There is a lot of hype over SD-WAN at the moment, with movements by telcos and OEM suppliers investing in some of the new startups. And folks that have been…
Raspberry Pi – New Zero calorie option
The Raspberry Pi organisation has launched a new board. This is the Raspberry Pi Zero, an upgrade/replacement for the Model A board. The most significant change is the price, $5…
What is the difference between a virtualised network and network virtualisation?
With the advent of compute virtualisation, it was necessary to extend the physical network from outside the host into the virtualised environment within the host. This is achieved with the…
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…
Further infinite musings on monkeys (1 of ?)
When Émile Borel first wrote about his singes dactylographes as a thought experiment about thermodynamics for his article in 1913 titled "Mécanique Statistique et Irréversibilité", little did he know he'd…
Microsoft buys LinkedIn for the data?
In an unusual move, Microsoft has announced that it will acquire LinkedIn. The deal announced yesterday (13 June 2016) for $26.2bn. LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner posted the update to his…
Avago to buy Broadcom for $37bn
Avago Technologies is going to spend $37bn in acquiring rival Broadcom . This makes it the largest ship technology merger to date. Avago which initially was part of HP's test…
Microsoft adds Blackberry to phone stable?
AMicrosoft having recently acquired the Nokia phone stable as platforms for Windows Phone are still rumoured to be looking at adding the Blackberry platform as well. In January of Samsung…