So you might have followed my post about upgrading to VMware 6.5 from 5.5U3 using the console. It's been a while since then, and those folks over at VMware have…
Cisco 1 of 34 new Enterprise Ethereum Alliance Members
The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance has grown and claims it is the largest open-source blockchain initiative. In its press-release (Enterprise Ethereum Alliance Becomes World’s Largest Open-source Blockchain Initiative), 34 new organisations…
RFC8200: IPv6 reaches official Standard milestone

The Deploy360 group within the Internet Society report that at IETF99 in Prague, Czech Republic, the IPv6 protocol has reached Standard status after RFC8200 was published on 17 July 2017.…
Creating an Identity Management Server with Free-IPA
So it's time to upgrade some of the devices within the network here. But it would be really good to do it in the right order. Identity and access management…
IBM prepares for cognitive Wimbledon
IBM continues its partnership with ALTEC this year with innovative cognitive solutions to help the visitor and media. The Wimbledon Open Tennis Championships are overseen by ALTEC, the operating company…
WordPress plugins need positive engagement
The great thing about Wordpress is there are lots of plugins to tailor the environment and make it your own. The bad thing about Wordpress is there are lots of…
Upgrading VMware ESXi from 5.5U3 to 6.5 on-line
Today I upgraded my physical host from VMware ESXi 5.5U3 to 6.5 using the online update method. There were a couple of gotcha's that needed to be taken care of…
SDxCentral: Fat-Pipe Networks updates SD-WAN offering
According to SDxCentral, FatPipe networks have updated their SD-WAN platform to version 9... Although finding information on the FatPipe site might be more challenging at the time of writing.