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.

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Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 90

Scott Lowe

MAY 17, 2019

Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Cindy Sridharan has a good article on health checks and graceful degradation in distributed systems. These look interesting, but be aware that they are not licensed with an open source license. Virtualization. Networking. Career/Soft Skills.

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Linux Dell Licensing Open Source 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

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.). Cumulus Networks recently shifted their pricing and licensing model toward perpetual licenses; this article has more information and a comparison of the old vs. new models.

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Vmware Linux Intel Network 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

see below in the “Operating Systems/Applications” section), Metaswitch has announced a Container Networking Interface (CNI) plugin for Project Calico. Only a year late, I found this article about Cisco IOS XRv (as in “virtual”). Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization.

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Vmware Network Operating Systems Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2013

A fan of network virtualization might also say that decomposing today’s complex physical networks into multiple simple logical networks on top of a simpler physical transport network—similar to Mike’s suggestion of converging on a smaller set of reference architectures—might also help. (Of Servers/Hardware.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Linux Network 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 14, 2017

Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. The series provides an introduction and overview of licensing (part 1), a review of architecture and hardware recommendations (part 2), an overview of data availability (part 3), and a discussion of fault domains (part 4). Virtualization.

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Load Balancer Vmware Hardware Open Source 60

The Verge

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The Galaxy Note 7 is possibly the best gadget on this list; a herald of the success of big-screened smartphones, packed with the latest specs, top-tier camera tech for the time, and superb design and hardware… except for the fact that it had a tendency to burst into flames. The same, sadly, cannot be said for Android tablets.

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Windows Google Microsoft Hardware 117

The Verge

JUNE 26, 2020

But it also means that apps that were developed for Intel’s architecture originally won’t run natively on Apple’s upcoming hardware. Microsoft only licenses the ARM version of Windows 10 to PC manufacturers.) That’s an exciting move, because it means that they’ll be able to run iOS and iPadOS apps alongside those made for macOS.

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Intel Apple Windows Programming 101

Scott Lowe

JULY 21, 2016

Servers/Hardware. Kevin Houston has an updated blade server comparison chart that might be helpful in making hardware decisions. VMware is offering licenses for Log Insight to customers who already own NSX. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Three more posts are planned. Thanks Jason!

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Storage Hardware 60

Vox

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Jeff Chiu/AP Tap-to-pay makes spending money fun, easy, and virtually invisible. Apple released iOS 17 on September 18 and now that the new operating system is here, you can probably leave your wallet at home. Apple Pay leads the tap-to-pay market, which has exploded in popularity in the last few years.

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Apple Banking Financial Mobile 86

Vox

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Jeff Chiu/AP Tap-to-pay makes spending money fun, easy, and virtually invisible. Apple released iOS 17 on September 18 and now that the new operating system is here, you can probably leave your wallet at home. Apple Pay leads the tap-to-pay market, which has exploded in popularity in the last few years.

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Apple Banking Financial Mobile 83

Scott Lowe

APRIL 24, 2015

This article by Russell Bryant is a great overview and update of the work going on with Open Virtual Network (OVN). This is kind of cool, and (in my humble opinion) a sign of changing times: Juniper has Vagrant boxes as well as a Vagrant plugin for working with vSRX (virtual firewall) VMs (via this article from Matt Oswalt).

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Firewall Network 60

ForAllSecure

DECEMBER 17, 2021

As a developer you can go to GitHub, see the license agreements, and then add the code to your next build. Knudsen: What was cool was that containers are so much lighter than virtual machines. Vamosi: Virtual Machines are what just that; they’re software representations of hardware machines.

Open Source 52

Open Source Software Software Applications 52

Dataconomy

MAY 19, 2023

DaaS transcends the limitations of traditional desktop infrastructures, offering a seamless and immersive virtual desktop experience accessible from anywhere, at any time, on any device. Desktop as a Service is a cloud computing model that delivers virtual desktop environments to end-users over the internet.

Cloud 60

Cloud Disaster Recovery Virtualization Hardware 60

Sean Daniel

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

In fact, it’s the *only* server operating system that can be backed up by the SBS 2011 Essentials backup engine. The more users you configure to connect, the better the hardware you should configure. Link explaining the HyperV virtualization rights for MultiPoint Premium: [link]. Virtualization. at 1:41 PM.

Windows 80

Windows Small Business Backup SMB 80

ForAllSecure

MARCH 1, 2022

Yet despite the meticulous care, invisibility is virtually impossible for anyone to maintain for any length of time. Obscure your hardware and software. When you connect to any website online, a snapshot of the hardware and software being used is given to the website. That’s the hardware. A word of caution.

Mobile 52

Mobile Internet Exercises Security 52

Trends in the Living Networks

JULY 14, 2011

Lonely Planet launched CitySync in January 2000, providing in-depth guides to four US cities plus Sydney for mobile devices running the PalmOS operating system. In addition, Lonely Planet licenses its brand for a television travel series that is screened worldwide, and now it even publishes world music CDs. Virtualize.

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Telecommunications Travel Airlines Mobile 121

SPF13

MARCH 20, 2015

@spf13 Chief Operator @ Docker? ? 60s & 70s • Computer companies sold hardware • Software was free • Software was colloborative • IBM dominates. The Internet Era: 00s • Internet changes everything • Open source movement gains traction (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) • Tech selling ads, bits, hardware & services • Google Dominates.

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Open Source Linux Software Software 100

Galido

JUNE 27, 2018

It can provide organization for company data, user permissions, licenses, and lower the cost of hardware and personnel to maintain traditional, on-premise servers. This includes servers and virtual machines (VMs), storage, networks, operating systems. Run Applications on Any Hardware, and Have Your Own IT Dept.

Cloud 81

Cloud Backup Storage Applications 81

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

This time around, the content is a bit heavier on cloud management and applications/operating systems, but still lots of good content all the way around (I hope, anyway). A quick perusal of the ONF web site does not indicate that the OpenFlow materials are available anywhere under any open source license. Servers/Hardware.

Open Source 60

Open Source Vmware Network IBM 60

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 15, 2013

Even Facebook, which has open sourced much of its designs for its data center hardware but remains vague about its server count, saying only that it operates “hundreds of thousands” of machines. Microsoft’s ‘Cloud Operating System’ 218,000 Servers in Microsoft Data Centers? Virtualization.

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Data Center Microsoft Data Disaster Recovery 276

CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 28, 2022

Organizations that postpone modernization complain about being stuck in maintenance mode with disparate, multi-vendor backup and recovery systems that are complex and expensive to maintain. HPE Backup and Recovery Service creates backup stores which are not directly accessible by the operating system.

Backup 91

Backup Storage Cloud Vmware 91

CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 22, 2023

However, by consolidating onto a converged endpoint management (XEM) platform , these teams can finally serve the greater good — reducing risk and licensing costs, increasing productivity, and enhancing the end-user experience. This can also sap productivity and add operational cost, especially if teams are duplicating activities.

Licensing 52

Licensing SAP Security Tools 52

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 25, 2015

In this post, I’ve gathered links to posts about networking, virtualization, Docker, containers, Linux, configuration management, and all kinds of other cool stuff. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Jason Anderson has a nice post on using SR-IOV (Single Root I/O Virtualization) to expose Docker containers.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Virtualization Tools 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Skaugen reinforces that Intel is committed to all operating systems, all form factors, and all use cases. He shows off a demo of Skylake as well as a hardware reference platform for Skylake playing full 4K video. license) and contributing relevant patents to the OIC. General Hardware IDF2014 Intel'

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Intel Dell Data Center Fashion 60

Vox

JUNE 14, 2022

It’s not just cars, she said, but also things like virtual reality and financial technology. Google and Apple have been moving into cars for nearly a decade now, from powering dashboards and infotainment systems to building autonomous and electric vehicles. What you notice across all of them is that they hold massive amounts of data.”.

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Apple Google Automotive Operating Systems 90

Vox

JANUARY 27, 2022

Microsoft says it wants to offer as many games as possible to as many people as possible on as many devices as possible — including in new spaces like the metaverse, the virtual world that some companies ( most notably, Facebook ) see as the next tech frontier. The timing of Microsoft’s announcement wasn’t ideal.

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Microsoft Company Windows Internet 77