Scott Lowe

MAY 3, 2019

Networking. Via BlueCat Networks, John Capobianco shares his network automation journey. Via BlueCat Networks, John Capobianco shares his network automation journey. AnandTech has some coverage of the latest Intel processor announcements , which totally flew by my radar. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 2, 2016

Networking. Russ White tackles the issue of networking engineers needing to learn to code. Jason Messer has an article describing how networking works with Windows containers. Tom Hollingsworth discusses how the rise of overlay networks killed large layer 2 networks and tools for building large layer 2 networks, like TRILL.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 7, 2014

Networking. I mean, if they aren’t willing to embrace the abstraction and automation that a cloud management platform brings, will abstraction and automation at the networking layer provide any significant benefit? Don’t think this “software-defined networking” thing is going to take off? x86 marches on!

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Scott Lowe

JULY 17, 2020

Networking. Chip Zoller takes a look at Antrea , a new Kubernetes CNI (Container Networking Interface) plugin that leverages Open vSwitch (OVS). Ivan Pepelnjak has a fantastic article on adapting network design to acommodate automation. Operating Systems/Applications. Now, on to the good stuff! ” Great quote!

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 27, 2021

Networking. This is an interesting deep dive into Intel’s “Ice Lake” Xeon SP architecture. Operating Systems/Applications. I hope you find something useful! A short while ago I was helping someone (an acquaintance of a friend) with some odd DNS issues. —see this post for an explanation.).

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 8, 2016

Networking. Cue the round of folks claiming that this is why proprietary network operating systems [NOSes] are the route the networking industry should be taking.). (Cue The article specifically calls out SR-IOV as well as Intel Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) support within Open vSwitch (OVS).

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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. Networking. Jeffrey Kusters has a write-up on how to integrate AWS and vRealize Network Insight 3.4.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 23, 2017

Networking. Biruk Mekonnen has an introductory article on using Netmiko for network automation. 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. Servers/Hardware. My takeaway?

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Storage IO Blog

MARCH 21, 2016

Keep an eye on among others including Cisco (Servers), Dell (Servers), EMC (DSSD), HPE, Intel (Servers, Drives and Cards), Lenovo, Micron, Microsoft (Drivers, Operating Systems, Storage Spaces), NetApp, OCZ, Oracle, PMC, Samsung, Seagate, Supermicro, VMware and Western Digital (acquisition of SANdisk and HGST).

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 27, 2021

Networking. This is an interesting deep dive into Intel’s “Ice Lake” Xeon SP architecture. Operating Systems/Applications. I hope you find something useful! A short while ago I was helping someone (an acquaintance of a friend) with some odd DNS issues. —see this post for an explanation.).

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Galido

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Automakers want to standardize on a Linux-based OS that would make vehicle infotainment systems act more like smartphones. Automakers are working to standardize on a Linux-based operating system for in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) systems that would make it easier for cars to act more like smartphones.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Jeda Networks. I’ve mentioned Jeda Networks before (see here ), and I was pretty excited to have the opportunity to sit down with a couple of guys from Jeda to get more details on what they’re doing. Jeda Networks describes themselves as a “software-defined storage networking” company.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 28, 2023

Early on, Loura found himself fascinated with computer networking and the innovation happening in the space, but he was also frustrated by the slow pace of some processes. She is now CIO of the Federal Reserve System. So he took the initiative to suggest new ways to work.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

This is IDF 2013 session CLDS001, titled “Rack Scale Architecture for Cloud.” ” The speaker is Mohan Kumar, a Sr Principal Engineer with Intel. However, the current architectures aren’t sufficient. To address these concerns, Intel believes that a rack-level architecture is needed.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

This is session COMS002, titled “The Future of Software-Defined Networking with the Intel Open Network Platform Switch Reference Design.” ” The speakers are Recep Ozdag, a PME with Intel, and Gershon Schatzberg, a PLM with Wind River Systems. So how does this work?

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

For some people, for instance, a router might be internet of things for other people it might not be it might be considered network infrastructure. So what then makes IoT hacking different from say traditional network hacking. Is that a traditional networking attack, or is that an IoT attack?

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

For some people, for instance, a router might be internet of things for other people it might not be it might be considered network infrastructure. So what then makes IoT hacking different from say traditional network hacking. Is that a traditional networking attack, or is that an IoT attack?

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TM Forum

JULY 19, 2021

Put simply, Open RAN is an attempt to disaggregate radio access network (RAN) functionality, by splitting up the hardware and software thus opening up the architectures and diversifying the supply chain for the radio portion of the network. The remote radio units are provided by Fujitsu and NEC, LTE.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 10, 2023

Networking Kevin Jin’s post on the APNIC blog about network automation tools is a great read. He discusses Netmiko, NAPALM, and Nornir in some detail, and provides some guidance around which network automation tool may be right for you. Anton Kuliashov writes about why Palark uses Cilium for Kubernetes networking.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

I’m back home in Denver after spending a few days in San Francisco at Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2013, so I thought I’d take a few minutes to sit down and share a summary of the event and my thoughts. Enhancing OpenStack with Intel Technologies for Public, Private, and Hybrid Cloud: [link]. IDF 2013 Keynote, Day 2: [link].

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 3, 2016

Networking. Phil Gervasi has an article on fate sharing in the network core , where he discusses some of the advantages—and disadvantages—of centralizing the control plane in network designs. The examples Phil uses include StackWise, Virtual Switching System, and Virtual Port Channels. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Networking. If you’re not really a networking pro and need a “gentle” introduction to VXLAN, this post might be a good place to start. What is Intel SGX, you ask? Operating Systems/Applications. Service registration (and discovery) in a micro-service architecture can be challenging.

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 4, 2013

Networking. What happens when multiple VXLAN logical networks are mapped to the same multicast group? This post by Ranga Maddipudi shows you how to use App Firewall in conjunction with VXLAN logical networks. I talked before about the difference between network virtualization and SDN, so no need to mention that again.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 30, 2023

Huge arrays of unstructured data utilized and modified by many users as well as the ever-growing complexity of attacks, lead to the fact that the usual means of protecting the perimeter of a corporate network no longer meet current information security requirements. What attacks can DCAP systems prevent?

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 4, 2013

Networking. What happens when multiple VXLAN logical networks are mapped to the same multicast group? This post by Ranga Maddipudi shows you how to use App Firewall in conjunction with VXLAN logical networks. I talked before about the difference between network virtualization and SDN, so no need to mention that again.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 5, 2013

This Technology Short Take is a bit heavy on the networking side, but I suppose that’s understandable given my recent job change. Networking. Ben Cherian, Chief Strategy Officer for Midokura, helps make a case for network virtualization. Note: Midokura makes a network virtualization solution.) Am I wrong?

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Threat Intelligence can be divided into four primary levels: technical, tactical, operational, and strategic. This ranges from understanding cryptography to having insights into operating system architecture. One approach here is to utilize a pretrained neural network tailored to classify images from TI reports.

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The Verge

JANUARY 13, 2021

No bending pins trying to put in a CPU, no getting a motherboard that’s DOA, just an Intel compute unit and a graphics card slotted into a (frankly astonishingly) small case. Then, in December, it finally happened : the Tomahawk desktop computer with the Intel NUC and a RTX 3080 finally went up for pre-order. Intel NUC 9 Extreme.

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2012

Networking. If you’re interested in learning more about OpenFlow and software-defined networking but need to do this on a shoestring budget in your home lab, a number of guides have been written to help out. Also see the “Networking” section above for a related post on the networking aspects involved.

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