On this Citizens of Tech, we discuss the Kerbal space program, waterproofing your phone without a case, Scrabble letting down humanity, IPv6’s importance to gaming according to Microsoft, light speed computing, high dynamic range TVs, liquid metal antennas, and more.
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On this Citizens of Tech, we discuss the Kerbal space program, waterproofing your phone without a case, Scrabble letting down humanity, IPv6’s importance to gaming according to Microsoft, light speed computing, high dynamic range TVs, liquid metal antennas, and more.
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On this Citizens of Tech, we discuss the Kerbal space program, waterproofing your phone without a case, Scrabble letting down humanity, IPv6’s importance to gaming according to Microsoft, light speed computing, high dynamic range TVs, liquid metal antennas, and more.
The post Citizens of Tech 007 – Liquid Photon Kerbal Computing appeared first on Packet Pushers Podcast and was written by Ethan Banks.
A few days ago I stumbled upon an interesting blog post by my friend J Metz in my RSS feeds. As with all blog posts published on Cisco’s web site, all I got in the feed was a teaser (I know, I shouldn’t complain, I’m doing the same ;), but when I wanted to read more, I was greeted with a cryptic 404 (not even a fancy page full of images saying “we can’t find what you’re looking for).
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Apple, Mesosphere, Plexxi, and Rapid7 figure in this week's news roundup.
This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter’s approach.
After careful consideration you’ve decided it’s time to migrate a major on-premise software solution to the cloud. But how do you create and execute a plan to make sure your migration stays on time, on budget, and delivers on your expectations? Effective planning is critical, and it should start with a thorough assessment of your infrastructure by an experienced vendor who understands your specific objectives.
Usually available as a service engagement from a hosting vendor or, better yet, from the software vendor whose solution is being migrated to the cloud, this cloud readiness assessment is part checklist and part roadmap. It audits the entire environment so you can plan and execute an efficient and effective migration.
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A brand new podcast -- Datanauts -- has launched! Here's the summary of episode 1. The latest form factor, hyper-converged infrastructure, seems to be storming through the data center market like a thundering donkey with a rainbow laser cannon. Join the Datanauts as they pick apart the pros and cons of hyper-converged, ramble on about architecture and design challenges, and shine a piercing light into a dark and murky corner of the next generation data center!
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A brand new podcast -- Datanauts -- has launched! Here's the summary of episode 1. The latest form factor, hyper-converged infrastructure, seems to be storming through the data center market like a thundering donkey with a rainbow laser cannon. Join the Datanauts as they pick apart the pros and cons of hyper-converged, ramble on about architecture and design challenges, and shine a piercing light into a dark and murky corner of the next generation data center!
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The Washington Post recently published a great piece about the development and current weaknesses of the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP, which is used to route all Internet traffic). This morning Telekom Malaysia (a.k.a TMnet) helped to illustrate the points made in the article by leaking almost half of the global routing table via Level 3 at 08:44 UTC.
Some of the most affected companies were those peering with Telekom Malaysia. The following graphics illustrate the impact to routes from Amazon and Cloudflare.
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Google’s extensive peering likely insulated it from some of the effects of having its routes leaked. However, it didn’t escape the incident completely unscathed. Here is an example of a normal traceroute to Google’s data center in Council Bluffs, Iowa from Prague, which goes via Frankfurt and London before crossing the Atlantic Ocean.
trace from Prague to Google, Council Bluffs, IA at 02:45 Jun 11, 2015
1 *
2 212.162.8.253 ge-6-14.car2.Prague1.Level3.net 16.583
3 4.69.154.135 ae-3-80.edge3.Frankfurt1.Level3.net 22.934
4 4.68.70.186 Level 3 (Frankfurt, DE) 23.101
5 209.85.241.110 Google (Frankfurt, DE) 23.796
6 209.85.250.143 Google (Frankfurt, DE) 24.086
7 72.14.235.17 Google (London, GB) 32.709
8 209.85.247.145 Google (New York City) 103.091
9 216.239.46.217 Google (Council Bluffs) 133.098
10 209.85.250.4 Google (Council Bluffs) 133.245
11 216.239.43.217 Google (Council Bluffs) 133. Continue reading
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A brand new podcast -- Datanauts -- has launched! Here's the summary of episode 1. The latest form factor, hyper-converged infrastructure, seems to be storming through the data center market like a thundering donkey with a rainbow laser cannon. Join the Datanauts as they pick apart the pros and cons of hyper-converged, ramble on about architecture and design challenges, and shine a piercing light into a dark and murky corner of the next generation data center!
The post Datanauts 001 – Hyper Convergence with Scott D. Lowe appeared first on Packet Pushers Podcast and was written by Ethan Banks.
A new use case solution from Brocade discusses its Virtual Customer Edge framework, showing how it helps service providers (SPs) transition from outdated CPEs to flexible, dynamic virtualized edge solution
This week we announced our partnership with CloudGov Technologies, a third platform IT Solutions provider servicing the government and commercial markets. This partnership helps federal agencies address the increasing need for scalable, agile and distributed data center networks built for third platform computing workloads. As a result of this partnership, a large U.S. government agency recently deployed our solutions to automate the provisioning and deployment of more than 30,000 virtual desktops with minimal administration. The deployment significantly improves application user experience and performance by optimizing the flow of east-west traffic across its virtualized data center.
Interested in learning more? Drop us a line at [email protected] to schedule a demo or stop by booth #7071 at the AFCEA Defensive Cyber Operations Symposium from June 16-18 in Baltimore. We will be showcasing our third platform solution alongside CloudGov Technologies.
Below please find a few of our top picks for our favorite news articles of the week. Enjoy!
Fortune: 5 things that keep tech execs up at night
By Barb Darrow
Pity the poor soul at your company who is in charge of technology decisions. Whether that person is the CIO, the director of engineering, vice president of IT, or Continue reading
The who, what, where, when and why.
