Tag Archives: engineering

What is a VIM?

Posted on August 29, 2014 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

In the new world that is the Internet Of Things (IOT), the sky is not clear, but filled with clouds (metaphorically speaking). My current focus has me doing research into OpenStack, Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and Software Defined Networking (SDN). … Continue reading →

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Funding Science in North America

Posted on August 19, 2014 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

I have been talking recently with a number of what you might call “Captains of Industry”  and everyone agrees that there is a serious problem with available capital for new technology companies. The instant gratification model of the Internet generation … Continue reading →

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“Everyone is in Sales”

Posted on August 12, 2014 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

I have had the good fortune to work for a very long time with one of the tech industries very successful entrepreneurs. I’ve collected a number of quotes over those years, but perhaps one of the most fundamental ones is … Continue reading →

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Jobs, Jobs, Jobs

Posted on July 22, 2014 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

One of the many vacation conversations was about generation X, Y, and Z and how the workplace was going to be effected. I have read a number of articles about the lack of jobs and how our University trained children … Continue reading →

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JBPM

Posted on May 6, 2014 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

JBPM is a java based business process definition suite that allows people to define business processes. When I first heard about JBPM I was skeptical, but I can see how it could be used to document and improve processes in … Continue reading →

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Cutting the cord

Posted on April 4, 2014 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

It’s been almost eight years since my wife and I moved into our new home. The local phone service provider was on strike at the time and we were told that we would have to wait five months to get … Continue reading →

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Access Control

Posted on April 3, 2014 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

Yesterday I talked about how upgrades were causing problems for my virtual workplace, but there are other things that can cause more serious problems. In the past, IT organizations have combated network failures by not allowing users to access network … Continue reading →

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Updates and Open Source

Posted on April 2, 2014 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

I don’t know if I’m the only one who is starting to develop an unnatural fear of updates, but there have been a greater number of them lately on Linux platforms. Updates by themselves are not necessarily bad unless they … Continue reading →

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A Network Hypervisor

Posted on April 1, 2014 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

I recently watched a video of a lecture given at Stanford University by a prof from Berkeley (Go Figure). The lecture was about the definition of Software Defined Networking (SDN) and how the original team had succeeded in some areas … Continue reading →

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VR and the Business Meeting

Posted on March 27, 2014 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

Yesterday Facebook announced that it had purchased a company in California called Oculus VR for two billion dollars. Oculus has been manufacturing a headset and shipping a developer’s kit for the last year that has been widely accepted by the … Continue reading →

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