CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 24, 2022

After all, entry-level pricing for mainframes in the z15 family running IBM Z operating systems is $250,000. IBM LinuxONE III systems run only Linux at prices starting at $135,000. We have seen the largest growth where clients augment [core] systems with open source — Red Hat Enterprise Linux and OpenShift,” Baker says.

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The Verge

AUGUST 15, 2020

Apple’s cloud ban and Fortnite feud have made it gaming’s latest villain Apple has always had a complicated relationship with the game industry, but this month that relationship slid into a bitter and very public legal and regulatory war that could shape the future of iPhone apps. Image by Epic Games.

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 29, 2022

My link of links and articles from around the Internet is a bit light on networking and virtualization this time around, but heftier in the security, cloud, and OS/application sections. It seems like silicon photonics is something the industry has been talking about for years, but something that never seems to come to fruition.

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Linux Storage Programming Applications 74

Linux Academy

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Container technology is currently in the process of transforming the way the IT industry does business. Industry pioneers have been using containers for years, and the technology is now becoming widespread. Unlike virtual machines, containers do this is in a very lightweight fashion. The Container Revolution. Check it out!

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 12, 2023

Cybersecurity professionals are increasingly turning to online courses to earn their credentials, helping them stand out from the crowd and keep pace with an ever-changing industry. Stay on top of industry changes The cybersecurity sector is in a state of constant change, with new technologies and methodologies introduced on a regular basis.

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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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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. The deeper we dive into modern technology terms, the more it seems we try to blend physical and virtual worlds together.

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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. The deeper we dive into modern technology terms, the more it seems we try to blend physical and virtual worlds together.

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Resources Mobile Data Center Security 107

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 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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Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

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). This is a pretty significant market move, and I believe this move impact the technology industry in a variety of ways. Virtualization.

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Vmware Authentication Virtualization Storage 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. The deeper we dive into modern technology terms, the more it seems we try to blend physical and virtual worlds together.

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Mobile Data Center Security Virtualization 77

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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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. I’ve also seen how difficult it is to manage both the product and operations model.

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Vmware Linux Comparison Windows 68

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

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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Vmware Open Source Linux Devops 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. Although Rowan doesn’t specifically mention it, this command relies on tools like tr , sort , and uniq , so I’m guessing it will only work on OS X/Linux/*BSD systems.

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Linux Network Hardware Dell 60

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. Ivan Pepelnjak asks the question, “Is OpenFlow the best tool for overlay virtual networks?”

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Vmware Linux Virtualization Network 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 22, 2018

Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Dave Taylor provides s ome tips for configuring VMware Fusion for Linux usage. Personally, I say just switch to Linux full-time, but hey not everyone is down for that. Time and experience can make quite a difference sometimes! Career/Soft Skills.

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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.

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Linux Course Devops Big Data 12

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 19, 2018

Barry Peddycord shares an update on Ansible support for the Cumulus Linux NCLU. 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). Virtualization.

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Vmware Open Source Linux Cloud 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. Operating Systems/Applications. could make RDP connections to modern Windows systems. Alpine Linux 3.5 Virtualization. was recently released.

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Vmware Linux Open Source Data Center 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.). Operating Systems/Applications. ZFS will be in the next Ubuntu Linux LTS release. Virtualization. Seen this ?

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Vmware Linux Intel Network 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 11, 2018

Yep, get used to it folks—it’s where the industry is headed. Mike Foley talks about new support for Virtualization Based Security (VBS) and Credential Guard in vSphere 6.7. Operating Systems/Applications. Thomas Graf explains why the Linux kernel community is replacing iptables with BPF. Virtualization.

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Network Virtualization Open Source Vmware 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. Trustworthy secure modular operating system engineering: https://media.ccc.de/v/31c3_- Safari Books Online. blog/videos-around-world-2015.

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Devops Engineering Conference Operating Systems 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

One ongoing discussion in the network industry these days—or so it seems—is the discussion about the interaction between network overlays and the underlying transport network. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Running Hyper-V with Linux VMs? on a headless Ubuntu 14.04 LTS server.

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Linux Network Vmware Disaster Recovery 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. Operating Systems/Applications. What does this mean?

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Vmware Linux Hardware Software Development 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. Operating Systems/Applications. YACOOS (Yet Another Container-Optimized Operating System) has gone GA; this time it’s Google’s (imaginatively-named) “Container-Optimized OS”.

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Vmware Storage Network Examples 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? Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Does your head hurt yet?).

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Vmware Case Study Linux Network 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. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Networking. and Gluster.

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Vmware Storage Network Windows 60

Dataconomy

OCTOBER 17, 2023

These individuals use the same techniques as malicious hackers, but instead of using them for nefarious purposes, they use them to identify vulnerabilities and weaknesses in an organization’s systems, networks, and applications. Learn how to use command-line interfaces (CLIs) and understand how to navigate different operating systems.

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Network Security Applications System 45

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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System Industry Conference Network 52

Scott Lowe

JULY 14, 2015

Want to know a bit more about how OVN (Open Virtual Network) plans to integrate support for containers? Although slanted toward Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), this is a good article about why open source—and OpenStack, in particular—isn’t necessarily “free.”. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization.

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Vmware Devops Virtualization Network 60

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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Network Applications Security Operating Systems 52

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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Network Applications Security Operating Systems 52

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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ForAllSecure

DECEMBER 17, 2021

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. They contain an operating system and they have confirmation for RAM and other hardware you may want to simulate.

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