Linux kernel dev Sarah Sharp quits, citing ‘brutal’ communications style

Update: On Sept. 16, 2018, after being questioned by The New Yorker about his abusive behavior, Linus Torvalds apologized for his conduct and announced he was stepping back from kernel development to get help understanding people's emotions and how to respond properly. In addition, for the first time, the Linux community will be adopting a Code of Conduct to create a welcome and opening environment. -----------------------------------------------A prominent Linux kernel developer announced today in a blog post that she would step down from her direct work in the kernel community, saying that the community values blunt honesty, often containing profane and personal attacks above “basic human decency.”To read this article in full, please click here

There’s a Group Working on an Open Source Silicon Instruction Set

The RISC-V initiative is creating a free and open instruction set architecture for the next generation of chipsets.

Research Brief: Cutting through the SD-WAN Confusion: A Handy Guide for Enterprises

SDxCentral's latest research brief is aimed at providing enterprises contemplating purchasing SD-WAN solutions with a concrete five-step process and a set of core considerations critical to success.

What’s Ahead at the 2018 Plenipotentiary Conference

Today the Internet Society published a matrix of issues that will be discussed at the International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU) Plenipotentiary treaty conference (PP-18) in Dubai next month.  The matrix reflects common proposals adopted recently at some of the ITU’s regional preparatory meetings. It is intended to aid our community in preparations and serve as a useful guide on where governments stand on some of the issues that are important to the Internet Society community. Note that the matrix will be updated periodically as individual country proposals are submitted closer to the conference date. Based on the input from governments so far, Internet Governance, emerging technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Over-the-Top (OTT) applications and services will rank high on the agenda at the Plenipotentiary.

While the Plenipotentiary happens every four years, it comes at a time when Internet Governance stakes are particularly high, as governments’ response to the borderless nature of Internet issues such as cybersecurity and data privacy is intensifying, and support for multilateral solutions to deal with them grows. Those that favor a multilateral governance approach might view the ITU’s international cooperation framework for global telecommunications as the natural vector into Continue reading

Cyber Threat Alliance Reports 459% Spike in Cryptomining Malware

“If you’ve got mining happening on your network, you probably have other bad stuff happening on your network, and it’s probably much worse than mining,” said CTA’s Neil Jenkins.

GitLab Gets $100M Series D, Hits $1B Valuation

The software repository used the news to take a swipe at rival GitHub, which Microsoft purchased for $7.5 billion.

T-Mobile’s Post-Merger 5G Plans Include Home Broadband

The Sprint T-Mobile combo will have the capacity and coverage to offer fixed 5G wireless to homes in more than 50 percent of the U.S.

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Weekly Show 408: Running Secure Ethernet Fabrics With Extreme Networks (Sponsored)

On today's Weekly Show podcast we dive into Fabric Connect with sponsor Extreme Networks and a customer. We get a real-world look at how Fabric Connect creates an Ethernet fabric across the network, and what that means for operations, security, and automation.

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Stuff The Internet Says On Scalability For September 21st, 2018

Wake up! It's HighScalability time:

Like sparkle from a fairy godmother's wand a swarm of 300 autonomous burner drones take flight. (mnn) 

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• 60: Marchetti's constant—minutes humans allocate to commuting over history; 300 billion: eBay data queries processed each day;  $1: 1GHz ARM Cortex-A8 processor capable of running Linux; 20M:Mega-scale Multi-sensor Photo-realistic Indoor Scenes Dataset; 1 billion: Lyft rides; 600+: engineers @ Pinterest (+175B Pins to +250M people); 50%: workplace tasks handled by machines by 2025; 28: years of Hubble Space Imagery on AWS; 500 petabytes: eBay data footprint; 10 million: Gmail spam messages prevented per minute; 5 trillion: Apple's A12 operations per second; $220 billion: investment in new fabs and lines; 43%: Americans who something on Netflix each day; 


• Quotable Quotes:
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SDxCentral’s Weekly Roundup — September 21, 2018

Dell EMC brings hardware production in-house, dumps Celestica; Microsoft buys AI firm Lob; and Deutsche Telekom makes updates to Bavaria mobile network.

The Second Annual Global People’s Summit: Imagine a World with Equal Opportunities

On 22^nd of September Internet Society President and CEO, Andrew Sullivan, will take the stage in New York as part of the 2nd annual Global People’s Summit, an event dedicated to bringing new voices forward on some of the world’s most pressing issues.

We invite you to be a part of it. Here’s how:

Time: 12:20 EST / 18:20 CET
Date: 22^nd September 2018
URL: https://www.globalpeoplesummit.org/

As the Internet Society believes that to build a future where the Internet is truly for everyone, everyone needs to be part of it.  The Global People’s Summit is a great way make sure some of the voices we never hear can BE heard. Now it’s up to policy and decision makers to listen.

Join us on Saturday and use the hashtag #CountMyVoice along with #GlobalPeople and stand up for a digital future where your voice counts.

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A new ARM-based server processor challenges for the data center

Former Intel executive Renee James, who could have been the CEO following the ouster of Brian Krzanich last June, has instead launched a broadside attack against her former employer in the form of Ampere Computing, a startup company that develops ARM-based chips for the data center.Sound familiar? It’s what Cavium has been doing for some time — and gaining a good bit of momentum. However, the fields are still very green, and Ampere has more than enough room to grow.[ Now read: What is quantum computing (and why enterprises should care) ] Ampere is based in the Silicon Valley but has an office in Portland, Oregon, not far from Intel’s primary development facility in Hillsboro, and apparently Ampere has been picking up Intel employees left and right.To read this article in full, please click here

A new ARM-based server processor challenges for the data center

Former Intel executive Renee James, who could have been the CEO following the ouster of Brian Krzanich last June, has instead launched a broadside attack against her former employer in the form of Ampere Computing, a startup company that develops ARM-based chips for the data center.Sound familiar? It’s what Cavium has been doing for some time — and gaining a good bit of momentum. However, the fields are still very green, and Ampere has more than enough room to grow.[ Now read: What is quantum computing (and why enterprises should care) ] Ampere is based in the Silicon Valley but has an office in Portland, Oregon, not far from Intel’s primary development facility in Hillsboro, and apparently Ampere has been picking up Intel employees left and right.To read this article in full, please click here

Top 3 Takeaways from the 2018 Mobile World Congress Americas

Juniper QFX5110 | VMware NSX ESG | BGP Route Policy

This post follows on from a previous article which detailed how to establish a BGP peering session between Juniper QFX and VMware NSX Edge Gateway. This time we’ll take a look at how to configure BGP route policy and BGP filters.

Overview

When working with BGP, it’s important to consider how BGP routes are imported and exported. In certain scenarios, you may find that the default BGP import and export behaviour is sufficient. But more often than not, you will want to implement an import and export policy in order to control how traffic flows through your network. Here’s a quick reminder of the default behaviours:-

Default Import Policy

• Accept all BGP routes learned from configured BGP neighbors and import them into the relevant routing table.

Default Export Policy

• Do not advertise routes learned from IBGP neighbors to any other configured IBGP neighbor. Unless acting as a route reflector.
• Readvertise all active BGP routes to all configured BGP neighbors.

In the following scenario, we’re going to configure BGP import and export policies on Juniper QFX Switches and VMware NSX Edge Gateways. The Juniper QFX switches will be configured to export a default route (0.0.0.0/0) towards the Continue reading

Apple’s dropping Back To My Mac Remote Access. Here’s an Alternative, Currently Discounted.

Apple is dropping the Back To My Mac remote access feature, and in a recent support document they urge you to be prepared by looking for alternatives.RemotePC by iDrive is a full-featured remote access solution that lets you connect to your work or office computer securely from anywhere, and from any iOS or Android device. Right now, their 50 computer package is 90% off or just $6.95 for your 1st year. So if you need an alternative to Back To My Mac, or have been thinking about remote access, now is a good time to consider RemotePC. Learn more about it here.To read this article in full, please click here

Apple’s dropping Back To My Mac Remote Access. Here’s an Alternative, Currently Discounted.

Apple is dropping the Back To My Mac remote access feature, and in a recent support document they urge you to be prepared by looking for alternatives.RemotePC by iDrive is a full-featured remote access solution that lets you connect to your work or office computer securely from anywhere, and from any iOS or Android device. Right now, their 50 computer package is 90% off or just $6.95 for your 1st year. So if you need an alternative to Back To My Mac, or have been thinking about remote access, now is a good time to consider RemotePC. Learn more about it here.To read this article in full, please click here

[Sponsored] Short Take – Anuta Networks

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Gilad Gressel On Why You Should Watch His Newest Course: Deep Learning With Python

Hi, my name is Gilad Gressel and I’d like to tell you about my new course: Deep Learning with Python.

Deep learning is an old technology that has recently been sweeping through the field of machine learning and artificial intelligence. Deep learning powers many of the cutting edge technologies that appear to be “magic” in the world today. Voice recognition, image detection, facial recognition, AI game playing agents (Dota, Chess, and Go), all of these are examples of deep learning in action.

Why Would You Be Interested in Deep Learning?

You might be interested in studying deep learning simply because you want to know what the “magic” is, what the hype is all about. That’s a fine reason to take this course, but I urge you to dig a bit deeper. If you have ever stared at a bunch of data and known “there is a pattern here, but I can’t find it,” then this is the course for you!

About The Course

In this course you will learn what is going on in a deep learning program, what it can do and what it’s limitations are. If you are wondering if you can apply deep learning to your field Continue reading