Secure Cryptocurrency and other fine myths

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Two months ago I started to take a course on Udemy building secure cryptocurrency. The course walks you through downloading the code for bitcoin, which is open source, then rolling your own network copy of it.

Then this showed up in my Github alerts:

This is a real vulnerability in the cor…READ MORE

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Moving VMs in Azure with Managed Disks Between Resource Groups

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Azure is a great platform to use, and the new Managed Disks are fantastic as you just need to set it and forget it.  However, if you run into the problem that I can recently with moving the VM from one resource group to another, you’ll run into a stumbling block pretty fast.  I hit this because …READ MORE

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Linux networking project: ‘expose & orchestrate’ to ONAP

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LF Networking (LFN) is the label used by the Linux Foundation to denote the coming together of seven top networking projects.

In other (arguably more straightforward) words, LFN is an open source networking stack.

The openly stated aim of LFN is to increase harmonisation across platforms, com…READ MORE

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Airwave goodbye, hello ESN

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The government recently announced plans that – despite facing delays and setbacks – a new Emergency Services Network (ESN) will be phased in from the beginning of 2019. It will replace the legacy infrastructure, Airwave, a radio-based terrestrial trunked radio (Tetra) network.

Now, Tetra, and…READ MORE

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IoT and Hybrid Cloud in 2019 According to Don Boxley @DH2i

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A recent interaction with DH2i CEO and Co-Founder, Don Boxley about the key technology transformations in 2019, he talks about two key developments he foresees in 2019 regarding IoT and Hybrid Cloud. So, his 2019 predictions go as follows. The first prediction says Enterprises will replace VPNs with…READ MORE

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What is a lambda expression and from where did the term 'lambda' elute?

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It was Java 8 that saw the inclusion of lambda expressions, a concept that has long been baked into languages such as Groovy and Ruby, but due to various language constraints, had never made it into the Java language. As organizations slowly move to Java 8 and Java 11 platforms, more and more develo…READ MORE

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Win10 Servicing Stack Updates Support CUs

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In this case, CU means cumulative update for Windows 10. Servicing stack updates, also known as SSUs, pave the way for successful CU installs. As the MS Servicing stack updates web page explains, these updates “provide fixes to the servicing stack, the component that installs Windows updates.” In es…READ MORE

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How IoT and 5G are enabling the fourth Industrial Revolution

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After what seems like years of waiting, it appears that the benefits and promises of 5G will soon be delivered. Far from being simply the next generation of mobile networking, 5G will be 100 times faster than its predecessor and will offer 25 times lower latency, providing unimaginably faster respon…READ MORE

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Veeam updates Availability Suite 9.5, N2WS platform

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Veeam updates to its flagship product and AWS data protection include the ability to migrate old data to cheaper cloud or object storage.

Update 4 of Veeam Availability Suite 9.5 is scheduled to be released this month to partners. General availability will follow at a date to be determined. Veeam…READ MORE

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O2 outage proves the weakest link in the digital revolution is fallibly human

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So it turns out the O2 mobile network failure that took out data access for some 30 million people this week, was caused by an expired software certificate – no great conspiracy, no programming error, no undiscovered bug, no malicious interference, but one of the most basic systems administration …READ MORE

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Diversity in analytics: how to overcome the obstacles and optimise the opportunities

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In this guest blog, Jennifer Major, head of  internet of things (IoT) at SAS UK & Ireland, discusses the obstacles and the opportunities involved creating diversity in analytics. 

In the face of the constant soundbites we hear about the British tech sector’s “worrying” lack of diversi…READ MORE

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December 2018 Activity Contest

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It may not be “officially” winter time yet, but it sure feels like it outside! It’s time to heat things up with some prizes that are sure to make Santa jealous this holiday season. But first, let’s see who won the activity contest in November!

$150 Amazon gift …READ MORE

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Count the occurrence of given character in a string

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Last time I showed how to get the number of occurrences of each character in a string but how do you count the occurrence of given character in a string?

You use one of the fundamental concepts on which PowerShell is built – its composability. In other words PowerShell is composed of…READ MORE

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Anyone for IT-tea?

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The Computer Weekly Developer Network (CWDN) team recently got to meet with enterprise applications company IFS at its Sri Lanka headquarters in Colombo.

The meetings were designed to explore the work its IFS Labs division is currently undertaking, talk to senior local management to find out why …READ MORE

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process mining software

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Process mining software is a type of program that analyzes data in enterprise application event logs in order to learn how business processes are actually working. Continued…

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“Process mining is all about automatically discovering the as-is business process from the data that a…READ MORE

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Mission: Interpolation

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Tom Cruise has posted a video alongside Mission: Impossible – Fallout director Christopher McQuarrie, encouraging fans to adjust their television settings to improve their viewing experience of the film, and we ache for when we had that enthusiasm.
It’s normal to feel uncomfortable watching Tom…READ MORE

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The ruggedised reporter, part #1: Conker toughened tablets

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The TSA once dropped my laptop and it made me nervous about the fact that a machine on the road is a delicate thing. To be clear, the fine people at the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) do a fabulous and invaluable job of keeping us safe and I appreciate them right down to their cott…READ MORE

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5 questions to ask about open data centers

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Editor’s note: In this opinion piece, industry analyst Zeus Kerravala shares his thoughts on open data centers and Extreme Networks’ approach. Extreme Networks is a client of Kerravala’s ZK Research, a consulting firm based in Westminster, Mass.

Open is an overused word in the networking industr…READ MORE

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Yes, E-Discovery Day is Apparently a Thing

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What with World Backup Day, Electronic Records Day, Ask an Archivist Day, and Sysadmin Day, I suppose it’s no surprise that there’s an E-Discovery Day. Incidentally, it’s Tuesday.

There was, apparently, some controversy about when to schedule E-Discovery Day this year. Typically scheduled o…READ MORE

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Enterprise DevOps: How to build a high-performing technology team

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In this guest post, DevOps consultant and researcher Dr. Nicole Forsgren, PhD, tells enterprises why execution is key to building high-performing technology teams within their organisations.

I often meet with enterprise executives and leadership teams, and they all want to know what it takes to …READ MORE

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