As part of the roll-out of mGig (IEEE 802.11bz), Aquantia have launched network interface cards for the workstation market. These offer 2.5Gb/s and 5Gb/s connections using existing cables. (See Multi-Gigabit…
ARM University Program launches Embedded Linux Education Kit
As part of the education and outreach that the ARM project deliver, the ARM University have launched their ninth Embedded Linux Education Kit. The kit comprises both lecture notes and…
Linux Foundation merges Open-O and AT&T’s ECOMP as ONAP
Following AT&T's donation of their ECOMP code to the Linux Foundation, it is being integrated with Linux Foundation's Open Orchestrator (OPEN-O) platform. “By combining two of the largest open source…
Building a Wireshark for CentOS 7
Update: If you're just keen on grabbing the latest Wireshark, check out the Wireshark on Centos TL;DR version. Or the new version 2.4.0 build documentation. So as part of some…
AT&T Open Sources ECOMP for network and NFV orchestration
Yesterday AT&T handed over control of it's ECOMP (Enhanced Control, Orchestration, Management and Policy) engine to the Linux Foundation, moving the development of their VNF orchestrator into the Open Source…
PLUMgrid pudding for Christmas, who gains weight?
In 2013 PLUMgrid emerged from stealth mode, delivering a virtualised network infrastructure using standard x86 hardware, using an "IO Visor". This sat within the host, rather than using an external…
Binary rounding and challenges with Excel
I have known about the challenges of binary rounding since I started working with computers many years ago. I however have not seen any instance of it until the last…
Linux is 25 years old
It doesn't seem that long since I wrote this blog post: Happy Birthday: Linux is 20 years old. The time has come around again, and now today is Linux's 25th…