I thought this article on SRE vs. DevOps was link-bait (click-bait?), Career/Soft Skills.

Devops 60

Devops Hardware Resources Cloud 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. Micro-segmentation is one of those terms (like SDN, cloud, DevOps, etc.)

Devops 60

Devops Vmware Storage Open Source 60

CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 4, 2023

I started out as an application developer. Now I have consciously tapped into the R&D space, product development and the DevOps segment. Once I saw the alignment to being CIO, I ramped up on emerging technologies, novel product development and solutioning systems.

Transportation 98

Transportation Training Software Software 98

Scott Lowe

MAY 3, 2019

Servers/Hardware. Keybase discusses some challenges with encrypted chat applications and how their architecture avoids some of those challenges. Operating Systems/Applications. This post is from 2012, but is—to me—still as applicable today as ever. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

Vmware 60

Vmware Open Source Intel Applications 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. Operating Systems/Applications. Career/Soft Skills.

Windows 60

Windows Virtualization Devops Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Servers/Hardware. Geert Baeke walks readers through deploying AKS with Nginx, External DNS, the Helm Operator, and Flux (all using an Azure DevOps pipeline, if I read the article correctly). Operating Systems/Applications. The investment in your family will pay off in later years, trust me. Networking.

Open Source 60

Open Source Vmware Authentication Storage 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 2, 2017

Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. For me, the key takeaway was that you need to carefully examine the architecture of your application(s) in order to understand where serverless (function-as-a-service) is the best fit. “The What’s that? You haven’t heard of PowerNSX before? See here.).

Linux 60

Linux Devops Open Source Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 7, 2014

Servers/Hardware. Another interesting tidbit regarding hardware: it seems as if we are now seeing the emergence of another round of “hardware offloads.” This next round of hardware offloads seems targeted at network virtualization and related technologies. Operating Systems/Applications.

Virtualization 60

Virtualization Hardware Intel Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 17, 2016

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). Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Have fun reading! Networking.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Network Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 28, 2016

Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. I like this post by Massimo Re Ferre’ on DevOps for Dummies. The term “DevOps” has been thrown around by so many different people in so many different contexts that it’s now incredibly difficult to understand what is meant when someone says “DevOps”.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Open Source Devops 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. Jeff Geerling—author of Ansible for DevOps —has a post on how various Ansible configuration files may conflict with one another.

Hardware 60

Hardware Devops Network Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 28, 2016

Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. I like this post by Massimo Re Ferre’ on DevOps for Dummies. The term “DevOps” has been thrown around by so many different people in so many different contexts that it’s now incredibly difficult to understand what is meant when someone says “DevOps”.

Vmware 60

Vmware Open Source Linux Devops 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Servers/Hardware. Customers don’t care about data centers, or DevOps pipelines, or toolkits…they just care about being able to do whatever it is you offer (buy stuff, consume a service, whatever). Kit Colbert shares 5 predictions for cloud-native applications in 2017. Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Open Source Data Center 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 14, 2015

Jason Edelman, whose focus has been on network automation, recently posted an article on programming an ACI (Application Centric Infrastructure) fabric. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. If you want even more detail, then head over to the P4.org org site for more information. Running vSphere 6?

Vmware 60

Vmware Devops Virtualization Network 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

Scott Lowe

APRIL 8, 2013

Servers/Hardware. He describes cloud as the synthesis of many different forms of innovation within IT , pulling together things like open source, virtualization, distributed programming, NoSQL, DevOps/NoOps, distributed teams, dynamic languages, and Big Data (among others). Operating Systems/Applications.

Storage 111

Storage Vmware WAN Virtualization 111

CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The courses are designed to be completed in succession, starting with the Apple Device Support course, which focuses on the skills and expertise you’ll need as a help desk professional, technical coordinator, or service provider for an organization that relies on Apple hardware and software.

SCRUM 135

SCRUM Project Management Course Network 135

ForAllSecure

APRIL 30, 2020

Convinced that there has to be better software security advice out there rather than telling developers “don’t make a mistake, while you code” or “your code sucks”, ForAllSecure CEO sought out to find a way to truly help developers write great applications. This 30 minute podcast is available for listening here.

Security 52

Security Software Software Development 52

ForAllSecure

APRIL 30, 2020

Convinced that there has to be better software security advice out there rather than telling developers “don’t make a mistake, while you code” or “your code sucks”, ForAllSecure CEO sought out to find a way to truly help developers write great applications. This 30 minute podcast is available for listening here.

Security 52

Security Software Software Development 52

ForAllSecure

APRIL 30, 2020

Convinced that there has to be better software security advice out there rather than telling developers “don’t make a mistake, while you code” or “your code sucks”, ForAllSecure CEO sought out to find a way to truly help developers write great applications. This 30 minute podcast is available for listening here.

Security 52

Security Software Software Development 52

Scott Lowe

MARCH 20, 2020

This blending of “traditional” network engineering with containers, Linux, and DevOps tooling is how Matt is setting new trends and directions for the networking industry. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Good stuff here! Nothing this time around. which brings support for v1alpha3).

Linux 60

Linux Vmware Authentication Storage 60

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Budget : Beyond the licensing, hardware, delivery, installation, and training costs associated with the platform of choice, the team should also consider wider organizational implications, such as change management. The bottom and most fundamental layer is the hardware layer or infrastructure.

Examples 97

Examples Data Architecture Hardware 97

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

This time around, the content is a bit heavier on cloud management and applications/operating systems, but still lots of good content all the way around (I hope, anyway). Matt Oswalt recently wrapped up his 3-part “DevOps for Networking” series. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications.

Open Source 60

Open Source Vmware Network IBM 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 10, 2015

has a great blog series going called “Hey, I can DevOps my Network too!” Servers/Hardware. It’s a way to run Kubernetes (the container orchestration system) on top of Mesos (the cluster resource scheduler) as a native Mesos framework. Operating Systems/Applications. I hope you find something useful here!

Windows 60

Windows Firewall Linux Architecture 60