Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Servers/Hardware. This is useful, in my opinion, because now platform operators have a “starting point” on the specific threats they need to try to mitigate. There’s also some great information in this Google Project Zero blog post. Operating Systems/Applications. Well worth reading! is available.

Open Source 94

Open Source Virtualization Applications Security 94

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 27, 2023

Servers/Hardware What do you think of the ThinkPhone ? You can get more details on Koyeb’s Pulumi provider in this blog post. Operating Systems/Applications Dewan Ahmed has a great run-down on options for documentation-as-code. Ah, the bygone sounds of yesteryear …what a blast from the past!

Programming 90

Programming Open Source Cloud Devops 90

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 6, 2021

Servers/Hardware. 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. Operating Systems/Applications. John Arundel is excited about CUE.

Open Source 105

Open Source Load Balancer WAN Architecture 105

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Well, let’s see…stuff on Envoy, network automation, network designs, M1 chips (and potential open source variants!), Servers/Hardware. Are open source M1-style chips a possibility? If I do end up using/testing it, I’ll share more information via a future blog post. Thank you, Ben!

Open Source 107

Open Source Cloud Network Storage 107

Galido

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Information Technology Blog - - Top 8 Highly Paid and in-demand Programming Languages in 2018 - Information Technology Blog. When programming applications for the operating system of Apple, iOS, and therefore to create apps for iPhone and iPad, you must use the Objective-C language. Kotlin is an open source language.

Programming 81

Programming Operating Systems Open Source Applications 81

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 23, 2020

I think a fair number of folks may not be aware that the Nginx ingress controller for Kubernetes—both the community version and the Nginx-maintained open source version—do suffer from timeouts and errors resulting from changes in the back-end application’s list of endpoints (think pods being added or removed).

Open Source 60

Open Source Vmware Disaster Recovery Linux 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Here’s another collection of articles and blog posts about some of the common technologies that modern IT professionals will typically encounter. Servers/Hardware. The big news in the hardware space recently was the article regarding the purported Chinese hardware supply chain attack. Operating Systems/Applications.

Hardware 60

Hardware Open Source Vmware Linux 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 15, 2022

My personal and professional life has kept me busy over the last couple of months, so things have been quiet here on the blog. Xavier Avrillier walks readers through using Antrea (a Kubernetes CNI built on top of Open vSwitch—a topic I’ve touched on a time or two) to provide on-premise load balancing in Kubernetes.

Linux 74

Linux Load Balancer IPv6 Licensing 74

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Michael Kashin has a good post on source IP address selection in Linux. Servers/Hardware I must admit that I always wanted to have a Sun workstation, and I’ve had an interest in SunOS/Solaris for years (check out this link if you don’t believe me). Here are some design considerations for Wi-Fi 6E (6GHz) networks.

Vmware 74

Vmware Network Hardware Cloud 74

Galido

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Information Technology Blog - - Top Tech Websites 2019 - Information Technology Blog. Thus it is essential to always stay on top of news and information, whether it be by newsletter, following RSS feeds and blogs, tutorials or going back to school. Find the links to these blogs in the descriptions below.

Mobile 77

Mobile Data Center Security Virtualization 77

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 21, 2022

Servers/Hardware. I was very glad to see this blog post about the financial future of the GnuPG project. The story of a developer deliberately polluting their open source projects—as outlined here for the “colors.js” Operating Systems/Applications. ” and “faker.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. The post Going Serverless: Where to Start appeared first on Linux Academy Blog. What is serverless framework? Why use it?

Linux 92

Linux Cloud Architecture Open Source 92

Scott Lowe

JULY 5, 2019

Servers/Hardware. Although I’ve by and large moved away from Apple hardware (I still have a MacBook Pro running macOS that sees very little use, and a Mac Pro running Fedora), I did see this article regarding a new keyboard for the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro. Operating Systems/Applications. Kubernetes 1.15

Storage 60

Storage Hardware Open Source Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2021

The collection of links shared below covers a fairly wide range of topics, from old Sun hardware to working with serverless frameworks in the public cloud. I read a couple of Cilium-related blog posts recently that may be useful. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Networking. Virtualization.

Vmware 60

Vmware Hardware Load Balancer Apple 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 6, 2021

Servers/Hardware. 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. Operating Systems/Applications. John Arundel is excited about CUE.

Open Source 60

Open Source Load Balancer WAN Architecture 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 3, 2016

Cumulus Networks has added another hardware partner to its list of supported hardware partners; this time it’s Mellanox, as outlined in this SDx Central article. Servers/Hardware. of Photon Controller, and James Zabala has a blog post describing the new Photon Controller release. Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Network Linux Hardware 60

Galido

JULY 20, 2018

Information Technology Blog - - iPhone Vs Android — A Comparative Study 2018 - Information Technology Blog. This could be true as Apple software only needs to work on Apple hardware, where Android software needs to work on multiple varieties of devices. Aesthetics, Hardware and Price. iPhones have a beautiful design.

Study 66

Study Apple Google Operating Systems 66

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Well, let’s see…stuff on Envoy, network automation, network designs, M1 chips (and potential open source variants!), Servers/Hardware. Are open source M1-style chips a possibility? If I do end up using/testing it, I’ll share more information via a future blog post. Thank you, Ben!

Open Source 60

Open Source Cloud Network Storage 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 19, 2019

Servers/Hardware. Tim Hinrichs discusses securing the Kubernetes API with Open Policy Agent. This article discusses four open source secrets management tools. Many organizations prefer to use two-factor authentication (2FA) to help protect their systems. ” Operating Systems/Applications.

Open Source 60

Open Source Tools Policies Cloud 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Components involved include the open source Kuma service mesh (in turn leveraging Envoy), anycast BGP, and mutual TLS (mTLS). Servers/Hardware. William Lam takes a look at some potentially interesting homelab hardware. Oh, and the article shares a handy Python script to help implement bogon filtering in NSX-T.

Storage 79

Storage Hardware Policies Open Source 79

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). Craig Matsumoto of SDxCentral recently published a piece on NFV performance ; that article was based largely on a blog post by Martin Taylor of Metaswitch found here.

Open Source 60

Open Source Vmware Network IBM 60

Galido

AUGUST 2, 2019

Information Technology Blog - - Enhancing the User Experience: Fantastic Android Q Features Proving Google as the Ultimate Winner - Information Technology Blog. Android is an operating system running on the smartphones and with its excellently designed features, it has become the most popular one by leading the smartphone market.

Google 84

Google Operating Systems Applications Security 84

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. Servers/Hardware. The project itself is open source and hosted on GitHub. Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Open Source Devops 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 17, 2019

Servers/Hardware. The CNCF blog has a great article written by an Alibaba software engineer (Xingyu Chen) on some performance optimizations for etcd that have been contributed back to the open source community. Operating Systems/Applications. Networking.

Linux 60

Linux Dell Open Source Licensing 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 14, 2017

Servers/Hardware. 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). Joel Knight shares how he’s tried to blog more in 2017. Virtualization.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Vmware Hardware Open Source 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. Servers/Hardware. The project itself is open source and hosted on GitHub. Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Open Source Linux Devops 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 19, 2018

Servers/Hardware. Via Maish Saidel-Keesing, I saw this post about 10 open source Kubernetes tools for highly effective SRE and Ops teams. Operating Systems/Applications. Mark Peek talks about Dispatch , the open source serverless framework VMware recently released. Nothing this time around.

Vmware 60

Vmware Open Source Linux Cloud 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 17, 2020

Servers/Hardware. Now I really want to see hardware security key support in the desktop and mobile apps! Oh, and you might also enjoy Nicolas Fränkel’s post outlining his blogging stack and publishing process. Operating Systems/Applications. Time to get patching, folks! Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Vmware Windows Cloud 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 2, 2020

Servers/Hardware. This article is about hardware, just not the hardware I’d typically talk about in this section—instead, it’s about Philips Hue light bulbs. Operating Systems/Applications. Christian Mohn shares his Hugo and Visual Studio (Code) workflow for blogging. (I’m

Linux 60

Linux Windows Hardware Network 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2019

The one caveat to his approach that may be worth mentioning is that some policies (a PodSecurityPolicy or the use of Open Policy Agent) may prevent the user from launching a Pod connected to the host’s network namespace. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Nothing this time; sorry! Virtualization.

Vmware 60

Vmware Network Linux Hardware 60

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. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Networking.

Vmware 60

Vmware Open Source Intel Applications 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 25, 2017

Servers/Hardware. Check out this blog on work done to bring firmware updates into the land of Linux. Operating Systems/Applications. I was recently reviewing some articles on Git, the popular distributed version control system, and came across a few related posts. Fun read if you’re into custom builds.

Linux 60

Linux Open Source Network Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 25, 2017

Servers/Hardware. Check out this blog on work done to bring firmware updates into the land of Linux. Operating Systems/Applications. I was recently reviewing some articles on Git, the popular distributed version control system, and came across a few related posts. Fun read if you’re into custom builds.

Linux 60

Linux Open Source Network Vmware 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. Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Devops Storage Linux 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 Thinking of using a hardware VTEP (VXLAN Tunnel Endpoint) with VMware NSX? Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Hardware Storage Linux 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. Servers/Hardware. Colin Lynch gives a “first look” at the Cisco UCS Generation 3 hardware , which may be of interest if you’re a UCS customer or looking at purchasing UCS.

Vmware 60

Vmware Network Operating Systems Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 17, 2016

Check out Mark Russinovich’s blog post on SONiC , then pop over to Kamala Subramaniam’s more in-depth SONiC post. Matt Oswalt recently unveiled (and open sourced) a framework called ToDD, which stands for “Testing on Demand: Distributed”. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Network Open Source 60