Darwin: a genomics co-processor provides up to 15,000x acceleration on long read assembly

Darwin: a genomics co-processor provides up to 15,000x acceleration on long read assembly Turakhia et al., ASPLOS’18

With the slow demise of Moore’s law, hardware accelerators are needed to meet the rapidly growing computational requirements of X.

For this paper, X = genomics, and genomic data is certainly growing fast: doubling every 7 months and on track to surpass YouTube and Twitter by 2025. Rack-size machines can sequence 50 genomes a day, portable sequencers require several days per genome. Third-generation sequencing technologies are now available which produce much longer reads of contiguous DNA – on the order of tens of kilobases compared to only a few hundred bases with the previous generations of technology.

For personalized medicine, long reads are superior in identifying structural variants i.e. large insertions, deletions and re-arrangements in the genome spanning kilobases or more which are sometimes associated with diseases; for haplotype phasing, to distinguish mutations on maternal vs paternal chromosomes; and for resolving highly repetitive regions in the genome.

The long read technology comes with a drawback though – high error rates in sequencing of between 15%-40%. The errors are corrected using computational methods ‘that can be orders of magnitude slower than Continue reading

FreeZTP: Zero-Touch Provisioning for Cisco Catalyst

Configuring Cisco IOS switches the “old-fashioned” way can be a time consuming and tedious task. Pull out the serial cable and USB adapter, connect your laptop to the switch, and sit on the cold raised floor banging away at the keyboard until you have remote access and can escape to a more terran-friendly environment. There […]

Resumes: “Begin with the End in Mind” – Musings from the FishBowl

I feel like I should go to some “Resume PTSD” meetings.. are there such things?  LOL.  I can imagine a dark room like they have in the movies for 12 step meetings.  Some podium up in the front where everyone has to tell their story.  The lead nods to me that it is my turn and I go up to the podium….

“Hello, my name is Fish, and I have Resume PTSD.  It all started for me one evening when I was 16 years old. I remember was in the family room of our house in Princeton, New Jersey… it was deep winter out so we had the fire in the fireplace going.  Dad walked across the room to sit by the fire… he put before him 2 stacks of resumes – one stack for people applying to be a Vice President and another stack for people applying to be a Lobby Ambassador and Admin.  I watched in appropriate 16 year old horror as he glanced at each piece of paper and within 5-10 seconds he decided if it went in the pile for definitely interview, or the pile for review resume again Continue reading

VMware’s Platform Can Only Reflect The Enterprise Datacenter

When a company has 500,000 enterprise customers that are paying for perpetual licenses and support on systems software – this is an absolutely enormous base by corporate standards, and a retro licensing model straight from the 1980s and 1990s – what does it do for an encore?

That’s a very good question, and for now the answer for VMware seems to be to sell virtual storage and virtual networking networking to that vast base of virtual compute customers, and take wheelbarrows full of money to the bank on behalf of parent Dell Technologies. Virtualization took root during the Great Recession …

VMware’s Platform Can Only Reflect The Enterprise Datacenter was written by Timothy Prickett Morgan at The Next Platform.

Self-hosted videos with HLS

Note

This article was first published on Exoscale blog with some minor modifications.

Hosting videos on YouTube is convenient for several reasons: pretty good player, free bandwidth, mobile-friendly, network effect and, at your discretion, no ads.1 On the other hand, this is one of the less privacy-friendly solution. Most other providers share the same characteristics—except the ability to disable ads for free.

With the <video> tag, self-hosting a video is simple:2

<video controls>
  <source src="../videos/big_buck_bunny.webm" type="video/webm">
  <source src="../videos/big_buck_bunny.mp4" type="video/mp4">
</video>

However, while it is possible to provide a different videos depending on the screen width, adapting the video to the available bandwidth is trickier. There are two solutions:

They are both adaptive bitrate streaming protocols: the video is sliced in small segments and made available at a variety of different bitrates. Depending on current network conditions, the player automatically selects the appropriate bitrate to download the next segment.

HLS was initially implemented by Apple but is now also supported Continue reading

IDG Contributor Network: Catching the SD-WAN wave: the cost savings hype and MPLS misconceptions need more explanation

I recently had the pleasure of speaking as a panelist at an event break-out session discussing the benefits of SD-WAN. The session, “Catch the Next Wave of Cost Savings,” mirrored much of the current SD-WAN hype, and the abstract further stimulated excitement:“With the promise of savings as high as 90%, are you ready to make the leap from MPLS?”While the benefits of hybrid networks with SD-WAN are already proven and groundbreaking for many companies, the claims of totally replacing MPLS with SD-WAN are becoming bold and perpetuating unrealistic expectations. And it’s not just at events; I have seen white papers lately advertising 10X savings with pure SD-WAN. The issue: enterprises need help clarifying the line between hype and reality.To read this article in full, please click here

IDG Contributor Network: Catching the SD-WAN wave: the cost savings hype and MPLS misconceptions need more explanation

I recently had the pleasure of speaking as a panelist at an event break-out session discussing the benefits of SD-WAN. The session, “Catch the Next Wave of Cost Savings,” mirrored much of the current SD-WAN hype, and the abstract further stimulated excitement:“With the promise of savings as high as 90%, are you ready to make the leap from MPLS?”While the benefits of hybrid networks with SD-WAN are already proven and groundbreaking for many companies, the claims of totally replacing MPLS with SD-WAN are becoming bold and perpetuating unrealistic expectations. And it’s not just at events; I have seen white papers lately advertising 10X savings with pure SD-WAN. The issue: enterprises need help clarifying the line between hype and reality.To read this article in full, please click here

New solar panel creates power from rain, as well as sunlight

With an upcoming data tsunami expected to absorb up to 20 percent of global electricity by 2025, according to some experts, data center energy sources are a hot talking point — the photovoltaic solar panel being one of the hottest and most viable fossil fuel alternatives.However, there’s an obvious problem with the solar panel as electricity source: When sunlight drops off on cloudy or rainy days, so does power output.Chinese scientists, though, think they have a solution, and that’s to develop a generalized hybrid panel that also harnesses the power of rain. It compensates for lack of sun on iffy days and at night.To read this article in full, please click here

New solar panel creates power from rain, as well as sunlight

With an upcoming data tsunami expected to absorb up to 20 percent of global electricity by 2025, according to some experts, data center energy sources are a hot talking point — the photovoltaic solar panel being one of the hottest and most viable fossil fuel alternatives.However, there’s an obvious problem with the solar panel as electricity source: When sunlight drops off on cloudy or rainy days, so does power output.Chinese scientists, though, think they have a solution, and that’s to develop a generalized hybrid panel that also harnesses the power of rain. It compensates for lack of sun on iffy days and at night.To read this article in full, please click here

Check Out Our New Certified Wireless Security Professional (CWSP) Course!

This course covers WLAN Security Basics, Wifi Attack Vectors, 802.11 Security Design Considerations, and 802.11 Authentication.

 

Instructor: Steve Evans

Course Duration: 2hr 44min


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The first module discusses the need for Wi-Fi security and provides the background of decision and standards making bodies. It also discusses 802.11 in the Enterprise. In the second module, you will learn typical modes of attack on Wi-fi implementations and how different attack methods expose the vulnerability of the Wi-Fi network. Module 3 describes the need for performing a risk assessment, as well as establishing a security policy. It also discusses management and monitoring of the enterprise Wi-fi network. The last module details the different 802.11 authentication methods used from password based to enterprise based. It provides details on the complexities of more stringent authentication methods.

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DHL Gets Logical – And Logistical – About Machine Learning

For the past several years, machine learning as evolved by the hyperscalers has been trickling down from on high, through frameworks and services, into enterprises.

Machine learning is becoming a regular technique underpinning applications in a growing number of industries like manufacturing, energy, telecommunications and engineering, where companies see it as a way to not only reduce the costs and improve the efficiencies in their operations but also to more quickly detect patterns in and gain insights from the huge amounts of data they are generating. The goal is to making better and faster business decisions, and to …

DHL Gets Logical – And Logistical – About Machine Learning was written by Jeffrey Burt at The Next Platform.

IDG Contributor Network: IoT in agriculture: farming gets ‘smart’

We continue our theme of looking at different industry verticals, big and small, that are getting the IoT treatment. Previously we have looked at the largest IoT deployment, the Smart Electric Grid, as well as some innovative IoT implementations that are transforming healthcare. Today, it is time to look at Agriculture. While it might not seem to be a ‘cool enough’ vertical to get the ‘Smart Treatment’, this couldn’t be further from the truth.Why is it vital to even implement Smart Farming? Two reasons – carbon dioxide and human population growth. The increase in CO2 in the atmosphere leads to lower production, while the steady growth in human population leads to increased demand. Many predict that unless we increase our food production, we are very close to a global food shortage. Since it is not easy to dramatically increase arable land size, one way to achieve our goal is to improve the yield per unit area (or lower waste). Here is where IoT comes in.To read this article in full, please click here

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