CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 5, 2024

IDC predicts that the amount of commercial data in storage will be 12.8 A slight majority of data already lives outside of the data center, and the day is not long off when it won’t even store the largest share of enterprise information. Data volumes continue to grow exponentially, and there’s no end in sight. ZB by 2026.

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Disaster Recovery Cloud Data Business Continuity 119

Cloud Musings

DECEMBER 19, 2017

The enterprise data storage marketplace is poised to become a battlefield. No longer the quiet backwater of cloud computing services, the focus of this global transition is now going from compute to storage. An overview of recent storage market history is needed to understand why this transition is important.

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Storage Cloud Media Operating Systems 79

GeekWire

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

The new Amazon WorkSpaces Thin Client, a “reinvented” Amazon Fire TV Cube, will sell for $195, designed for enterprise customers to offer to their employees. Amazon Web Services executives say they decided to take the approach after hearing from enterprise customers that they wanted a low-priced device.

Hardware 131

Hardware Linux Web Services HP 131

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 18, 2012

Over the last few days, I’ve been unsuccessfully trying to get Open vSwitch (OVS) running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.3 (as The rationale behind this is that RHEL/CentOS are the sort of battle-tested, well-supported Linux distributions that enterprises will (and do) deploy in their data centers.

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Enterprise Enterprise Linux Virtualization 111

CTOvision

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

This new feature will allow dynamic provisioning of HDP clusters on the Google Cloud Platform, providing scalability for enterprise-wide solutions employing HDP, as well as providing a means for rapidly setting up prototyping and development environments. An Open Microsoft: Azure HDInsight Available for Linux (windowsitpro.com).

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Google Cloud Big Data Open Source 150

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

In this post, I’m going to provide a brief introduction to working with Linux containers via LXC. If you aren’t familiar with veth pairs, see my post on Linux network namespaces.). I’ll have more posts on Linux containers in the future, but this should suffice to at least help you get started.

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Linux Virtualization Operating Systems Architecture 96

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

One of the cool things about libvirt is the ability to work with multiple hypervisors and virtualization technologies, including Linux containers using LXC. If you aren’t familiar with Linux containers and LXC, I invite you to have a look at my introductory post on Linux containers and LXC.

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Linux Virtualization Network Examples 65

Linux Academy

MAY 2, 2019

In a typical application, either run in a traditional datacenter or colocation facility, you’re paying for the application itself, the underlying OS, hypervisor, storage, servers or VMs, SAN, networking, power, and so on. Optimizing storage into frequently accessed hot storage, versus infrequently accessed cold storage.

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Linux Storage Web Services Applications 84

CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The frenzy created by the public release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT has triggered an arms race among hyperscalers to differentiate themselves by developing their own large language models (LLMs), building platforms that enable enterprises to create generative AI applications, and integrating generative AI throughout their portfolios of service offerings.

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Trends Cloud Oracle Enterprise 144

Scott Lowe

MARCH 21, 2014

Some time ago, I introduced you to the idea of Linux network namespaces, and provided an overview of some of the commands needed to interact with network namespaces. I say “incorrectly” because you are able to assign more than just virtual Ethernet interfaces to a Linux network namespace. Linux Networking CLI'

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Linux Network Virtualization Examples 73

Storage IO Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

AWS made several announcements at re:invent including many around development tools, compute and data storage services. Aurora is positioned as an alternative to traditional SQL based transactional databases commonly found in enterprise environments (e.g. SQL Server among others).

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Cloud Storage Backup Linux 83

CTOvision

NOVEMBER 17, 2013

Cloudera’s Doug Cutting delivered a presentation at Hadoop World that outlined key forces driving the data world forward which shed some important insights on where enterprise technology is going. This power and drop in price applies not just to processors but storage. Linux and Android are obvious examples of this.

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Open Source Big Data Linux Hardware 288

Linux Academy

MAY 1, 2019

In a typical application, either run in a traditional datacenter or colocation facility, you’re paying for the application itself, the underlying OS, hypervisor, storage, servers or VMs, SAN, networking, power, and so on. Optimizing storage into frequently accessed hot storage, versus infrequently accessed cold storage.

Linux 60

Linux Storage Web Services Applications 60

Linux Academy

MAY 1, 2019

In a typical application, either run in a traditional datacenter or colocation facility, you’re paying for the application itself, the underlying OS, hypervisor, storage, servers or VMs, SAN, networking, power, and so on. Optimizing storage into frequently accessed hot storage, versus infrequently accessed cold storage.

Linux 60

Linux Storage Web Services Applications 60

CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 9, 2023

Enterprises are at a crossroads for how to invest in their future infrastructure support and have a handful of options: Operate as-is. One of those technologies, Zowe, connects the gap between modern applications and the mainframe. This option may not include net-new investments but positions a business for failure against competitors.

Applications 105

Applications Development Open Source How To 105

GeekWire

AUGUST 18, 2021

That’s how Mark Fernandez of Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) explains the state of communications between the ISS and Earth — and it’s one reason he’s excited to have a computer on board. That’s basically what astronauts on the International Space Station are dealing with, but they don’t have that option.

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Microsoft Linux Artificial Intelligence Budget 145

Scott Lowe

APRIL 6, 2017

Here’s a handy list of deprecated Linux network commands and their replacements. Konstantin Ryabitsev has a series going on securing a SysAdmin Linux workstation. Part 1 covers how to choose a Linux distribution, and part 2 discusses some security tips for installing Linux on your SysAdmin workstation. Virtualization.

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Vmware Linux Storage Network 60

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 4, 2024

The CCA allows overarching enterprise functions and IT shared services to be assessed separately from the business unit’s products/applications that require PCI security compliance. Having segmentation between infrastructure providing data processing and data storage is an example of a broad IT security architectural pattern.

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Financial Architecture Resources Security 105

Scott Lowe

APRIL 17, 2013

This is a session titled “OpenStack Back to the Enterprise: Keep Calm and Boldly Go.” The purpose of this talk is to share some of the “lessons learned” in how to position OpenStack to enterprise customers and overcome their objections. So how does one pitch OpenStack to an enterprise organization?

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Enterprise Enterprise HP Linux 99

Linux Academy

JUNE 17, 2019

But y ou can do all of that and more in our free Ansible Quick Start course on Linux Academy , right now. Installing Puppet Enterprise. LPI Linux Essentials 1.6. Applying Signed URLs to Cloud Storage Objects. LINUX Unplugged — Resilience Is Futile : Is Resilient Linux truly an indestructible distro?

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Linux Course Load Balancer Google 60

CTOvision

OCTOBER 4, 2016

I am using Amazon Linux. Also note that Amazon Linux includes a lot of package dependencies (i.e. Also note that Amazon Linux includes a lot of package dependencies (i.e. I won't walk you through the entire process, but select security and storage options that meet your needs. Java) by default.

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Linux Data Examples Storage 245

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Mirantis joins a number of other vendors also offering OpenStack distributions, though Mirantis claims to be different on the basis that its OpenStack distribution is not tied to a particular Linux distribution. Inktank Ceph Enterprise. Inktank Ceph Enterprise will include: Open source Ceph (version 0.67).

Open Source 60

Open Source Linux Vmware Enterprise 60

Linux Academy

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Puppet Enterprise 2018.1 We will be learning from the ground up, starting with the installation process for Puppet Enterprise (PE). Implement and manage storage. This exam measures your ability to do the following: Implement data storage solutions. DevOps: 16. Google Cloud: 1. Completed Early Access Courses. New Courses.

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Linux Course Microsoft Devops 14

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Because of this, nothing works—I can’t use the veth pair to connect network namespaces, or to connect a Linux bridge to OVS, or anything else. Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies. Similar Posts: Introducing Linux Network Namespaces.

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Virtualization Linux Network Storage 61

Scott Lowe

APRIL 5, 2013

how each of these components leverages different Linux network namespaces to accomplish their tasks. Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies. OpenStack Summit 2013: OpenStack Back to the Enterprise, Keep Calm and Boldly Go On. Technology Short Take #25.

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Resources Virtualization Linux Network 121

Scott Lowe

JULY 15, 2013

Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies. General Linux Automation Puppet' PuppetConf 2013 Ticket Giveaway. Similar Posts: OpenStack Cloud Computing Cookbook Giveaway. Using Puppet for Account Management. vSphere Design Guide Giveaway. Hyper9 Beta Invitations.

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Conference Linux Devops Travel 111

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 1, 2014

CoreOS, in case you haven’t heard of it, is a highly streamlined Linux distribution designed with containers, massive server deployments, and distributed systems/applications in mind. systemd is not unique to CoreOS; it is the new standard system and service manager for Linux. A Brief Introduction to Linux Containers with LXC.

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Linux Applications Open Source System 89

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

It was good to read this post on Cumulus Linux first impressions by Jeremy Stretch. I’m a fan of Cumulus, but I’m admittedly a Linux guy (see here ) so you might say I’m a bit biased. Jeremy is a “hard-core” networking professional, and so hearing his feedback on Cumulus Linux was, in my opinion, useful.

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Vmware Linux Storage Virtualization 69

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2013

While written for OS X, most of these tips apply to Linux or other Unix-like operating systems as well. Mike Preston has a great series going on tuning Debian Linux running under vSphere. By the way, if you’re thinking of using NetApp storage in an OpenStack environment, here’s a “how to” that Jon wrote.).

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Vmware Storage Linux Network 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Reinforce base Linux knowledge. I’ll be focusing on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and RHEL variants, since that seems to be what’s most commonly found in enterprise deployments today. As with my base Linux knowledge, my primary goal here is to be able to do most anything that I need to do with Puppet.

Linux 92

Linux Data Center Network Open Source 92

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Erik Smith, notably known for his outstanding posts on storage and FCoE, takes a stab at describing some of the differences between SDN and network virtualization in this post. Is Cisco’s Insieme effort producing a storage product? storage enhancements. It starts here. Technology Short Take #25. Technology Short Take #27.

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Storage Vmware Linux Virtualization 92

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 31, 2012

In reality, OVS relies on the routing functionality that’s built into the Linux kernel, as you’ll see, and doesn’t perform the routing functionality itself (as far as I have been able to determine).</aside> Enable IP routing in the Linux kernel. Enabling IP Forwarding in the Linux Kernel. ip_forward=1.

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Linux Virtualization Network Examples 123

Linux Academy

MARCH 26, 2019

By adding free cloud training to our Community Membership, students have the opportunity to develop their Linux and Cloud skills further. Each month, we will kick off our community content with a live study group allowing members of the Linux Academy community to come together and share their insights in order to learn from one another.

Linux 12

Linux Course Devops Big Data 12

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

In the process, he muses about the value of configuration management tool chains such as Chef and Puppet in a world of “open switch” platforms such as Cumulus Linux. Speaking of Cumulus Linux…did you see the announcement that Dell has signed a reseller agreement with Cumulus Networks? See these instructions.

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Linux Vmware Storage Virtualization 60

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 22, 2023

After marked increase in cloud adoption through the pandemic, enterprises are facing new challenges, namely around the security, maintenance, and management of cloud infrastructure. According to the Foundry report, 78% of organizations say that, in response to cloud investments made by the organization, they have added new roles.

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Cloud Company Devops Disaster Recovery 130

CTOvision

DECEMBER 11, 2015

In the private sector, IT can set up a self-provisioning environment that lets development teams move at the required speed without ceding control of enterprise resource management – things such as compute, storage, and random access memory (RAM).

Devops 150

Devops Government Applications Load Balancer 150

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

This includes cgroups (the ability to control resource allocation/utilization), which is built into the Linux kernel. There is a Docker daemon that runs on Linux; the Docker client can be run elsewhere. Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies.

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Virtualization Linux Intel Construction 100