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ONIE 2020 update

Even if it’s free, you still have to sell it. Yet a solution only works if people want to use it.

Last year I became the project lead for ONIE: the Open Network Install Environment. If you’re unfamiliar with this, ONIE is an open source project for installing operating systems on network switches. Manufacturers will start with the core ONIE code, add support for their new hardware (so that their new switch has an industry-standard way of installing an operating system) and then submit those changes back to the ONIE project.

As of 2020, this has happened over two hundred times, along with with well over a thousand contributions of bug fixes and improvements. As these changes are submitted, they need to be quality checked and tested to make sure they build cleanly. When I became the project lead, I had already been working on build tools at Cumulus Networks and decided my first contribution was going to be creating a standard build environment for ONIE that could be deployed anywhere.

This went great until my final test of the new build environment, which was to build every platform ONIE supported, and it didn’t go as well as I’d hoped. Continue reading

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Daily Roundup: Coronavirus Hits MWC

MWC Barcelona hit by Coronavirus cancellations; Netskope scored $340M and got SASE; and Snowflake...

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Future ‘smart walls’ key to IoT

IoT equipment designers shooting for efficiency should explore the potential for using buildings as antennas, researchers say.Environmental surfaces such as walls can be used to intercept and beam signals, which can increase reliability and data throughput for devices, according to MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL).Researchers at CSAIL have been working on a smart-surface repeating antenna array called RFocus. The antennas, which could be applied in sheets like wallpaper, are designed to be incorporated into office spaces and factories. Radios that broadcast signals could then become smaller and less power intensive.To read this article in full, please click here

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Who should lead the push for IoT security?

The ease with which internet of things devices can be compromised, coupled with the potentially extreme consequences of breaches, have prompted action from legislatures and regulators, but what group is best to decide?Both the makers of IoT devices and governments are aware of the security issues, but so far they haven’t come up with standardized ways to address them.[Get regularly scheduled insights by signing up for Network World newsletters.] “The challenge of this market is that it’s moving so fast that no regulation is going to be able to keep pace with the devices that are being connected,” said Forrester vice president and research director Merritt Maxim. “Regulations that are definitive are easy to enforce and helpful, but they’ll quickly become outdated.”To read this article in full, please click here

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Who should lead the push for IoT security?

The ease with which internet of things devices can be compromised, coupled with the potentially extreme consequences of breaches, have prompted action from legislatures and regulators, but what group is best to decide?Both the makers of IoT devices and governments are aware of the security issues, but so far they haven’t come up with standardized ways to address them.[Get regularly scheduled insights by signing up for Network World newsletters.] “The challenge of this market is that it’s moving so fast that no regulation is going to be able to keep pace with the devices that are being connected,” said Forrester vice president and research director Merritt Maxim. “Regulations that are definitive are easy to enforce and helpful, but they’ll quickly become outdated.”To read this article in full, please click here

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Who should lead the push for IoT security?

The ease with which internet of things devices can be compromised, coupled with the potentially extreme consequences of breaches, have prompted action from legislatures and regulators, but what group is best to decide?Both the makers of IoT devices and governments are aware of the security issues, but so far they haven’t come up with standardized ways to address them.[Get regularly scheduled insights by signing up for Network World newsletters.] “The challenge of this market is that it’s moving so fast that no regulation is going to be able to keep pace with the devices that are being connected,” said Forrester vice president and research director Merritt Maxim. “Regulations that are definitive are easy to enforce and helpful, but they’ll quickly become outdated.”To read this article in full, please click here

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Where Will Quantum Systems Succeed in AI Training?

Quantum computers will continue to fit in the “emerging technologies” category for some time, at least in terms of their ability to handle a large enough number of real-world applications. …

Where Will Quantum Systems Succeed in AI Training? was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.

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BrandPost: Stop Over-Spending on Underutilized Resources: The Future of the Data Center is Composable Disaggregated Infrastructure

The only thing constant is change, and data centers are no exception. As data architects attempt to anticipate future data center needs – while delivering the required SLAs to the business – the solution is often to over-provision resources so that the infrastructure can absorb any changes or periodic spikes in demand.But today change happens much more frequently, whether it’s onboarding new applications or reaching new heights in data growth. Most often, organizations expect immediate implementation of those changes In today’s environment of flat or declining budgets, IT can no longer afford to over-provision its way.Composable disaggregated infrastructure (CDI) enables organizations to respond to changes almost instantly while at the same time reduce costs. This in turn helps IT better align changing business needs and allocate IT resources on the fly.To read this article in full, please click here

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Arm Unveils AI, ML Chips for IoT and Edge

While AI has traditionally taken place in the cloud, Arm is confident the next phase will see AI...

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Tech Bytes: Solving SaaS Performance Problems With Riverbed (Sponsored)

How do you manage the performance of SaaS applications such as Office 365 when you don't own the applications or the networks they run across? On today's Tech Bytes podcast, sponsored by Riverbed, we discuss the SaaS challenges poised by hybrid networks, latency, and remote and mobile workers, and how Riverbed helps network engineers solve them.

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Tech Bytes: Solving SaaS Performance Problems With Riverbed (Sponsored)

How do you manage the performance of SaaS applications such as Office 365 when you don't own the applications or the networks they run across? On today's Tech Bytes podcast, sponsored by Riverbed, we discuss the SaaS challenges poised by hybrid networks, latency, and remote and mobile workers, and how Riverbed helps network engineers solve them.

The post Tech Bytes: Solving SaaS Performance Problems With Riverbed (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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Vertical Integration Is Eating The Datacenter, Part Three

We have been making the case in this three part series that vertical integration is becoming more popular in modern datacenters. …

Vertical Integration Is Eating The Datacenter, Part Three was written by Paul Teich at The Next Platform.

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Funding Blizzard Dumps $479M on Snowflake

The funding comes as Snowflake continues taking Silicon Valley by storm as one of the...

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Vetflare, Cloudflare’s Military Veteran Employee Group Launches

“Diversity leads to better outcomes… better decisions, increased innovation, stronger financial returns, and a great place to work for everyone” said Janet Van Huysse, Head of People at Cloudflare during our Q1-2020 kickoff. Veterans, people who have served in the military, are a vital element of a diverse workforce. We come in diverse shapes, sizes, colors, genders, and orientations. We bring diverse skillsets, experiences, and perspectives.  

If you haven’t served in the military and haven’t worked with many veterans, here are some of the things that you can expect from your colleagues or direct reports that are veterans.

Veterans know what it means to SERVE. Indeed, it is a truism that living in service to others is a life well-lived, and that service to others is a foundation of esprit de corps. Though relatively few of us have seen combat, we have all signed a blank check to our nation made payable for any amount, up to and including our lives. This is what it means to become part of something bigger than oneself. This translates to putting our common shared interests ahead of our personal interests even when that means becoming an instrument of a foreign policy we Continue reading

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How Far Can You Push Integration With FPGAs?

If you squint your eyes, a modern FPGA looks like a programmable logic device was crossbred with the mutt of a switch ASIC and an SoC. …

How Far Can You Push Integration With FPGAs? was written by Timothy Prickett Morgan at The Next Platform.

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Agnostic Network Automation Examples with Ansible and Juniper NRE Labs

On February 10th, The NRE Labs project launched four Ansible Network Automation exercises, made possible by Red Hat and Juniper Networks.  This blog post covers job responsibilities of an NRE, the goal of Juniper’s NRE Labs, and a quick overview of new exercises and the concepts Red Hat and Juniper are jointly demonstrating.  The intended audience for these initial exercises is someone new to Ansible Network Automation with limited experience with Ansible and network automation. The initial network topology for these exercises covers Ansible automating Juniper Junos OS and Cumulus VX virtual network instances.

 

About NRE Labs

Juniper has defined an NRE or network reliability engineer, as someone that can help an organization with modern network automation.  This concept has many different names including DevOps for networks, NetDevOps, or simply just network automation.  Juniper and Red Hat realized that this skill set is new to many traditional network engineers and worked together to create online exercises to help folks get started with Ansible Network Automation.  Specifically, Juniper worked with us through NRE Labs, a project they started and co-sponsor that offers a no-strings-attached, community-centered initiative to bring the skills of automation within reach Continue reading

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Network Break 270: Google Reports Cloud Revenues; HPE Acquires Cloud Security Startup Scytale

Take a Network Break! Google breaks out cloud revenue for the first time, Cisco tackles significant CDP vulnerabilities, HPE buys a cloud security startup, the Trump administration ponders an all-American 5G, and more tech news.

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Network Break 270: Google Reports Cloud Revenues; HPE Acquires Cloud Security Startup Scytale

Take a Network Break! Google breaks out cloud revenue for the first time, Cisco tackles significant CDP vulnerabilities, HPE buys a cloud security startup, the Trump administration ponders an all-American 5G, and more tech news.

The post Network Break 270: Google Reports Cloud Revenues; HPE Acquires Cloud Security Startup Scytale appeared first on Packet Pushers.

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MWC Barcelona Hit by Coronavirus

GSMA, the event organizer, claims the event will still get underway in less than two weeks, but...

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Hack Week: How Docker Drives Innovation from the Inside

Since its founding, Docker’s mission has been to help developers bring their ideas to life by conquering the complexity of app development. With millions of Docker developers worldwide, Docker is the de facto standard for building and sharing containerized apps. 

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So what is one source of ideas we use to simplify the lives of developers? It starts with being a company of software developers who builds products for software developers. One of the more creative ways Docker has been driving innovation internally is through hackathons. These hackathons have proven to be a great platform for Docker employees to showcase their talent and provide unique opportunities for teams across Docker’s business functions to come together. Our employees get to have fun while creating solutions to problems that simplify the lives of Docker developers.

At Docker, our engineers are always looking for ways to improve their own workflows so as to ship quality code faster. Hack Week gives us a chance to explore the boundaries of what’s possible, and the winning ‘hacks’ make their way into our products to benefit our global developer community.

-Scott Johnston, Docker CEO

With that context, let’s break down how Docker runs employee hackathons. Docker is Continue reading