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Astera Labs debuts Scorpio fabric switch to accelerate PCIe for AI, cloud

Network World

Founded in 2017, Astera Labs is a semiconductor company that specializes in developing connectivity technologies for AI and cloud infrastructure. The Scorpio switches aim to deliver maximum system utilization and uptime for scale-out PCIe 6 connectivity and scale-up GPU clustering in AI servers. Wireshark 4.4

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Nokia expands data center SONiC support

Network World

Being developed under the Linux Foundation, SONiC was created by Microsoft for its Azure data centers and then open-sourced by Microsoft in 2017. Nokias SR Linux NOS supports a wide range of network protocols and features as well as third-party applications.

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Eleven-year-old root flaw found and patched in the Linux kernel

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Linux system administrators should be on the watch for kernel updates because they fix a local privilege escalation flaw that could lead to a full system compromise.

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What is KubeVirt? How does it migrate VMware workloads to Kubernetes?

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The KubeVirt open-source project was started by Linux vendor Red Hat in 2016. The evolution of KubeVirt Since the project got started in 2017, KubeVirt has grown in a number of ways. Its an approach that can enable a consistent operational model across both VM and containerized workloads.

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What is SONiC and how can enterprises try the open-source NOS?

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The Linux-based NOS was created by Microsoft for its Azure data centers and then open-sourced by Microsoft in 2017. In April 2022, Microsoft turned the project over to the Linux Foundation and its 450,000 developers. What is SONiC? Who created SONiC? We should see SONiC continue to extend into new use cases.”

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5 enterprise technologies that will shake things up in 2017

Network World

Just wait until blockchain, IoT, augmented and virtual reality, and these other technologies really start to take hold in 2017. Yes, yes, we know – it’s one of those long-standing tech industry jokes, like “the year of the Linux desktop” and “Java security.” Thinkstock. The Internet of Things – for real.

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Pwn2Own 2017: Your stuff as mincemeat

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The security researchers assembled at the Pwn2Own 2017 hacking competition , sponsored by Trend Micro, and occasionally grouped together, then performed essentially zero-day exploits (at least by the rules, heretofore unknown) on your favorite stuff, such as Windows, MacOS and Linux.

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