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. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Paul Johnston takes a very sensible approach in his post on cloud first serverless second.

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Sean Daniel

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Announcing Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials. This morning, building on the Windows Small Business Server 2011 Announcement , we are announcing a new edition targeted at Small Business called Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials. What is this Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials? SeanDaniel.com [tech].

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Storage Windows Small Business Backup 73

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 4, 2023

Cloud, sustainability, scale, and exponential data growth—these major factors that set the tone for high performance computing (HPC) in 2022 will also be key in driving innovation for 2023. 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

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. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Here’s a good article on packets-per-second limits in EC2.

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Cloud Musings

JUNE 8, 2015

Not using computing aided design (CAD) as a primary architectural tool today is just laughable. So why do multimillion dollar companies invest millions into building and deploying cloud computing solutions that are basically architected using not much more than diagrams, spreadsheets and PowerPoint presentations? rise in importance.

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Cloud Musings

JUNE 8, 2015

Not using computing aided design (CAD) as a primary architectural tool today is just laughable. So why do multimillion dollar companies invest millions into building and deploying cloud computing solutions that are basically architected using not much more than diagrams, spreadsheets and PowerPoint presentations? rise in importance.

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Cloud Tools Software Software 70

All Things Distributed

AUGUST 16, 2012

Both of these are important as they help customer accurately gauge the economic benefits of running their applications in the cloud. The best practices that we are collecting in the AWS Economics Center are there to help our customers get a total view on their IT cost such that they can accurately compare on-premise and cloud.

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Agile Applications Comparison CTO Hire 118

Scott Lowe

MARCH 17, 2016

At the recent OCP Summit, Microsoft introduced Software for Open Networking in the Cloud (SONiC). Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. 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. Career/Soft Skills.

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Vmware Linux Network Open Source 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? The CPU architecture flaw involving speculative execution has been garnering a great deal of attention (see here , here , here , and here ).

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Linux Vmware Comparison Network 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. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Trevor Roberts recently posted an article discussing Windows images in your OpenStack cloud.

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Vmware Linux Intel Network 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 13, 2018

Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Different design and architecture considerations apply in each instance. Shahidh Muhammad has a review/comparison of various tools aimed at helping developers build and deploy their apps on Kubernetes. Joe Duffy takes the wraps off Pulumi , which looks very interesting.

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Network World

MAY 16, 2024

Among the 811 respondents, artificial intelligence tops the list, cited by 45% of respondents, followed closely by IT operations (44%) and cloud solutions-architecture (36%). For comparison, 2022 saw 267,000 jobs added, with industry watchers attributing the dramatic difference to tech layoffs and other cost-cutting measures.

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Network Trends Survey Training 135

Fountainhead

JUNE 29, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Theyre also both teaming with virtualization providers, as well as hoping for success in cloud computing. True, both have made huge strides in the hardware world to allow for blade repurposing, I/O, address, and storage naming portability, etc.

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Analysis HP Data Center Virtualization 147

Cloud Musings

AUGUST 12, 2012

Cloud Musings by Kevin L. Personal comments and insight on cloud computing related technologies and their use in the public sector to support net-centric operations. Cloud Musings on Forbes. NJVC Cloud Computing. Get "Cloud Musings" by RSS. Texas Cloud Computing Lessons Learned. GovCloud Daily.

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Cloud Government Comparison Groups 165

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).

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 22, 2022

By way of comparison, every US$1 of investment made outside technology only boosted GDP by a meager US$3. In the future, industries will inevitably focus on developing their own digital capabilities, with increasing requirements for digital, cloud-based, and intelligent development. That’s a big difference.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 30, 2023

DCAP systems are designed to automatically identify and solve problems related to the storage and use of data. All this leads to insufficient protection of file storage and, as a result, to security incidents. Another task of DCAP is the optimization of storage systems. What attacks can DCAP systems prevent?

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 5, 2013

Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. 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. In spite of that fact, he manages to provide a reasonably balanced approach to comparing the two cloud management platforms.

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 26, 2014

Fathi re-emphasizes that VMware’s SDDC vision is an architecture, one built on the “power of AND.” ” vCloud Suite (and vCloud Air) is a manifestation of the SDDC vision/architecture. VMware’s SDDC vision/architecture delivers the power of “AND.” betas of vSphere and VSAN).

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Vmware Architecture Applications Storage 63

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2012

Another good resource is Dan Hersey’s guide to building an SDN-based private cloud in an hour. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. I might have mentioned this before, but Ken Pepple’s OpenStack Folsom architecture post is just awesome. Feel free to share something in the comments! by Qlogic called “Mt.

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Vmware Virtualization Storage Hardware 108

Scott Lowe

JUNE 11, 2014

He makes comparisons among server virtualization, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, and SDN, and feels that in order for SDN to really hit this market it needs to be “not a user-facing feature, but rather a means to an end” (his words). Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. I don’t know. Check out this command. (I

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