CTOvision

DECEMBER 17, 2013

By Prayson Pate Openness is one of the most-cited advantages of cloud-based applications, Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV). A good example of this type of openness is the Microsoft Outlook Messaging API (MAPI). Again, Linux is a prime example. A Milestone – Open Source.

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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”). A “highly evasive” Linux malware named OrBit has emerged; see here for more details. Virtualization.

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Linux Storage Virtualization Hardware 90

The Verge

JUNE 22, 2020

Microsoft is working on Office updates for the new Mac silicon, and Word and Excel are already running natively on the new Mac processors, with PowerPoint even using Apple’s Metal tech for rendering. Apple is also using virtualization for running versions of Linux on these new Macs.

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Linux Academy

DECEMBER 1, 2019

To continually support your mission to learn and grow, we are always adding new, free courses and resources for developing Linux and Cloud skills. Members of the Linux Academy community come together and share their insights and questions. Microsoft SQL Server on Linux Quick Start. How to Get a Linux Job.

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The Verge

JULY 31, 2020

At first, Parallels Desktop will boot a full copy of Windows, allowing Microsoft’s operating system to sit side by side with Chrome OS and Android apps. They’ve done it with Mac and they’ve done it with Linux,” says Mistry. “We Microsoft has its own take on Chrome OS. Windows apps running on Chrome OS.

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Scott Lowe

MAY 7, 2021

In this Technology Short Take, I’ve gathered some links for you covering topics like Azure and AWS networking, moving from macOS to Linux (and back again), and more. Peyton Smith and Mitchell Moser share seven common Microsoft Active Directory misconfigurations that adversaries tend to abuse. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Linux Academy

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Microsoft Azure Administrator – Exam AZ-103 : This course will help to prepare you for the AZ-103 exam with practical labs and demonstrations with the focus on these 5 domains: Manage Azure subscriptions and resources. Deploy and manage virtual machines (VMs). Configure and manage virtual networks. DevOps: 16.

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Linux Course Microsoft Devops 14

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 16, 2017

For various reasons that we don’t need to get into just yet, I’ve started exploring Microsoft Azure. Microsoft has instructions for installing Azure CLI on Linux , but there are two problems with these instructions: Official packages that can be installed via a package manager are only provided for Ubuntu/Debian.

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 6, 2017

Humair Ahmed of VMware shares some details on a new control plane resiliency feature recently added to VMware NSX: Controller Disconnected Operation (CDO) mode. Here’s a handy list of deprecated Linux network commands and their replacements. Konstantin Ryabitsev has a series going on securing a SysAdmin Linux workstation.

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Linux Academy

AUGUST 29, 2019

To continually support you in your mission to learn and grow we are always adding new courses and free resources to begin developing your Linux and Cloud skills. Courses Free in September: Microsoft SQL Server On Linux Quick Start. Linux Networking and Trouble Shooting. How to Get a Linux Job. Git Quick Start.

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Linux Course Devops Big Data 18

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Michael Kashin has a great article on how Open Virtual Network (OVN, part of the Open vSwitch project) implements virtual networks in OpenStack. Operating Systems/Applications. Flatpak is a (relatively) new application packaging/sandboxing mechanism for Linux applications. Virtualization. Good advice.

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Linux Network Virtualization IPv6 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 17, 2019

Courtesy of Tigera, Alex Pollitt shares some guidelines on when Linux conntrack is no longer your friend. Apparently Dell’s new docking stations support firmware updates via Linux. Operating Systems/Applications. Cindy Sridharan has a good article on health checks and graceful degradation in distributed systems.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Michael Kashin has a good post on source IP address selection in Linux. Security Michael Tsai weighs in on the Microsoft signing key that was stolen, sharing several links with commentary on this matter. Amit Gupta shows how to install Cilium in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) without kube-proxy.

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Vmware Network Hardware Cloud 74

Scott Lowe

MARCH 17, 2016

At DevOps Networking Forum 2016, I had the opportunity to share a presentation on some Linux networking options. Microsoft seems to be all about shocking the world these days (see my related mention of their SQL Server announcement below). At the recent OCP Summit, Microsoft introduced Software for Open Networking in the Cloud (SONiC).

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Vmware Linux Network Open Source 60

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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Vmware Linux Storage Virtualization 69

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 21, 2020

” Want to use a Yubikey to automatically lock and unlock your Linux system? Operating Systems/Applications. According to The Verge , Windows 10 users aren’t very happy about Microsoft’s forced roll-out of its Chromium-based Edge browser. Virtualization. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

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Handbook Linux Storage Windows 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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Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Operating Systems/Applications. You may have heard of eBPF, the Linux technology that is reshaping Linux applications (and in some ways reshaping Linux itself). You may have heard of eBPF, the Linux technology that is reshaping Linux applications (and in some ways reshaping Linux itself).

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Linux Academy

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

To continually support your mission to learn and grow, we are always adding new, free courses and resources for developing Linux and Cloud skills. Members of the Linux Academy community come together and share their insights and questions. Microsoft SQL Server on Linux Quick Start. How to Get a Linux Job.

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Galido

MARCH 19, 2019

These areas of IT include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs. Operating System & Software Blogs. TechWorld – Operating Systems. Virtualization Technology Blogs.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 2, 2017

Brendan Burns, co-founder of Kubernetes and now an architect at Microsoft Azure, has a blog post about how Kubernetes enables containers-as-a-service (CaaS), which in turn is the foundation for the next generation of Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS). Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. That’s handy. environments.

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Linux Devops Open Source Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

In the process, he muses about the value of configuration management tool chains such as Chef and Puppet in a world of “open switch” platforms such as Cumulus Linux. Speaking of Cumulus Linux…did you see the announcement that Dell has signed a reseller agreement with Cumulus Networks? Operating Systems/Applications.

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Linux Vmware Storage Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2017

Sjors Robroek describes his nested NSX-T lab that also includes some virtualized network equipment (virtualized Arista switches). Here’s an interesting article on the role that virtualization is playing in the network functions virtualization (NFV) space now that ARM hardware is growing increasingly powerful.

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Windows Vmware Virtualization Linux 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2017

Sjors Robroek describes his nested NSX-T lab that also includes some virtualized network equipment (virtualized Arista switches). Here’s an interesting article on the role that virtualization is playing in the network functions virtualization (NFV) space now that ARM hardware is growing increasingly powerful.

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Galido

OCTOBER 18, 2018

When programming applications for the operating system of Apple, iOS, and therefore to create apps for iPhone and iPad, you must use the Objective-C language. Over the course of the year, Microsoft’s proprietary programming language, C #, witnessed a decline in demand. It is available for GNU / Linux. Objective-C.

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Programming Operating Systems Open Source Applications 81

Galido

MAY 1, 2019

The deeper we dive into modern technology terms, the more it seems we try to blend physical and virtual worlds together. These areas of tech include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs.

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Resources Mobile Data Center Security 107

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 Virtualization.

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Galido

MARCH 22, 2019

The deeper we dive into modern technology terms, the more it seems we try to blend physical and virtual worlds together. These areas of tech include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs.

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Resources Mobile Data Center Security 107

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 18, 2017

Here’s an article describing how to establish a site-to-site VPN between a Cisco ASA and Microsoft Azure. 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. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Linux Network Hardware Dell 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 7, 2016

Bart shares some details about his journey from being a Microsoft-centric infrastructure engineer to what he calls a cloud-native full-stack engineer. 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.

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Devops Engineering Conference Operating Systems 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2021

Via Ivan Pepelnjak, I was pointed to Jon Langemak’s in-depth discussion of working with Linux VRFs. Sonia Cuff provides a set of links for detailed instructions on setting up VPN access from macOS to Microsoft Azure with Azure Active Directory authentication. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization.

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Scott Lowe

MAY 22, 2015

Welcome to Technology Short Take #51, another collection of posts and links about key data center technologies like networking, virtualization, cloud management, and applications/operating systems. Here’s one way , using Ravello Systems. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Networking.

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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

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Here’s a review of targeted attacks and APTs (advanced persistent threats) on Linux. A significant flaw in Microsoft’s Netlogon protocol has been discovered, potentially exposing privilege escalation to Domain Admin. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. More details are found in this article.

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Linux Programming Cloud Open Source 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 ? Check out the blog post (and the video) here.

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Vmware Linux Intel Network 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 30, 2018

Thomas Maurer has a “first impressions” post on the Microsoft Surface Book 2. (I I must admit I’ve been considering adding a Microsoft device to my collection.). Operating Systems/Applications. Flatcar Linux is a “friendly fork” of Container Linux (of CoreOS). Virtualization.

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 19, 2018

Barry Peddycord shares an update on Ansible support for the Cumulus Linux NCLU. Operating Systems/Applications. is now GA and supported by Microsoft. Ariya Hidayat shows how to run Debian under WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux). Virtualization. This is pretty cool: a WYSIWYG topology designer for VMware NSX.

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