Scott Lowe

APRIL 7, 2023

Operating Systems/Applications In Technology Short Take 166 , I mentioned Nick Schmidt’s article on D2. Programming/Development Yeva Byzek with Confluent has a two-part series on “streaming applications”; that is, applications that leverage stream processing via Kafka. (No, That’s all for now!

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Applications Comparison Cloud Operating Systems 97

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 20, 2023

2] In this arena, desktop virtualization and cloud technologies will play starring roles. Notably, businesses are adopting virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) as a way to keep data secure, teams collaborative, and staff productive while reducing costs. There’s always room to grow, and Intel is ready to help.

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Dell Intel Virtualization Cloud 59

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 12, 2022

Via Russ White , RFC 9199 was drawn to my attention (“Considerations for Large Authoritative DNS Server Operators”). Gabriel Sieben ruminates on the potential dangers of Microsoft Pluton , a new security chip co-developed by Microsoft and AMD. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization.

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Linux Storage Virtualization Hardware 90

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

In case you hadn’t noticed, I’m at Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2014 this week in San Francisco. Intel has a very large consumer presence: PCs, ultrabooks, tablets, phones, 2-in–1/convertibles, all-in–1 devices. Bare Metal, Containers, and Virtualization: The Growing Choices for Cloud Applications.

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Intel Hardware Linux Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 24, 2022

Operating Systems/Applications. Thierry De Pauw lays out the arguments against the use of feature branches in software development. Virtualization. That doesn’t mean these tools aren’t worth exploring (I definitely believe they are), but you should go into it fully aware of the potential concerns. Programming.

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Vmware Linux Storage Virtualization 74

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 8, 2016

This is an interesting project to watch, I think—it’s porting OVN (Open Virtual Network) from a “traditional” OvS back-end to an IOVisor-based back-end (IOVisor implements the data plane in eBPF). Intel has a tutorial series on Intel Software Guard Extensions (SGX). Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization.

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Vmware Storage Intel Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 2, 2016

Drew Conry-Murray shines a light on Intel’s network ambitions. This is something I’ve been watching for a couple of years, since attending my first Intel Developer Forum (IDF). Intel clearly has its sights set on expanding beyond just “servers” into many more platforms, including network hardware platforms.

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Vmware Virtualization Linux Windows 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 7, 2014

Craig Matsumoto of SDN Central helps highlight a recent (and fairly significant) development in networking protocols—the submission of the Generic Network Virtualization Encapsulation (Geneve) proposal to the IETF. Via Kevin Houston, you can get more details on the Intel E7 v2 and new blade servers based on the new CPU.

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Virtualization Hardware Intel Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 8, 2016

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

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Vmware Linux Intel Network 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 17, 2020

This is a great read overall, but one sentence in particular really caught my eye: “30 years ago I was able to write a complete multitasking operating system in Z80 assembly code. Jon Langemak is blogging again, and he jumps back into the “blogging saddle” with a post on working with tc on Linux systems.

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Linux Apple Operating Systems Policies 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 4, 2017

There’s lots of talk about applying test-driven development (TDD) principles in various automation contexts, but I like the fact that Ajay Chenampara provides some practical examples in his blog post on applying TDD in network automation using Ansible. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization.

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Vmware Storage Network Examples 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Niko Virtala shares some information on making AWS developer tools work with AWS SSO. Adrian Hornsby shows how to use AWS Systems Manager Automation to perform chaos engineering experiments. Adrian’s operational review readiness template is another great post as well. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Linux Vmware Open Source Examples 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

Is Intel having second thoughts about software-defined infrastructure? That’s the core question in this blog post , which explores the future of Intel in a software-defined world and the increasing interest in non-x86 platforms like ARM. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Servers/Hardware.

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Linux Network Vmware Disaster Recovery 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Intel announced the E5 2600 v2 series of CPUs back at Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2013 (you can follow my IDF 2013 coverage by looking at posts with the IDF2013 tag ). Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. He does a great job of explaining how OpenFlow works and why OpenFlow 1.3 Servers/Hardware.

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Vmware Network Virtualization Storage 60

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. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Networking. and Gluster.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Network Windows 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

You may have heard of Intel Rack-Scale Architecture (RSA), a new approach to designing data center hardware. This is an idea that was discussed extensively a couple of weeks ago at Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2014 in San Francisco, which I had the opportunity to attend. What’s the benefit to consumers?

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Intel Architecture Hardware Data Center 105

Scott Lowe

MARCH 23, 2017

Operating Systems/Applications. Via Cody Bunch, I found this GitHub repository to help set up development environments on Windows. Virtualization. VMware recently announced the open sourcing of some software development kits (SDKs) for the new REST APIs in vSphere 6.5. Or is there more I’m not seeing?

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Open Source Storage Vmware Network 60

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. The first concept that Recep discusses is network virtualization.

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Intel Load Balancer Architecture Virtualization 61

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Given my previous role at EMC (involved in storage) and my current role at VMware focused on network virtualization (which encompasses SDN), I was quite curious. It will be interesting to see how they develop and mature. Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies.

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Meeting Storage Hardware Network 63

Chief Seattle Greek Blog

JUNE 1, 2010

But the development of computing technology continued relentlessly. The development of microchips and the Intel 8088 processor, for example, drove the personal computing trend. Thank you Intel and IBM!) The development of microchips and the Intel 8088 processor, for example, drove the personal computing trend.

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Data Center Network Trends Government 28

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].

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Intel Network Architecture Virtualization 60

TM Forum

JULY 19, 2021

This newly created multi-supplier ecosystem uses cloud technologies, network virtualization, artificial intelligence (AI)/machine learning, open APIs and many of the other associated calling cards of 5G/cloud era communications. The remote radio units are provided by Fujitsu and NEC, LTE.

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Network Cloud Hardware Industry 130

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

This is a liveblog for the day 1 keynote at Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2014. Among the accomplishments Krzanich lists, he mentions that Intel was the #2 shipper of tablets last year. At this point Krzanich hands it off to Diane Bryant, SVP and GM of the Data Center Group at Intel. One would assume that Apple is #1.)

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Intel Dell Data Center Fashion 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

” The speaker is Mohan Kumar, a Sr Principal Engineer with Intel. The motivation for developing RSA is really rooted in the vision of the “Internet of Things,” which Intel estimates will reach approximately 30 billion devices by 2020. I’d contend that virtualization helps address most of this concern.)

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Architecture Cloud Intel Storage 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 4, 2013

Tom Nolle asks the question , “Is virtualization reality even more elusive than virtual reality?” I talked before about the difference between network virtualization and SDN, so no need to mention that again. I missed this on the #vBrownBag series: designing HP Virtual Connect for vSphere 5.x. Virtualization.

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HP Virtualization Hardware Network 106

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Still, there’s a decent collection of networking, cloud computing, and virtualization articles as well as a smattering of other topics for you to peruse. Intel has released a security advisory for BlueZ , which is related to Bluetooth support in the Linux kernel. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization.

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Open Source Vmware Disaster Recovery Linux 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 20, 2020

Mark Ermolov discusses a vulnerability in the ROM (read-only memory) of the Intel Converged Security and Management Engine (CSME). Operating Systems/Applications. Kornelis Sietsma looks at the options for working with multiple git identities on a single system. Virtualization. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

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Linux Vmware Authentication Storage 60

ForAllSecure

MARCH 14, 2022

Steve Grobman, CTO with Intel’s security group had this to say: CNBC: Yeah, so I think that nothing is ever impossible. But I think we also need to understand that the transportation industry, especially the aviation industry, is world class in setting up their systems for redundancy for security.

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Airlines Government Security Conference 52

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Intel has finally started shipping silicon photonics gear, according to this report from El Reg (news coming out of IDF16). I predicted a couple of years ago that Intel SGX (Software Guard Extensions) was going to be HUGE (see here ). Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Servers/Hardware.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Intel Storage 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 2, 2021

Even worse, this isn’t just limited to Intel chips, but may also affect ARM-based systems like Apple’s M1 CPUs. Operating Systems/Applications. Here’s a list of 10 advanced Git tips to help improve your developer workflow (be aware this appears to be an HTTP-only site). Virtualization.

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Vmware Firewall Storage Comparison 60

SPF13

MARCH 20, 2015

spf13 Chief Operator @ Docker? ? Former Chief Developer Advocate @ MongoDB, ? The Free Source Era: 10s • Technology companies sell Hardware & Services • Software is becoming free ($$) (Windows 10, OS X, Android, IOS) • Game companies still sell bits • Virtually all software companies are now participating in open source.

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Open Source Linux Software Software 100

Scott Lowe

MARCH 5, 2013

Ben Cherian, Chief Strategy Officer for Midokura, helps make a case for network virtualization. Note: Midokura makes a network virtualization solution.) If you’re wondering about network virtualization and why there is a focus on it, this post might help shed some light. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Virtualization Storage Vmware Network 102

Scott Lowe

JUNE 4, 2013

Tom Nolle asks the question , “Is virtualization reality even more elusive than virtual reality?” I talked before about the difference between network virtualization and SDN, so no need to mention that again. I missed this on the #vBrownBag series: designing HP Virtual Connect for vSphere 5.x. Virtualization.

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HP Virtualization Hardware Network 61

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2012

It’s interesting work, but unfortunately it looks like this work won’t be returned to the community (it was developed for one or more of their clients). Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Both KVM and QEMU are needed for a full virtualization solution. Until the 1.3 Until the 1.3

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Vmware Virtualization Storage Hardware 109

Scott Lowe

APRIL 17, 2017

Turning to focus a bit more on the tools themselves, Hykes starts with tools for developers (arguably Docker’s bread-and-butter audience). Docker, according to Hykes, strives to streamline and remove friction in the development cycle. Hykes says he uses “complaint-driven development.” What is complaint-driven development?

Linux 60

Linux Open Source Windows Security 60

Sean Daniel

APRIL 4, 2011

The server should automatically boot off the USB key, format the drive and install all of the operating system files. My ex495 with upgraded CPU, intel e75 and 4GB memory seems to run cooler now and isn't so busy as was V1. Virtualization. It needs to be the bottom-rear USB port. Power on the server. Green Business.

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Windows How To HP Backup 92