Beam me up and over — test-driving telepresence technology

Telepresence has become a very intelligent business strategy, especially for companies that are spread across multiple sites or for those that have clients in many locations that they need to deal with on a fairly regular basis. Using what is in essence a fairly simple robot, anyone can transport himself to another location, move around through offices and interact face to face with people they might not otherwise ever meet. Granted they’re going to look something like large iPads held up by a couple metal rods riding on top of self-propelled vacuum cleaners, but the experience is still surprisingly effective.I recently had a chance to transport myself using one of the Beam presence systems built by Suitable Technologies. I sat in my office in the mountains in Virginia while being transported to an office suite in Palo Alto, California, and interacted with two members of the staff. I had previously spoken with one of the same company’s customers at yet another location to get a feel for how they were using their Beams.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Beam me up and over — test-driving telepresence technology

Telepresence has become a very intelligent business strategy, especially for companies that are spread across multiple sites or for those that have clients in many locations that they need to deal with on a fairly regular basis. Using what is in essence a fairly simple robot, anyone can transport himself to another location, move around through offices and interact face to face with people they might not otherwise ever meet. Granted they’re going to look something like large iPads held up by a couple metal rods riding on top of self-propelled vacuum cleaners, but the experience is still surprisingly effective.I recently had a chance to transport myself using one of the Beam presence systems built by Suitable Technologies. I sat in my office in the mountains in Virginia while being transported to an office suite in Palo Alto, California, and interacted with two members of the staff. I had previously spoken with one of the same company’s customers at yet another location to get a feel for how they were using their Beams.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Beam me up and over – test driving telepresence technology

Telepresence has become a very intelligent business strategy, especially for companies that are spread across multiple sites or those with clients in many locations that they need to deal with on a fairly regular basis. Using what is in essence a fairly simple robot, anyone can transport himself to another location, move around through offices and interact face-to-face with people they might not otherwise ever meet. Granted they’re going to look something like large iPads held up by a couple metal rods riding on top of self-propelled vacuum cleaners, the experience is still surprisingly effective.I’ve recently had a chance to transport myself using one of the Beam presence systems built by Suitable Technologies. I sat in my office in the mountains in Virginia while being transported to an office suite in Palo Alto, California and interacted with two members of the staff. I had previously spoken with one of the same company’s customers at yet another location to get a feel for how they were using their Beams.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Beam me up and over – test driving telepresence technology

Telepresence has become a very intelligent business strategy, especially for companies that are spread across multiple sites or those with clients in many locations that they need to deal with on a fairly regular basis. Using what is in essence a fairly simple robot, anyone can transport himself to another location, move around through offices and interact face-to-face with people they might not otherwise ever meet. Granted they’re going to look something like large iPads held up by a couple metal rods riding on top of self-propelled vacuum cleaners, the experience is still surprisingly effective.I’ve recently had a chance to transport myself using one of the Beam presence systems built by Suitable Technologies. I sat in my office in the mountains in Virginia while being transported to an office suite in Palo Alto, California and interacted with two members of the staff. I had previously spoken with one of the same company’s customers at yet another location to get a feel for how they were using their Beams.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Beam me up and over – test driving telepresence technology

Telepresence has become a very intelligent business strategy, especially for companies that are spread across multiple sites or those with clients in many locations that they need to deal with on a fairly regular basis. Using what is in essence a fairly simple robot, anyone can transport himself to another location, move around through offices and interact face-to-face with people they might not otherwise ever meet. Granted they’re going to look something like large iPads held up by a couple metal rods riding on top of self-propelled vacuum cleaners, the experience is still surprisingly effective.I’ve recently had a chance to transport myself using one of the Beam presence systems built by Suitable Technologies. I sat in my office in the mountains in Virginia while being transported to an office suite in Palo Alto, California and interacted with two members of the staff. I had previously spoken with one of the same company’s customers at yet another location to get a feel for how they were using their Beams.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

IDG Contributor Network: Don’t get caught in an IoT security nightmare

Developing an IoT security competency and implementing an IoT risk assessment program should be an important strategic focus for any company implementing an IoT strategy.A great race is underway among companies in the industrial sectors to be leaders in the Internet of Things (IoT) realm. Companies are off and running in their plans to execute IoT strategies, and many are already connecting all manner of “things” to gather and analyze data about product usage and performance, factory output, maintenance issues, etc.The proof is in the spending. A June 2017 report by research firm International Data Corp. (IDC) said spending on IoT in 2017 was expected to grow 17% compared with the previous year, reaching more than $800 billion. By 2021, IDC said, global IoT spending is expected to reach about $1.4 trillion, including hardware, software, services, and connectivity that enable IoT.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

47% off Garmin vivosmart HR Activity Tracker – Deal Post

Garmin's vivosmart is the touchscreen activity tracker with wrist-based heart rate and a full suite of smart notifications. The sleek band is comfortable to wear all day, and the always-on display shows your stats, even in sunlight. With a built-in heart rate sensor and altimeter, it tracks and displays steps, distance, calories, heart rate, floors climbed and activity intensity. Receive text, call, email, calendar and other alerts on your wrist when paired with your phone. The full featured activity tracker averages 4 out of 5 stars on Amazon from over 2,600 reviewers, and is discounted right now down to just $79.99. See this deal on Amazon.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Strange Error with the Azure CLI

Over the last week or so, I’ve been trying to spend more time with Microsoft Azure; specifically, around some of the interesting things that Azure is doing with containers and Kubernetes. Inspired by articles such as this one, I thought it would be a pretty straightforward process to use the Azure CLI to spin up a Kubernetes cluster and mess around a bit. Simple, right?

Alas, it turned out not to be so simple (if it had been simple, this blog post wouldn’t exist). The first problem I ran into was the upgrading the Azure CLI from version 2.0.13 to version 2.0.20 (which is, to my understanding, the minimum version needed to do what I was trying to do). I’d installed the Azure CLI using this process, so pip install azure-cli --upgrade should take care of it. Unfortunately, on two out of three systems on which I attempted this, the Azure CLI failed to work after the upgrade. I was only able to fix the problem by completely removing the Azure CLI (which I’d installed into a virtualenv), and then re-installing it. First hurdle cleared!

With the Azure CLI upgraded, I proceeded to Continue reading

Is the U.S. finally about to take IoT security seriously?

Does IoT stand for “internet of threats”? One senator says it might soon, and warned that the internet of things could “pose a direct threat to economic prosperity, privacy and our nation’s security.”Indeed, security issues plaguing IoT devices have long been a concern, and last week congressional Democrats introduced a bill designed to help mitigate what are seen as widespread vulnerabilities. But while the effort is noble and may help raise awareness of the issues, there are lots of reasons why the Cyber Shield Act of 2017 won’t end up doing much to actually solve the problem.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Is the U.S. finally about to take IoT security seriously?

Does IoT stand for “internet of threats”? One senator says it might soon, and warned that the internet of things could “pose a direct threat to economic prosperity, privacy and our nation’s security.”Indeed, security issues plaguing IoT devices have long been a concern, and last week congressional Democrats introduced a bill designed to help mitigate what are seen as widespread vulnerabilities. But while the effort is noble and may help raise awareness of the issues, there are lots of reasons why the Cyber Shield Act of 2017 won’t end up doing much to actually solve the problem.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Enterprise Networks and Telco Clouds on a Collision Course

Enterprise Networks and Telco Clouds on a Collision Course

Worth Reading: Contrarian View on NAT

I love reading well-argued contrarian views, and Geoff Huston’s Opinion in Defense of NAT is definitely worth the time it will take you to read it.

TL&DR: Geoff argues that with all the wastage going on in IPv6 land (most bizarre: let’s give a /48 to every residential subscriber) the number of bits available for IPv6 endpoint addressing gets close to what we can squeeze out of IPv4 NAT.

Modernizing Applications from PoC to Production with Docker Enterprise Edition

Containerizing a single legacy application with Docker Enterprise Edition (EE) can be quite simple and immediately makes the application more portable, scalable, and easier to manage and update. Taking this application to production requires additional planning and collaboration with security teams, performance testing and likely requires detailed operations and disaster recovery plans. This part of the process often has little to do with the technology but with the changes to the organization and governance model.

At DockerCon Europe, I presented a talk on the best practices and processes for taking a containerized legacy app or set of apps from a proof of concept (PoC) to production with these changes in mind. You can watch the full talk here:

A Prescriptive and Repeatable Methodology

The Modernize Traditional Apps [MTA] Program is the result of working with hundreds of companies over the years with deploying and using Docker Enterprise Edition [EE]. Those experiences have been transformed into a prescriptive methodology with best practices and considerations to help you get successfully from PoC to production.

After the PoC there is a short assessment phase of the existing organization, tools, and processes and then choosing the pilot application that is representative of the application Continue reading

Firewalls Checkpoint : Check Point 1100 Security Appliances Introduction

Today I am going to talk about the Checkpoint Firewalls where i am talking about the Checkpoint 1100 security appliances. There are lot of vendors who have head to head competition on the security domain which includes Palo-Alto, Cisco, Brocade and Checkpoint. The market is moving away from the stateful firewall as they are moving towards the Next generation firewalls which Gartner provide the set of features.

What is Next Generation Firewalls ?

Well I wrote so many articles here in this blog about the Next Generation Firewalls. Next Generation Firewall includes the features like Firewall, IPS, Stability and Reliability with Visibility feature. Below is the basic topology where it is showing where we can deploy the firewalls in the network. The below mentioned network topology showing the firewall is deployed on the gateway and for the internal segmentation of the networks. The network topology uses here is just for the demo purposes and have no relevance with any of the live or enterprise network.

Fig 1.1- Basic Firewall deployment in the Network

I had write some of the articles on Next generation firewalls earlier. Please go through the below links to get the more ideas of Next Generation Firewalls Continue reading

Cisco Access Points- Basics, Comparison with Aruba and Ruckus

Today I am going to talk about the Cisco Wireless topic where I will talk about Aironet 3700 Series Access point which features and the comparison with the other vendors as well. But before we are going to talk about the Aironet 3700 Access point we will talk about the Access points.

What is Access Point ?

Well if you talk about the Access point, It is a hardware device which is capable to creating the Wireless network in the campus or in the office. An access point connects to a wired router, switch, or hub via an Ethernet cable, and projects a Wi-Fi signal to a designated area.

What is the use of the Access Points?

High-density experience through a purpose-built, innovative chipset with best-in-class RF architecture for a high-performance enterprise network. Below is showing the basic topology of the Cisco Aironet Access points.

Fig 1.1- Cisco Aironet Network Topology

Cisco Aironet 3700 Access Points

The Cisco Aironet 3700 Series Access Point is designed for high-density network environments that utilize mission-critical, high-performance applications.

Fig 1.2- Cisco Aironet Models

The Aironet 3700 Series delivers:

• The industry's first wireless access point with integrated 802.11ac Wave 1 radio to support a 4x4 MIMO with Continue reading

Introduction to Cloud Computing : Private, Public and Hybrid Cloud Models

RONOG4 meeting in Bucharest, Romania

The 4th edition of Romanian NOG (RONOG) is being held today, 31 October 2017, in Bucharest, Romania, and as the largest meeting of Internet technology professionals in Romania it is expecting to hit over 170 attendees.

As specified in the meeting agenda, I’ll deliver my talk about NAT64 experiments in the go6lab and also one very useful tool that came out of this testing – NAT64Check. I also have the honour of chairing the IPv6/IOT session.

I’m looking forward to being back in Bucharest and if you happen to be at RONOG4, please come and find me in the hallways as I’m always happy to chat about technology, IPv6, DNSSEC, DANE and everything else that makes our Internet a bit of a better place!

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How GlaxoSmithKline is Accelerating Science with Docker Enterprise Edition

GlaxoSmithKline is a global pharmaceutical company headquartered in the United Kingdom. Their company mission is “to help people do more, feel better, and live longer”. One way they are doing that is by using data science to find new drug formulations that can improve lives. At DockerCon Europe, Ranjith Raghunath, the director of Big Data Solutions and Lindsay Edwards, the head of Respiratory Data Sciences at GlaxoSmithKline presented how Docker Enterprise Edition (Docker EE) is helping them accelerate drug discovery through a project called Edge Node On Demand.

Letting Science Drive Technology at GlaxoSmithKline

Leveraging Data Science for Improved Outcomes

The biggest challenge in pharmaceutical research is that hundreds of drugs formulations need to be created to take one successfully to market only 3% of formulated molecules actually become medicine. Lindsay Edwards heads a Data Science group that is focused on respiratory illnesses like Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and asthma. His group uses big data analytics to mine research data and previous patient trial data to arrive at results more rapidly.

However, data science is a new and emerging field. There are new software tools and open source data analytics solutions coming to market all the time and different hardware Continue reading

Telstra Selects VeloCloud SD-WAN with Juniper uCPE

It's using gray box hardware with SD-WAN in the form of a VNF.