Microsoft’s Windows 11 operating system targets Apple’s business model
Venture Beast
JUNE 25, 2021
Windows 11 includes a new Windows Store that will let developers use their own in-app payment systems and pay no commissions to Microsoft. Read More.
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Reset Windows 10 1803 Fix Operating System Related Issues
Anoop
MAY 23, 2018
Windows 10 1803 comes with an option to reinstall the OS with or without removing the personal files from the device. I would recommend keeping all the personal files in the cloud storage instead of the local hard disk of the machine. There could be many reasons to reset or reinstall or rebuild windows 10 […].
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Cloud Storage 2.0 Set To Dominate Market
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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Amazon puts Fire TV Cube to work, repurposes streaming device for desktop computing
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.
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Microsoft faces new antitrust complaint over cloud software licensing in Europe
CIO Business Intelligence
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
Changes Microsoft made to its cloud licensing of Windows and application software to “make bringing workloads and licenses to partners’ clouds easier,” the company says, have drawn the ire of those cloud partners, some of whom have jointly filed an antitrust complaint in the European Union.
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Latest on SolarWinds Cyber Attack: 'Grave Impact'
SecureWorld News
DECEMBER 15, 2020
Until such time as CISA directs affected entities to rebuild the Windows operating system and reinstall the SolarWinds software package, agencies are prohibited from (re)joining the Windows host OS to the enterprise domain. through 2020.2.1 HF1, from their network. Additionally: a. HF 5 and 2020.2 HF 5 and 2020.2
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Expanding the Cloud for Windows Developers - All Things Distributed
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 ().
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Technology Short Take #81
Scott Lowe
APRIL 6, 2017
Operating Systems/Applications. Ben Armstrong shows you how to use PowerShell to give your Windows server a proper fully-qualified domain name. Here’s a Windows-centric walkthrough to using Nginx to load balance across a Docker Swarm cluster. A command-line client for Twitter ? Yes, please! (I Virtualization.
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Why I Might Leave OS X
Scott Lowe
NOVEMBER 30, 2012
I’ve been a Mac OS X user for a long time; I switched from Windows to OS X in 2003 when the OS X flavor of the day was 10.2 “Jaguar.” I adopted OS X as my operating system of choice in 2003 because I wanted a stable, powerful, UNIX-based operating system. It’s a shame…but such is life.
What is Virtual Network Computing (VNC)?
Dataconomy
APRIL 13, 2023
The VNC protocol is designed to be platform-independent, meaning that it can be used to access and control computers running on any operating system, including Windows, macOS, Linux, and others. The ability to access and control a computer using any operating system that supports VNC, such as Windows, Linux, macOS, and more.
Technology Short Take #66
Scott Lowe
MAY 12, 2016
Operating Systems/Applications. So, it’s pretty cool that you’ll be able to run Windows-based containers (via Docker) on Windows Server 2016; here’s an article that discusses using Packer and Vagrant to try it out yourself. What really caught my eye, though, was the size of the Windows Server Docker image (9.429 GB!).
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First job lessons: Seattle tech startup CEOs on what they learned from car washing, delivery, and more
GeekWire
JUNE 29, 2021
“My first job was as a software design engineer at Microsoft in the Windows NT team at that time (what is today the core Windows Operating system).”. My role was to develop the “Distributed File System” in Windows. What were your responsibilities there? “My What did you learn from it? “I
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Scott Lowe
APRIL 8, 2013
Greg Ferro examines a potential SDN use case (an OpenFlow use case) in the form of enterprise firewall migrations. Operating Systems/Applications. If you’re a real storage geek (or if you’re not but are having trouble sleeping), check out this USENIX presentation on erasure coding in Windows Azure storage.
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Technology Short Take #39
Scott Lowe
MARCH 7, 2014
Also from the same folks is a version of cloud-init for Windows instances in cloud environments. Operating Systems/Applications. Test your knowledge of UNIX and UNIX-like operating systems by seeing how many of these less commonly used UNIX commands you recognize. Want to run Hyper-V in your OpenStack environment?
Using EncFS with Dropbox and BoxCryptor
Scott Lowe
NOVEMBER 22, 2012
Lots of folks like using Dropbox , the ubiquitous store-and-sync cloud storage service; I am among them. One of these is BoxCryptor, who offers an application for Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android that performs client-side encryption. Interoperability Macintosh Security Storage Encryption OSS' What You’ll Need.
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Technology Short Take #50
Scott Lowe
APRIL 24, 2015
First, he provides a high-level overview of Mesos ; that’s followed up by a slightly deeper look at Mesos, then a discussion of persistent storage and fault tolerance. Operating Systems/Applications. Much ado was made about the Microsoft-Docker announcement a while back regarding the availability of Docker on Windows.
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Technology Short Take #34
Scott Lowe
JULY 22, 2013
Operating Systems/Applications. and Windows Server 2012 NFS. Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies. Networking Storage Virtualization Automation HyperV Linux OpenFlow OpenStack Puppet vCloud VMFS VMware vSphere Xen'
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Technology Short Take #46
Scott Lowe
NOVEMBER 7, 2014
Operating Systems/Applications. I’m not sure if this falls into storage or virtualization, but we’ll place it here in the Storage section. you’ll need to be sure to unblock WMI in the Windows Firewall. Linux Networking Security Storage Virtualization Docker Hardware NSX OpenStack VMware'
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What’s Free at Linux Academy — May 2019
Linux Academy
APRIL 30, 2019
That viruses and malware are Windows problems is a misnomer that is often propagated through the Linux community and it’s an easy one to believe until you start noticing strange behavior on your system. Linux Operating System Fundamentals – Have you heard of Linux, but don’t really know anything about it?
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Technology Short Take #44
Scott Lowe
SEPTEMBER 3, 2014
The portability of orchestration resources is one of several aspects you’ll want to examine as you progress down the route of fully embracing a cloud computing operational model. Operating Systems/Applications. Mike Foley has a blog post on how to go from zero to Windows domain controller in only 4 reboots.
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Vendor Meetings at VMworld 2013
Scott Lowe
SEPTEMBER 5, 2013
Jeda Networks describes themselves as a “software-defined storage networking” company. 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. This gives them very fine-grained control over data access.
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Technology Short Take #43
Scott Lowe
AUGUST 8, 2014
Welcome to Technology Short Take #43, another episode in my irregularly-published series of articles, links, and thoughts from around the web, focusing on data center technologies like networking, virtualization, storage, and cloud computing. Operating Systems/Applications. Here’s hoping you find something useful.
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Scott Lowe
JULY 22, 2013
Operating Systems/Applications. and Windows Server 2012 NFS. Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies. Networking Storage Virtualization Automation HyperV Linux OpenFlow OpenStack Puppet vCloud VMFS VMware vSphere Xen'
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60 Barn Doors - A Screw's Loose
A Screw's Loose
MARCH 5, 2013
They throw around words like secure containers, containerization (hmm…somebody went to marketing class and turned it into a verb), encryption, VPN, Secure Communication, EMM (Enterprise Mobile Management) and a whole host of other terms that of course make it okay to bring your device into work. controlling Windows for two decades.
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What’s Free at Linux Academy — May 2019
Linux Academy
APRIL 29, 2019
That viruses and malware are Windows problems is a misnomer that is often propagated through the Linux community and it’s an easy one to believe until you start noticing strange behavior on your system. Linux Operating System Fundamentals – Have you heard of Linux, but don’t really know anything about it?
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Technology Short Take #72
Scott Lowe
OCTOBER 9, 2016
Nick Chapman over at CloudFlux shares his experience working with whitebox switches , and mulls on why the adoption of whitebox switches in the enterprise may be slower than some might expect (or hope). Operating Systems/Applications. If you’re new to NSX or looking for an overview, this might be helpful. This puts LXD at 2.4.1
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60 SeanDaniel.com [tech]: Apple iPad vs the Blackberry Playbook
Sean Daniel
MAY 25, 2012
So I own an iPad (Hey, the Windows 8 tablet’s aren’t out yet, it’s ok!), Operating System Software An app-launching platform that has tacked-on task switching gestures, which I ultimately turn off as they just irritate me and I always do them by mistake. The PlayBook does enterprise Wi-Fi right.
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Technology Short Take #36
Scott Lowe
OCTOBER 23, 2013
Operating Systems/Applications. See this post by Ben Armstrong on faster live migration in Hyper-V on Windows Server 2012 R2 (which is now generally available ). Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies. What makes up a hybrid cloud?
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The Hacker Mind: Hacking IoT
ForAllSecure
APRIL 22, 2021
We have a chapter on threat modeling, so that researchers will know the potential harms that they could cause we have a chapter on an IoT methodology, so that they can have tried proven mechanisms to conduct security research, and we've got a chapter that talks about how to defend organizations defend enterprises, from their IoT.
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The Hacker Mind: Hacking IoT
ForAllSecure
APRIL 22, 2021
We have a chapter on threat modeling, so that researchers will know the potential harms that they could cause we have a chapter on an IoT methodology, so that they can have tried proven mechanisms to conduct security research, and we've got a chapter that talks about how to defend organizations defend enterprises, from their IoT.
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Choosing the Right AWS Certification For You
Linux Academy
APRIL 9, 2019
Amazon Web Services describes the ideal candidate as having: Hands-on experience using compute, networking, storage, and database AWS services. Design and deploy enterprise-wide scalable operations on AWS. Familiarity with Windows and Linux environments. Experience managing/operating systems on AWS.
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60 Ballmer: Microsoft has 1 Million Servers » Data Center Knowledge
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 15, 2013
Microsoft’s ‘Cloud Operating System’ 218,000 Servers in Microsoft Data Centers? Just think how much all them licences would have cost any other company running 1 million+ Windows servers! Latest AWS Price Cuts Target the Enterprise & the Competition. How many servers do these companies have?
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Technology Short Take #40
Scott Lowe
APRIL 8, 2014
I recently built a Windows Server 2008 R2 image for use in my OpenStack home lab. If you find yourself needing to build a Windows image for OpenStack, check out creating a Windows image on OpenStack (via Gridcentric) and building a Windows image for OpenStack (via Brent Salisbury). Operating Systems/Applications.
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60 At WPC 2013, Microsoft Points Partners to the Cloud » Data Center.
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 10, 2013
At its annual Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) this week in Houston Microsoft (MSFT) is focusing all attention on its transformation to a devices and services company – emphasizing the underpinning trends of cloud, mobility, big data and enterprise social. Microsoft: It’s the Era of the Cloud Operating System.
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Technology Short Take #45
Scott Lowe
OCTOBER 8, 2014
Let’s be real—the ability for an application to protect itself (and its data) from rogue software (including a compromised or untrusted operating system) is huge. Operating Systems/Applications. Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies.
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Bare metal compute: Optionality gold for your multicloud-by-design strategy
CIO Business Intelligence
MAY 24, 2023
Just as owners can build anything they want on raw land, bare metal servers allow users to pick their operating systems, drivers, containers and other software components with which to build and launch applications. Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI). Regulated apps. Sometimes that includes raw physical servers, or bare metal.
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Technology Short Take #27
Scott Lowe
DECEMBER 6, 2012
If any enterprise Puppet experts want to give it a go, I’d be happy to publish a guest blog post for you with full details on how it’s done. Operating Systems/Applications. I found this article on imperative vs. declarative system configuration is quite helpful in understanding Puppet’s declarative model.
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Technology Short Take #30
Scott Lowe
MARCH 5, 2013
Operating Systems/Applications. Although these posts are storage-related, the real focus is on how the storage stack is implemented in a virtualization solution, which is why I’m putting them in this section. Windows Backup has native Hyper-V support in Windows Server 2012. Virtualization.
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Scott Lowe
SEPTEMBER 8, 2016
This blog post on shielded VMs in Windows Server 2016 is a bit light on details, but the embedded video may be more informative (I didn’t watch it). Pradipta Kumar Banerjee has an article on using local storage for instances in OpenStack. Operating Systems/Applications. Then again, what do I know? DVM looks handy.
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60 Technology Short Take #33
Scott Lowe
JUNE 4, 2013
Via Forbes Guthrie on Twitter, I saw this post on how to setup a CA on Linux and use it in a Windows environment. Operating Systems/Applications. Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies. “Best practices” for vCNS 5.1 App Firewall?
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CIOs Need To Realize That Virtualization Isn't All That It's Cracked Up To Be (a chief information officer needs an IT strategy to create IT alignment)
The Accidental Successful CIO
AUGUST 3, 2011
Things like what operating system an application used no longer mattered – you could mix and match to your heart’s content. The problem is that often the VM management tools aren’t able to scale up to the size of enterprise operations. No longer will the storage team be able to just focus on storage issues.
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Technology Short Take #33
Scott Lowe
JUNE 4, 2013
Via Forbes Guthrie on Twitter, I saw this post on how to setup a CA on Linux and use it in a Windows environment. Operating Systems/Applications. Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies. “Best practices” for vCNS 5.1 App Firewall?
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60 IDF 2013 Summary and Thoughts
Scott Lowe
SEPTEMBER 13, 2013
Intel CAS operates at the operating system (OS) level, serving as a file-level cache on Windows and a block-level cache (with file awareness) on Linux. Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies. IDF 2013 Summary and Thoughts.
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Microsoft and VMware vet Paul Maritz backs social app built on promise of user privacy
GeekWire
JANUARY 27, 2023
Photo courtesy True) Veteran computer scientist and business leader Paul Maritz is perhaps best known for his work in PC and server operating systems, cloud computing, and enterprise infrastructure technology. was acquired in 2011 by virtual machine storage company Virsto , which VMware acquired in 2013.
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