Minister Bains, Let’s Rethink Canada’s Spectrum Auction

Yesterday’s announcement by the Government of Canada to drive down cell phone prices will only end up costing Canada in the long run.

In a press conference held yesterday, Minister Navdeep Bains of Innovation Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) laid out a plan that will not only allow the government to evoke further regulation to boost competition but allow it to sell off spectrum to the highest bidder.

It is a case of short-term gain that will lead to long-term pain.

It could have been an opportunity for ISED to bring many Canadians – particularly those living in rural and remote areas – closer to the government’s goal of universal broadband for all by 2030. Unfortunately, we believe that the auction rules announced yesterday by Minister Bains for this spectrum band are a step backward for innovative approaches to bring affordable access to the regions of Canada that most need it.

Currently, Canadians pay some of the highest prices in the world to come online and much of the country still does not have fiber needed for broadband.

There are solutions to affordable access in Canada. One of which is community networks.

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International Women’s Day 2020: Building a Modern Security Team

International Women’s Day 2020: Building a Modern Security Team

When we started at Cloudflare in the summer of 2018, we joined a small security team intent on helping it grow quickly. Cloudflare was already a successful “unicorn” startup and its profile was changing fast, providing cyber security protection for millions of Internet-facing properties and moving towards becoming a public company. We were excited to help build the team that would ensure the security of Cloudflare’s systems and the sensitive customer data that flows through them.

Competing for security talent in the tech industry - where every company is investing heavily on security - isn't easy. But, in 18 months, we have grown our team 400% from under 10 people to almost 50 (and still hiring). We are proud that 40% of our team are women and 25% are from an under-represented minority. We believe from experience, and the research shows, that more diverse teams drive better business results and can be a better place to work.

In honor of International Women’s Day this Sunday, we wanted to share some of our lessons learned on how to build a diverse team and inclusive culture on a modern security team.

Lessons Learned Building a Diverse Team

My Cisco Certified DevNet Professional Journey, Part 2 by Nick Russo

On 27 February 2020, I took and passed the Automating Cisco Enterprise Solutions (ENAUTO) exam on my first attempt. This was the last exam I took that day, having taken DEVASC and DEVCOR in earlier. This exam was a bit different for a few reasons, which I’ll discuss shortly. Passing both DEVCOR and ENAUTO has earned me the Cisco Certified DevNet Professional certification. Like the other DevNet exams, it was fair and reasonably well-written.

I’ve been working with Cisco products for more than 10 years and earning Cisco certifications for about 8 years, and this was my first specialist exam. You can learn more about the ENAUTO exam here. About 40% of the exam is based on general programming principles and network automation techniques, most of which overlap nicely with DEVASC and DEVCOR. The remaining 60% is divided evenly between Cisco’s biggest three enterprise solutions: DNA Center, SD-WAN, and Meraki at 20% each.

Before attempting this exam, you should already have a DevNet Associate certification (not required) or comparable knowledge, plus at least 3 years of network automation experience. Those skills alone cover probably 30% of the blueprint. If you already passed the DEVCOR exam (or have comparable Continue reading

Daily Roundup: AT&T Slashes Jobs

AT&T slashed more jobs; Google targeted telcos with Global Mobile Edge Cloud platform; and...

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HA Kubernetes Clusters on AWS with Cluster API v1alpha2

About six months ago, I wrote a post on how to use Cluster API (specifically, the Cluster API Provider for AWS) to establish highly available Kubernetes clusters on AWS. That post was written with Cluster API (CAPI) v1alpha1 in mind. Although the concepts I presented there worked with v1alpha2 (released shortly after that post was written), I thought it might be helpful to revisit the topic with CAPI v1alpha2 specifically in mind. So, with that, here’s how to establish highly available Kubernetes clusters on AWS using CAPI v1alpha2.

By the way, it’s worth pointing out that CAPI is a fast-moving project, and release candidate versions of CAPI v1alpha3 are already available for some providers. Keep that in mind if you decide to start working with CAPI. I will write an updated version of this post for v1alpha3 once it has been out for a little while.

To be sure we’re all speaking the same language, here are some terms/acronyms that I’ll use in this post:

  • CAPI = Cluster API (the provider-independent parts)
  • CAPA = Cluster API Provider for AWS
  • CABPK = Cluster API Bootstrap Provider for Kubeadm (new for v1alpha2)
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Google Cloud Careens Into Mobile Operator Landscape

Google Cloud has created the Global Mobile Edge Cloud, an open cloud platform for it and network...

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Verizon Boosts Security With Blockchain, Adds MDR

One of the services encrypts and replicates identity data across multiple online servers on the...

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Nokia Taps Intel, Marvell for 5G Chips; Samsung Expands Arm Investment

The announcements come days after Marvell unveiled its latest Octeon chips and over a week after...

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Bulking Up The File System for A World Of Clouds And Edges

The challenge of managing data is growing faster than the data itself is piling up, and that is bad except for the companies that can create new tools to manage it, either to use internally as the hyperscalers do or to sell to those who cannot fund such development and count on vendors to do it. …

Bulking Up The File System for A World Of Clouds And Edges was written by Jeffrey Burt at The Next Platform.

IPv6 Buzz 046: Managing Networks With IPv6 And NAT64

In this week's IPv6 Buzz episode, we talk to Cody Christman about managing networks with IPv6 using the critical transition/translation technology NAT64. We cover why overlapping IPv4 addresses are a big driver for using NAT64, the technical debt of IPv4 NAT, how IPv6 re-simplifies networking, and more.

The post IPv6 Buzz 046: Managing Networks With IPv6 And NAT64 appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Docker Desktop for Windows Home is here!

Last year we announced that Docker had released a preview of Docker Desktop with WSL 2 integration. We are now pleased to announce that we have completed the work to enable experimental support for Windows Home WSL 2 integration. This means that Windows Insider users on 19040 or higher can now install and use Docker Desktop!

Feedback on this first version of Docker Desktop for Windows Home is welcomed! To get started, you will need to be on Windows Insider Preview build 19040 or higher and install the Docker Desktop Edge 2.2.2.0.

What’s in Docker Desktop for Windows Home?

Docker Desktop for WSL 2 Windows Home is a full version of Docker Desktop for Linux container development. It comes with the same feature set as our existing Docker Desktop WSL 2 backend. This gives you: 

  • Latest version of Docker on your Windows machine 
  • Install Kubernetes in one click on Windows Home 
  • Integrated UI to view/manage your running containers 
  • Start Docker Desktop in <5 seconds
  • Use Linux Workspaces
  • Dynamic resource/memory allocation 
  • Networking stack, support for http proxy settings, and trusted CA synchronization 

How do I get started developing with Docker Desktop? 

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Headcount: Firings, Hirings, and Retirings — February 2020

SAP revamped org structure, exited 2 board members; Intel slashed jobs despite record quarter; plus...

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The History of the URL

The History of the URL

On the 11th of January 1982 twenty-two computer scientists met to discuss an issue with ‘computer mail’ (now known as email). Attendees included the guy who would create Sun Microsystems, the guy who made Zork, the NTP guy, and the guy who convinced the government to pay for Unix. The problem was simple: there were 455 hosts on the ARPANET and the situation was getting out of control.

The History of the URL

This issue was occuring now because the ARPANET was on the verge of switching from its original NCP protocol, to the TCP/IP protocol which powers what we now call the Internet. With that switch suddenly there would be a multitude of interconnected networks (an ‘Inter... net’) requiring a more ‘hierarchical’ domain system where ARPANET could resolve its own domains while the other networks resolved theirs.

Other networks at the time had great names like “COMSAT”, “CHAOSNET”, “UCLNET” and “INTELPOSTNET” and were maintained by groups of universities and companies all around the US who wanted to be able to communicate, and could afford to lease 56k lines from the phone company and buy the requisite PDP-11s to handle routing.

The History of the URL

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Best Computer for Engineering Students

Engineering students need a computer that is portable, has good CPU speed, lots of memory, great graphics, and is affordable, which means that the laptops useful for most students simply won’t be the best computer for engineering students. Ironically, the laptops that make the best computers for students in engineering are gaming computers.

Why Gaming Computers are the Best Computers for Engineering Students

The reason why gaming laptops tend to be the best computers for engineering students is because the features that make these laptops good for gaming are also the same features that engineering students need, including:

  • A fast CPU speed
  • Plenty of hard drive memory
  • At least 8GB of RAM
  • Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity
  • Excellent graphics
  • Reasonable cost

While good gaming computers aren’t cheap, unless someone is a real hardcore gamer, gaming computers can be acquired for between $1,000 and $2,000, which is cheaper and much more portable than a workstation for engineering students. In addition, while great for completing engineering tasks, gaming computers will also allow engineering students to play games, as well as do all the things that regular laptops do.

This allows engineering students to save and share their work, as well as use the Continue reading

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