CTOvision

DECEMBER 17, 2013

By Prayson Pate Openness is one of the most-cited advantages of cloud-based applications, Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV). In this context, what does open really mean? A Milestone – Open Source. One might argue that Linux is open but not standardized.

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SPF13

MARCH 20, 2015

In the last few years open source has transformed the software industry. From Android to Wikipedia, open source is everywhere, but how does one succeed in it? What Every Successful Open Source Project Needs. spf13 Chief Operator @ Docker? Open Source is taking over the world. Transcript.

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CTOvision

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

By Bob Gourley Mirantis OpenStack is a flexible and commercially-supported OpenStack distribution that gives enterprises the widest selection in choice of supported operating systems, hypervisors and storage back-ends. Where Is Mirantis Finding Talent to Build the Open-Source OpenStack Cloud? eweek.com).

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 25, 2022

will introduce new dimensions of interaction such as virtual and decentralised 3D worlds and experiences. Operating Systems for the edge. Separating system and application spaces is already gaining followers for immutable Linux operating systems – even in consumer devices. Where Web 2.0

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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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The Verge

JULY 25, 2020

A new VM Computers mod has been created for Minecraft that allows players to order computer parts from a satellite orbiting around a Minecraft world and build a computer that actually boots Windows 95 and a variety of other operating systems. uDrunkMate on Reddit. Doom running on a Minecraft PC.

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Dataconomy

APRIL 22, 2025

What if automating a desktop wasnt about scripting click patterns, but about giving your operating system an intelligent team of agents? Thats the core idea behind UFO2 , Microsofts newest open-source system that pushes beyond current Computer-Using Agents (CUAs) and reinvents automation as a first-class OS abstraction.

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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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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 15, 2013

Even Facebook, which has open sourced much of its designs for its data center hardware but remains vague about its server count, saying only that it operates “hundreds of thousands” of machines. Microsoft’s ‘Cloud Operating System’ 218,000 Servers in Microsoft Data Centers? Twitter.

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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

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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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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Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Networking The good folks over at Packet Pushers have compiled a list of open source networking projects. Operating Systems/Applications Google has open sourced Magicka, an AI-powered file type identification library. I hope you find something useful here! More details are available in this blog post.

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Linux Academy

JANUARY 1, 2020

Students will explore how containers work, how they compare with virtual machines and Docker containers, and how they handle application isolation. Linux Operating System Fundamentals. This course explains the history of Linux, the open-source movement, and how this software is used today. Jenkins Quickstart.

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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. Operating System & Software Blogs. TechWorld – Operating Systems. Virtualization Technology Blogs.

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2012

Operating Systems/Applications. I found this article on imperative vs. declarative system configuration is quite helpful in understanding Puppet’s declarative model. Virtualization. Both KVM and QEMU are needed for a full virtualization solution. Rainier” to create shared caches across servers.

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 19, 2024

A set of vulnerabilities in the open source reference implementation of the UEFI specification has been uncovered. I think I’ve linked to Ricardo Sueiras’ “AWS open source newsletter” before; it’s such a useful resource. pertaining to administrative credentials.

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Galido

JUNE 30, 2016

VMI stands for Virtual Mobile Infrastructure and basically, it provides end users with a highly effective and an efficient way to have access to delicate mobile applications and information without much hassle. It creates virtual versions of mobile applications and sends them to a vast collection of devices.

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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. Kevin Houston previews the first AMD-powered Cisco UCS blade server.

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Linux Academy

JANUARY 30, 2020

Students will explore how containers work, how they compare with virtual machines and Docker containers, and how they handle application isolation. Linux Operating System Fundamentals. This course explains the history of Linux, the open-source movement, and how this software is used today. Jenkins Quickstart.

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Network World

JUNE 6, 2024

Fortinet introduced its integrated SASE solution, FortiSASE, after the acquisition, and it includes FWaaS, SWG, ZTNA, next-generation firewall, DLP, and an intrusion prevention system. Open Systems: Open Systems’ SASE+ includes the full stack as a combination of in-house, partners, and open-source components.

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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. It’s a good starting point for thinking about operating your own active-active architecture. Virtualization.

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Network World

DECEMBER 10, 2024

It begins with a unified software stack integrated at the operating system level rather than bolted together with APIs. It automates most network management tasks, saving IT hundreds of hours monthly and virtually eliminating trouble tickets. The Nile Access Service learns and adapts to the individual customers needs.

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Network Enterprise Enterprise WAN 392

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Well, let’s see…stuff on Envoy, network automation, network designs, M1 chips (and potential open source variants!), Are open source M1-style chips a possibility? Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Welcome to Technology Short Take #145! This article seems to think so.

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Galido

MARCH 22, 2019

The deeper we dive into modern technology terms, the more it seems we try to blend physical and virtual worlds together. 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.

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Resources Mobile Data Center Security 107

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Operating Systems/Applications. Filippo Valsorda speculates on how open source maintainers need to evolve into professional maintainers. Virtualization. Thomas Leonard has an interesting blog on using virtualization to isolate Xwayland. Tim O’Reilly takes a look at Web3. is available.

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Galido

MAY 1, 2019

The deeper we dive into modern technology terms, the more it seems we try to blend physical and virtual worlds together. 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.

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Resources Mobile Data Center Security 107

Scott Lowe

APRIL 8, 2013

He describes cloud as the synthesis of many different forms of innovation within IT , pulling together things like open source, virtualization, distributed programming, NoSQL, DevOps/NoOps, distributed teams, dynamic languages, and Big Data (among others). Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization.

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Linux Academy

JUNE 3, 2019

If you’re new to this process, let me break this down for you: When you first log in to your cloud services provider console, you have to configure a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), which requires networking knowledge. You have to launch the virtual servers, which means you need to: Choose an operating system.

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Virtualized Greek

MARCH 26, 2013

Mirantis, a large OpenStack consulting organization, announced that PayPal will be rolling 10,000 nodes running some variant of OpenStack “Cloud Operating System” They look to have a total of 80,000 nodes managed by OpenStack at the end of the Cloud deployment. Cloud Computing Virtualization OpenStack VMWare'

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Cloud Musings

MARCH 9, 2018

According to the former Equifax CEO’s testimony to Congress , one of the primary causes of this now infamous data breach was the company’s failure to patch a critical vulnerability in the open source Apache Struts Web application framework. A process to identify vulnerabilities in hardware, operating systems, and applications.

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Operating Systems Enterprise Enterprise Virtualization 79

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The open source ko project has applied to become a CNCF Sandbox project. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Mike McQuaid talks about entitlement in open source. I think some of the lessons in this article could apply to a lot of different scenarios, not just open source usage.

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Linux Academy

APRIL 30, 2019

LPI Linux Essentials — This course teaches the basic concepts of processes, programs, and the components of the Linux operating system. Introduction to Migrating Databases and Virtual Machines to Google Cloud Platform — This course covers the various issues of migrating databases and virtual machines to Google Cloud Platform.

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Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Erik Smith, notably known for his outstanding posts on storage and FCoE, takes a stab at describing some of the differences between SDN and network virtualization in this post. I found this series of posts to be helpful when I was working on configuring LACP with Open vSwitch (I hope to have a blog post on that up soon).

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Galido

OCTOBER 18, 2018

When programming applications for the operating system of Apple, iOS, and therefore to create apps for iPhone and iPad, you must use the Objective-C language. Since the launch of the.NET Core open source development platform in June 2016, it can be used on non-Windows machines. Kotlin is an open source language.

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Programming Operating Systems Open Source Applications 81

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Operating Systems/Applications. I find it enormously helpful to stay connected to various open source-related IRC channels, but staying logged while on the move is, for all intents and purposes, impossible. Virtualization. of the Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter will keep popping up.

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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!

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