TM Forum

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

I am an Enterprise Architect at CGI, leading transformation programs to deliver core business and operational systems for Communication Service Providers. At CGI, we help our customers in their digital transformation journey by modernizing legacy systems with purpose-built and future-ready solutions aligned to industry standards.

Agile 130

Agile Industry Open Source System 130

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 6, 2021

I saw this blog post about Curiefense , an open source Envoy extension to add WAF (web application firewall) functionality to Envoy. I really enjoy these AWS open source news and updates posts. It’s a good starting point for thinking about operating your own active-active architecture.

Open Source 105

Open Source Load Balancer WAN Architecture 105

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 21, 2022

Aidan Steele examines how VPC sharing could potentially improve security and reduce cost. Chris Evans revisits the discussion regarding Arm processor architectures in the public cloud. The story of a developer deliberately polluting their open source projects—as outlined here for the “colors.js”

Load Balancer 90

Load Balancer Linux Intel Cloud 90

Linux Academy

JUNE 4, 2019

The Serverless Framework is an open-source project that replaces traditional platforms (hardware, operating systems) with a platform that can run in a cloud environment. Data security is another concern. What is serverless framework? Why use it? Your information is sitting out on the internet.

Linux 92

Linux Cloud Architecture Open Source 92

Cloud Musings

JUNE 29, 2017

Did you know that the reservations systems of the biggest carriers mostly run on a specialized IBM operating system known as Transaction Processing Facility (TPF). This will be done using a micro-services architecture, design thinking, agile methodology, DevOps, and lean development. “In

Airlines 123

Airlines Cloud IBM Agile 123

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 6, 2021

I saw this blog post about Curiefense , an open source Envoy extension to add WAF (web application firewall) functionality to Envoy. I really enjoy these AWS open source news and updates posts. It’s a good starting point for thinking about operating your own active-active architecture.

Open Source 60

Open Source Load Balancer WAN Architecture 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 27, 2022

Isovalent—the company behind the Cilium project—has been talking a lot about how the use of eBPF will transform things, including the architecture of a service mesh. Researchers have uncovered a potential security flaw in Apple Silicon CPUs; more details in this 9to5Mac article. Operating Systems/Applications.

Virtualization 79

Virtualization Storage Programming Network 79

Galido

MAY 1, 2019

These areas of tech include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs. Security Tech Blogs. Techworld Security Blog. They offer useful relevant topics on security and tech security news.

Resources 107

Resources Mobile Data Center Security 107

Scott Lowe

MAY 3, 2019

Via the Kubernetes blog , Box announced it has open sourced a project called kube-iptables-tailer , which turns packet drops from iptables into Kubernetes events that can be logged for easier troubleshooting. Keybase discusses some challenges with encrypted chat applications and how their architecture avoids some of those challenges.

Vmware 60

Vmware Open Source Intel Applications 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 17, 2017

It’s a toolkit, part of the Moby Project, that is used for building secure, portable, and lean operating systems for containers. It uses the moby tooling to build system images. LinuxKit was first announced and open sourced in April 2017 at DockerCon in Austin. So what is LinuxKit?

Linux 60

Linux Architecture Open Source Vmware 60

Galido

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

These areas of tech include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs. Security Tech Blogs. Techworld Security Blog. They offer useful relevant topics on security and tech security news.

Mobile 77

Mobile Data Center Security Virtualization 77

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. This course covers the basics of Prometheus, which includes its architecture and components, such as exporters, client libraries, and alerting. Courses Free in May. Then this course is for you.

Linux 113

Linux Course Big Data Devops 113

Scott Lowe

MARCH 23, 2017

As opposed to just encrypting data at the transport level (although Acra does that between components of its architecture) or just encrypting data at the storage level (using an encrypted file system or similar), Acra targets encrypting data at the table/row/column level within a database. Acra is open source and available via GitHub.

Open Source 60

Open Source Storage Vmware Network 60

Linux Academy

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

We discuss architectural requirements and principles of Big Data infrastructures and the intersection of cloud computing. This course covers the DevSecOps process with an emphasis on securing both legacy and hybrid cloud environments. Linux Operating System Fundamentals. DevSecOps Essentials. Kubernetes Essentials.

Course 104

Course Linux Devops Big Data 104

Scott Lowe

MARCH 17, 2016

Matt Oswalt recently unveiled (and open sourced) a framework called ToDD, which stands for “Testing on Demand: Distributed”. Russell Pope at Kovarus recently wrote about using security groups to manage the VMware NSX distributed firewall. Operating Systems/Applications. Read more about it here. Servers/Hardware.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Network Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 24, 2020

I don’t have any links for servers/hardware or security in today’s Short Take, but hopefully there’s enough linked content in the other sections that you’ll still find something useful. I recently stumbled across this regular list of AWS open source news and updates by Ricardo Sueiras. Networking.

Storage 60

Storage Tools Architecture Network 60

Linux Academy

MARCH 28, 2019

As organizations increase their use of Kubernetes in public and Hybrid cloud architectures, it is important not to let a maiden voyage end like a Titanic catastrophe. To ensure ongoing security site reliability engineers must work hand-in-hand with the CISO’s (Chief Information Security Officer) office to implement Kubernetes security.

Policies 68

Policies Linux Security Virtualization 68

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 28, 2016

And while we are on the topic of Linux and open source in the networking industry…read this entertaining and informative article on the importance of (truly) open source libraries in networking. This post on automating NSX security rules using Splunk (and some custom code) is pretty cool. Servers/Hardware.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Open Source Devops 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 28, 2016

And while we are on the topic of Linux and open source in the networking industry…read this entertaining and informative article on the importance of (truly) open source libraries in networking. This post on automating NSX security rules using Splunk (and some custom code) is pretty cool. Servers/Hardware.

Vmware 60

Vmware Open Source Linux Devops 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 2, 2020

There’s a security vulnerability , so don’t let your smart home get hacked. I recently found this page , and thought it was a great idea—trying to bring improved security to the masses. Operating Systems/Applications. Nick Buraglio introduces readers to sshuttle. Good for the EFF. Both are good articles.

Linux 60

Linux Windows Hardware Network 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 11, 2016

In this post you’ll find a collection of links to articles discussing the major data center technologies—networking, hardware, security, cloud computing, applications, virtualization…you name it! (If According to this article , “It is hard to overstate what a sea change” this sort of architecture will create. Networking.

Vmware 60

Vmware Hardware Storage Linux 60

ForAllSecure

DECEMBER 17, 2021

As I produce this episode, there's a dangerous new vulnerability known informally as Log4Shell, it’s a flaw in an open source Java logging library developed by the Apache Foundation and, in the hands of a malicious actor, could allow for remote code injection. Vamosi: The idea behind Open Source is great.

Open Source 52

Open Source Software Software Applications 52

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. This course covers the basics of Prometheus, which includes its architecture and components, such as exporters, client libraries, and alerting. Courses Free in May. Then this course is for you.

Linux 60

Linux Course Big Data Devops 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Amit Aneja has a two-part series (so far) explaining the routing architecture in NSX-T (which brings multi-hypervisor and multi-cloud support to the NSX platform). I’m not really sure if this belongs in networking or not (how does one classify OS kernel-level work on networking and security?), Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Network Storage 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 2, 2017

Skydive is (in the project’s own words) an “open source real-time network topology and protocols analyzer.” Here’s a great article highlighting some of the risks involved in relying only on HTTPS certificates to denote the “security” or “validity” of a site. Operating Systems/Applications. See here.).

Linux 60

Linux Devops Open Source Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 14, 2017

I’ll keep an eye open for links to include next time around. Operating Systems/Applications. The popular open source container registry project, Harbor , has released a new version (version 1.2). Romain Decker has an “under the hood” look at the VMware NSX load balancer. Servers/Hardware.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Vmware Hardware Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2013

A fan of network virtualization might also say that decomposing today’s complex physical networks into multiple simple logical networks on top of a simpler physical transport network—similar to Mike’s suggestion of converging on a smaller set of reference architectures—might also help. (Of Any thoughts?

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Linux Network 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

see below in the “Operating Systems/Applications” section), Metaswitch has announced a Container Networking Interface (CNI) plugin for Project Calico. Brian Krebs takes on security in the IoT world in this post about smart devices with dumb defaults. Operating Systems/Applications. Networking. Look at this.

Vmware 60

Vmware Network Operating Systems Virtualization 60

Linux Academy

JUNE 25, 2019

Cloud Security Fundamentals. One thing often forgotten about during implementation is security. This course is designed around introducing students to cloud concepts and securing those using the tools available. This course covers the DevSecOps process with an emphasis on securing both legacy and hybrid cloud environments.

Course 60

Course Linux Cloud Devops 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Normally the hardware space is pretty boring (in fact, I’ve been considering removing it from the Technology Short Take series), but HPE decided to shake things up recently with its Synergy servers and “composable architecture”. Operating Systems/Applications. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Want to run Docker Swarm on Azure?

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Architecture Hardware 60

Linux Academy

JANUARY 1, 2020

Jenkins is an automation server, and as an open-source platform, it has an immense amount of integration benefits when it comes down to engaging in software development and projects that require rigorous testing. We discuss architectural requirements and principles of Big Data infrastructures and the intersection of cloud computing.

Course 31

Course Linux Devops Big Data 31

Scott Lowe

MAY 9, 2014

Connecting Docker containers to Open vSwitch is one thing, but what about using Docker containers to run Open vSwitch in userspace? It sounds like Ivan favors scale-out architectures, not scale-up architectures (which are typically what is seen in centralized control plane deployments). Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage HP Virtualization 60

Linux Academy

JANUARY 30, 2020

Jenkins is an automation server, and as an open-source platform, it has an immense amount of integration benefits when it comes down to engaging in software development and projects that require rigorous testing. We discuss architectural requirements and principles of Big Data infrastructures and the intersection of cloud computing.

Course 29

Course Linux Devops Big Data 29

CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The follow-on Apple Deployment and Management course focuses on configuring, managing, and securing Apple products using mobile device management (MDM). The exam covers topics such as coding, designing cloud architecture, cloud security, troubleshooting, implementation, migration, load and performance testing, and business applications.

SCRUM 133

SCRUM Project Management Course Network 133

ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

It seems everything smart is hackable, with IoT startups sometimes repeating security mistakes first made decades ago. How then does one start securing it? Welcome to the hacker by original podcast from for all secure, it's about challenging our expectations about the people who hack for a living.

Internet 52

Internet Research Security Tools 52

ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

It seems everything smart is hackable, with IoT startups sometimes repeating security mistakes first made decades ago. How then does one start securing it? Welcome to the hacker by original podcast from for all secure, it's about challenging our expectations about the people who hack for a living.

Internet 52

Internet Research Security Tools 52

Linux Academy

MAY 28, 2019

Additionally, we will cover how to use App Service Environments (ASE) to host a dedicated environment for securing and running App Service apps at scale. We discuss architectural requirements and principles of Big Data infrastructures and the intersection of cloud computing with Big Data. Then this course is for you.

Linux 104

Linux Course Big Data Devops 104