Blue Medora’s SaaS Combines Database and Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
One of the few companies that monitors virtualized databases.
In Chicago on October 26? Come think about SD-WAN with me.
On October 26, 2016 at 5:30p, I’m speaking to a couple of Chicago-based MeetUp groups banding together to hear me discuss implementing SD-WAN. Sign up here. Or here.
The talk will be held at Cisco Systems Building – SkylineATS, 9501 Technology Blvd. 3rd Floor, Rosemont, IL.
This SD-WAN discussion is aimed at network engineers and other technologists who need to understand and recommend technology solutions for their organizations, as well as those who need to make the silly things vendors sell us actually work.
My goal is to make sure you’ve got plenty to think about as you explore SD-WAN. The talk will take away some of the, “You don’t know what you don’t know.”
I’ll cover the following.
- An overview of what SD-WAN really is.
- Integrating WAN optimization and SD-WAN.
- Managing existing private WAN contracts.
- Managing your own internal SLAs.
- Relating SD-WAN to XaaS you might be using.
- Considerations for multi-tenant environments.
- Handling deep packet inspection requirements.
- Leveraging TDM and other non-Ethernet circuits.
- Bandwidth scaling.
- WAN circuit design recommendations.
- Integration with your existing routing domain.
- A list of SD-WAN vendors & their products.
I hope to see you there.
Modern Storage Software Erodes Resistant Data Silos
With the record-breaking $60 billion Dell/EMC acquisition now complete, both of these companies and their customers now have more options than ever before to meet evolving storage needs. Joining forces helps the newly minted Dell Technologies combine the best of both worlds to better serve customers by blending EMC storage and support with Dell pricing and procurement.
But there is some trouble in paradise. Even when sold by the same vendor, most storage systems have been designed as secluded islands of data, meaning they aren’t terribly good at talking to each other.
In fact, this silo effect is exacerbated …
Modern Storage Software Erodes Resistant Data Silos was written by Timothy Prickett Morgan at The Next Platform.
Introducing TLS 1.3
CloudFlare is turbocharging the encrypted internet
The encrypted Internet is about to become a whole lot snappier. When it comes to browsing, we’ve been driving around in a beat-up car from the 90s for a while. Little does anyone know, we’re all about to trade in our station wagons for a smoking new sports car. The reason for this speed boost is TLS 1.3, a new encryption protocol that improves both speed and security for Internet users everywhere. As of today, TLS 1.3 is available to all CloudFlare customers.
The Encrypted Internet
Many of the major web properties you visit are encrypted, which is indicated by the padlock icon and the presence of “https” instead of “http” in the address bar. The “s” stands for secure. When you connect to an HTTPS site, the communication between you and the website is encrypted, which makes browsing the web dramatically more secure, protecting your communication from prying eyes and the injection of malicious code. HTTPS is not only used by websites, it also secures the majority of APIs and mobile application backends.
The underlying technology that enables secure communication on the Internet is a protocol called Transport Layer Security (TLS). Continue reading
Encryption Week
Since CloudFlare’s inception, we have worked tirelessly to make encryption as simple and as accessible as possible. Over the last two years, we’ve made CloudFlare the easiest way to enable encryption for web properties and internet services. From the launch of Universal SSL, which gives HTTPS to millions of sites for free, to the Origin CA, which helps customers encrypt their origin servers, to the “No Browser Left Behind” initiative, which ensures that the encrypted Internet is available to everyone, CloudFlare has pushed to make Internet encryption better and more widespread.
This week we are introducing three features that will dramatically increase both the quality and the quantity of encryption on the Internet. We are are happy to introduce TLS 1.3, Automatic HTTPS Rewrites, and Opportunistic Encryption throughout this week. We consider strong encryption to be a right and fundamental to the growth of the Internet, so we’re making all three of these features available to all customers for free.
Every day this week there will be new technical content on this blog about these features. We're calling it Encryption Week.
TLS 1.3: Faster and more secure
HTTPS is the standard for web Continue reading
Diagnosing Application Performance Problems
Tony Fortunato demonstrates how to uncover HTTP issues via trace file analysis in this video.
IT Pros’ Growing Role Deserves Recognition
With today's slew of mobile devices and cloud services, IT professionals have greater responsibilities. It's time for credit.