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ZertoCon 2019 Hackathon Update

Posted on April 17, 2019 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

We are just over one month away from ZertoCon 2019. Which means we are also just over one month from the hackathon, so it’s time for an update! I just started some threads on the Hackathon forum (on myZerto). The…

Why the HPE C3000 BladeSystem is the best lab setup ever

Posted on April 4, 2019 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

I can’t remember if I bought my C3000 chassis in 2016 or 2015, but it’s still running great (knock on wood) and has been the best “home lab” investment I’ve made. Define Home Lab Saying that this is my home…

How to build a Raspberry Pi Serial Console Server with ser2net

Posted on January 29, 2019 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

If you’ve ever built a Cisco CCNA lab or some other hardware lab that has serial console ports, there is a good chance you sat within a few feet of the gear with a serial cable to your computer while…

Calling all Hackers, ZertoCon 2019 Wants You!

Posted on January 17, 2019 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

You’ve probably heard that ZertoCon 2019 is going to be in Nashville Tennessee, Monday May 20 – Wednesday May 22. If you havent already registered you can do that here. In years past we have always done a session related…

10 In-demand skills to learn in 2019

Posted on December 31, 2018 by Justin Paul | 3 Comments

You probably spent the last month or two reading 2019 prediction posts. Or posts about how those posts were absolutely wrong… LOL So, instead of telling you what technologies and products will make waves in 2019, I thought it would…

Why Innovation, Risk, and Curves make for the best careers

Posted on December 30, 2018 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

In the technology sector it’s safe to say that no one has done the same job for the duration of their entire career. Things just change too fast for that to ever happen. In my experience what separates those who…

Netplan makes Linux Cross-Hypervisor migration easy!

Posted on December 20, 2018 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

The network configuration abstraction renderer Netplan is a utility for easily configuring networking on a linux system. You simply create a YAML description of the required network interfaces and what each should be configured to do. From this description Netplan…

Cloud Native Computing Foundation to host etcd

Posted on December 11, 2018 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

Today, the CloudNative Computing Foundation (CNCF) Technical Oversight Committee (TOC)voted to accept etcdas an incubation-level hosted project from KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Seattle. etcd is a distributed key value store that provides a reliable way to store data across a cluster…

DigitalOcean Releases Kubernetes as a Service

Posted on December 11, 2018 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

New production-ready and fully-supported release enables developers of all skill levels to harness the power of Kubernetes to simplify modern app development KUBECON, Seattle, Wash. – December 11, 2018 – DigitalOcean, the cloud for developing modern apps, today announced that…

Galactic Fog Launches Container Migration Utility to Make it Easy to Move Amazon ECS Containers to Kubernetes

Posted on December 11, 2018 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

The Gestalt Migration Utility (GMU) Helps Realize the Goal of Cloud Native Technologies to Enable Seamless Portability Between Container Technologies and Cloud Providers SEATTLE, Washington, Dec. 11, 2018 — Today, at KubeCon North America 2018 Galactic Fog announced the launch…