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Lancom combines its hardware portfolio with its custom-built SDN.
Hyperscale support pushes the focus onto application stability.
54 percent of Fortune 100 companies claim to be using Kubernetes.
Ripple’s XRP Ledger is a blockchain-based payment network that transfers funds between any type of currency within a few seconds with average transaction costs of a fraction of a penny. The core of this peer-to-peer network is an open source C++ application called rippled. Ripple’s goal is to supplant the world’s existing legacy payment networks. As such, scalability is a continuous goal. This document describes how the rippled team has integrated performance engineering into its development processes, and how this has contributed to throughput gains of over 1000%.
Performance engineering practices deliver benefits in addition to measurable performance gains. These include the ability to report on the capabilities of the software so that users can feel confident that their needs will be met by the system. Performance engineering informs capacity planning and optimal configuration of environments to support the application. Many performance problems are caught and addressed before customers notice them. As process automation improves, each change to the software can be quickly assessed for improvement or regression. This methodology also makes better use of developer time by helping choose the most effective tasks for improving performance. Any software project serious about supporting global scale should integrate performance engineering Continue reading
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month in the United States (or Cyber Security Month in Europe) and we’ve never been so aware of the need for cybersecurity. Since the start of last October, we’ve seen massive DDoS attacks, including one that took parts of the Internet offline by targeting Internet infrastructure; countless data breaches, with nearly 2 billion records lost or stolen in just the first half of 2017; and a virulent case of ransomware which crippled the systems of major companies, healthcare providers, and average users. The seriousness of the cyber threats facing us is clear, but what isn’t clear to most are the solutions.
We all play a role in making the Internet more secure. And each of us have to take action if we want to be safer, our privacy to be better protected, and the opportunities enabled by the Internet to grow. This month, take a few small steps to make the Internet more secure. Even small actions, if done by many, can have a big impact.
To start, take the time to update your devices and software. Running updates is one of the easiest actions you can take. Updates can patch vulnerabilities, making it Continue reading
We're happy to announce that Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.2 is now generally available.
With Red Hat® Ansible® Tower 3.2, we're working to make sure you can automate more flexibly, and manage more globally across your enterprise. For more information:
Go get it now via local install, Vagrant, or Amazon AMI. Ansible Tower 3.2 is available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, CentOS 7, Ubuntu 14.04, and Ubuntu 16.04. If you have any questions, or run into any issues, don't hesitate to contact us via the Red Hat Customer Portal.
Still using local accounts for device access? Don’t know what a Term Process is? You need to CYA!
On the Solarwinds Thwack Geek Speak blog I looked at a variety of security (and related) features which should be configured on all devices. Please do take a trip to Thwack and check out my post, “CYA! Cover Your Assets (By Securing Them)“.
Please see my Disclosures page for more information about my role as a Solarwinds Ambassador.
If you liked this post, please do click through to the source at CYA! Cover Your Assets (By Securing Them) (Thwack) and give me a share/like. Thank you!
More security technology details to come this week at Oracle OpenWorld.
What is convergence ? This term has different meaning for different networking groups. In this post, I will explain the two most common usage. This kind of knowledge definitely will differentiate you from the others ? If you are a layer 3 person, I mean if you are familiar with routing, most probably […]
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Big data presents challenges for enterprise storage. Here are the top things you should consider.
Bringing high performance virtual machines to oVirt!
Introducing a new VM type in oVirt 4.2.0 Alpha. A newly added checkbox in the all-new Administration Portal delivers the highest possible virtual machine performance, very close to bare metal.
Some of the magic includes:
For the full feature set, see the very detailed High Performance VM feature page
Simple. Go to the Administration Portal and from the vertical menu select Compute > Virtual machines. Click the New VM tab to open up the New Virtual Machine dialog box. In the General tab next to the Optimized for field, click the drop down menu and select High Performance. Click OK. Depending on your current configurations, a smart pop-up may open with a list of additional recommended manual configurations, specific to your setup. To address these recommended changes, click Cancel.
New Virtual Machine dialog box with the High Performance VM type highlighted
There are some problems a digital transformation can't fix.