Dataconomy

MAY 8, 2023

In the ever-expanding universe of technology, cloud computing has become the celestial body around which many businesses orbit. However, much like the vast expanse of space, the cloud can be a dangerous place without proper security measures in place. What is shared responsibility model in cloud computing?

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Cloud Security Resources Operating Systems 51

Dataconomy

APRIL 13, 2023

Virtual Network Computing (VNC) is a technology that has revolutionized the way we access and control remote computers. In this article, we will delve deeper into the world of Virtual Network Computing, exploring its history, technology, and various applications. What is Virtual Network Computing (VNC)?

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Virtualization Network Linux Windows 36

CTOvision

MAY 9, 2017

Solarflare, a global leader in networking solutions for modern data centers, is releasing an Open Compute Platform (OCP) software-defined, networking interface card, offering the industry’s most scalable, lowest latency networking solution to meet the dynamic needs of the enterprise environment.

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Software Software Data Center Hardware 151

Kitaboo

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

With networks and infrastructures extending beyond the safe school walls nowadays, cyber-attack threats against educational institutions are on the rise. A denial-of-service attack attempts to overwhelm or shut down a network, rendering it unusable to legitimate users. There is a heightened focus on remote learning and online classes.

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Education Malware eBook Backup 78

Galido

OCTOBER 31, 2018

For any business today, scanning its systems and network for vulnerabilities is of critical importance. We now have all kinds of new, improved vulnerability scanners that make it all easy for entrepreneurs and network admins. Cloud-Based Vulnerability Scanners: On-demand scanning and monitoring.

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Tools How To Malware Network 84

CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 27, 2022

However, employees working outside the corporate firewall and other network protections pose some big security challenges, especially for large enterprises. CIOs and CSOs still have to ensure that employees outside of the corporate firewall can do their work securely. IT admins cannot secure assets that they can’t see.

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Firewall Security Insurance Journal 52

SecureWorld News

APRIL 9, 2023

However, conventional solutions such as antivirus, firewalls, and other detection and blocking tools can only offer a limited level of security. Here, filtering, threat analysis, and sandboxing are performed on a public or private cloud server. Provides more security: Remote browser isolation in the cloud is very reliable.

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Security Malware Virtualization Network 84

CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 23, 2023

Firewalls have come a long way from their humble beginnings of assessing network traffic based on appearance alone. Here are six predictions for the future of the firewall. We predict that the convergence of networking and security will continue to expand to more areas. And NGFWs aren’t done evolving.

Firewall 98

Firewall Network WAN Security 98

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 15, 2021

Networking. This article by Joshua Fox outlines how and when to use each of the various types of firewalls offered by AWS. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Heidi Howard and Ittai Abraham illustrate some of the challenges of the Raft consensus protocol when there is a network partition. Matt Fuller has you covered.

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Linux Firewall Open Source Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 6, 2021

Networking. Back in April of this year, Patrick Ogenstad announced Netrasp , a Go package for writing network automation tooling in Go. I saw this blog post about Curiefense , an open source Envoy extension to add WAF (web application firewall) functionality to Envoy. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

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Open Source Load Balancer WAN Architecture 105

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. Vulnerabilities at the operating system level may be exploited by rogue container workloads if not hardened. Use The Right Installer. Manage Secrets.

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Policies Linux Security Virtualization 68

Dataconomy

OCTOBER 17, 2023

White hat hackers, also known as ethical hackers or security researchers, are individuals who use their computer programming and networking skills to help organizations protect themselves from cyber threats. These individuals are often highly skilled and have a deep understanding of computer systems, networks, and cybersecurity principles.

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Network Security Applications System 45

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 20, 2023

2] In this arena, desktop virtualization and cloud technologies will play starring roles. Understanding VDI As a virtual desktop solution, VDI enables remote workers to interact with an operating system and software the same way they would if working locally—on a network-delivered endpoint device.

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Dell Intel Virtualization Cloud 59

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 2, 2019

Networking. The key takeaway here is that anytime there is firewalling or other stateful services in place, the traffic will route to the (non-distributed) service router instead of just the distributed routers. Northbound Networks provides some information on the P4 programming language. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

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Storage Applications Programming Firewall 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Networking. This is a slightly older post providing an overview of container networking , but still quite relevant. Russell Bryant has a post on Open Virtual Network (OVN) , a project within the Open vSwitch (OVS) community. specifically, the new container network firewall functionality. That’s cool.

Firewall 60

Firewall Virtualization Network Storage 60

Dataconomy

JUNE 27, 2023

Protecting against external threats Cyber hygiene acts as a shield against external threats that aim to compromise the security of your devices and networks. How to counter the most risky cloud computing threats? Cybercriminals can exploit vulnerabilities in systems and networks, gaining unauthorized access to sensitive information.

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Malware Software Software Financial 68

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 6, 2021

Networking. Back in April of this year, Patrick Ogenstad announced Netrasp , a Go package for writing network automation tooling in Go. I saw this blog post about Curiefense , an open source Envoy extension to add WAF (web application firewall) functionality to Envoy. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

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Open Source Load Balancer WAN Architecture 60

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 4, 2024

Furthermore, if the operating system pattern is Linux Oracle Enterprise, the architect would use that pattern first in its design unless technical constraints made the consumption of this pattern suboptimal to accomplish the solution’s goal.

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Financial Architecture Resources Security 105

Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2017

Networking. Sjors Robroek describes his nested NSX-T lab that also includes some virtualized network equipment (virtualized Arista switches). Here’s an interesting article on the role that virtualization is playing in the network functions virtualization (NFV) space now that ARM hardware is growing increasingly powerful.

Windows 60

Windows Vmware Virtualization Linux 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2017

Networking. Sjors Robroek describes his nested NSX-T lab that also includes some virtualized network equipment (virtualized Arista switches). Here’s an interesting article on the role that virtualization is playing in the network functions virtualization (NFV) space now that ARM hardware is growing increasingly powerful.

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Windows Vmware Virtualization Linux 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 17, 2016

Networking. At DevOps Networking Forum 2016, I had the opportunity to share a presentation on some Linux networking options. Here’s another topic that came up at the recent DevOps Networking Forum: Spotify’s SDN Internet Router (SIR). Here’s some information on Nuage Networks’ experimental Docker Network plugin.

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Vmware Linux Network Open Source 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 Networking. Numan Siddique describes the native DHCP support available in OVN (Open Virtual Network).

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Vmware Hardware Storage Linux 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 24, 2015

Networking. Tyler Christiansen recently published a post on a network automation workflow that was based on a presentation he gave at the SF Network Automation meetup. This article by Russell Bryant is a great overview and update of the work going on with Open Virtual Network (OVN). Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

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Vmware Storage Firewall Network 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Networking. Michael Kashin has a great article on how Open Virtual Network (OVN, part of the Open vSwitch project) implements virtual networks in OpenStack. In a bit of an older post from late summer 2016, Matt Oswalt outlines why network engineers should care about the network software supply chain. Good advice.

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Linux Network Virtualization IPv6 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 12, 2016

Networking. 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. Maybe next time?

Vmware 60

Vmware Windows Network Agile 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 16, 2017

Networking. Sjors Robroek describes his nested NSX-T lab that also includes some virtualized network equipment (virtualized Arista switches). Here’s an interesting article on the role that virtualization is playing in the network functions virtualization (NFV) space now that ARM hardware is growing increasingly powerful.

Windows 60

Windows Virtualization Devops Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 8, 2013

Networking. —but I wonder how much cooperation Big Switch will get from the major networking vendors with regards to OpenFlow interoperability now that Big Switch is competing even more directly with them via Switch Light. Just getting started in the networking field? Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

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Storage Vmware WAN Virtualization 111

Scott Lowe

JUNE 29, 2016

Networking. First, we have this post on HiCube, which covers MACVLAN vs. Next, we have a pair of articles by Sreenivas Makam; the first covers MACVLAN and IPVLAN basics , while the second tackles the Docker MACVLAN and IPVLAN network plugins. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications.

Linux 60

Linux Network Hardware Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 2, 2017

Networking. Skydive is (in the project’s own words) an “open source real-time network topology and protocols analyzer.” Tony Sangha took PowerNSX (a set of PowerShell cmdlets for interacting with NSX) and created a tool to help document the NSX Distributed Firewall configuration. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

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Linux Devops Open Source Virtualization 60

CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 15, 2022

If you recently integrated cloud technologies into your IT environment, chances are your team spent many months working behind the scenes, diligently setting up the implementation to generate quick gains for the business. Either way, clouds of any flavor from public to on prem to hybrid don’t manage themselves. They have two options.

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Cloud Open Source Applications Storage 145

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Networking. This post by Matt Oswalt—the first in a series, apparently—provides a great introduction to 5 development tools for network engineers. Matt also recently posted part 4 (of 5) in his series on SDN protocols; this post covers OpFlex and declarative networking. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

Vmware 69

Vmware Linux Storage Virtualization 69

Scott Lowe

MARCH 10, 2015

Networking. I love this post from Matt Oswalt on five next-gen skills for networking pros. Anthony Burke (disclaimer: Anthony works for VMware in the NSBU) has a post on how to use Python to automate the bulk creation of firewall rules for use with the VMware NSX distributed firewall. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

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Vmware Linux Hardware Software Development 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Networking. A discussion of “statefulness” brought me again to Ivan’s post on the spectrum of firewall statefulness. Cisco shared some thoughts on what they termed a “software-only” approach; naturally, they have a different vision for data center networking (and that’s OK). Servers/Hardware.

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Vmware Data Center Storage Disaster Recovery 60

Dataconomy

MARCH 28, 2023

It requires a deep understanding of the interplay between IoT devices, sensors, networks, and data science tools and techniques. An IoT ( Internet of Things ) ecosystem refers to a network of interconnected devices, sensors, and software applications that work together to collect, analyze, and share data. What is an IoT ecosystem?

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Data Storage Security Network 28

Dataconomy

MARCH 28, 2023

It requires a deep understanding of the interplay between IoT devices, sensors, networks, and data science tools and techniques. An IoT ( Internet of Things ) ecosystem refers to a network of interconnected devices, sensors, and software applications that work together to collect, analyze, and share data. What is an IoT ecosystem?

Data 28

Data Storage Security Network 28

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

PoLP is also a fundamental pillar of zero trust network access (ZTNA) 2.0. eliminates the need for administrators to think about network constructs and enables fine-grained access control to implement comprehensive least-privileged access. As we move to the cloud, there are new potential nightmares. Within a ZTNA 2.0

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Backup Information Security Security Operating Systems 128

Galido

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Does your webhost provide redundancy, content delivery network, or have multiple datacenter locations on several continents? Ensure that your host specializes in custom firewalls for your CMS if you are using one, and updates web server scripts and systems regularly. Redudancy and Backups. Enhanced Security. Enhanced Security.

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Backup Resources Security Virtualization 103