CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Changes Microsoft made to its cloud licensing of Windows and application software to “make bringing workloads and licenses to partners’ clouds easier,” the company says, have drawn the ire of those cloud partners, some of whom have jointly filed an antitrust complaint in the European Union.

Licensing 98

Licensing Software Software Microsoft 98

SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Until such time as CISA directs affected entities to rebuild the Windows operating system and reinstall the SolarWinds software package, agencies are prohibited from (re)joining the Windows host OS to the enterprise domain. through 2020.2.1 HF1, from their network. SolarWinds is updating things from its side, too.

Government 143

Government VOIP Network Security 143

All Things Distributed

MAY 8, 2012

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. Expanding the Cloud for Windows Developers. Using the AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio , you can now deploy your.NET applications to AWS Elastic Beanstalk directly from your Visual Studio environment without changing any code. All Things Distributed.

Development 116

Development Windows Disaster Recovery Licensing 116

Scott Lowe

APRIL 29, 2022

My link of links and articles from around the Internet is a bit light on networking and virtualization this time around, but heftier in the security, cloud, and OS/application sections. a shares a trick for bypassing the macOS TCC protection using older applications. Operating Systems/Applications. Networking.

Linux 74

Linux Storage Programming Applications 74

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

I’ve been a Mac OS X user for a long time; I switched from Windows to OS X in 2003 when the OS X flavor of the day was 10.2 “Jaguar.” I adopted OS X as my operating system of choice in 2003 because I wanted a stable, powerful, UNIX-based operating system. It’s a shame…but such is life.

Operating Systems 131

Operating Systems Apple Applications Linux 131

Scott Lowe

APRIL 6, 2017

Operating Systems/Applications. Ben Armstrong shows you how to use PowerShell to give your Windows server a proper fully-qualified domain name. Here’s a Windows-centric walkthrough to using Nginx to load balance across a Docker Swarm cluster. A command-line client for Twitter ? Yes, please! (I Virtualization.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Storage Network 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 2, 2016

Jason Messer has an article describing how networking works with Windows containers. Dmitri Kalintsev examines some options for addressing storage-related connectivity in NSX environments. Operating Systems/Applications. Servers/Hardware. Drew Conry-Murray shines a light on Intel’s network ambitions.

Vmware 60

Vmware Virtualization Linux Windows 60

Dataconomy

APRIL 13, 2023

In this article, we will delve deeper into the world of Virtual Network Computing, exploring its history, technology, and various applications. The VNC protocol is designed to be platform-independent, meaning that it can be used to access and control computers running on any operating system, including Windows, macOS, Linux, and others.

Virtualization 36

Virtualization Network Linux Windows 36

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 21, 2020

Operating Systems/Applications. According to The Verge , Windows 10 users aren’t very happy about Microsoft’s forced roll-out of its Chromium-based Edge browser. This site has more details about the X11 Window system than most people care to know. ” Storage. Programming.

Handbook 60

Handbook Linux Storage Windows 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 15, 2022

Although Linux is often considered to be superior to Windows and macOS with regard to security, it is not without its own security flaws. Here’s a set of 15 principles for designing and deploying scalable applications on Kubernetes. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization.

Linux 74

Linux Load Balancer IPv6 Licensing 74

Scott Lowe

MARCH 2, 2020

Operating Systems/Applications. Berk Ulsoy discusses WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux), providing a “Linux veteran’s” perspective. I need to move it back to Windows from Linux. Side note: you’ll probably start seeing more Pure Storage-focused content from Jase moving forward.).

Linux 60

Linux Windows Hardware Network 60

Galido

AUGUST 7, 2018

IOTransfer allows you to transfer media files between PC and iOS and manage your iPhone or iPad without iTunes on Windows or on Mac. IOTransfer offers such capability and also works in Windows 7/8/8.1/10, IOTransfer: An easier to use alternative to iTunes for Windows. iTunes is not always favored by iOS and Mac users.

Video 66

Video Backup Windows Software 66

Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2017

Operating Systems/Applications. Aside from a Windows VM I maintain for the occasional thing I can’t do effectively on Linux or OS X, I haven’t worked with Windows in any significant capacity in quite a while. This other post by Cody on automated Windows 10 post-install may also be useful. RegEx tester.

Windows 60

Windows Vmware Virtualization Linux 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2017

Operating Systems/Applications. Aside from a Windows VM I maintain for the occasional thing I can’t do effectively on Linux or OS X, I haven’t worked with Windows in any significant capacity in quite a while. This other post by Cody on automated Windows 10 post-install may also be useful. RegEx tester.

Windows 60

Windows Vmware Virtualization Linux 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 27, 2021

Operating Systems/Applications. Bozhidar Batsov shares the story of how he left macOS for Linux and ended up on Windows 10 with WSL. Austin Hughley for sticking it out through all the challenges and documenting how to use a Windows gaming PC as a (Linux) Docker host. jq is probably one of my favorite CLI tools.

Linux 90

Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 90

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. What’s improved on the 2021 iPad?

Storage 56

Storage Apple Video Sports 56

The Verge

APRIL 22, 2021

It can come with up to 2TB of storage and 16GB of RAM. On a MacBook, I can duck in and out of Zoom calls to mess around in Chrome and keep several tabs and applications open on my screen at once. And 1,000-nit Windows laptops exist (as do Mini LED laptops ), but it’s uncommon to see them under the $2,000 price point.

Hardware 134

Hardware Apple Video Course 134

Scott Lowe

APRIL 24, 2020

Operating Systems/Applications. Bryan Culver explains how to use a monorepo (a repository containing multiple applications/services) of Docker images with make and GitHub Actions. Cody Hosterman, of Pure Storage, takes a look at Pure Storage’s support of the recently-released vSphere 7.

Storage 60

Storage Tools Architecture Network 60

Linux Academy

APRIL 30, 2019

That viruses and malware are Windows problems is a misnomer that is often propagated through the Linux community and it’s an easy one to believe until you start noticing strange behavior on your system. Linux Operating System Fundamentals – Have you heard of Linux, but don’t really know anything about it?

Linux 113

Linux Course Big Data Devops 113

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Operating Systems/Applications. After a recent complaint by yours truly on Twitter regarding notifications on Windows 10, I was directed to this article. Check out the beginning of the series here. Larry Smith Jr. shows how to take data in CSV and convert it to YAML for consumption by Ansible. Virtualization.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Engineering Network 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

Lots of folks like using Dropbox , the ubiquitous store-and-sync cloud storage service; I am among them. What I found is described in this post, and it involves using the open source EncFS and OSXFUSE projects along with an application from BoxCryptor to provide real-time, client-side AES-256 encryption. Background. I rebooted here.

Open Source 137

Open Source Storage Security Guidelines 137

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 16, 2017

This is my irregularly-published collection of links and articles from around the Internet related to the major data center technologies: networking, hardware, security, cloud computing, applications/OSes, storage, and virtualization. Operating Systems/Applications. Networking. Feeling geeky? Virtualization.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Network Windows 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 17, 2020

dll , a core Windows cryptographic component) that was rumored to be fixed the next day (January 14) on the first “Patch Tuesday” of 2020. Operating Systems/Applications. As of January 14, Windows 7 is now End of Life (EOL), as pointed out here by Sergiu Gatlan. This is kind of cool. Virtualization.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Vmware Windows Cloud 60

Kitaboo

APRIL 4, 2022

Besides, it also allows for reformatting by third-party applications. By digitizing your eBooks, you can eliminate the costs associated with space, rent, and offsite storage. Once your eBooks are digitized, you can make them available for the Android, iOS, and Windows operating systems.

eBook 78

eBook Software Software Adobe 78

Scott Lowe

MARCH 23, 2017

Cossack Labs recently released Acra , a database encryption suite designed to protect applications against data leaks by providing strong encryption. Operating Systems/Applications. Via Cody Bunch, I found this GitHub repository to help set up development environments on Windows. Check back next time! and vSphere.

Open Source 60

Open Source Storage Vmware Network 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

I found this link in the serverless mullet architectures post, see the “Operating Systems/Applications” section below.). Operating Systems/Applications. In the event you are seeking more information on NAT hole punching, here you go. You’re welcome. (I It’s an interesting read.

Architecture 60

Architecture Operating Systems Applications How To 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. Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Windows Network Agile 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 16, 2017

Operating Systems/Applications. Aside from a Windows VM I maintain for the occasional thing I can’t do effectively on Linux or OS X, I haven’t worked with Windows in any significant capacity in quite a while. This other post by Cody on automated Windows 10 post-install may also be useful.

Windows 60

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

Linux 60

Linux Vmware Windows Applications 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Kevin Houston discusses workload acceleration options—specifically, storage acceleration via NVMe or PCIe SSDs—for blade servers. He also has a good article outlining some storage options for various blade server platforms that might be helpful as well. Operating Systems/Applications. Servers/Hardware.

Linux 60

Linux Vmware Storage Network 60

Galido

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

However, in terms of usability, iTunes can be somewhat messy and confusing software, not to mention its lack of fluidity in operating systems such as Windows. WinX MediaTrans helps you in file and data transfer operations from iOS devices to Windows PC and vice versa. Connect your iPhone and iPad to start working.

Backup 77

Backup Licensing Video Windows 77

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Operating Systems/Applications. The Windows Server team managed to shrink the size of the Windows Server Core container image by about 60%; get more details here. Nick Korte shares some “lessons learned” as his team explored VMware vSAN as a storage solution.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Network Storage 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 27, 2021

Operating Systems/Applications. Bozhidar Batsov shares the story of how he left macOS for Linux and ended up on Windows 10 with WSL. Austin Hughley for sticking it out through all the challenges and documenting how to use a Windows gaming PC as a (Linux) Docker host. jq is probably one of my favorite CLI tools.

Linux 60

Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Jake Bennett discusses strengthening your AWS security posture by protecting application credentials and rotating EC2 and IAM keys. Operating Systems/Applications. Thomas Maurer has a write-up looking at Windows Nano Server. Servers/Hardware. JJ Asghar announces two Chef vRA 7.0+

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Intel Virtualization 60

The Verge

AUGUST 20, 2020

Kristin Wallace purchased a budget HP laptop for her daughter, Bella, but didn’t realize how quickly the nine-year-old would fill up 32GB of storage. “It I need a computer with more storage space,” said Bella, who uses the laptop to Zoom with friends and take virtual guitar lessons and math enrichment classes.

Dell 107

Dell HP Google Meeting 107

Scott Lowe

APRIL 19, 2019

” Operating Systems/Applications. Mark Church from Docker provides an update on Windows containers with Docker and Kubernetes , specifically calling out the support for Windows node as of the Kubernetes 1.14 Brian Christner talks about becoming a Docker “power user” with VS Code.

Open Source 60

Open Source Tools Policies Cloud 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Adrian’s operational review readiness template is another great post as well. Operating Systems/Applications. You may have heard of eBPF, the Linux technology that is reshaping Linux applications (and in some ways reshaping Linux itself). It almost feels like we are well into Windows Registry territory here.

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Linux Vmware Open Source Examples 60