Practical Technology

Like any old, grizzled Unix/Linux administrator, I used to do everything with shell scripts. But, when you’re dealing with multiple servers or workstations, you need more. That’s where programs such as Red Hat Satellite and Canonical Landscape come…Read More

A long time ago, in an IT company far, far away, I would carry in a Compaq Portable so I could get my work done. Today, while the PC may have changed, not much else has when it comes to IT and the cloud — and especially shadow IT. Today, as Dr.…Read More

You can’t say IBM didn’t warn us. On Jan. 26, 2023, Big Blue warned us of multiple security vulnerabilities in its ultrafast Aspera Faspex file transfer software. In particular, CVE-2022-47986, with a Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)…Read More

I should have seen this coming. OpenAI GPT-4 is hotter than hot. No less a person with a clue about technology named Bill Gates called generative AI the “most important advance in technology since the graphical user interface.” Meanwhile, GitHub…Read More

Docker, the company that started the container revolution, is looking forward to the “emergence of hybrid, collaborative development environments,” according to CEO Scott Johnston, who spoke in a press-only virtual meeting of the developer minds.…Read More

Twitter is on the verge of a historic change. It’s a huge risk that could alienate many of the accounts that create much of Twitter’s content. It also reveals how desperate Twitter is for new revenue streams as it fights to regain lost relevance and…Read More