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. Establishing hardware-level APIs.

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CTOvision

AUGUST 4, 2014

Monday, August 4, 2014. BYOD, virtualization and cloud computing have changed the landscape of the traditional network and enabled many new unauthorized devices to attach to networks thereby increasing security risk and potentially affecting network performance. – bg. From: [link]. HANOVER, Md.,

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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. Here’s a liveblog of the IDF 2014 day 1 keynote. I was able to hit two technical sessions yesterday and liveblogged both of them: Virtualizing the Network to Enable a Software-Defined Infrastructure. Day 1 Keynote.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Following on from my IDF 2014 Day 1 recap , here’s a quick recap of day 2. First, deliver more computing power in the hardware, either through the addition of FPGAs to existing CPUs or through the continued march of CPU power (via more cores or faster clock speeds or both). Overall, another solid day at IDF 2014.

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CTOvision

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

In August 2014, an international group led by Starlab Barcelona researchers in Spain used similar technology to have someone send a one-word email to someone else. device that uses laser technology to project a virtual keyboard onto a flat surface to allow typing on an attached smartphone or tablet.

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 26, 2014

This is a semi-liveblog of the day 2 keynote at VMworld 2014 in San Francisco. Colbert next dives into more detail on Project Fargo, which enables vastly faster provisioning of virtual desktops by via cloning process. Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

This is a liveblog of IDF 2014 session DATS009, titled “Ceph: Open Source Storage Software Optimizations on Intel Architecture for Cloud Workloads.” This brings Chagam to discussing Ceph, which he describes as the “only” (quotes his) open source virtual block storage option. IDF 2014: Data Center Mega-Session.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

A traditional SRF architecture can be replicated with COTS hardware using multi-queue NICs and multi-core/multi-socket CPUs. Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies. IDF 2014: Architecting for SDI, a Microserver Perspective. IDF 2014: Data Center Mega-Session.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

This is a liveblog of the Data Center Mega-Session from day 2 of Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2014 in San Francisco. F5′s products use Intel CPUs, but they also leverage FPGAs to selectively enable certain functions in hardware for improved performance. IDF 2014: Data Center Mega-Session. IDF 2014 Day 1 Recap.

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Virtualized Greek

DECEMBER 30, 2013

VMware’s purchase of Nicira seems to be the catalyst for Cisco’s stepped up campaign against “software only” network virtualization, a form of SDN. According to Cisco’s earlier comments, customers didn’t want network virtualization per say but the capability that it brought. Software and hardware innovations.

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Storage IO Blog

JUNE 30, 2014

Needless to say there is plenty of SSD related hardware and software activity occurring in the StorageIO labs as well as StorageIO.com/SSD;). The post June 2014 Server and StorageIO Update newsletter appeared first on StorageIOblog. The question remains how much, when, where, with what and from whom.

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CTOvision

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

6, 2014 – In the future, when an earthquake or tsunami strikes a populated area or a terrorist attack decimates a city, teams of disaster experts partnered with robots — whose skills are being honed in rigorous competitions funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency — may be the first responders. By Cheryl Pellerin.

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Storage IO Blog

MARCH 25, 2014

more than simply selling servers and networking hardware). Another industry activity involving servers storage I/O networking hardware software and virtualization (aka software defined) was the general announcement (GA) by VMware of Virtual SAN (VSAN).

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Virtualized Greek

AUGUST 26, 2014

One of the major announcements from VMworld 2014 is that VMware has fully entered the hyper-converged market. VMware and their OEM hardware partners have decided not to leave the high margins of hyper-converged to the handful of appliance vendors on. PC & Server Hardware Virtualization'

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The Verge

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Germany’s competition watchdog is investigating Facebook for tying its social app to its Oculus virtual reality headsets. Linking virtual reality products and the group’s social network in this way could constitute a prohibited abuse of dominance by Facebook,” said FCO president Andreas Mundt. The company acquired Oculus in 2014.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

This is a liveblog for the day 1 keynote at Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2014. He shows off a demo of Skylake as well as a hardware reference platform for Skylake playing full 4K video. Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies. IDF 2014 Day 1 Keynote.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 24, 2013

Third generation Atom processors will be based on Intel’s forthcoming 14nm process technology and are scheduled for 2014. The 2014 Xeon E3 family SoC processor is code named Broadwell, and will also be 14nm. Virtualization. The Atom SoC, code named Denverton, will enable even higher density deployments. Northern Virgina.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Although the ever-popular game is already available to play on various virtual reality platforms (it launched on the Oculus Rift back in 2016 , for example), Sony’s VR hardware has until now been overlooked. Fans have been asking for PSVR Minecraft for a while now.

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Fountainhead

JANUARY 26, 2010

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Although the market definition for converged infrastructure (also known as Unified Computing) was still forming, TWP felt that sales of Converged Infrastructure solutions could rise as high as $15 billion by the end of 2014. Virtualization. (31).

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

Construction is expected to begin in the fourth quarter of 2013, with the first two data halls to be delivered in mid-2014. Amazon has cut prices for dedicated EC2 instances – an instance on single-tenant hardware that is particularly attractive to enterprise customers. Virtualization. Featured Cloud Articles. Convergence.

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Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Servers/Hardware. While all the attention is “up the stack,” there are still some occasions when you need to worry about the details in the hardware. As can be expected given the very recent release of Juno, the fall 2014 release of OpenStack, a number of Juno-specific “how to install” pages are popping up.

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Virtualized Greek

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

When I was a young engineer (many moons ago) I relied on these hardware based features to enable my career. They recently announced greater details around their ACI eco system that includes both hardware and software strategies that will not be in fully available until Q2 of 2014. Network Virtualization ACI Cisco SDN'

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 11, 2013

megawatts first phase is expected to be delivered in the second quarter of 2014. The 200,000 square foot first facility will come online late this year, with an additional 115,000 square foot building following by mid-2014. Virtualization. Featured Cloud Articles. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure.

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The Verge

JUNE 24, 2021

You’ll need to sign in using an Apple Music or Spotify Account, and then it’s a simple case of using the virtual click wheel to select and listen to a selection of your most listened-to artists. It’s at its worst when loading up the virtual iPod’s built-in Brick Breaker game clone (which, sidenote, also rips). Perfection.

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The Verge

JUNE 29, 2021

Microsoft’s big security push is complicated Microsoft has had six years to prepare for the launch of Windows 11, but the company is still struggling to explain its new hardware requirements. Coupled with Microsoft’s hardware requirements is a push to enable a more modern BIOS (UEFI) that supports features like Secure Boot and TPM 2.0

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The Verge

AUGUST 25, 2020

Facebook’s annual Oculus Connect conference will be held online-only on September 16th — and it’s being rebranded as Facebook Connect, part of the social giant’s gradual assimilation of its virtual reality subsidiary. Like the past few years’ events, it will cover a mix of virtual and augmented reality news from Facebook.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 15, 2013

The company broke ground on the new development on July 1, 2013 and the facility will be fully-commissioned and ready for occupancy in April 2014. That 75,840-square-foot building will be fully commissioned and ready for occupancy in April 2014. Virtualization. RELATED POSTS: Stream Data Centers Building Again in San Antonio.

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The Verge

MAY 25, 2021

Whether it’s the fans, USB ports, headphone jack, power button, or speakers, iFixit says virtually any repairs to the new desktop require battling through Apple’s adhesives. Other iMacs like the 27-inch 5K iMac from 2014 or the 2018 iMac Pro fared better, thanks to their replaceable CPUs and RAM, but these are absent from the new machine.

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GeekWire

JULY 21, 2021

The news, announced Wednesday morning, is part of a broader effort by Amazon to boost developer interest in Alexa skills, which are the equivalent of apps for Amazon Echo devices and other Alexa-enabled hardware. Amazon announced more than 50 new developer features and tools as part of its Alexa Live virtual conference.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 17, 2013

Full production is planned for the fourth quarter of this year, with a new line of solid-state drive solutions expected to ship in 2014. Amazon has cut prices for dedicated EC2 instances – an instance on single-tenant hardware that is particularly attractive to enterprise customers. Virtualization. Featured Cloud Articles.

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The Verge

JUNE 16, 2021

Facebook will soon begin testing ads inside its Oculus Quest virtual reality system. It also helps us continue to make innovative AR/VR hardware more accessible to more people,” says the blog post. Meanwhile, Facebook has slowly strengthened ties between its central business and Oculus, which it acquired in 2014.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 15, 2021

When Amazon’s first Alexa-enabled smart speaker debuted in 2014, it was something of a novelty: A voice-activated natural language processing interface that could perform a number of simple tasks. Prasad : From the moment we introduced Echo and Alexa in 2014, our approach has combined processing in the cloud, on device, and at the edge.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Facebook’s Connect conference is one of the biggest days of the year for virtual reality. Godin is the developer of Virtual Desktop, a top-selling VR app that enables desktop computer access inside headsets. By Godin’s reckoning, it would be the second time Facebook had pulled the rug from under Virtual Desktop.

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The Verge

JUNE 16, 2020

The company had raised over $2 billion by promising incredible hardware that would open up a new artistic medium — the first plausible avatar for the long-held dream of mixed reality. Magic Leap’s unique hardware was its original draw, but the Magic Leap One experience ended up feeling a lot like the HoloLens.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 17, 2013

Once the new NYC3 data center comes online in the second quarter of 2014, Telx will operate a total of 550,000 square feet of data center space in the greater New York market. Amazon has cut prices for dedicated EC2 instances – an instance on single-tenant hardware that is particularly attractive to enterprise customers.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Yet the company needed top hardware engineers to devote themselves to the project. He joined Microsoft in 2004, working on hardware projects in the company’s Entertainment & Devices Division before he was recruited to the nascent Surface team. Windows revenue fell 13% to $24.7 A shot in the arm for Alexa?

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 26, 2013

From there, she launches into a discussion of the “customer virtualization journey”; it’s the same 3-step journey of IT production, business production, and IT-as-a-Service that we’ve heard about for several years. Second, the data plane must be virtualized. in the first half of 2014.

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