Scott Lowe

MARCH 15, 2024

The vulnerability affects virtually all Linux distributions and allows attackers to bypass the secure boot protections and insert a low-level bootkit. Operating Systems/Applications Here’s one person’s take on sudo for Windows. Storage Gergely Imreh discusses ZFS on a Raspberry Pi. This is a handy trick.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Amazon WorkSpaces , the company’s virtual desktop service, just unveiled its first device for end users, a $195 product created by directly repurposing the hardware design for Amazon’s Fire TV Cube. “We wanted to take all the savings that we could get from manufacturing and turn that into lower prices for customers overall.”

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Gizmodo

JULY 30, 2021

One of the technologies that Microsoft’s next operating system is bringing with it is DirectStorage, promising super-fast loading times for next-gen SSD storage. Windows 11 is on the way, bringing with it a fresh design and eliminating some features while adding new ones.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 31, 2021

Minimum specs: Windows 11 will require, at minimum, a 1 Ghz, 64-bit processor with 4GB of RAM and at least 64GB of storage. Visual changes: The new operating system comes with a softer, translucent appearance. The new operating system is also optimized for a variety of gaming scenarios.

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 12, 2022

Ivan Velichko takes readers on a journey of how Kubernetes reinvented virtual machines (in a good sense). Operating Systems/Applications. For your fix of storage-related links, J Metz has relatively recently published Storage Short Take #47. Virtualization. Interested in hardening macOS? Career/Soft Skills.

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Scott Lowe

MAY 27, 2022

network virtualization). Is the relationship between network virtualization and service mesh closer than some folks might wish to admit? Operating Systems/Applications. For relevant storage news, I’d recommend having a look at J Metz’ Storage Short Take 42. Virtualization. Programming.

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Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Operating Systems/Applications. Cloudflare recently introduced its own object storage offering, announced in this blog post. Cloudflare recently introduced its own object storage offering, announced in this blog post. Virtualization. Abhinav Sonkar walks through using Argo CD’s ApplicationSet functionality.

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CTOvision

MAY 16, 2017

The SFN8722 OCP offers 10GbE performance, which is critical for today’s data centers where ultra scale dominates the market, supports 1000s virtual NICs and dual 10 GbE ports, and provides up to 30 million of packets per second and ultra-low latency under one microsecond. The SFN8722 has 8 lanes of PCle 3.1 Flexible layer 2-4 flow steering.

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 5, 2024

Operating Systems/Applications Nick Janetakis shares another tip for determining how long a Docker container was running. Virtualization William Lam shares a new method for marking a hard drive as an SSD in both ESXi 7.x Nisar Ahmad explores whether Terraform or Pulumi is better for your use case. x and ESXi 8.x.

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 12, 2015

I just saw the news that Citrix has acquired Sanbolic , a storage virtualization company that I’ve written about before. It will be interesting to see how this acquisition affects the virtualization industry. TechCrunch also has a quick write-up as well.) So the big question becomes, “Will the Sanbolic acquisition change things?”

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CTOvision

MAY 9, 2017

Delivers 1000s Virtual NICs for Ultimate Scalability with the Lowest Possible Latency. The SFN8722 also provides the ideal link between fast NVMe storage and the network. Scalable, High-Performance Virtualization with 2048 vNICs, SR-IOV, overlay network acceleration e.g. VXLAN, NVGRE. Marty Meehan.

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Operating Systems/Applications. It would seem that macOS 13 “Ventura” has introduced some problems with USB storage; these problems crop up when working with Raspberry Pi systems. Virtualization. But is it really a virtual machine ? Bassem Rezkalla shows how to remove these stale clusters.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 17, 2023

Companies that have embraced the cloud need to understand the Shared Responsibility Model: a security and compliance framework that explains what shared infrastructure and systems the cloud provider is responsible for maintaining and how a customer is responsible for operating systems, data, and applications utilizing the cloud.

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Dataconomy

AUGUST 8, 2023

Depending on your device, go to the settings, locate the app manager or storage options, and clear the cache and cookies for the YouTube TV app. YouTube TV not working: Get back in the spotlight with our YouTube TV fix-it magic ( Image credit ) Check for system updates An outdated device operating system can impact app performance.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Meanwhile, the AR Cabin feature lets players decorate a virtual cabin, fill it with characters, and then view it in augmented reality from their smartphone. AR Cabin lets you assemble a virtual room and then explore it in augmented reality. Image: Nintendo. Image: Nintendo.

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Fashion Virtualization Operating Systems Storage 101

Scott Lowe

JUNE 24, 2022

Operating Systems/Applications. Although it isn’t technically specific to storage, there are significant storage themes in this article on what might happen if you lock yourself out of your digital life. Virtualization. That’s handy. Read Dan Moren’s article for details. Scary stuff!

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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. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Welcome to Technology Short Take #154! Enjoy the content! Networking.

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 7, 2023

Operating Systems/Applications In Technology Short Take 166 , I mentioned Nick Schmidt’s article on D2. Storage Al Rasheed takes readers on a quick journey through setting up Synology Cloud Sync. Virtualization William Lam takes a look at ESXi on the latest Intel NUC. That’s all for now!

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Applications Comparison Cloud Operating Systems 97

Network World

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

It sounds like a smartphone user's worst fear: Software that starts up before the phone's operating system, intercepting and encrypting every byte sent to or from the flash memory or the network interface. This is not some new kind of ransomware, though, this is the D4 Secure Platform from Cog Systems.

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System Security Operating Systems Storage 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Operating Systems/Applications. Cloudflare recently introduced its own object storage offering, announced in this blog post. Cloudflare recently introduced its own object storage offering, announced in this blog post. Virtualization. Abhinav Sonkar walks through using Argo CD’s ApplicationSet functionality.

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IPv6 Storage Hardware Vmware 60

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

They’re concerned that Microsoft is using software licensing to limit European businesses’ choice of cloud service provider for services including desktop virtualization and application hosting. Cloud Computing, Cloud Management, Cloud Storage, Microsoft, Software Licensing

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Dataconomy

JANUARY 3, 2024

Go to Settings > Apps > Binance > Storage, then tap on “Clear Cache” and “Clear Data.” Check storage space : Insufficient storage on your device can affect app performance. Delete unnecessary files or apps to free up storage. ” This removes temporary files and resets the app.

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Thomas Leonard has an interesting blog on using virtualization to isolate Xwayland. include, among other things, support for Apple Silicon-based virtualization hosts (to run AArch64 guests). Tim O’Reilly takes a look at Web3. New features in QEMU 6.2

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Dataconomy

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Server virtualization can do the trick for you if you also struggle to scale your applications to meet growing demands without breaking the bank. Server virtualization is a game-changing technology that has revolutionized the way organizations deploy and manage their IT infrastructure.

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CTOvision

DECEMBER 16, 2013

By Bob Gourley Announces Acquisition of Sandboxie to Expand Global Reach, Small Business Footprint and Consolidate the Two Leading Brands in Burgeoning Virtualized Containment Solutions Market. Sandboxie is a globally deployed and widely respected competitor in the virtualized containment solutions market. About Invincea, Inc.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Until such time as CISA directs affected entities to rebuild the Windows operating system and reinstall the SolarWinds software package, agencies are prohibited from (re)joining the Windows host OS to the enterprise domain. through 2020.2.1 HF1, from their network. Known affected products: Orion Platform versions 2019.4 HF 5 and 2020.2

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Government VOIP Network Security 145

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

The rise of the disaggregated network operating system (NOS) marches on: this time, it’s Big Switch Networks announcing expanded hardware support in Open Network Linux (ONL) , upon which its own NOS is based. Operating Systems/Applications. Cormac Hogan has a brief update on storage options for containers on VMware.

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CTOvision

AUGUST 16, 2013

It was great learning that early in his career he was a technologist supporting the US Navy, supporting R&D and operations and making advances in capabilities from drones to helicopters. In every other area, from servers to operating systems to applications to storage have changed. Find his presentation here.

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Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Operating Systems/Applications. J Metz has launched his own, storage-focused “Short Takes” series; the first of these is found here. Virtualization. This is a pretty significant market move, and I believe this move impact the technology industry in a variety of ways. A simple tip, yes, but useful!

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 6, 2017

Operating Systems/Applications. Brian Ragazzi shares a lesson learned the hard way regarding VVols: place the VSM/VASA on a non-VVol storage location. The new storage startup Excelero—as described in this post by Chanaka Ekanayake (“Chan”)—certainly looks interesting. (As Virtualization. Yes, please! (I

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All Things Distributed

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Bar-Yam, Journal of Systems Science and Complexity. May 28 - Virtual Time and Global States of Distributed Systems , Friedemann Mattern, Parallel and Distributed Algorithms, North-Holland (1989) , p. Jul - 13 Hints for Computer Systems Design Proceedings of the Ninth ACM Symposium on Operating Systems Principles, pp.

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 6, 2021

It’s a good starting point for thinking about operating your own active-active architecture. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Via William’s post on configstorecli , I also saw this post by Duncan Epping on renaming a virtual switch on vSphere 7.0U2 and higher. Career/Soft Skills.

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SPF13

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Virtualization, standardization, and automation have all played key roles in making disaster recovery more affordable. They have reduced the number of people required to restore systems which significantly decreases personnel costs. These services are critical for keeping businesses running after system failures.Â

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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 All good stuff, thanks Mike!

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Scott Lowe

MAY 12, 2023

Operating Systems/Applications Just when you think you’re getting a handle on Git, then it all blows up in your face and you realize you have no idea how Git works. Storage Peter Boros with Percona reviews the performance of various EBS storage types in AWS.

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Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

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 and Virtualization. It’s a shame…but such is life.

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Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

It’s a shame the site doesn’t appear to have an RSS/Atom feed… Operating Systems/Applications. A redesign for Apple’s long-stagnant System Preferences app? Jim Jones has an article on getting started with S3-compatible object storage. Virtualization. Yes, please.

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Storage Hardware Policies Open Source 79