Tag Archives: hardware

What is MANO

The winds of change are blowing through the Internet in response to the introduction of SDN and NFV. Software Defined Networking (SDN) promises to upgrade the core with an order of magnitude change in throughput and programmability. Network Function Virtualization … Continue reading

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Contributing to innovation

I’ve been doing a few small hardware projects lately and they have re-kindled my interest in building things for software to run on. I don’t really keep up with advancements in the hardware space, but I have a guy from … Continue reading

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Access Control

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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The Evolution of the VM

For the past several months I have been working extensively with Oracle’s Virtual Box. As I learn new technologies, operating systems and Applications, I have installed, cloned and deployed various virtual machines. I picked up a used Del T7500 with … Continue reading

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VR and the Business Meeting

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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Bio-Enhancements (Bionic Eyes)

Google is already working on vision enhancement with Google Glass and the number of applications that will use Google glass continues to grow. I can imagine that Google glass could migrate into Google vision with contacts and retina projection, but … Continue reading

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Bio-Enhancements (Bionic ear)

What would it take to improve on what nature has provided? I ask myself that question and I come up with a number of answers. The first enhancement that comes to mind is better hearing. As we age our hearing … Continue reading

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The Internet – A big change is in the works!!!

For the first time since perhaps the late 80’s, there is a big change in the works for the coreĀ of the Internet. Software Defined Networks will greatly effect the way packets flow from sources to destinations. There is at least … Continue reading

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Data Acquisition hardware

I know I have talked about this before but I recently rediscovered how incredibility cost effective current mobile device are as data acquisition devices. The world is scrambling to create an “Internet of connected things” with custom built hardware, but … Continue reading

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A new printer…

I just replaced our aging printer with a new HP6600 all-in-one. The printer itself promises more pages per ink cartridge, faster printing, faster scanning, air-print for wireless devices and there is only a power cable because it connects to the … Continue reading

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