Happy Cosmonautics Day! We have submitted "A Little Book About Black Holes" to the printing house. It is around this time that astrophysicists showed the world what black holes look like. Coincidence? We think not 😉 So stay tuned for an amazing book soon, written by Steven Gabser and Frans Pretorius, translated by the remarkable Pulkovo astronomer aka Astroded Kirill Maslennikov, with scientific editing by the legendary Vladimir […
On March 13, a proposal was submitted to the RIPE working group on combating abuse to consider BGP hijacking as a violation of RIPE policy. If accepted, an internet provider attacked through traffic interception would have the opportunity to file a special request to expose the perpetrator. If the expert group gathers enough corroborating evidence, such an LIR, which is the source of the BGP hijacking, […]
I am Artem Klavdiev, the technical leader of the HyperCloud hyper-converged cloud project at Linxdatacenter. Today, I will continue sharing insights from the global Cisco Live EMEA 2019 conference. Let's jump straight from the general to the specific, to the announcements made by the vendor during the relevant sessions. This was my first time attending Cisco Live, with the mission to participate in the technical program events and dive into the world of advanced technologies […]
Mozilla has released the first public beta version of Firefox for computers based on Qualcomm Snapdragon chips and running Windows 10. This pertains to laptops, so the software list for such devices has expanded slightly. The browser is expected to transition from beta testing to release in the next two months, meaning that users will be able to use it by early summer. It is worth noting […]
Figma is an online service for interface development and prototyping with the ability to organize real-time collaborative work. It is positioned by its creators as a primary competitor to Adobe's software products. Figma is suitable for creating both simple prototypes and design systems, as well as complex projects (mobile apps, portals). In 2018, the platform became one of the fastest-growing tools for developers and designers. […]
In 2016, the Software Freedom Conservancy filed a lawsuit against VMware, claiming that the 'vmkernel' component in VMware ESXi was built using code from the Linux kernel. However, the code of the component is closed, which violates the requirements of the GPLv2 license. At that time, the court did not issue a ruling on the merits. The case was closed due to lack of proper expertise and uncertainty with […]
Chef Software announced its decision to discontinue the Open Core business model, where only the basic components of the system are made freely available while advanced features are provided as part of a commercial product. All components of the Chef configuration management system, including the Chef Automate management console, infrastructure management tools, Chef InSpec security management module, and Chef Habitat delivery and orchestration automation system, […]
After a year of development, the release of the Apache CloudStack 4.12 cloud platform has been announced, which automates the deployment, configuration, and maintenance of private, hybrid, or public cloud infrastructures (IaaS, Infrastructure as a Service). CloudStack was transferred to the Apache Foundation by Citrix, which acquired the project after purchasing Cloud.com. Installation packages are prepared for RHEL/CentOS and Ubuntu. CloudStack is hypervisor agnostic and […]
The Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia), overseeing the development of the AV1 video encoding format, has issued a statement regarding Sisvel's attempts to form a patent pool to collect royalties for using AV1. AOMedia is confident that they will overcome the challenges that have arisen and maintain the royalty-free nature of AV1. AOMedia will protect the AV1 ecosystem through a specially created program for […]
The release of the PoCL 1.3 (Portable Computing Language OpenCL) project is available, which advances the implementation of the OpenCL standard, independent of graphics accelerator manufacturers, allowing the use of various backends for executing OpenCL kernels on different types of graphics and central processors. The project code is licensed under the MIT license. Support for operation on X86_64, MIPS32, ARM v7, AMD HSA APU, and various specialized TTA processors (Transport […]
At the beginning of a developer's career, it can often be daunting: unfamiliar problems arise, there is much to learn, and difficult decisions must be made. In some cases, we may make mistakes in those decisions. This is completely natural, and there's no need to beat yourself up over it. What is worth doing is to remember your experiences for the future. I am a senior developer, […]
This article is the fifth in the series of articles titled 'How to Take Control of Your Network Infrastructure'. You can find the contents and links to all articles in the series here. This part will focus on the Campus (Office) & Remote access VPN segments. It may seem that designing an office network is simple. Indeed, you take L2/L3 switches and connect them together. Then, you perform basic configuration […]