Paul Schnackenburg looks at what SFI is, how it compares with Bill Gates's Trustworthy Computing Initiative (TwC) memo from 20 years ago, what Microsoft is doing technically behind the scenes, what's missing from the SFI and why he thinks Microsoft missed the mark on what really should have been the "Secure Culture Initiative."
- By Paul Schnackenburg
- 01/03/2024
In his final series article, Tom puts the nifty little device through all its VDI paces -- and likes what he sees.
In part 3 of his series on the SimplyNUC Moonstone mini-PC, Tom installs VMware Workstation on the device and runs and benchmarks the performance of a small and large Windows 10 VM.
In part 2 of his series, Tom benchmarks the device to have a baseline to compare the virtual machines he will run on it after installing VMware Workstation.
Tom gets his hands on SimplyNUC's most powerful AMD-powered mini-PC, the Moonstone, sticks Workstation on it and declares: "This thing is a beast in a very small package."
IT consultant and attendee Paul Schnackenburg digests many sessions to explain changes coming in the Defender suite of security products, Windows Server v.Next and SharePoint.
- By Paul Schnackenburg
- 11/28/2023
A prevailing trend was the integration of AI and ML into Kubernetes environments, with a specific focus on dynamic resource allocation and the potential economic impact of generative AI.
- By Benjamin Rubin
- 11/27/2023
Tom details his experience in Barcelona as a technologist, presenter and journalist.
Paul discusses the new and established offerings and how they can work together to help developers and infrastructure folks deploy and manage applications at scale.
- By Paul Schnackenburg
- 10/31/2023
KubeCon's affordability makes it possible for start-ups to attend and showcase their products and offerings, giving techies like Tom Fenton a glimpse into the future.
"What if I told you that we could take data from your database, feed it to an OpenAI model and have it give us insights about that data?"
Tom says VMware in the past has announced its EUC products at the Europe event, so it will be interesting to see if they continue this trend.
It's very easy to get started with Azure and deploy resources that will help you use the Microsoft cloud to do amazing things -- but then you get your monthly bill and wonder if there are ways to control it.
Open source projects often require downloading bits and jumping through hoops to work with them in a UI, so online options provide quick-hit tryouts.
Cloud building blocks are changing software forever, Paul Schnackenburg says in taking a close look at the new Microsoft Fabric.
- By Paul Schnackenburg
- 05/30/2023
Not using confidential computing might become the exception (at least on the server / cloud side), while using it will be just normal.
- By Paul Schnackenburg
- 04/26/2023
There are so many different technologies that can be connected via Azure Arc it's hard to keep up, which is why we have Paul Schnackenburg.
- By Paul Schnackenburg
- 02/28/2023
Don't you sometimes just wish this amazing Information Technology business we're in was just a little different? That tech just worked? That there was one standard instead of eight? That security wasn't an afterthought. And that all apps weren't tested in production under the guise of DevOps?
- By Paul Schnackenburg
- 01/30/2023
Paul details where this hidden gem fits, where it doesn't, why you should care and coming improvements.
- By Paul Schnackenburg
- 07/06/2022
Paul details his personal, totally subjective highlights of the recent conference, which he found to be more substantial than some predecessors.
- By Paul Schnackenburg
- 11/29/2021