CTOvision

MAY 16, 2017

This is the industry’s first universal kernel bypass (UKB) solution which includes three techniques for kernel bypass: a POSIX (Portable Operating System Interface) sockets-based API (Application Program Interface), TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) Direct and DPDK (Data Plane Development Kit). Hardware Based Security (ServerLock).

Software 194

Software Software Data Center Hardware 194

GeekWire

AUGUST 31, 2021

He adds, “The upgrade will then roll out over time to in-market devices based on intelligence models that consider hardware eligibility, reliability metrics, age of device and other factors that impact the upgrade experience. Visual changes: The new operating system comes with a softer, translucent appearance.

Windows 131

Windows Microsoft Operating Systems Intel 131

Cloud Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Cloud computing transitions information technology (IT) from being "systems of physically integrated hardware and software" to "systems of virtually integrated services". Being a very young industry, universally adopted cloud computing standards do not currently exists. John Thune, R-S.D.,

Cloud 101

Cloud Healthcare Operating Systems Industry 101

CTOvision

MAY 9, 2017

This is the industry’s first universal kernel bypass (UKB) solution which includes three techniques for kernel bypass: a POSIX (Portable Operating System Interface) sockets-based API (Application Program Interface), TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) Direct and DPDK (Data Plane Development Kit). Hardware Based Security (ServerLock).

Software 151

Software Software Data Center Hardware 151

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 8, 2021

There’s some networking stuff, a few security links, and even a hardware-related article. Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Tom Kravitz' article on how IBM lost the public cloud war is a fascinating look at the internals of a former technology powerhouse. Operating Systems/Applications.

IPv6 60

IPv6 Storage Hardware Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 12, 2022

DNS, BGP, hardware-based security, Kubernetes, Linux—they’re all in here. Via Russ White , RFC 9199 was drawn to my attention (“Considerations for Large Authoritative DNS Server Operators”). Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications.

Linux 90

Linux Storage Virtualization Hardware 90

Scott Lowe

APRIL 7, 2023

Servers/Hardware Manoj Kumar provides a beginner’s guide to Trusted Platform Module (TPM). ” Cloud Computing/Cloud Management Laurent Leconte takes AWS CDK for spin by deploying a simple Lambda function written in Python. Storage Al Rasheed takes readers on a quick journey through setting up Synology Cloud Sync.

Applications 97

Applications Comparison Cloud Operating Systems 97

The Verge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

“WhatsApp is the first global messaging service at this scale to offer end-to-end encrypted messaging and backups, and getting there was a really hard technical challenge that required an entirely new framework for key storage and cloud storage across operating systems,” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a statement.

Backup 58

Backup Apple Storage Hardware 58

Scott Lowe

MAY 27, 2022

Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Here’s a user’s perspective on using infracost to bring cloud spend into your Terraform worfklows. Operating Systems/Applications. For relevant storage news, I’d recommend having a look at J Metz’ Storage Short Take 42.

Virtualization 79

Virtualization Storage Programming Network 79

SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Patch management in a modern cyber defense ecosystem Patch management is a vital process that allows IT and operations specialists to identify, prioritize, test, and deploy relevant patches and updates for software, firmware, drivers, and APIs across an organization's entire infrastructure. It optimizes resource usage.

Exercises 77

Exercises Policies Security Hardware 77

Cloud Musings

DECEMBER 20, 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. Top 10 Transformational Impacts of the Cloud in 2013.

Cloud 162

Cloud Data Center Virtualization Government 162

Scott Lowe

APRIL 29, 2022

My link of links and articles from around the Internet is a bit light on networking and virtualization this time around, but heftier in the security, cloud, and OS/application sections. Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. Welcome to Technology Short Take #154!

Linux 74

Linux Storage Programming Applications 74

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 27, 2023

I’ve got another collection of links to articles on networking, security, cloud, programming, and career development—hopefully you find something useful! Servers/Hardware What do you think of the ThinkPhone ? Operating Systems/Applications Dewan Ahmed has a great run-down on options for documentation-as-code.

Programming 90

Programming Open Source Cloud Devops 90

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Last week at VMworld , I had the opportunity to meet with Lightbits Labs , a relatively new startup working on what they called “disaggregated storage.” So what is “disaggregated storage”? Lightbits has their own operating system, LightOS, which runs on industry-standard x64 servers from Dell, HP, Lenovo, etc.

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Meeting Storage HP Dell 60

Galido

APRIL 11, 2017

Virtualization is popular these days for businesses for several reasons, but primarily to reduce hardware and infrastructure costs, performance, backups and redundancy, while being able to scale infrastructure and provide resources on demand. . Bare metal virtualization runs virtualization software installed directly on hardware.

Virtualization 60

Virtualization Backup Vmware Operating Systems 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 7, 2021

Servers/Hardware. The folks at Netskope have a pair of blog posts on GCP OAuth token hijacking in Google Cloud ( part 1 , part 2 ). If you’re a Google Cloud user, this may be worth a closer examination to make sure your accounts are safe. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications.

Linux 60

Linux Hardware Network Cloud 60

CTOvision

AUGUST 16, 2013

Anthony spelled out how much money can be saved in hardware, software and people by modernization. It was great learning that early in his career he was a technologist supporting the US Navy, supporting R&D and operations and making advances in capabilities from drones to helicopters. Find his presentation here.

Video 222

Video Data Center Network Big Data 222

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Servers/Hardware. William Lam takes a look at some potentially interesting homelab hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. It’s a shame the site doesn’t appear to have an RSS/Atom feed… Operating Systems/Applications. A redesign for Apple’s long-stagnant System Preferences app?

Storage 79

Storage Hardware Policies Open Source 79

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. Networking.

Vmware 60

Vmware Hardware Storage Linux 60

Galido

JULY 20, 2018

Many iPhone users and Apple fanboys alike stand by their product no matter how limited Apple makes their storage capacities, while Android geeks have long time been able to freely add storage/memory cards to their devices and take advantage of more powerful hardware. Aesthetics, Hardware and Price. Cloud Integration.

Study 66

Study Apple Google Operating Systems 66

All Things Distributed

MAY 8, 2012

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. Expanding the Cloud for Windows Developers. of administrative tasks such as OS and database software patching, storage management, and implementing reliable backup and disaster recovery solutions. All Things Distributed. Comments (). License Includedâ??

Development 116

Development Windows Disaster Recovery Licensing 116

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

The rise of the disaggregated network operating system (NOS) marches on: this time, it’s Big Switch Networks announcing expanded hardware support in Open Network Linux (ONL) , upon which its own NOS is based. Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Storage Load Balancer 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 2, 2019

I’ve got a little bit of something for most everyone, except for the storage nerds (I’m leaving that to my friend J Metz this time around). Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. Here’s hoping you find something useful! Networking.

Storage 60

Storage Applications Programming Firewall 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

” Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. This post is a couple months old (a lifetime in the cloud-native world): the AWS Service Operator enables users/developers to consume a select set of AWS services via Kubernetes YAML manifests. Operating Systems/Applications. Networking.

Vmware 60

Vmware Authentication Virtualization Storage 60

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. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. Well worth reading! Tim O’Reilly takes a look at Web3.

Open Source 94

Open Source Virtualization Applications Security 94

Virtualized Greek

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

There may be some engineers that have singular focus on either storage or networking that’s not very excited about software defined data centers but I believe data center managers in general like the idea. AWS approached the developers and understood what made since to build Cloud applications.

Vmware 65

Vmware Development Cloud Data Center 65

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 6, 2021

Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. It’s a good starting point for thinking about operating your own active-active architecture. Operating Systems/Applications. Eric Sloof shows readers how to use the “Applied To” feature in NSX-T to potentially improve resource utilization.

Open Source 105

Open Source Load Balancer WAN Architecture 105

Dataconomy

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Use cases of AL/ML in IT Here are some common use cases of AI and ML in the IT sector: IT support and helpdesk automation AI-driven chatbots, virtual assistants, and smart ticket management systems swiftly handle routine requests, enhancing user satisfaction. Besides, the company is to charge $US30 a month for its Generative AI features.

Artificial Intelligence 48

Artificial Intelligence Tools Data Report 48

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Servers/Hardware. The big news in the hardware space recently was the article regarding the purported Chinese hardware supply chain attack. Of the (innumerable) articles commenting on the hardware hack, this article by Joe FitzPatrick and this ErrataSec article caught my eye. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

Hardware 60

Hardware Open Source Vmware Linux 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Seth Vargo walks through how to use Terraform to setup and configure a Google Cloud Run service. Operating Systems/Applications. Continuing his focus on cloud-init , Luc Dekens has added four more articles to his site discussing this tool.

Open Source 60

Open Source Vmware Authentication Storage 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 8, 2018

Servers/Hardware. AWS adds local NVMe storage to the M5 instance family; more details here. What I found interesting is that the local NVMe storage is also hardware encrypted. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. Good stuff here. related content is due soon.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Vmware Storage Intel 60

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. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Kubernetes 1.15

Storage 60

Storage Hardware Open Source Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 15, 2022

Servers/Hardware. Cabling is hardware, right? Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. What happens to submarine cables when there are massive events, like a volcanic eruption? Ulrich Speidel shares some of the findings after the volcanic eruption in Tonga. Virtualization.

Linux 74

Linux Load Balancer IPv6 Licensing 74

Scott Lowe

APRIL 6, 2017

Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. Brian Ragazzi shares a lesson learned the hard way regarding VVols: place the VSM/VASA on a non-VVol storage location. Yves Fauser discusses NSX integration with Kubernetes in this blog post. Intel NUC or SuperMicro E200-8D?

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Storage Network 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. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. That’s cool. Good for the EFF. Both are good articles.

Linux 60

Linux Windows Hardware Network 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 1, 2019

I’m a couple weeks late on this one; wanted to publish it earlier but work has been keeping me busy (lots and lots of interest in Kubernetes and cloud-native technologies out there!). VyOS is an open source Linux-based network operating system.). Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

Operating Systems 60

Operating Systems Authentication Network Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Both the hardware as well as the software have served me well. Both the hardware as well as the software have served me well. I adopted OS X as my operating system of choice in 2003 because I wanted a stable, powerful, UNIX-based operating system. For the most part, OS X has delivered that over the years.

Operating Systems 131

Operating Systems Apple Applications Linux 131