Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai said he plans to leave the commission on Jan. 20, 2021. This opens the door to President-elect Joe Biden to select a new head of the telecommunications regulator. While best known for wrecking network neutrality, in his resignation letter Pai largely ignored that issue. His only comment relating to it was “this FCC has not shied away from making tough choices. As a result, our nation’s communications networks…

A few years ago, only hardcore techies and television fans were cord-cutting. Today, there are more people watching streaming shows than there are paying for cable or satellite TV.  There are three reasons for this shift. First, the best live TV streaming services now offer pretty much anything you’d ever want from a traditional TV service. Second, even though live TV streaming services costs are catching up with cable, for now, they’re still more affordable….

Like many coders, engineers, and people who ‘code tinker’ in the small hours of the morning, I am always looking at new ways to improve my code. This is for many reasons. For example, Comprehensions in Python can provide us with a short and sweet way to construct new sequences. They are a concise and speedy way to create new lists. Python built-in functions can save you time Python has many great built-in functions. Often,…

A data center is a physical facility that enterprises use to house their business-critical applications and information. As they evolve from centralized on-premises facilities to edge deployments to public cloud services, it’s important to think long-term about how to maintain their reliability and security. What is a data center? Data centers are often referred to as a singular thing, but in actuality they are composed of a number of technical elements. These can be broken…

If you’ve ever spent time inside a data center, you know it’s usually hot on one side of the cabinets, cold on the other side, and incredibly noisy from numerous fans turning in servers, switches, routers, and security devices. And if you’ve ever been the one to unpack those devices in shipping and receiving, you know what’s leftover resembles the remnants of an online order for a family of five – cardboard, plastic, and paper…