Network World

MARCH 30, 2020

Just over 50% of the Internet’s busiest websites – including Dropbox, Netflix, and WordPress.com – are served or proxied on NGNIX (Source: W3Techs ). But how can organizations secure this popular open-source web server? This pre-configured virtual image is available on a CIS Hardened Linux base image and container image.

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CTOvision

JUNE 3, 2014

SAN JOSE, Calif. , June 3, 2014 /PRNewswire/ – Hadoop Summit – According to the O’Reilly Data Scientist Salary Survey , R is the most-used tool for data scientists, while Weka is a widely used and popular open source collection of machine learning algorithms. Related articles. Weka goes BIG (pentaho.com).

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Big Data Data Open Source Analysis 284

CTOvision

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Higher Workload Through Data Virtualization – More apps, open-source software and big data will stream through the networks, which will demand efficient virtualization, workflow automation to handle the increased traffic and ally security concerns. Related articles. Learn more at www.intellidyne-llc.com.

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Government Enterprise Enterprise Trends 264

CTOvision

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

H2O is a fast open source in-memory prediction engine and machine learning platform. Related articles. An Update on 0xdata and their open source machine learning and predictive analytics engine (delphibrief.com). By Bob Gourley H2O brings better algorithms to big data. For more see: [link].

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Open Source Big Data Engineering Programming 167

TechSpot

MAY 6, 2023

There's an open-source tool that can do it for you called GpuRamDrive. Read Entire Article Step one is to create a RAM drive in your GPU's memory. A VRAM drive, if you will. It only takes a couple clicks but the tool was abandoned before it reached stability, so you might need to.

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Open Source Virtualization Windows Tools 124

CTOvision

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Related articles. Where Is Mirantis Finding Talent to Build the Open-Source OpenStack Cloud? Nexenta and Mirantis Collaborate on Innovative OpenStack-based Cloud Deployments (virtual-strategy.com). For more see: [link]. Ericsson, Red Hat, SAP tip $10m into OpenStack player Mirantis (zdnet.com). eweek.com).

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Dell SAP IBM Open Source 203

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.

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Network World

DECEMBER 22, 2016

It typically requires the use of virtual private networking (VPN) services or complex solutions like Tor, which can be banned too. Open Whisper Systems, the company that develops Signal -- a free, open-source app -- faced this problem recently when access to its service started being censored in Egypt and the United Arab Emirates.

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Google Open Source Internet Virtualization 150

Network World

DECEMBER 8, 2016

The next major version of OpenVPN, one of the most widely used virtual private networking technologies, will be audited by a well-known cryptography expert. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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Open Source Security Analysis Internet 150

SPF13

JUNE 29, 2011

t compete with the lead amazon has, they turned the tables by open sourcing their technology and defining standards along with a group of other cloud providers to form OpenServer. VMware bringing their decades of virtualization experience to their offering. Related articles. VMware disrupts with open source PaaS play.

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Cloud HP Web Services Open Source 178

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The open-source database StarRocks, which is already integrated into InnoGames data infrastructure and has an interface to LangChain, is used for this purpose. QueryMind is based on the RAG approach and uses the flexible, open-source Python framework Vanna.

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CTOvision

MAY 11, 2015

They will discuss next generation technologies using a combination of open source and commercial software components to maximize value and minimize total cost to value for exploiting these data assets across the enterprise. Related articles. Teradata rolls out warehouse appliance, adds virtualization feature (siliconangle.com).

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Big Data CTO Open Source IBM 150

Cloud Musings

JANUARY 26, 2012

NJVC® and Virtual Global Announce Release of PaaS White Paper: Paper Clarifies the Confusion Surrounding PaaS for Federal IT Buyers—Why It Is Important and How It Can Cut Development Costs by 50 Percent. “That is why NIST is stressing the importance of openness and portability. GovCloud Daily. GovCloud Presentations.

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TechSpot

OCTOBER 14, 2024

According to some code changes spotted by Android Authority's Mishaal Rahman in the Android Open Source Project, the folks at Google have been quietly baking Linux support into Android's infrastructure. A few weeks back, engineers started developing a new "Terminal" app that leverages Android's Virtualization Framework to run a Linux.

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Linux Open Source Virtualization Engineering 89

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 24, 2012

It’s been over four months since my last post on open source Puppet , when I posted some updated multi-OS Puppet configurations. The key to making it work is the idea of a virtual resource. The Puppet Labs site does a much better job of explaining virtual resources. Realize the virtual user resources where needed.

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Virtualization Resources Linux Open Source 145

Cloud Musings

MAY 20, 2014

The Agile Cloud consortium will work with all Government partners to develop and implement processes and high-performance technical solutions that allow globally distributed virtual teams to be formed on-demand, based on topics, people’s registered skills and security classifications. Grab this Headline Animator ( Thank you.

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Agile Cloud Open Source Government 128

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Copilot for Service is intended to help agents in contact centers, ingesting customer information and knowledgebase articles and integrating with Teams, Outlook, and third-party systems, including Salesforce, ServiceNow, and Zendesk. Generative AI technology is advancing fast but not, it seems, all that fast.)

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 12, 2024

Computers that piggyback on vast libraries with extraneous lines of code, developers who have lost count of the number of virtual machines they have spun off — all add drag and increase the carbon emissions related to software. On a parallel track, Sanjay Podder ran Accenture’s Sustainable Technology Practice.

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Software Software Software Development Energy 301

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 30, 2013

The statement claimed NSX was nothing more than a collection of tools, and that it was possible to get the equivalent of NSX using completely free (as in speech and as in beer) open source tools—specifically, IPTables , StrongSwan , OpenVPN , and Open vSwitch (OVS). Programmable edge virtual switches in the hypervisor.

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Virtualization Network Linux Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 14, 2012

It’s no secret that I’ve been spending time over the last few months working with a number of open source technologies like KVM, Open vSwitch (OVS), and libvirt, all building up to a focus on how these pieces fit together as part of OpenStack. This article was originally posted on blog.scottlowe.org.

Cloud 138

Cloud Open Source Storage Virtualization 138

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

If you’ve been reading my site for any length of time, you know that I’ve been working with libvirt , the open source virtualization API, for a while. Be sure to check out Theron’s comment on this article for more information on a potential Ubuntu PPA that might help with this issue. on CentOS 6.3.

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Virtualization Linux Open Source System 100

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Here’s your weekend reading—a collection of links and articles from around the internet on a variety of data center- and cloud-related topics. Networking The good folks over at Packet Pushers have compiled a list of open source networking projects. Welcome to Technology Short Take #175!

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Construction Open Source Virtualization Cloud 101

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 19, 2024

Networking This article on running WireGuard in Docker may prove useful if that’s an approach I decide to adopt for my AWS lab infrastructure. A set of vulnerabilities in the open source reference implementation of the UEFI specification has been uncovered. Check out the newsletter to get the link to the Istio article.)

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Open Source Resources Hardware Network 109

Scott Lowe

MAY 21, 2013

This blog post kicks off a new series of posts describing my journey to become more knowledgeable about the Nicira Network Virtualization Platform (NVP). A programmable virtual switch: NVP leverages Open vSwitch (OVS), an independent open source project with contributors from across the industry, to fill this role.

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Architecture Network Virtualization Transportation 148

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2012

Mirantis published an article discussing a framework they built for bare-metal provisioning with OpenStack that allows OpenStack to place workloads onto bare-metal nodes instead of onto a hypervisor. I don’t have anything for this area this time around, but I’ll stay alert for articles to add next time. Virtualization.

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Vmware Virtualization Storage Hardware 115

Scott Lowe

APRIL 3, 2013

After all, if I can use a controller—there are numerous open source and proprietary controllers out there—to gain programmatic access to controlling individual flows within my data center, why do I need VLANs? This article was originally posted on blog.scottlowe.org. Layer 3 Routing with Open vSwitch.

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Load Balancer Network HP Virtualization 119

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Well, let’s see…stuff on Envoy, network automation, network designs, M1 chips (and potential open source variants!), a bevy of security articles (including a couple on very severe vulnerabilities), Kubernetes, AWS IAM, and so much more! Are open source M1-style chips a possibility? Virtualization.

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Open Source Cloud Network Storage 107

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

To help address that, I looked around to find an open, interoperable way of adding an extra layer of encryption onto my data. What I found is described in this post, and it involves using the open source EncFS and OSXFUSE projects along with an application from BoxCryptor to provide real-time, client-side AES-256 encryption.

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Open Source Storage Guidelines Security 154

Scott Lowe

APRIL 8, 2013

Welcome to Technology Short Take #31, my irregularly published series that takes a look at links, posts, articles, and thoughts from around the web related to core data center technologies. This is an older article (published in May of last year), and it’s a bit on the lengthy side, but I like the tack the author uses.

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Storage Vmware Virtualization WAN 125

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 31, 2021

This is the last Technology Short Take of 2021, so hopefully I’ll close the year out “with a bang” with this collection of links and articles on various technology areas. I found this article on NSO/Pegasus a very interesting read. Virtualization. Via this Phoronix article , QEMU 6.2 Networking.

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Open Source Virtualization Security Applications 94

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 6, 2021

I saw this blog post about Curiefense , an open source Envoy extension to add WAF (web application firewall) functionality to Envoy. I really enjoy these AWS open source news and updates posts. This is a thorny topic full of design considerations, and this AWS article discusses a few of them. Virtualization.

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Open Source Load Balancer WAN Architecture 105

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

In case you hadn’t noticed late last week, the open source virtualization API project libvirt released version 1.0.0—a This article was originally posted on blog.scottlowe.org. Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies. and 12.10. (If

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Virtualization Linux Systems Administration Open Source 116

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. David Both has an article on using systemd journals for troubleshooting. Kevin Houston previews the first AMD-powered Cisco UCS blade server.

Linux 113

Linux Vmware Load Balancer Malware 113

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. Sign up here for those links: Information Technology Articles. BEST IT BLOGS Directory. Help Net Security. Data Center Knowledge.

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Resources Mobile Data Center Security 113

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

The speaker for the session is Vin Sharma, who helps lead open source software strategies at Intel. This means that there must be some sort of “driving force,” such as a vendor or organization, that helps shape and focus open source development in the right development. IDF 2012 Day 1 Summary and Thoughts.

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Cloud Intel Open Source Data Center 109

CTOvision

OCTOBER 15, 2014

LUX is data agnostic, has virtually unlimited scalability, and its relevance to real world missions and analytical challenges is limited only by the imagination of users. 2] GDELT is the largest, most comprehensive, and highest resolution open source database of human society ever created. Related articles.

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Travel Report Analysis Data 260

Linux Academy

DECEMBER 5, 2019

AWS Nitro has also enabled other powerful AWS services including AWS Outposts (AWS Infrastructure and service brought to your data center) and FireCracker (Virtualization Technology and Open Source Project for Running lightweight Multi-Tenant Container Workloads). AWS Builder’s Library.

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