Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

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. Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies. Apple on Intel.

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The Verge

APRIL 20, 2021

In addition to that processor, the 15-inch Surface Laptop 4 I reviewed comes with 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage. If you’re not looking to spend that much, you can get the 15-inch Laptop 4 for as low as $1,299 for 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage, which puts it neck-in-neck with the entry-level MacBook Pro , but with a bigger screen.

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Intel has a tutorial series on Intel Software Guard Extensions (SGX). Operating Systems/Applications. J Metz recently published an article that helps understand when to use NAS (Network Attached Storage) versus SAN (Storage Area Network). Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

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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. Day 1 Keynote. Here’s a liveblog of the IDF 2014 day 1 keynote. Technical Sessions.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 7, 2014

Jointly authored by VMware, Microsoft, Red Hat, and Intel, this new protocol proposal attempts to bring together the strengths of the various network virtualization encapsulation protocols out there today (VXLAN, STT, NVGRE). Don’t think this “software-defined networking” thing is going to take off? Servers/Hardware.

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Scott Lowe

MAY 7, 2021

Ben Wilcock shares his experience with an Intel NUC 11. Operating Systems/Applications. Justin Garrison shares some thoughts on whiteboarding software (and hardware). Servers/Hardware. VentureBeat discusses Armv9 , a new architectural update for Arm-based CPUs. Marco Lancini discusses security logging in AWS environments.

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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. Networking. Don’t just send me press releases, please.).

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Scott Lowe

MAY 4, 2017

Mircea’s right—bugs will happen in all software (VMware NSX has had its share, for example), but the key is in how it’s handled. Operating Systems/Applications. Ryan Kelly shows readers how to configure Harbor (open source container registry project) to use Amazon S3 for storage. Check out this post by Alan Renouf.

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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). Operating Systems/Applications.

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Scott Lowe

MAY 3, 2019

AnandTech has some coverage of the latest Intel processor announcements , which totally flew by my radar. This past week Microsoft and VMware announced Azure VMware Solutions, which allows customers to run the VMware software stack on Azure (an arrangement similar in nature to VMware Cloud on AWS, as I understand it). Servers/Hardware.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 23, 2017

As opposed to just encrypting data at the transport level (although Acra does that between components of its architecture) or just encrypting data at the storage level (using an encrypted file system or similar), Acra targets encrypting data at the table/row/column level within a database. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

Is Intel having second thoughts about software-defined infrastructure? That’s the core question in this blog post , which explores the future of Intel in a software-defined world and the increasing interest in non-x86 platforms like ARM. Operating Systems/Applications. Servers/Hardware.

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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. Diablo Technologies.

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The Verge

MAY 19, 2020

The Chromebook Duet’s base model has 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. I tested the $299 version, which has the same processor and RAM but 128GB of storage. Power-wise, it’s closer to a budget Snapdragon smartphone processor than the Intel chips you’ll find in nice Chromebooks. The usual Chrome OS caveats apply.

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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. Enabling greater software intelligence and flexibility.

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Galido

MAY 10, 2019

The time comes when your PC starts to “slow down” and we are not referring to a software slowdown, in that case, formatting could be enough and the PC would come back as new. You will surely get an increase in the speed of the operating system and software execution, with a decrease in loading times even in games.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

Woods: If you think about the overall system, within which some of these devices live. There has to be storage somewhere so even sensors, end up sending their data someplace that has to be stored, and that might be in the cloud, for instance, which is increasingly a part of the Internet of Things. It's still a threat.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

Woods: If you think about the overall system, within which some of these devices live. There has to be storage somewhere so even sensors, end up sending their data someplace that has to be stored, and that might be in the cloud, for instance, which is increasingly a part of the Internet of Things. It's still a threat.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

This is session COMS002, titled “The Future of Software-Defined Networking with the Intel Open Network Platform Switch Reference Design.” ” The speakers are Recep Ozdag, a PME with Intel, and Gershon Schatzberg, a PLM with Wind River Systems. So, what is ONS?

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Dataconomy

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Thanks to NVIDIA CUDA X RTX software enhancements, it’s primed for delivering exceptional performance. Moreover, the Pocket AI GPU is compatible with both Windows and Linux systems, ensuring widespread usability. Thanks to the folks at Storage Review for the benchmark chart! PCI Express 3.0

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 19, 2020

The collection seems a tad heavier than normal in the hardware and security sections, probably due to new exploits discovered in Intel’s speculative execution functionality. This article describes a new attack that “breaches the security guarantees” of Intel SGX. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 2, 2021

Even worse, this isn’t just limited to Intel chips, but may also affect ARM-based systems like Apple’s M1 CPUs. Operating Systems/Applications. This post from Enterprise Storage Forum attempts to provide a comparison of cloud storage between AWS and Google Cloud. Check out cloudlist.

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Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 8, 2014

I’m going to go out on a limb and make a prediction: In a few years time (let’s say 3–5 years), Intel SGX (Software Guard Extensions) will be regarded as important if not more important than the virtualization extensions. What is Intel SGX, you ask? Operating Systems/Applications.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

This is a liveblog for the day 1 keynote at Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2014. Among the accomplishments Krzanich lists, he mentions that Intel was the #2 shipper of tablets last year. At this point Krzanich hands it off to Diane Bryant, SVP and GM of the Data Center Group at Intel. One would assume that Apple is #1.)

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 30, 2023

DCAP systems are designed to automatically identify and solve problems related to the storage and use of data. For example, data classifiers built into the operating system do not have enough context to allow them to prioritize checking for recently modified files or data that has appeared in public folders.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

” The speaker is Mohan Kumar, a Sr Principal Engineer with Intel. The motivation for developing RSA is really rooted in the vision of the “Internet of Things,” which Intel estimates will reach approximately 30 billion devices by 2020. Thermal inefficiencies and a lack of service-based (software-defined?)

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

I’m back home in Denver after spending a few days in San Francisco at Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2013, so I thought I’d take a few minutes to sit down and share a summary of the event and my thoughts. Enhancing OpenStack with Intel Technologies for Public, Private, and Hybrid Cloud: [link].

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CTOvision

MARCH 27, 2017

It also includes a Software Development Kit (SDK) that is available in every major programming language. An end-to-end encryption application available for every enterprise operation system. Takes advantage of IBM and Intel hardware encryption accelerators. Key Storage and Retrieval. Existing PKI. Support for X.509

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Intel has finally started shipping silicon photonics gear, according to this report from El Reg (news coming out of IDF16). I predicted a couple of years ago that Intel SGX (Software Guard Extensions) was going to be HUGE (see here ). Pradipta Kumar Banerjee has an article on using local storage for instances in OpenStack.

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 4, 2013

I must disagree with some of his statements regarding what software-defined networking is and is not and where it fits , written back in April. The servers (right now, at least) are running Intel Atom S1260 CPUs, which are x86-based and do offer features like Intel VT-x. Operating Systems/Applications. I was wrong.

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 8, 2014

Intel recently announced a refresh of the E5 CPU line; Kevin Houston has more details here. Operating Systems/Applications. It’s being called the “data plane” for software-defined storage. Update 1 upgrade that results in missing storage providers. See here for details. Servers/Hardware.

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2012

If you’re interested in learning more about OpenFlow and software-defined networking but need to do this on a shoestring budget in your home lab, a number of guides have been written to help out. Operating Systems/Applications. Here’s hoping you find something useful! Networking. by Qlogic called “Mt.

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 4, 2013

I must disagree with some of his statements regarding what software-defined networking is and is not and where it fits , written back in April. The servers (right now, at least) are running Intel Atom S1260 CPUs, which are x86-based and do offer features like Intel VT-x. Operating Systems/Applications. I was wrong.

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Sean Daniel

APRIL 4, 2011

The server should automatically boot off the USB key, format the drive and install all of the operating system files. I had 4GB of storage (across 3 drives) and less than 1.8GB of actual data so I didn't have to buy a new drive straight away. If yes, what's the right software? Power on the server. Wienen said.

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