CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

A truly robust endpoint solution will provide protection at all levels of the device, from the core BIOS, through to the hardware, firmware and application layers. This is what Intel has aimed to deliver with the Intel vPro® platform. vPro also boosts security for virtualised environments.

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Security Intel Malware Training 78

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. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Networking.

Linux 90

Linux Storage Virtualization Hardware 90

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. Click here to learn more.

Dell 57

Dell Intel Virtualization Cloud 57

Scott Lowe

APRIL 7, 2023

Servers/Hardware Manoj Kumar provides a beginner’s guide to Trusted Platform Module (TPM). Operating Systems/Applications In Technology Short Take 166 , I mentioned Nick Schmidt’s article on D2. Virtualization William Lam takes a look at ESXi on the latest Intel NUC. That’s all for now!

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Applications Comparison Cloud Operating Systems 97

CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 11, 2023

As an IT leader, you probably haven’t spent a lot of time obsessing over the microprocessors powering your corporate computing hardware. A chef doesn’t stop to consider the electronic systems powering her culinary tools as she’s trying to plan and execute a multi-course menu. Who can blame you? What more do you need to know?

Artificial Intelligence 52

Artificial Intelligence Hardware Tools Dell 52

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

The Verge

JUNE 26, 2020

Earlier this week, on what Tim Cook called a “historic day,” Apple announced that it’s moving Macs away from Intel processors to its own silicon chips. The new Macs will use arm64, the same CPU architecture that recent iOS devices use (Intel-based Macs use an architecture called x86-64). Screenshot: Dan Seifert / The Verge.

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Intel Apple Windows Programming 101

Dataconomy

JUNE 22, 2023

This software suite is compatible with both Windows and macOS operating systems, and offers a spectrum of six different editions to cater to diverse user needs. Virtual RAID construction for recovery In cases where RAID parameters are unknown, Stellar Data Recovery can rebuild a likely RAID configuration.

Data 68

Data Software Software Windows 68

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. Servers/Hardware. Overall, this is a quick but worthy read if you are trying to get started in this space.

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Virtualization Hardware Intel Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 7, 2021

Servers/Hardware. Ben Wilcock shares his experience with an Intel NUC 11. Chris Evans examines the pricing of virtual instances compared to managed servie offerings as he ponders how hyper-scalers like AWS, Azure, and Google will go about/are going about optimizing service density (i.e., Operating Systems/Applications.

Linux 60

Linux Hardware Network Cloud 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 6, 2021

Servers/Hardware. Travis Downs explores a recent Intel microcode update that may have negatively impacted performance. It’s a good starting point for thinking about operating your own active-active architecture. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Or, one could just use something like this.

Open Source 105

Open Source Load Balancer WAN Architecture 105

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. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Networking. Check this out.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Storage Load Balancer 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 2, 2016

Servers/Hardware. 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.

Vmware 60

Vmware Virtualization Linux Windows 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 27, 2021

I have a fairly diverse set of links for readers this time around, covering topics from microchips to improving your writing, with stops along the way in topics like Kubernetes, virtualization, Linux, and the popular JSON-parsing tool jq. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization.

Linux 90

Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 90

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. Apple on Intel. Apple and Virtualization.

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Operating Systems Apple Applications Linux 131

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Servers/Hardware. The Intel Management Engine (ME) has received a bit of attention as a potential security vulnerability; in this article , authors Maxim Goryachy and Mark Ermolov expose some new concerns around the Intel ME and its undocumented Manufacturing Mode. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization.

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Load Balancer Operating Systems Intel Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 29, 2020

Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Nicola Apicella has a nice, in-depth write-up discussing Docker images, overlay file systems, and the OCI specification. Virtualization. This recent post by Eric Sloof shows how to do BGP neighbor adjacency between GNS3 and NSX-T 3.0. Read his write-up here.

Linux 60

Linux Virtualization Security Network 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 6, 2021

Servers/Hardware. Travis Downs explores a recent Intel microcode update that may have negatively impacted performance. It’s a good starting point for thinking about operating your own active-active architecture. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Or, one could just use something like this.

Open Source 60

Open Source Load Balancer WAN Architecture 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 27, 2021

I have a fairly diverse set of links for readers this time around, covering topics from microchips to improving your writing, with stops along the way in topics like Kubernetes, virtualization, Linux, and the popular JSON-parsing tool jq along the way. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization.

Linux 60

Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 60

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). Servers/Hardware. Intel has a tutorial series on Intel Software Guard Extensions (SGX). Operating Systems/Applications.

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Vmware Storage Intel Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 8, 2018

Servers/Hardware. What I found interesting is that the local NVMe storage is also hardware encrypted. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. On the Ansible web site, Sean Cavanaugh provides a deep dive into the command modules for network devices. See Chris Evans’ article here. (I’ll

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Vmware Storage Intel 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 3, 2019

Servers/Hardware. AnandTech has some coverage of the latest Intel processor announcements , which totally flew by my radar. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Here’s a great post with more details on concerns over randomness in virtual machines. Start with part 1, which is here.

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Vmware Open Source Intel Applications 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 6, 2017

Servers/Hardware. Intel NUC or SuperMicro E200-8D? Operating Systems/Applications. As an aside, I do find it fascinating that new storage startups often emerge with support for Linux first, then add other operating systems afterward.). Virtualization. A command-line client for Twitter ? Yes, please!

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Storage Network 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). Servers/Hardware. Virtualization.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Intel Network 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 16, 2021

Servers/Hardware. Is the introduction of Google Cloud’s new Tau VMs an indication that AMD’s influence continues to grow over Intel’s? Operating Systems/Applications. It’s pretty cool to see that GitHub is now supporting security keys for SSH Git operations. Virtualization.

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Cloud Network Virtualization Guidelines 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 22, 2013

The networking “old guard” likes to talk about how x86 servers and virtualization create network bottlenecks due to performance concerns, but as Ivan points out in this post , it’s rapidly becoming—or has already become—a non-issue. (By Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Vmware Virtualization Network Linux 106

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.

Linux 60

Linux Apple Operating Systems Policies 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.

Linux 60

Linux Network Vmware Disaster Recovery 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Uh oh… more hardware exploits. Adrian’s operational review readiness template is another great post as well. Operating Systems/Applications. Chris Mellor shares an interview with Hazelcast on the performance of Intel Optane PMem. Virtualization. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

Linux 60

Linux Vmware Open Source Examples 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. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Network Windows 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 4, 2017

Servers/Hardware. News in the OpenStack space hasn’t been so good recently (Intel pulling out of OSIC, various companies laying off folks, other “pure play” companies shifting focus away from OpenStack), but here’s one architect’s perspective on what you may still want to attend the OpenStack Summit. Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Network Examples 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Jon Benedict has a brief article on OVN and its integration into Red Hat Virtualization; if you’re unfamiliar with OVN, it might be worth having a look. Servers/Hardware. Frank Denneman (with an admittedly vSphere-focused lens) takes a look at the Intel Xeon Scalable Family in a two-part (so far) series. Virtualization.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Network Cloud 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Servers/Hardware. 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. on flow table explosion with OpenFlow. What makes up a hybrid cloud?

Vmware 60

Vmware Network Virtualization Storage 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

JULY 22, 2013

The networking “old guard” likes to talk about how x86 servers and virtualization create network bottlenecks due to performance concerns, but as Ivan points out in this post , it’s rapidly becoming—or has already become—a non-issue. (By Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Virtualization Network Linux 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 23, 2017

Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. In this article , a presentation given by Graham Whaley of Intel discusses the “continuum” that exists between containers and VMs, and how in the future we’ll pick and choose the best attributes of both approaches. Check back next time! and vSphere.

Open Source 60

Open Source Storage Vmware Network 60

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. At that point, the system DRAM almost looks like another level of cache. General Encryption FCoE Hardware Networking Security Storage VMworld2013' Congrats to HyTrust.

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Meeting Storage Hardware Network 63