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[*] The IETF’s Discovery of Designated Resolvers The Domain Name System (DNS) has played a key role in the Internet’s success. It was designed to be scalable and resilient to handle enormous growth. The DNS has also proven to be a strong control point used to identify and remediate threats as Cisco Umbrella (previously Cisco OpenDNS) has repeatedly demonstrated. As the industry seeks to strengthen privacy, it must find methods to do so that retain…

ROUND ROCK, Texas, March 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — News summary Dell Technologies refreshes Dell EMC PowerEdge portfolio with 17 next-generation servers, enabling companies to analyze and take action on data wherever it resides New Dell EMC PowerEdge XE8545 and R750xa deliver accelerator-optimized performance to help businesses tackle their most data-intensive workloads From manufacturing to end of life, enhanced security and cyber-resilient innovations protect servers through their full lifecycle Energy efficiency improved by up to 60%…

I’ve long used Netgear Nighthawk Wi-Fi routers. They’ve proven to be good solid, small office/home office (SOHO) network gear. But, with the rise of mesh networking, I, and a lot of other people who work at home moved off to mesh-compatible equipment like Netgear‘s own Netgear Orbi Whole Home Tri-Band Mesh Wi-Fi 6 system. But now Netgear is revitalizing its Nighthawk line with the new Nighthawk Tri-band Mesh WiFi 6 System (MK83). Let’s start with…

“The eyes are the window to your soul.” Hmmm. How about a new twist? Applications are the window to your business. Like windows, applications tempt thieves and prying eyes. Securing them can be paneful (ugh, sorry). But we’ve got some great advice on protecting applications in the modern era. The evolution of today’s applications Let’s get this out of the way right now: Modern applications are incredibly complex. Rapid digitization and business agility changed everything….

Our hyper-connected world Have you noticed how many smart devices you have connected to your home network lately? The other day, I stopped to count and realized that over the past year I’ve added over 50 different devices to my home network. 50. Sprinkler systems, sound systems, lighting, thermostats, cars, robot vacuums, smartwatches, security locks, alarms, doorbells, and cameras. All of those in addition to the usual suspects like smart TVs, tablets, home assistants, and…

The /etc/fstab file is a very important file on Linux systems. It contains information that allows the system to connect to disk partitions and determine where they should be mounted in the file system. While this file has played an important role over the years, its format has changed with the introduction of UUIDs and, on some systems, a more reliable file-system type. Here’s an example of an /etc/fstab file on a Fedora system: $…

AMD has taken the wraps off the third generation of Epyc server processors, codenamed Milan, just 18 months after launching the Rome generation. Formally named Epyc 7003, the new generation sports a new Zen 3 core with a number of performance bumps. The Zen 3 core has been on the market for a while in desktop form as AMD’s Ryzen 5000 series, a line that has proven very hard to find due to a supply…

Learning for all ages moved online overnight when Covid struck. Many students adapted incredibly well to this new environment while others struggled due to lack of access. This experience has taught us valuable lessons and it’s forced us to think again about learning delivery. While there are very few cases where 100% virtual learning is the best long-term solution, there are definitely aspects of our recent experience that providers and students will want to keep….

NetApp, one of many players in the hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) hardware business, plans to end production of its NetApp HCI hardware and focus instead on its Project Astra Kubernetes platform. HCI is split into two categories, software and hardware. On the software side, it’s roughly an even split in marketshare between Nutanix and VMware. On the hardware side, IDC and Gartner both list HCI leaders as HP Enterprise, Dell Technology, Cisco Systems, and “the rest…

The cloud revolution has ushered in the greatest transformation of business operations and workflows in history. Cloud applications are now the foundation of most organizations, which has greatly enhanced business productivity and collaboration. And these essential applications need to be efficient and reliable—which is why SD-WAN is becoming one of the most successful networking functions in decades. Fast and reliable business applications running on agile, secure network connections is the name of the game. The recent…