Scott Lowe

APRIL 29, 2022

Servers/Hardware. It seems like silicon photonics is something the industry has been talking about for years, but something that never seems to come to fruition. Operating Systems/Applications. Jorge Castro encourages folks to just kill the silly myths (regarding desktop Linux). Ivan Pepelnjak talks about the 1.2.1

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Virtualized Greek

JANUARY 28, 2014

Or should I say, I haven’t seen a great operating model for seamlessly managing both Windows and Linux. For instance, there was the whole Windows vs. automobile industry meme that was going around a few years ago. For instance, in the case of hardware, we may have a single pane of glass to monitor hardware related events.

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Vmware Linux Comparison Windows 68

ForAllSecure

APRIL 19, 2023

It’s time to evolve beyond the UNIX operating system. So while I was editing this podcast on self-healing operating systems, I was reminded of an article that I never finished for Fobes.com. It’s a radical rethinking of how we even view our current choices of UNIX-derived operating systems.

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Operating Systems System Open Source Applications 40

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 22, 2018

Servers/Hardware. On the hardware side of things, we have James Hamilton of AWS discussing two hardware-related items coming out of AWS re:Invent 2018. Operating Systems/Applications. Dave Taylor provides s ome tips for configuring VMware Fusion for Linux usage. Career/Soft Skills.

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Vmware Linux Hardware Case Study 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 18, 2017

Ivan Pepelnjak (one of my absolutely favorite folks in the IT industry) has a great post on using regex filters in Ansible to parse text printouts from network devices. Servers/Hardware. Stay tuned for a quick review of the hardware once it arrives. Operating Systems/Applications. Networking. As of Vagrant 1.9.1,

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Linux Network Hardware Dell 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Lightbits has their own operating system, LightOS, which runs on industry-standard x64 servers from Dell, HP, Lenovo, etc. To further enhance the performance of a server running LightOS (a “brick” in their terminology), Lightbits also offers a hardware acceleration card called the LightField.

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Meeting Storage HP Dell 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

JANUARY 7, 2016

His journey started in June 2014 as a result of the Microsoft announcement regarding support for Linux and Kubernetes on Azure—this really indicated a shift in the industry. He highly recommends using OS X on Apple hardware (he bought a used MacBook Pro, including SSD, for less than 300 euros). Otto and Terraform by Hashicorp.

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Devops Engineering Conference Operating Systems 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 28, 2016

The rise of Linux in importance in the networking industry continues, with Arista announcing enhancements to Arista EOS to support—among other things—Docker containers. As a partial counterpoint to the increased use/visibility of Linux in the networking industry, check out Ivan’s take on Dell’s OS10 announcement.

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Kitaboo

JUNE 21, 2023

In today’s digital era, eBooks have become an integral part of the publishing industry. They ensure that the metadata is consistent across different eBook formats and complies with industry standards. They test the eBooks on different versions of these operating systems to identify any discrepancies or performance issues.

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eBook Quality Assurance Operating Systems Tools 78

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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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 7, 2016

His journey started in June 2014 as a result of the Microsoft announcement regarding support for Linux and Kubernetes on Azure—this really indicated a shift in the industry. He highly recommends using OS X on Apple hardware (he bought a used MacBook Pro, including SSD, for less than 300 euros). Otto and Terraform by Hashicorp.

Devops 60

Devops Engineering Conference Operating Systems 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

” Servers/Hardware. Christian Kellner provides a brief reminder that not all USB-C ports are Thunderbolt ports, and updates everyone on the status of bolt (Linux utility for working with Thunderbolt ports and peripherals). Operating Systems/Applications. A simple tip, yes, but useful!

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Vmware Authentication Virtualization Storage 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 10, 2015

I highly recommend you read the entire post, but in short the five skills Matt recommends are software skills (which includes configuration management and software development tools like Git ), Linux, deep protocol knowledge, hypervisor and container networking, and IPv6. Servers/Hardware. What does this mean?

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Galido

MARCH 19, 2019

It is an industry that moves so fast, things become obsolete before you know it. With the help of our reader’s submissions and recommendations from our BestItBlog.net directory, we’ve compiled a list of some of our top favorite IT Blogs, across various technology industries. Information Technology is constantly changing.

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 28, 2016

The rise of Linux in importance in the networking industry continues, with Arista announcing enhancements to Arista EOS to support—among other things—Docker containers. As a partial counterpoint to the increased use/visibility of Linux in the networking industry, check out Ivan’s take on Dell’s OS10 announcement.

Vmware 60

Vmware Open Source Linux Devops 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Andrey Khomyakov shares some information on automating the setup of whitebox switches running Cumulus Linux in part 2 of this series on learning network automation. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. could make RDP connections to modern Windows systems. Alpine Linux 3.5 was recently released.

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Vmware Linux Open Source Data Center 60

Galido

MAY 1, 2019

It is an industry that moves so fast, things can become obsolete within weeks. Technology is the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry. Our BEST IT BLOG directory is a collection of some of our favorite IT Blogs in the industry. Technology is constantly changing. ReadWrite Blog.

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Resources Mobile Data Center Security 107

The Verge

JUNE 25, 2021

POSIX, which is a set of operating system standards. WSL, which is the part of Windows that lets you run Linux. In 2019, I think you had said to Wired , “The operating system is no longer the most important layer for us. ” This is a pressure that every operating system feels.

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Galido

MARCH 22, 2019

It is an industry that moves so fast, things can become obsolete within weeks. Technology is the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry. Our BEST IT BLOG directory is a collection of some of our favorite IT Blogs in the industry. Technology is constantly changing. ReadWrite Blog.

Resources 107

Resources Mobile Data Center Security 107

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 19, 2018

Barry Peddycord shares an update on Ansible support for the Cumulus Linux NCLU. Servers/Hardware. Robin Vasan (via The New Stack) talks a bit about how various forces are shaping the software industry. Operating Systems/Applications. Ariya Hidayat shows how to run Debian under WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux).

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Vmware Open Source Linux Cloud 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

As described in this Metacloud blog post , vxfld is designed to “handle VXLAN traffic from any operationg system or hardware platform that adheres to the IETF Internet-Draft for VXLAN” Nir Yechiel recently posted part 1 of a discussion on the need for network overlays. Servers/Hardware. Virtualization. LTS server.

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Linux Network Vmware Disaster Recovery 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 4, 2017

Jason Edelman reminds folks that big changes in an industry—like fully embracing network automation, for example—often occurs as a series of smaller steps. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Ajay Chenampara shares his workaround for storing GitHub credentials on Linux. (If Highly recommended!

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Vmware Storage Network Examples 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.). Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. ZFS will be in the next Ubuntu Linux LTS release. Seen this ?

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Vmware Linux Intel Network 60

Galido

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

It is an industry that moves so fast, things can become obsolete within weeks. Technology is the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry. Our BEST IT BLOG directory is a collection of some of our favorite Top Tech and IT Blogs in the industry. Technology is constantly changing.

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Mobile Data Center Security Virtualization 77

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. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Welcome to Technology Short Take #85!

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Vmware Storage Network Windows 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 9, 2016

That prompted Cody Bunch to write this article on setting up a topology with BGP on Linux using the topology converter , which I’m now mentioning in this Technology Short Take. PowerShell on Cumulus Linux on a network switch? Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Does your head hurt yet?).

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Vmware Case Study Linux Network 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 8, 2014

It would be great to see Docker get support for connecting containers directly to Open vSwitch (OVS), which is generally considered the de facto standard for networking on Linux hosts. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Another series on VMware NSX has popped up, this time from Jon Langemak.

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Galido

MARCH 19, 2019

It is an industry that moves so fast, things become obsolete before you know it. With the help of our reader’s submissions and recommendations from our BestItBlog.net directory, we’ve compiled a list of some of our top favorite IT Blogs, across various technology industries. Information Technology is constantly changing.

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Resources Mobile Data Center Security 66

Scott Lowe

MAY 11, 2018

Yep, get used to it folks—it’s where the industry is headed. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Thomas Graf explains why the Linux kernel community is replacing iptables with BPF. A network engineer using AWS and CloudFormation? Sorry, I don’t have anything for you.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 26, 2022

But to protect these systems, we need to understand these systems. So there’s a need, a definite need, for information security professionals to have access to industrial control systems -- not virtual, but actual hands on systems -- so they can learn.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

When I started writing my first book when gadgets betray us, IoT was still known as hardware hacking, or embedded security. That's because early IoT systems consisted mostly of dumb sensors on embedded systems out in the field. Most of us don't have access to industrial systems on this item.

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Internet Research Security Tools 52

ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

When I started writing my first book when gadgets betray us, IoT was still known as hardware hacking, or embedded security. That's because early IoT systems consisted mostly of dumb sensors on embedded systems out in the field. Most of us don't have access to industrial systems on this item.

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Internet Research Security Tools 52

CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The courses are designed to be completed in succession, starting with the Apple Device Support course, which focuses on the skills and expertise you’ll need as a help desk professional, technical coordinator, or service provider for an organization that relies on Apple hardware and software.

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SCRUM Project Management Course Network 135

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 23, 2013

This is a reasonable way of grouping the various approaches to SDN (using SDN in the very loose industry sense, not the original control plane-data plane separation sense). I’d like to add to Paul’s analysis that it’s important to understand that, in reality, host dominant and network dominant systems can coexist.

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Scott Lowe

JULY 14, 2015

Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Containers may be all the rage in the IT industry these days, but Justin Warren reminds us that the value to many organizations (in his words) “lives in the data your organization has”. There’s a lot more too, so be sure to check out his site. Running vSphere 6?

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Vamosi: This happens in other industries as well. no one in this industry I would honestly say everything I needed to learn I learned in school. Vamosi: There are at least two complete operating systems available for pentesters. The more famous of these is Kali Linux, from Offensive Security. And it’s free.

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