Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

VMware recently released a reference design guide for NSX-T; see here for more details. VPCs, or Virtual Private Clouds, are Amazon’s software-defined networking mechanism for workloads running on AWS.). Dimitri de Swart has a write-up on LAMP stacks made easy with VMware and Puppet. Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Load Balancer Network Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 28, 2016

And while we are on the topic of Linux and open source in the networking industry…read this entertaining and informative article on the importance of (truly) open source libraries in networking. The project itself is open source and hosted on GitHub. Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Open Source Devops 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Both articles point out the incredible difficulty of finding such a hardware hack, and point out that exploiting software vulnerabilities would probably be a much faster/easier way to accomplish the same goal. Sathyajith Bhat covers five open source tools for container security. Operating Systems/Applications.

Hardware 60

Hardware Open Source Vmware Linux 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Of course, I am a fan of network virtualization, since I work with/on VMware NSX.). Martijn Smit has launched a series of articles on VMware NSX. Want some additional information on layer 2 and layer 3 services in VMware NSX? Here’s a good source. Operating Systems/Applications. Any thoughts?

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Linux Network 60

Galido

MAY 1, 2019

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. Operating System & Software Blogs. TechWorld – Operating Systems. CIO Dashboard.

Resources 107

Resources Mobile Data Center Security 107

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 28, 2016

And while we are on the topic of Linux and open source in the networking industry…read this entertaining and informative article on the importance of (truly) open source libraries in networking. The project itself is open source and hosted on GitHub. Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Open Source Linux Devops 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 17, 2016

I recently came across a couple useful troubleshooting guides, one for Open vSwitch (OVS) and OpenStack Neutron and one for VMware NSX. At the recent OCP Summit, Microsoft introduced Software for Open Networking in the Cloud (SONiC). Operating Systems/Applications. VMware recently GA’d version 6.2

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Network Open Source 60

Galido

MARCH 22, 2019

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. Operating System & Software Blogs. TechWorld – Operating Systems. CIO Dashboard.

Resources 107

Resources Mobile Data Center Security 107

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Intel has a tutorial series on Intel Software Guard Extensions (SGX). Sirish Raghuram has some thoughts on the VMware-AWS announcement (about VMware Cloud on AWS) compared to the “Omni” announcement at the OpenStack Summit in Barcelona. Blueprints that demonstrate VMware-Chef integration. Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Intel Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 19, 2019

This article discusses four open source secrets management tools. Many organizations prefer to use two-factor authentication (2FA) to help protect their systems. Bahubali (Bill) Shetti walks through analyzing the cost of a self-managed Kubernetes cluster on AWS using VMware CloudHealth. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

Open Source 60

Open Source Tools Policies Cloud 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Sam McGeown has a nice diagram of the communications channels between the various VMware NSX components. Operating Systems/Applications. Nick Korte shares some “lessons learned” as his team explored VMware vSAN as a storage solution. Ed Haletky has an updated Linux version of the VMware Software Manager.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Network Storage 60

Galido

MARCH 19, 2019

Information technology is the use of any tech devices, infrastructure, software and processes to create and process, store, secure and exchange all forms of digital data. Our articles are typically focused on software recommendations, business, security, interesting topics and search engine optimization and marketing. CIO Dashboard.

Resources 66

Resources Mobile Data Center Security 66

Galido

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

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. Operating System & Software Blogs. TechWorld – Operating Systems. CIO Dashboard.

Mobile 77

Mobile Data Center Security Virtualization 77

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. Acra is open source and available via GitHub.

Open Source 60

Open Source Storage Vmware Network 60

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. Doug Youd of Cumulus has an excellent 3-part series on the use of LACP in VMware vSphere environments. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Network Examples 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 11, 2016

Thinking of using a hardware VTEP (VXLAN Tunnel Endpoint) with VMware NSX? VMware recently announced Open Hardware Management Services (OHMS) , a project intended to help manage servers and switches in a software-defined data center (SDDC) context. Operating Systems/Applications. Servers/Hardware.

Vmware 60

Vmware Hardware Storage Linux 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Operating Systems/Applications. A complete OS based on the bare bones open source that backs macOS is apparently a real thing called PureDarwin. Samuel Karp has a list of guidelines for designing and testing software daemons. Are you running an all-VMware shop and want to add some Kubernetes to the mix?

Vmware 60

Vmware Network Linux Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 8, 2014

Another series on VMware NSX has popped up, this time from Jon Langemak. Only two posts so far (but very thorough posts), one on setting up VMware NSX and another on logical networking with VMware NSX. Nothing this time around, but I’ll keep my eyes open for more content to include next time. Servers/Hardware.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Virtualization 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. Operating Systems/Applications. Fournova Software, makers of the OS X-specific Git client Tower , have an article listing 5 tips to be more productive with Dash.

Vmware 60

Vmware Network Operating Systems Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Looking for a step-by-step install guide for VMware NSX? Ray Budavari—who is an absolutely fantastic NSX resource—has a blog post up on the integration between VMware NSX and vRealize Automation. ACS offers multiple “endpoints,” each of which enables you to use a particular open source container/orchestration tool.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Architecture Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 21, 2017

At my new job, I have the option to use any operating system (OS), and I naturally gravitated toward Linux. I used this to get started on my Linux migration journey, focusing on writing my blog and other open source efforts. I then re-loaded Xubuntu and spun up my Windows 10 Pro instance using VMware Player.

Linux 60

Linux Open Source Windows Operating Systems 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

To help resolve this issue, Cumulus Networks (and possibly Metacloud, I’m not sure of their involvement yet) has release an open source project called vxfld. Is Intel having second thoughts about software-defined infrastructure? Operating Systems/Applications. Servers/Hardware. on a headless Ubuntu 14.04

Linux 60

Linux Network Vmware Disaster Recovery 60

mrc's Cup of Joe Blog

MAY 23, 2019

With the impending explosion of VDI on the horizon (coincidentally, the name of a popular VDI application produced by VMware) and other cloud-based services (I’ll refer to it the whole application stack as the cloud for simplicity’s sake), automation will be the technology that can upend an IT professional’s career.

Trends 40

Trends Government Data Data Center 40

GeekWire

OCTOBER 28, 2020

million investment led by NEA , representing a vote of confidence by the longtime venture capital firm in the Seattle startup’s software development tools for programming the underlying infrastructure of the cloud. Its customers range from small startups to large companies such as Mercedes-Benz, Tableau, DocuSign, VMware and Snowflake.

Cloud 103

Cloud CTO Hire Software Development Open Source 103

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). Jason Edelman has posted a self-compiled list of networking projects that are open source ; this is a useful list, so thanks for compiling it Jason!

Open Source 60

Open Source Vmware Network IBM 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Dmitri Kalintsev is back with another article in a series of articles on using hardware VXLAN tunnel endpoints (VTEPs) with VMware NSX. Here’s a handy post by Dale Coghlan on how to find object IDs for just about anything in a VMware NSX environment. Operating Systems/Applications. Servers/Hardware.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Intel Storage 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 11, 2014

Anthony Burke’s series on VMware NSX continues with part 5. Bob McCouch has a post over at Network Computing (where I’ve recently started blogging as well—see my first post ) discussing his view on how software-defined networking (SDN) will trickle down to small and mid-sized businesses. Networking. Virtualization.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Network Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 21, 2016

BGP seems to be emerging as an early front-runner for a standards-based control plane for software networking. Operating Systems/Applications. Although it’s not feature-complete (by a long shot), VMware recently open-sourced version 0.1 via VMware Photon OS TP2. of vSphere Integrated Containers (VIC).

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Hardware Network 60

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. Bruce Davie and Martin Casado (with Nicira, now part of VMware) have written a post comparing the VXLAN and STT tunneling protocols.

Vmware 109

Vmware Virtualization Storage Hardware 109

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Virtualizing the Network to Enable a Software-Defined Infrastructure (SDI): [link]. The Future of Software-Defined Networking with the Intel Open Network Platform Switch Reference Design: [link]. Use software, especially open source software, to drive more development toward Intel-based solutions.

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Intel Network Architecture Virtualization 60

ForAllSecure

AUGUST 26, 2021

It's the software that emulates a physical computer virtually to run programs operating systems stored data connected networks and do other typical computing functions. Except, everything is done in software. And if you're like me, you already know that software can have vulnerabilities in it.

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Research Virtualization Microsoft Cloud 52