Cascade Lake features and hardware mitigations
Intel® Cascade Lake is the first microarchitecture to introduce in-hardware mitigations for the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities. Cascade Lake is the former name of the 2nd generation of Intel®...
View ArticleData center fires: risk assessment, fire safety and DR planning
Data center fires are rare but they are also a good example of how important Disaster Recovery planning is. Most fires in data centers are quickly located at the source, allowing the equipment to be...
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Interview with the team of Mascarillas Ángel Iglesias and Mascarillas Boticaria
Due to the success of the eCommerce Mascarillas y Más, thanks to Boticaria García’s1 charity masks project, it was necessary to change the IT infrastructure to support traffic peaks and avoid losing...
View ArticleThe 500 most powerful supercomputers use Linux
The world’s most powerful supercomputers use Linux. Everyone has heard something about supercomputers. A supercomputer is a device whose computing capabilities are by far higher than the capabilities...
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DevOps and DevSecOps: Agile software development
DevOps and DevSecOps are work methodologies that aim to release better software, faster. They focus on the collaboration between software development and IT operations departments to increase agility...
View Article19 popular Linux distributions
In the following list, we have gathered some of the most popular Linux distributions and some growing distros too. GNU/Linux operating systems are Unix-like and open source, and based on the Linux...
View ArticleWhat is a VPN, how does it work and what is it used for?
A VPN or Virtual Private Network provides online security, privacy and anonymity. It is an excellent tool for protecting daily digital activities, both business and personal. From something as simple...
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Main cloud service models: IaaS, PaaS and SaaS
IaaS, PaaS and SaaS are the main three cloud computing service models. Each cloud service model covers different user and company needs, and provides a different level of control, security and...
View ArticleWhat is a Security Operations Center (SOC)?
In IT, a Security Operations Center (SOC) or Information Security Operations Center (ISOC) is a centralized location where an organization’s security team monitors, analyzes, detects and solves any...
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What is the 95th percentile bandwidth metering method?
The 95th percentile bandwidth metering method, also known as “burstable billing”, is the most effective method used for metering and billing bandwidth usage. That is probably why it has become a...
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What is a CDN or Content Delivery Network?
CDN is the acronym for Content Delivery Network or Content Distribution Network. The fast growth of the Internet worldwide led to the emergence of CDNs in the late 90s. They were born as a solution to...
View ArticleWhat is a legacy system?
A legacy system is an old or out-dated system, technology or software application that continues to be used by an organization because it still performs the functions it was initially intended to do....
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SSH protocol: usage, versions and implementations
SSH, short for Secure Shell, is a remote administration and network protocol; originally designed to replace Telnet and other unsecured protocols such as the Berkeley Remote Shell (rsh). SSH enables...
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How to get a Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) ready
Business continuity depends significantly on IT. So, if you want to be prepared against any contingency, you need to get your Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) ready sooner rather than later. A DRP will...
View ArticleArchie, the first Internet search engine
September 10, 2021 is the 31st anniversary of Archie, the first Internet search engine. Archie was launched on September 10, 1990, and developed by Alan Emtage, Bill Heelan and Peter Deutsch at McGill...
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Most popular programming languages in 2021
Which are the most popular programming languages in 2021? The list of most commonly used programming languages in 2021 vary depending on the source. Let’s compare September 2021’s PYPL index ranking...
View ArticleStackscale at IDC CIO Summit 2021 in Spain
Stackscale is one of the sponsors of next week’s IDC CIO Summit 2021 in Spain. A digital event that will focus on the key aspects of digital business acceleration in a context of deep and constant...
View ArticleLinux: from a hobby to a collaborative tech revolution
September 17th, 2021 is the 30th anniversary of Linux. Linux was first released as a free operating system kernel on September 17th, 1991. What started as “just a hobby” for Linus Torvalds became the...
View ArticleChina’s plan to accelerate IPv6 adoption over the next 5-10 years
Last July 23rd, 2021, the Cyberspace Administration of China and the office of the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission announced its plan to accelerate the adoption and application of the IPv6...
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Types of cloud: Private Cloud, Public Cloud, Hybrid Cloud and Multicloud
In this article we are going to present the main types of cloud: Private Cloud, Public Cloud, Hybrid Cloud and Multicloud. Cloud computing has radically changed the traditional IT services model. This...
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