Podcasts about system management

MEDBOARD: https://www.medboard.com/ EUROPE TEAM-NB high level position - Making Medical Devices Safer and Faster: https://www.team-nb.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Team-NB-HighLevel-Strategy- PositionPaper-20241130.pdf -   MDCG 2024-15 - Reporting Medical Device Trials Made Easy!: https://health.ec.europa.eu/document/download/0e076d19-62dc-4ff9-83f2-be6072a45993_en? filename=mdcg_2024-15_en.pdf -   EMA activities on Combination products - Reminder on Drug-Device assessment.: https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/documents/presentation/presentation-sme-info-day- session-4-ema-activities-medical-devices_en.pdf -   MDCG 2024-16 Interruption or Discontinuation - For certain devices: https://health.ec.europa.eu/document/download/b431b10f-8512-4f47-9191-e1b84b2f9a27_en? filename=mdr_qna-article10a_mdr-ivdr_en.pdf and annex https://health.ec.europa.eu/document/download/b4a7dea7-ae73-4e13-a8a8-11dcd2678d38_en?filename=md_mdc-2024-16 _annex_en.pdf -   Joint Paper from 9 Member states - Council of the European Union: https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-15380-2024-INIT/en/pdf Reduction of Administrative Burdens Centralization of System Management to the EMA Predictable Certification Procedures Enhanced Coordination and Support Impact Assessment and Resource Allocation   -   MDCG 2024-14 Master UDI-DI - Contact lenses: https://health.ec.europa.eu/document/download/c8c6cca5-460e-410e-a325-be08bfc7dea6_en?filename=mdcg_2024-14 _en.pdf Master UDI-DI Assignment Labelling Requirements Vigilance Reporting EUDAMED Registration Implementation Timeline   -   Artificial Intelligence in Medical Devices . Joint publication Team NB and IG-NB: https://www.team-nb.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Team-NB-PositionPaper-AI-in-MDQuestionnaire-V1-20241125.pdf -   Gradual Roll-out of EUDAMED - Be ready to start: https://health.ec.europa.eu/document/download/0e7327c7-0e06-4fbd-90d3-8ab7bb30fe9f_en?filename=md_mdcg_2024-11_eudamed-qa.pdf -   Spain application for in-house devices - For hospitals: https://www.aemps.gob.es/informa/la-aemps-pone-en-marcha-una-nueva-aplicacion-para-la-comunicacion-de-fabricacion-de-productos-sanitarios-in-house-por-hospitales/ SMARTEYE - Eqms Smarteye: https://eqms-smarteye.com/ EVENTS - Arab Health - January 27 to 30th, 2025: https://medtechconf.com/event/total-radiology-conference/ TRAINING -  Mini-Course MDR: https://easymedicaldevice.com/resource/resource-medical-device-regulation/mini-course-mdr/ ROW -   US - Some healthcare software are not devices - WARNING: https://www.fda.gov/media/184083/download?attachment Administrative support in healthcare settings. Promoting healthy lifestyles without direct links to disease management. Serving as electronic patient records without interpreting or analyzing data. Transferring, storing, converting, or displaying medical data without interpretation. Providing limited clinical decision support to healthcare providers without interpreting clinical tests or device data.   -   US - PCCP Final guidance - Submit a PCCP with your submission: https://www.fda.gov/media/166704/download • Webinar January 14, 2025 - https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/cdrhnew-news-andupdates/webinar-final-guidance-marketing-submission-recommendations-predetermined-change-control-plan?utm_source=FDALinkedin - South Korea Guidance - Enhancing Medical Device Safety!: https://www.mfds.go.kr/law/board/boardDetail.do?menuKey=29&brdId=data0011&seq=15564 we're talking about new guidance from South Korea's Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, or MFDS. They just released a document to help improve the safety and quality of medical devices." "This guidance focuses on stricter standards for manufacturing and testing medical devices to ensure they are safe and effective for patients." "The MFDS is also emphasizing the importance of proper documentation and reporting, so that any issues can be quickly identified and addressed." The MFDS aims to make medical devices safer through several key measures: Stricter Standards: They are implementing more rigorous manufacturing and testing standards to ensure devices meet high safety and quality benc Enhanced Oversight: Increased oversight and regular inspections of manufacturing processes ensure compliance with safety regulations. Training and Education: Providing training and resources to manufacturers to help them understand and meet the new standards. These steps are designed to ensure that medical devices are safe, effective, and reliable for patients. "In short, this new guidance aims to make medical devices safer and more reliable for everyone." -  Australia - Guidelines for Medical Devices - Bookmark the link: https://www.tga.gov.au/resources/resource/reference-material/australian-regulatory-guidelines-medical-devices- argmd -  Australia - Submit Custom-made device - Guidance step-by-step: https://www.tga.gov.au/resources/resource/user-guide/how-submit-custom-made-medical-device-notification -  Malaysia - Advertisement application - Approve your Advertising: https://www.mda.gov.my/index.php/industry/medical-device-advertisements/medical-device-advertisement PODCAST -  How MDR and IVDR code can save you money? Stefan Bolleininger: https://podcast.easymedicaldevice.com/309-2/ -  Is FMEA bad for your Risk Management? Rod Beuzeval: https://podcast.easymedicaldevice.com/310-2/ -  How to build the perfect Quality Management System? https://podcast.easymedicaldevice.com/311-2/ -  IEC 60601-1-8 How to test your Medical Device Alarms? Beat Keller https://podcast.easymedicaldevice.com/312-2/ -  PCCP - The magic tool for planned changes in the US? Maria Diez: https://podcast.easymedicaldevice.com/313-2/ Social Media to follow Monir El Azzouzi Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/melazzouzi Twitter: https://twitter.com/elazzouzim Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/easymedicaldevice Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/easymedicaldevice

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In Linux Out Loud episode 97, the hosts serve up a mix of tech tips, BBQ talk, and laughs! Nate shares how he uses crontab to automate log cleanup, Bill dives into speeding up DNF downloads, and Wendy tackles laptop fan issues and OBS quirks. They also explore the magic of HomeBridge, manage systems via Cockpit, and even throw in some grilling stories for good measure. It's a blend of practical Linux solutions, witty banter, and tasty tech adventures—guaranteed to heat things up! Find the rest of the show notes at https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/linux-out-loud/lol-97/ Contact info Matt (Twitter @MattTDN (https://twitter.com/MattTDN)) Wendy (Mastodon @WendyDLN (https://mastodon.online/@WendyDLN)) Nate (Website CubicleNate.com (https://cubiclenate.com/))

On this episode of the Six Five On The Road, hosts Dave Nicholson and Lisa Martin are joined by Dell Technologies' Brian Doty and Moogsoft's Phil Tee for a conversation on the integration and future vision following Dell's acquisition of Moogsoft. This acquisition has sparked significant interest, especially with the evolution of Dell's APEX AIOps portfolio, which now integrates CloudIQ, Moogsoft, and introduces Dell's new Application Observability product. Their discussion covers: The strategic vision and near-future plans for Dell's APEX AIOps portfolio post-acquisition Brian's insights on the evolution of Dell's system management and its implications for infrastructure customers Phil's perspective on the AI revolution's impact on IT operations, comparing its significance to the industrial revolution.What excites Brian the most about the future of AIOps at Dell and the benefits for customers Learn more at Dell Technologies and Moogsoft.  

Today's podcast is with Christian Thibaudeau. Christian is a Canadian strength coach with over two decades experience, is a prolific writer, and has worked with athletes from nearly 30 sports. He is the originator of training systems such as the NeuroTyping system and Omni-contraction training. Christian is a wealth of training knowledge, and in addition to his extensive experience, he walks the talk in his training, competing in weightlifting and bodybuilding. I always enjoy having Christian on the show, as he is an absolute wealth of knowledge in multiple areas of human performance. I've had a significant number of revelations across my time speaking with Christian that have had a profound impact on my approach to programming and training. On the episode today, Christian talks about aspects of the nervous system and training stress, both in shorter-term cycles and waves of work, as well as year-to-year recovery concepts to restore the body and mind. Christian also covers ideas on training to failure, pre-fatigue and muscle activation work in relation to athletic skill development, loaded stretching for strength, and more. This was an awesome show, and it's always great to have Christian on the podcast. Today's episode is brought to you by Lost Empire Herbs, TeamBuildr and the Plyomat. For 15% off your Lost Empire Herbs order, head to lostempireherbs.com/justfly. To try Pine Pollen for free (just pay for shipping), head to: justflypinepollen.com. The Plyomat is a functional, intuitive, and affordable contact mat for jump and plyometric training and testing.  Check out the Plyomat at www.plyomat.net TeamBuildr is an online software for coaches and trainers.  I've continued to hear great things about the Teambuildr platform, and whether you are looking for an in-house training portal or an online training hub, be sure to check out Teambuildr training software. For 15% off of Exogen Wearable resistance, follow this link to lilateam.com or use code: jfs2023 at checkout. View more podcast episodes at the podcast homepage. Timestamps and Main Points: 6:58- Optimizing Neurological Training for Maximum Gains 8:22- The Importance of Structural Abilities in Training 13:29- Neurological Factors and Performance Fatigue 24:23- The Impact of Skill Mastery on Performance 25:58- Enhancing Performance through Systemic Stress Management 31:51- The Importance of Rest and Recovery 35:20- The Impact of Mental State on Training Performance 39:22- Optimal Muscle Growth through Post-Failure Technique 45:00- Targeted Muscle Growth through Low Volume Training 53:20- Maintaining Bar Proximity for Olympic Lifts 1:02:44- Enhancing Performance with Iced Calves 1:10:07- Optimizing Health with Magnesium Supplementation Christian Thibaudeau Quotes "The reality is that when we are talking about training methods that are focused on neurological changes, which would be pretty much all power training methods, reactive training, plyometrics, pros, even the Olympic lifts, and even strength training, as far as in the very low ranges or isometric stuff like that, they all have a very short duration of what effective training can be." - Christian Thibaudeau "But if your body is not ready, what happens is you're creating lots of low grade systemic inflammation. You are causing stress on those tissues, and you don't always feel the pain, but it's still there, and it still sends signal to your brain, which will create inhibition, preventing you from performance, from performing at your best." - Christian Thibaudeau "But I'm telling you, if you do a four to six weeks period where you devote as much focus and thinking into designing a recovery program than you do programming your performance program, dude, when you come back from that, you're going to be a freaking machine." - Christian Thibaudeau "I think it's a mistake to try to do everything with the same tool.

Microsoft's new PC Manager takes the place of some other utilities such as CCleaner and offers quick, easy access to built-in Windows functions that are often several layers deep in Settings or the Control Panel. In Short Circuits: If you've ever wished you could unsend an email because you forgot to add an attachment or make an important point, SendLater will save the day, but only if you use Thunderbird. • Stardock's SoundPackager makes it easy to add, change, or delete sounds that Windows plays to notify users of specific events, and it cost just $5.

In this episode of the Morning Upgrade podcast I talk with Adam Hart about his morning routine, how to control your nervous system, social anxiety, heart flow breathing and more.

This week's episode is a continuation of Kate's meaningful and useful conversation with Patricia Gipple. Today, Patricia and Kate discuss the useful, tangible, and accessible tools available to us to calm our nervous system in times of stress. This information will be life changing for both you and your kids. To access the ladder image discussed in this episode: https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:3318f7f3-ddb8-3de5-839a-c0829eb636d9 https://patriciagipple.com/ More information on the Polyvagal Theory: https://www.stephenporges.com/articles https://www.rhythmofregulation.com If you are in a mental health crisis, please text 988 or call 1-800-273-8255  To learn more about Kate's work visit: Kate Kripke To book your free 30-minute coaching call with Kate visit: https://calendly.com/katek-649/30minTo learn more about Deb's work visit: Deb Rubin Follow Kate Kripke:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/katekripke/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Deb Rubin: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/themotherdaughterjourney/ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Motherhood Uncut on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/motherhooduncutpodcast/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Important Tools for Nervous System Management with Patricia Gipple Part 2 | Motherhood Uncut Podcast | Season 3 Episode 6 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/motherhood-uncut/message

Separated and heading North, the party gets a taste of what sacrifices might be needed to save Scinteras. --- Scinteras is an original setting developed by Beck Menk for play using Fate Core by Evil Hat Productions.    (Ex-)Viscount Phrixos Apochro de Cantarell is played by Oak. Thana Alukah is played by Rae Weiss. Vega is played by Hailey Hughes.   Your Game Master is Beck Menk. System Management and Play Assistance provided by Charlotte Rosenthal.   Original music composed by Charlotte Rosenthal.   Lucky20: A TTRPG Podcast is produced by Mythonomica Productions.   www.mythonomicaproductions.com

This week we offer you part one of a two-part conversation between Kate and Patricia Gipple. Patricia is a licensed therapist, yoga teacher, and renowned spiritual teacher in Boulder, CO. She is a cherished friend and mentor to both Kate and Deb. This week, Kate and Patricia talk about the Polyvagal Theory, the nervous system, and the ways in which we can begin to take better care of ourselves in times of deep stress. These ideas are both important and also hugely accessible- ideas, insights, scientific facts, and tools that we can use in our own lives as moms and also in parenting our children. https://patriciagipple.com/ More information on the Polyvagal Theory If you are in a mental health crisis, please text 988 or call 1-800-273-8255 Thank you to this week's fabulous sponsors: Kate Kripke, LCSW: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.katekripke.com/⁠⁠⁠ Email Kate! ⁠⁠⁠kate@katekripke.com⁠⁠⁠ Mother Daughter Journey with Deb Rubin:⁠ ⁠⁠https://motherdaughterjourney.co/⁠⁠ Follow Kate Kripke:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/katekripke/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Deb Rubin: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/themotherdaughterjourney/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Motherhood Uncut on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/motherhooduncutpodcast/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Important Tools for Nervous System Management with Patricia Gipple | Motherhood Uncut Podcast | Season 3 Episode 5 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/motherhood-uncut/message

Craig Moody is the co-founder of Verdis Group, a sustainability consultancy that is dedicated to helping large organisations identify and implement ways to be more sustainable and climate resilient. In addition to leading significant growth for Verdis over the past 12 years, he was elected to the Omaha Public Power District Board of Directors in 2016. He served as board chair in 2020 and currently serves as the chair of the board's System Management & Nuclear Oversight Committee. In this episode we speak about being ‘People Positive' and ‘Complexity Conscious' which are two of the underpinning principles at Verdis. We explore how you can keep people connected to the vision and the value of planning in a complex and ever-changing world. On top of that, we also had a fascinating and unplanned chat about the importance of embracing healthy challenges within a team.Book Competition – Click in the link below to win one copy of each of the following books: The Alignment Advantage by Richard Nugent Bragging Rights by Lisa Bragg The Long Distance Team by Kevin Eikenberry Mission: Leadership – Lifting The Mask by Ben Morton Positive Influence by Glenn Parker https://mailchi.mp/ben-morton.com/bookcomps8 Find Out More About Verdis Group https://verdisgroup.com/ We want to hear from you! Whether it's a leadership question for Ben, some feedback on the show, or a guest suggestion, we'd love to hear from you. Whatever the reason for getting in touch, you can easily do it by clicking the link below that Ben will personally review. https://www.ben-morton.com/feedback/ Mentioned in this episode:The FREE 10-4-10 CourseSign up today and sharpen your skills on, keeping your team motivated, effective delegation, planning and prioritization, handling Imposter Syndrome, and much more. It's my FREE online coaching course to help you become the leader that people want to follow.Click here for the 10-4-10 Coaching

Recorded Live at the TST Big Event 2023, with Aaron Becker, President of AirSept and Peter Coll, President and COO of the Mobile Air Climate Systems Association (MACS). They discuss the government's involvement in the automotive industry, the importance of having a mentor, the development of new products, the challenges of complying with EPA regulations, and the impact of COVID-19 on the industry. Peter Coll, President and COO, Mobile Air Climate Systems Association (MACS). Peter's previous episodes HERE Aaron Becker, President, AirSept. Aaron's previous episodes HERE Show Notes Watch Full Video HERE (00:03:47) The American Innovation and Manufacturing (AIM) Act, signed in December 2020, and how it affects Section 609, which deals with recovering and recycling refrigerant onsite at the point of service. (00:04:53) Discussion of government regulations on refrigerants and compliance challenges. (00:08:08) The impact and passing of Myron Stein, AirSept cofounder (00:11:08) The history of AirSept (00:12:26) Myron was recognized for his contributions to the industry with a Pioneer Award, and how he mentored and pushed others. (00:13:52) The importance of having mentors and bouncing ideas off of trusted individuals. (00:14:24) The importance of listening to learn and learning to listen is discussed, as well as the need to interpret what someone is saying in order to move the conversation forward. (00:17:42) The importance of innovation and respectful debates in moving the industry forward, and the need for mutual respect in these conversations. (00:20:40) Aaron and Peter discuss how they develop innovative products by listening and learning from the problems people are having in the industry. (00:22:35) Peter talks about how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the supply chain and how they overcame the supply chain issues. (00:27:12) The importance of inventing and developing in the automotive industry, including the use of existing materials and tools to prove a concept. (00:28:30) HVAC in the automotive industry and the expanded role of thermal management in electric vehicles. (00:32:21)The challenges of cooling electric vehicles and the need for more efficient technology. (00:32:53) The potential for new technologies and opportunities in the electric vehicle market. Thanks to our Partner, NAPA AUTO CARE Learn more about NAPA AUTO CARE and the benefits of being part of the NAPA family by visiting www.NAPAAutoCare.com Connect with the Podcast: -Join our Insider List: https://remarkableresults.biz/insider -All books mentioned on our podcasts:

Separated from one another, Vega must try to find her friends, while her friends must find a way to get through to the strange old friend they find on the spacecraft --- Scinteras is an original setting developed by Beck Menk for play using Fate Core by Evil Hat Productions.    (Ex-)Viscount Phrixos Apochro de Cantarell is played by Oak. Thana Alukah is played by Rae Weiss. Vega is played by Hailey Hughes.   Your Game Master is Beck Menk. System Management and Play Assistance provided by Charlotte Rosenthal.   Original music composed by Charlotte Rosenthal.   Lucky20: A TTRPG Podcast is produced by Mythonomica Productions.   www.mythonomicaproductions.com

Tasked with freeing Thime from the "False Snow", the party must figure out a way to deal with a substance that seems determined to hurt them.  --- Scinteras is an original setting developed by Beck Menk for play using Fate Core by Evil Hat Productions.    (Ex-)Viscount Phrixos Apochro de Cantarell is played by Oak. Thana Alukah is played by Rae Weiss. Vega is played by Hailey Hughes.   Your Game Master is Beck Menk. System Management and Play Assistance provided by Charlotte Rosenthal.   Original music composed by Charlotte Rosenthal.   Lucky20: A TTRPG Podcast is produced by Mythonomica Productions.   www.mythonomicaproductions.com

Upon arriving at the coast, the party begins to search for a way to the island of Thime to investigate the False Snow. --- Scinteras is an original setting developed by Beck Menk for play using Fate Core by Evil Hat Productions.    (Ex-)Viscount Phrixos Apochro de Cantarell is played by Oak. Thana Alukah is played by Rae Weiss. Vega is played by Hailey Hughes.   Your Game Master is Beck Menk. System Management and Play Assistance provided by Charlotte Rosenthal.   Original music composed by Charlotte Rosenthal.   Lucky20: A TTRPG Podcast is produced by Mythonomica Productions.   www.mythonomicaproductions.com

In the moonlight, a group of Elyosian nomads investigate the strange disappearance of another nomadic tribe. --- Scinteras is an original setting developed by Beck Menk for play using Fate Core by Evil Hat Productions.    (Ex-)Viscount Phrixos Apochro de Cantarell is played by Oak. Thana Alukah is played by Rae Weiss. Vega is played by Hailey Hughes.   Your Game Master is Beck Menk. System Management and Play Assistance provided by Charlotte Rosenthal.   Original music composed by Charlotte Rosenthal.   Lucky20: A TTRPG Podcast is produced by Mythonomica Productions.   www.mythonomicaproductions.com

Enjoy peace of mind with Smart Home Security Technology. You can manage your in-home systems on your smartphones. Here are some helpful tips from a security and home automation specialist in the Royal Palm Beach area.

This episode features Bruce Elegant, Former President and CEO of Rush Oak Park and Assistant Professor in the health system management program. Here, he joined the podcast to talk about the workforce and executive teams of the future.

Hysteresis is the idea that once a social or ecological system has transitioned into a new state, it becomes much more difficult to travel in the reverse direction. This episode, we revisit alternative states and the ball-and-cup model to explain why this is the case. Julie describes how the concept applies to coral reefs, and Conor uses 3D topographical imagery to clarify hysteresis as a concept. Funding support from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Center for Great Plains Studies, https://www.unl.edu/plains/welcome Check out our educational modules: https://passel2.unl.edu/view/community/70ffd07aff59 Contact Us: whrapodcast@gmail.com Council for Resilience Education website: cre.unl.edu References: Beisner, B.E., Haydon, D.T., and Cuddington, K. 2003. Alternative stable states in ecology. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 1(7), 376-382. Birkinshaw, J. 2021, Jan. 15. Hysteresis - Why things don't go back to normal. Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/lbsbusinessstrategyreview/2021/01/15/hysteresis--why-things-dont-go-back-to-normal/?sh=35c4fb0580e2 David, L. 2021, Apr. 14. Space junk removal is not going smoothly. Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/space-junk-removal-is-not-going-smoothly/ Knowlton, N. 2015. Thresholds and multiple stable states in coral reef community dynamics. American Zoologist, 32(6), 674-682. Music licensed from www.purple-planet.com

This week we sit down with Family Practice Lawer, entrepreneur and author Craig Candelore.  Craig has a long list of credentials and he's had an incredibly eventful life. We had the opportunity to take a dive into some of the things he does and that he's working on, but we definitely have to have him back to go more in depth with his upcoming projects.Mr. Candelore is the founding attorney at the Men's Legal Center, and he has been providing legal help to clients who have needed assistance in the area of family law for close to 30 years. Mr. Candelore earned his Bachelor's of Science degree from West Point before earning a Master's degree in System Management from the University of Southern California. Mr. Candelore earned his Juris Doctorate degree from the University of San Diego School of Law, where he graduated Cum Laude.Mr. Candelore is a Certified Family Law Specialist and a professional mediator trained by National Conflict Resolution Center, San Diego.Mr. Candelore served in the military, both active and reserves, ultimately earning the rank of Colonel from the United States Army. Mr. Candelore deployed on active duty overseas during Operation Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Some of his duty assignments included working as a Regional Senior Law Enforcement and Anti-Terrorist Officer, stateside during and after 9-11; and Iraqi Police Development Project Officer, in Iraq. Mr. Candelore also has served as a translator at the United Nations and enjoys writing books in his spare time.Thanks For watching this weeks podcast!Thank you to our sponsor Coach Kim Yeater. If you are feeling stuck and want to get unstuck, reach out to Coach Kim for a complimentary strategy session. It's okay to be stuck, but its not okay to stay stuck. Go to:Calendly.com/KimYeater and schedule today!

In Episode 8 haben wir bereits über den SUSE Manager gesprochen. Nun geben wir einen Gesamtüberblick über die Landschaft der Linux System Management-Tools. Dabei hatten wir natürlich neben dem SUSE Manager auch Spacewalk, UYUNI, Foreman/Katello, Orcharhino und Landscape im Blick. Enrico spricht dieses Mal mit Sebastian Zoll und Christian Stankowic über den persönlichen Eindruck der einzelnen Tools und den allgemeinen Sinn dahinter. Gemeinsam schlagen sie die Brücke vom klassischen Linux Server Management hin zu DevOps und dem Containerbereich.

In Episode 8 haben wir bereits über den SUSE Manager gesprochen. Nun geben wir einen Gesamtüberblick über die Landschaft der Linux System Management-Tools. Dabei hatten wir natürlich neben dem SUSE Manager auch Spacewalk, UYUNI, Foreman/Katello, Orcharhino und Landscape im Blick. Enrico spricht dieses Mal mit Sebastian Zoll und Christian Stankowic über den persönlichen Eindruck der einzelnen Tools und den allgemeinen Sinn dahinter. Gemeinsam schlagen sie die Brücke vom klassischen Linux Server Management hin zu DevOps und dem Containerbereich.

Dopo lo stop'n'go dell'EMA come cambiano le prospettive sulla campagna vaccinale europea e sui rapporti con le case farmaceutiche, come l'Italia sta reagendo e cosa succede nei nostri territori. Ne parliamo con due osservatori qualificati e, soprattutto, super partes. Ospiti il corrispondente AGI da Bruxelles Brahim Maarad e il MSc alla LIUC di Varese in Health care System Management di stanza alla Mälardalen University Giacomo Creta

La gestione pandemica dal punto di vista di uno studente di un ingegnere gestionale e biomedico in visita all'estero, con un focus sul modello svedese e qualche riflessione su UE e Italia. Da Lucera, passando per Cesena e Västerås in Svezia, quattro chiacchiere con un ‘vecchio' amico. Ospite speciale Giacomo Creta, MSc alla LIUC di Varese in Health care System Management di stanza alla Mälardalen University

In this episode using a dialectic approach the author investigates, discusses, and reconciles certain “opinions” as to whether there should be a federal law explicitly for Constitution Information System Management.

Mark Gimson has seen it all when it comes to valves.Now Director of Marketing and International Sales for Cla-Val, Gimson has worked with control valves for more than 35 years and said, honestly, there hasn't been an enormous amount of innovation over that time. However, Cla-Vel's latest technology, Link2Valves, is changing that.“It's basically a secure, web-based platform that allows registered users to locate, manage and maintain their control valves using a phone app interface and a user-dedicated web portal,” Gimson said. “This was really developed because we know that most utilities do track their critical assets … There are a number of asset programs out there to track typical municipal assets, but there wasn't one out there that was detailed and focused enough to track actual control valves.”The system is intuitive for anyone who has operated a smart phone before, with a color-coded system showing which systems need maintenance. Homero Garcia, Area Sales Manager for Cla-Val, also highlighted the ability to take photographs and store them in the platform, allowing technicians to quickly get an understanding of where an issue is occurring and what should be expected once on-site.Once service is completed, the notes are put into Link2Valves and the system is reset to green until it once again needs scheduled maintenance.“The first thing we want to do is verify what kind of valve you have. It's very common in the industry to hear, ‘Hey remember that PRV?' PRV can mean a few different things!,” Garcia said. “We know we have a control valve, but when we are able to look at the pictures that are documented in the app [and say], ‘OK, I remember this valve,” and the customer, all he has to say is, ‘Well No. 12.' We're able to look at that and, over the phone, help him troubleshoot that valve. Sometimes all it takes is two minutes over the phone.”

Now Director of Marketing and International Sales for Cla-Val, Gimson has worked with control valves for more than 35 years and said, while the basic valve has not changed a whole lot but they have become a lot smarter in what they can do. Cla-Val's latest technology, Link2Valves, is building on that. “It's basically a secure, web-based platform that allows registered users to locate, manage and maintain their control valves using a phone app interface and a user-dedicated web portal,” Gimson said. “This was really developed because we know that most utilities do track their critical assets … There are a number of asset programs out there to track typical municipal assets, but there wasn't one out there that was detailed and focused enough to track actual control valves.” The system is intuitive for anyone who has operated a smart phone before, with a color-coded system showing which systems need maintenance. Homero Garcia, Area Sales Manager for Cla-Val, also highlighted the ability to take photographs and store them in the platform, allowing technicians to quickly get an understanding of where an issue is occurring and what should be expected once on-site. Once service is completed, the notes are put into Link2Valves and the system is reset to green until it once again needs scheduled maintenance. “The first thing we want to do is verify what kind of valve you have. It's very common in the industry to hear, ‘Hey remember that PRV?' PRV can mean a few different things!,” Garcia said. “We know we have a control valve, but when we are able to look at the pictures that are documented in the app [and say], ‘OK, I remember this valve,” and the customer, all he has to say is, ‘Well No. 12.' We're able to look at that and, over the phone, help him troubleshoot that valve. Sometimes all it takes is two minutes over the phone.”

According to Cornell University, Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) is an advanced and intensive form of hydroponically-based agriculture where plants grow within a controlled environment to optimize horticultural practices. When it comes to Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA), it is critical to have a comprehensive approach to facility design and management in order to achieve optimal plant growth conditions. Producing crops in a controlled environment, whether in a greenhouse or an indoor facility, has many advantages that can maximize efficiency and production. This increase in production is paired with unique challenges that begin in the design phase of a facility’s operation. Hawthorne is leading the industry in its efforts to better define and overcome these challenges, starting with an integrated approach to design.

Episode #14 IBM AI OPS, the AI system management system that learns, protects, recommends, and fixes your network while you sleep.Welcome to IBM's Keep It Simple (KIS) Technology Podcast hosted by Thomas F. Anglero, Nordic Dir. of Innovation for IBM. In this episode, IBM's CTO of Nordic Cloud Acceleration & Transformation, Mike Ghoraishi, explains how IBM's newest service, AI-OPS, an augmented intelligence service that monitors your network 24/7 using AI to make adjustments, recommendations, fix and predict outages, load balance problems, bandwidth issues, etc.IBM AI-OPS was announced during IBM's THINK 2020 digital conference in the Spring of 2020 and has already been used in real-world situations helping save clients millions in foreseeing disruptions to their network or making a change to the network without human intervention saving money, time, frustration and increase the profitability of the company.  IBM AI-OPS is truly a significant evolution of AI and how it works synergistically with people, not to replace them.  Please subscribe to the podcast and we thank you for listening to the IBM "KIS Technology podcast”.Read much more about IBM, our ways of working and our Cloud offerings here - https://ibm.co/2URU66KWe have also gathered some exiting insights where you pick and choose the ones that fit your needs the best.  Read how you can unleash data and AI for competitive advantage - https://ibm.co/39oc0D3 Manage IT. How to Orchestrate and simplify multi-cloud - https://ibm.co/2UqFtrW Optimize IT. How to Accelerate digital transformation - https://ibm.co/2WTsXCI Build cloud-native. Build once, deploy anywhere - https://ibm.co/33WNmIL Modernize applications. How you can simplify and extend apps with an open, hybrid cloud - https://ibm.co/2wLYRGKEYWORDS: COVID-19, KMD, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Planning, Strategy, Innovation

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, utilities and system operators have continued to manage and operate the electric grid, while dealing with a number of challenges, including: keeping utility employees safe, responding to abrupt changes to electricity demand, protecting customers and preserving reliability. In this episode of Grid Geeks, I discuss the challenges and experiences brought by COVID-19 with two electrical energy industry experts: Dean Sharafi, who heads System Management for the South-West Interconnected System in Australia and Senior Member of IEEE and Member of the IEEE Power Energy Society Governing Board and Juan Carlos Montero, Network Analyst in the Costa Rican National Power Control Center and IEEE PES Vice President of Membership and Image.

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Gotcha Covered, Arriba Restaurant Group and Fazoli's on Franchise Business Radio Interested in Receiving COMPLIMENTARY Guidance on Selecting a Franchise. Contact Pamela Currie, Host of the Franchise Business Radio show. Email Pamela Currie at Pam@FranchiseIntellect.com or Call/Text her at 847-970-8765. Vic Yosha, CEO Gotcha Covered Vic Yosha is the CEO and mastermind behind the Gotcha Connected system. Gotcha Covered started out as a technology company for the window treatment industry but Vic saw the potential for a franchise model centered around our technology and Gotcha Covered was born. Vic has been involved in business ownership his whole life (a very long one) and feels very passionate about sharing his love for entrepreneurship with others.     David Green Gotcha Covered of Midtown Atlanta Divorced Dad of two twenty something sons. Since college I've had a wholesale apparel and medical device career until being downsized due to patents expiring. After doing corporate retail store management for a few years and having my partner get downsized, we decided to start our own business with Gotcha Covered. Topics Discussed Our Story Products and Services Business Model Clients What's next? To Learn About Becoming a Franchisee. Simply Contact Pam@FranchiseIntellect.com Connect with David: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-green-76523b43 www.gotchacovered.com/midtown-Atlanta/ https://www.facebook.com/gotchacoveredmidtown Lamont Brooks Arriba Restaurant Group Career restauranter with over 35 years of franchise experience. Franchisee with some of the industry's most iconic brands, Subway, Quiznos, Fuddruckers Burger King, Pizza Hut, Dunkin Donuts and Central Park. Including domestic and international experience. Topics Discussed Industry trends Service Future of business Connect with Lamont: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lamont-brooks-28a06359 Steve Bailey Fazoli's Senior Director of Franchise Sales Steve Bailey likes to think globally — especially when it comes to expanding Fazoli's around the world. He also has extensive experience in the franchising and hospitality industry, which is necessary to make it happen. After three years with Fazoli's, Bailey has become a trusted ally for existing franchisees and has led single and multi-unit expansion efforts across the country. His strong financial and operational background, along with non-traditional development experience, has helped Fazoli's create unprecedented growth. With prior experience with brands like Sonic, Einstein Bros. Bagels and Checkers Drive-in Restaurants, he understands how to partner with potential franchisees to build success for a growing brand.  “What I love most about Fazoli's is the Leadership and Culture of the brand.  Everyone's focused on delivering exceptional guest experiences and success for our franchisees.” Topics Discussed Fazoli's 30 year track record and growth Fazoli's Renovations Fazoli's Premium Brand & Concept Fazoli's Prospective Franchisee Fazoli's Growth Plans Connect with Steve:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-bailey-a64b628 Fazoli's LinkedIn: Fazoli's System Management, LLC Fazoli's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Fazolis/ Fazoli's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Fazolis Fazoli's Instagram: www.instagram.com/fazolisitalian To Learn About Becoming a Franchisee. Simply Contact Pam@FranchiseIntellect.com The Franchise Business Radio show is a platform to bring together franchise professionals and resources to connect, educate, and collaborate to serve the franchise community and the franchise consumer. Spotlighting Leaders in the Franchise Industry, experts in funding, legal, marketing and consulting. Franchise Business Radio hosted by: Pam Currie, Founder Franchise Intellect Made possible in part by: Franchise Intellect, visit: http://www.FranchiseIntellect.com  

Gotcha Covered, Arriba Restaurant Group and Fazoli's on Franchise Business RadioInterested in Receiving COMPLIMENTARY Guidance on Selecting a Franchise.Contact Pamela Currie, Host of the Franchise Business Radio show.Email Pamela Currie at Pam@FranchiseIntellect.com or Call/Text her at 847-970-8765.Vic Yosha, CEOGotcha CoveredVic Yosha is the CEO and mastermind behind the Gotcha Connected system. Gotcha Covered started out as a technology company for the window treatment industry but Vic saw the potential for a franchise model centered around our technology and Gotcha Covered was born. Vic has been involved in business ownership his whole life (a very long one) and feels very passionate about sharing his love for entrepreneurship with others.David GreenGotcha Covered of Midtown AtlantaDivorced Dad of two twenty something sons. Since college I've had a wholesale apparel and medical device career until being downsized due to patents expiring. After doing corporate retail store management for a few years and having my partner get downsized, we decided to start our own business with Gotcha Covered.Topics DiscussedOur StoryProducts and ServicesBusiness ModelClientsWhat's next?To Learn About Becoming a Franchisee. Simply Contact Pam@FranchiseIntellect.comConnect with David:https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-green-76523b43www.gotchacovered.com/midtown-Atlanta/https://www.facebook.com/gotchacoveredmidtownLamont BrooksArriba Restaurant GroupCareer restauranter with over 35 years of franchise experience. Franchisee with some of the industry's most iconic brands, Subway, Quiznos, Fuddruckers Burger King, Pizza Hut, Dunkin Donuts and Central Park. Including domestic and international experience.Topics DiscussedIndustry trendsServiceFuture of businessConnect with Lamont: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lamont-brooks-28a06359Steve BaileyFazoli's Senior Director of Franchise SalesSteve Bailey likes to think globally — especially when it comes to expanding Fazoli's around the world. He also has extensive experience in the franchising and hospitality industry, which is necessary to make it happen. After three years with Fazoli's, Bailey has become a trusted ally for existing franchisees and has led single and multi-unit expansion efforts across the country. His strong financial and operational background, along with non-traditional development experience, has helped Fazoli's create unprecedented growth. With prior experience with brands like Sonic, Einstein Bros. Bagels and Checkers Drive-in Restaurants, he understands how to partner with potential franchisees to build success for a growing brand.  “What I love most about Fazoli's is the Leadership and Culture of the brand.  Everyone's focused on delivering exceptional guest experiences and success for our franchisees.”Topics DiscussedFazoli's 30 year track record and growthFazoli's RenovationsFazoli's Premium Brand & ConceptFazoli's Prospective FranchiseeFazoli's Growth PlansConnect with Steve:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-bailey-a64b628Fazoli's LinkedIn: Fazoli's System Management, LLCFazoli's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Fazolis/Fazoli's Twitter: https://twitter.com/FazolisFazoli's Instagram: www.instagram.com/fazolisitalianTo Learn About Becoming a Franchisee. Simply Contact Pam@FranchiseIntellect.comThe Franchise Business Radio show is a platform to bring together franchise professionals and resources to connect, educate, and collaborate to serve the franchise community and the franchise consumer. Spotlighting Leaders in the Franchise Industry, experts in funding, legal, marketing and consulting.Franchise Business Radio hosted by:Pam Currie, FounderFranchise IntellectMade possible in part by:Franchise Intellect, visit: http://www.FranchiseIntellect.comAlso made possible in part by:  Franchise City, visit http://www.Franchise.cityTo nominate or submit a guest request visit: http://www.OnAirGuest.comTo view guest photos from this show, visit: http://www.ProBusinessPictures.com

Tim Rowe, Business Architect Application Development & Systems Management IBM i at IBM, joins Josh Hall to discuss Application Development for IBM i and much more.Support IBM Bi-Weekly:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ibmbiweeklyFollow IBM Bi-Weekly:Facebook: https://facebook.com/ibmbiweeklyTwitter: https://twitter.com/ibmbiweeklyWebsite: https://ibmbiweekly.comThank you to The Omni User Group for sponsoring this episode.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/ibmbiweekly)

On this episode of The Takeout, Delivery, and Catering Show, Valerie and Erle speak with Jennifer Crawford, director of off-premise sales at Fazoli's System Management, an Italian quick-service restaurant, and Ernie Davis, National Account Manager for Accurate Box, a box manufacturing plant that produces high graphics boxes. The group discusses what is quickly becoming a true differentiator for brands as more and more product is going the way of takeout, catering, and delivery.

On this episode of The Takeout, Delivery, and Catering Show, Valerie and Erle speak with Jennifer Crawford, director of off-premise sales at Fazoli’s System Management, an Italian quick-service restaurant, and Ernie Davis, National Account Manager for Accurate Box, a box manufacturing plant that produces high graphics boxes. The group discusses what is quickly becoming a true differentiator for brands as more and more product is going the way of takeout, catering, and delivery.

On this episode of The Takeout, Delivery, and Catering Show, Valerie and Erle speak with Jennifer Crawford, director of off-premise sales at Fazoli’s System Management, an Italian quick-service restaurant, and Ernie Davis, National Account Manager for Accurate Box, a box manufacturing plant that produces high graphics boxes. The group discusses what is quickly becoming a true differentiator for brands as more and more product is going the way of takeout, catering, and delivery.

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Simon shares a great list of new capabilities for customers! Chapters: 00:00- 00:08 Opening 00:09 - 10:50 Compute 10:51 - 25:50 Database and Storage 25:51 - 28:25 Network 28:26 - 35:01 Development 35:09 - 39:03 AI/ML 39:04 - 45:04 System Management and Operations 45:05 - 46:18 Identity 46:19 - 48:05 Video Streaming 48:06 - 49:14 Public Datasets 49:15 - 49:54 AWS Marketplace 49:55 - 51:03 YubiKey Support for MFA 51:04 - 51:18 Closing Shownotes: Amazon EC2 F1 Instance Expands to More Regions, Adds New Features, and Improves Development Tools | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/10/amazon-ec2-f1-instance-expands-to-more-regions-adds-new-features-and-improves-development-tools/ Amazon EC2 F1 instances now Available in an Additional Size | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/09/amazon-ec2-f1-instances-now-available-in-an-additional-size/ Amazon EC2 R5 and R5D instances now Available in 8 Additional AWS Regions | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/09/amazon-ec2-r5-and-r5d-instances-now-available-in-8-additional-aws-regions/ Introducing Amazon EC2 High Memory Instances with up to 12 TB of memory, Purpose-built to Run Large In-memory Databases, like SAP HANA | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/09/introducing-amazon-ec2-high-memory-instances-purpose-built-to-run-large-in-memory-databases/ Introducing a New Size for Amazon EC2 G3 Graphics Accelerated Instances | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/10/introducing-a-new-size-for-amazon-ec2-g3-graphics-accelerated-instances/ Amazon EC2 Spot Console Now Supports Scheduled Scaling for Application Auto Scaling | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/09/amazon-ec2-spot-console-now-supports-scheduled-scaling-for-application-auto-scaling/ Amazon Linux 2 Now Supports 32-bit Applications and Libraries | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/09/amazon-linux-2-now-supports-32-bit-applications-and-libraries/ AWS Server Migration Service Adds Support for Migrating Larger Data Volumes | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/09/aws-server-migration-service-adds-support-for-migrating-larger-data-volumes/ AWS Migration Hub Saves Time Migrating with Application Migration Status Automation | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/10/aws_migration_hub_saves_time_migrating_with_application_migration_status_automation/ Plan Your Migration with AWS Application Discovery Service Data Exploration | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/09/plan-your-migration-with-aws-application-discovery-service-data-exploration/ AWS Lambda enables functions that can run up to 15 minutes | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/10/aws-lambda-supports-functions-that-can-run-up-to-15-minutes/ AWS Lambda announces service level agreement | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/10/aws-lambda-introduces-service-level-agreement/ AWS Lambda Console Now Enables You to Manage and Monitor Serverless Applications | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/08/aws-lambda-console-enables-managing-and-monitoring/ Amazon EKS Enables Support for Kubernetes Dynamic Admission Controllers | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/10/amazon-eks-enables-support-for-kubernetes-dynamic-admission-cont/ Amazon EKS Simplifies Cluster Setup with update-kubeconfig CLI Command | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/09/amazon-eks-simplifies-cluster-setup-with-update-kubeconfig-cli-command/ Amazon Aurora Parallel Query is Generally Available | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/09/amazon-aurora-parallel-query-is-generally-available/ Amazon Aurora Now Supports Stopping and Starting of Database Clusters | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/09/amazon-aurora-stop-and-start/ Amazon Aurora Databases Support up to Five Cross-Region Read Replicas | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/09/amazon-aurora-databases-support-up-to-five-cross-region-read-replicas/ Amazon RDS Now Provides Database Deletion Protection | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/09/amazon-rds-now-provides-database-deletion-protection/ Announcing Managed Databases for Amazon Lightsail | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/10/announcing-managed-databases-for-amazon-lightsail/ Amazon RDS for MySQL and MariaDB now Support M5 Instance Types | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/09/amazon-rds-for-mysql-and-mariadb-support-m5-instance-types/ Amazon RDS for Oracle Now Supports Database Storage Size up to 32TiB | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/10/amazon-rds-for-oracle-now-supports-32tib/ Specify Parameter Groups when Restoring Amazon RDS Backups | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/10/specify-parameter-groups-when-restoring-amazon-rds-backups/ Amazon ElastiCache for Redis adds read replica scaling for Redis Cluster | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/09/amazon-elasticache-for-redis-adds-read-replica-scaling-for-redis-cluster/ Amazon Elasticsearch Service now supports encrypted communication between Elasticsearch nodes | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/09/amazon_elasticsearch_service_now_supports_encrypted_communication_between_elasticsearch_nodes/ Amazon Athena adds support for Creating Tables using the results of a Select query (CTAS) | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/10/athena_ctas_support/ Amazon Redshift announces Query Editor to run queries directly from the AWS Management Console | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/10/amazon_redshift_announces_query_editor_to_run_queries_directly_from_the_aws_console/ Support for TensorFlow and S3 select with Spark on Amazon EMR release 5.17.0 | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/09/support-for-tensorflow-s3-select-with-spark-on-amazon-emr-release-517/ AWS Database Migration Service Makes It Easier to Migrate Cassandra Databases to Amazon DynamoDB | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/09/aws-dms-aws-sct-now-support-the-migration-of-apache-cassandra-databases/ The Data Lake Solution Now Integrates with Microsoft Active Directory | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/09/the-data-lake-solution-now-integrates-with-microsoft-active-directory/ Amazon S3 Announces Selective Cross-Region Replication Based on Object Tags | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/09/amazon-s3-announces-selective-crr-based-on-object-tags/ AWS Storage Gateway Is Now Available as a Hardware Appliance | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/09/aws-storage-gateway-is-now-available-as-a-hardware-appliance/ AWS PrivateLink now supports access over AWS VPN | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/09/aws-privatelink-now-supports-access-over-aws-vpn/ AWS PrivateLink now supports access over Inter-Region VPC Peering | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/10/aws-privatelink-now-supports-access-over-inter-region-vpc-peering/ Network Load Balancer now supports AWS VPN | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/09/network-load-balancer-now-supports-aws-vpn/ Network Load Balancer now supports Inter-Region VPC Peering | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/10/network-load-balancer-now-supports-inter-region-vpc-peering/ AWS Direct Connect now Supports Jumbo Frames for Amazon Virtual Private Cloud Traffic | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/10/aws-direct-connect-now-supports-jumbo-frames-for-amazon-virtual-private-cloud-traffic/ Amazon CloudFront announces two new Edge locations, including its second location in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/10/cloudfront-fujairah/ AWS CodeBuild Now Supports Building Bitbucket Pull Requests | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/10/aws-codebuild-now-supports-building-bitbucket-pull-requests/ AWS CodeCommit Supports New File and Folder Actions via the CLI and SDKs | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/09/aws-codecommit-supports-new-file-and-folder-actions-via-the-cli-and-sdks/ AWS Cloud9 Now Supports TypeScript | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/10/aws-cloud9-now-supports-typescript/ AWS CloudFormation coverage updates for Amazon API Gateway, Amazon ECS, Amazon Aurora Serverless, Amazon ElastiCache, and more | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/09/aws-cloudformation-coverage-updates-for-amazon-api-gateway--amaz/ AWS Elastic Beanstalk adds support for T3 instance and Go 1.11 | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/09/aws-elastic-beanstalk-adds-support-for-t3-instance-and-go-1-11/ AWS Elastic Beanstalk Console Supports Network Load Balancer | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/10/aws_elastic_beanstalk_console_supports_network_load_balancer/ AWS Amplify Announces Vue.js Support for Building Cloud-powered Web Applications | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/09/aws-amplify-announces-vuejs-support-for-building-cloud-powered-web-applications/ AWS Amplify Adds Support for Securely Embedding Amazon Sumerian AR/VR Scenes in Web Applications | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/09/AWS-Amplify-adds-support-for-securely-embedding-Amazon-Sumerian/ Amazon API Gateway adds support for multi-value parameters | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/10/amazon-api-gateway-adds-support-for-multi-parameters/ Amazon API Gateway adds support for OpenAPI 3.0 API specification | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/09/amazon-api-gateway-adds-support-for-openapi-3-api-specification/ AWS AppSync Launches a Guided API Builder for Mobile and Web Apps | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/09/AWS-AppSync-launches-a-guided-API-builder-for-apps/ Amazon Polly Adds Mandarin Chinese Language Support | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/09/amazon-polly-adds-mandarin-chinese-language-support/ Amazon Comprehend Extends Natural Language Processing for Additional Languages and Region | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/10/amazon_comprehend_extends_natural_language_processing_for_additional_languages_and_region/ Amazon Transcribe Supports Deletion of Completed Transcription Jobs | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/10/amazon_transcribe_supports_deletion_of_completed_transcription_jobs/ Amazon Rekognition improves the accuracy of image moderation | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/10/amazon-rekognition-improves-the-accuracy-of-image-moderation/ Save time and money by filtering faces during indexing with Amazon Rekognition | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/09/save-time-and-money-by-filtering-faces-during-indexing-with-amazon-rekognition/ Amazon SageMaker Now Supports Tagging for Hyperparameter Tuning Jobs | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/09/amazon-sagemaker-now-supports-tagging-for-hyperparameter-tuning-/ Amazon SageMaker Now Supports an Improved Pipe Mode Implementation | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/10/amazon-sagemaker-now-supports-an-improved-pipe-mode-implementati/ Amazon SageMaker Announces Enhancements to its Built-In Image Classification Algorithm | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/10/amazon-sagemaker-announces-enhancements-to-its-built-in-image-cl/ AWS Glue now supports connecting Amazon SageMaker notebooks to development endpoints | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/10/aws-glue-now-supports-connecting-amazon-sagemaker-notebooks-to-development-endpoints/ AWS Glue now supports resource-based policies and resource-level permissions for the AWS Glue Data Catalog | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/10/aws-glue-now-supports-resource-based-policies-and-resource-level-permissions-and-for-the-AWS-Glue-Data-Catalog/ Resource Groups Tagging API Supports Additional AWS Services | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/10/resource-groups-tagging-api-supports-additional-aws-services/ Changes to Tags on AWS Resources Now Generate Amazon CloudWatch Events | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/09/changes-to-tags-on-aws-resources-now-generate-amazon-cloudwatch-events/ AWS Systems Manager Announces Enhanced Compliance Dashboard | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/10/aws-systems-manager-announces-enhanced-compliance-dashboard/ Conditional Branching Now Supported in AWS Systems Manager Automation | https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/09/Conditional_Branching_Now_Supported_in_AWS_Systems_Manager_Automation/ AWS Systems Manager Launches Custom Approvals for 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Brian Cottam is the Utah State Forester and Director of the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands. Brian is also responsible for wildfire management on state and private lands and oversees Utah State's sovereign lands. On the show, Brian shares what he is most proud of in his career, how young professionals can get ahead by taking an interest in soft skills, and how to best manage the complex ‘ego-system' at work.   Key Takeaways: [:55] A message from Leadership Nature. [1:35] A quick intro about Brian's background. [3:25] How did Brian become interested in forestry? [5:50] What were some of Brian's favorite jobs? [9:10] You can't be successful alone, you can only be successful through partnerships. [10:35] Unfortunately, not enough people have the correct understanding of what it truly means to collaborate with others. [13:45] What is unique about Utah's ecosystem and forests? [16:55] What kind of leadership positions has Brian had over the years? [21:15] Most foresters aren't trained to manage people, so it's important to bring your team with you on the leadership journey. [21:35] What is Brian most proud of? [26:15] Brian was not aware of how political you have to be at the state forester level when he first took on the position. [28:15] What does Brian wish he'd learned sooner about leadership? [34:40] Brian discusses what he loves about working with the younger generation. [38:00] What advice does Brian have for the young professionals out there? [46:30] What other lessons has Brian learned throughout the years?   Mentioned in This Episode: Ffsl.utah.gov Brian on LinkedIn Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In, by Roger Fisher, William L. Ury, and Bruce Patton

We read a trip report about FreeBSD in China, look at how Unix deals with Signals, a stats collector in DragonFlyBSD & much more! This episode was brought to you by Headlines Trip Report: FreeBSD in China at COPU and LinuxCon (https://www.freebsdfoundation.org/blog/trip-report-freebsd-in-china-at-copu-and-linuxcon/) This trip report is from Deb Goodkin, the Executive Director of the FreeBSD Foundation. She travelled to China in May 2017 to promote FreeBSD, meet with companies, and participate in discussions around Open Source. > In May of 2017, we were invited to give a talk about FreeBSD at COPU's (China Open Source Promotional Unit) Open Source China, Open Source World Summit, which took place June 21-22, in Beijing. This was a tremendous opportunity to talk about the advantages of FreeBSD to the open source leaders and organizations interested in open source. I was honored to represent the Project and Foundation and give the presentation “FreeBSD Advantages and Applications”. > Since I was already going to be in Beijing, and LinuxCon China was being held right before the COPU event, Microsoft invited me to be part of a women-in-tech panel they were sponsoring. There were six of us on the panel including two from Microsoft, one from the Linux Foundation, one from Accenture of China, and one from Women Who Code. Two of us spoke in English, with everyone else speaking Chinese. It was disappointing that we didn't have translators, because I would have loved hearing everyone's answers. We had excellent questions from the audience at the end. I also had a chance to talk with a journalist from Beijing, where I emphasized how contributing to an open source project, like FreeBSD, is a wonderful way to get experience to boost your resume for a job. > The first day of LinuxCon also happened to be FreeBSD Day. I had my posters with me and was thrilled to have the Honorary Chairman of COPU (also known as the “Father of Open Source in China”) hold one up for a photo op. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to get a copy of that photo for proof (I'm still working on it!). We spent a long time discussing the strengths of FreeBSD. He believes there are many applications in China that could benefit from FreeBSD, especially for embedded devices, university research, and open source education. We had more time throughout the week to discuss FreeBSD in more detail. > Since I was at LinuxCon, I had a chance to meet with people from the Linux Foundation, other open source projects, and some of our donors. With LinuxCon changing its name to Open Source Summit, I discussed how important it is to include minority voices like ours to contribute to improving the open source ecosystem. The people I talked to within the Linux Foundation agreed and suggested that we get someone from the Project to give a talk at the Open Source Summit in Prague this October. Jim Zemlin, the Linux Foundation Executive Director, suggested having a BSD track at the summits. We did miss the call for proposals for that conference, but we need to get people to consider submitting proposals for the Open Source Summits in 2018. > I talked to a CTO from a company that donates to us and he brought up his belief that FreeBSD is much easier to get started on as a contributor. He talked about the steep path in Linux to getting contributions accepted due to having over 10,000 developers and the hierarchy of decision makers, from Linus to his main lieutenants to the layers beneath him. It can take 6 months to get your changes in! > On Tuesday, Kylie and I met with a representative from Huawei, who we've been meeting over the phone with over the past few months. Huawei has a FreeBSD contributor and is looking to add more. We were thrilled to hear they decided to donate this year. We look forward to helping them get up to speed with FreeBSD and collaborate with the Project. > Wednesday marked the beginning of COPU and the reason I flew all the way to Beijing! We started the summit with having a group photo of all the speakers:The honorary chairman, Professor Lu in the front middle. > My presentation was called “FreeBSD Advantages and Applications”. A lot of the material came from Foundation Board President, George-Neville-Neil's presentation, “FreeBSD is not a Linux Distribution”, which is a wonderful introduction to FreeBSD and includes the history of FreeBSD, who uses it and why, and which features stand out. My presentation went well, with Professor Lu and others engaged through the translators. Afterwards, I was invited to a VIP dinner, which I was thrilled about. > The only hitch was that Kylie and I were running a FreeBSD meetup that evening, and both were important! Beijing during rush hour is crazy, even trying to go only a couple of miles is challenging. We made plans that I would go to the meetup and give the same presentation, and then head back to the dinner. Amazingly, it worked out. Check out the rest of her trip report and stay tuned for more news from the region as this is one of the focus areas of the Foundation. *** Unix: Dealing with signals (http://www.networkworld.com/article/3211296/linux/unix-dealing-with-signals.html) Signals on Unix systems are critical to the way processes live and die. This article looks at how they're generated, how they work, and how processes receive or block them On Unix systems, there are several ways to send signals to processes—with a kill command, with a keyboard sequence (like control-C), or through a program Signals are also generated by hardware exceptions such as segmentation faults and illegal instructions, timers and child process termination. But how do you know what signals a process will react to? After all, what a process is programmed to do and able to ignore is another issue. Fortunately, the /proc file system makes information about how processes handle signals (and which they block or ignore) accessible with commands like the one shown below. In this command, we're looking at information related to the login shell for the current user, the "$$" representing the current process. On FreeBSD, you can use procstat -i PID to get that and even more information, and easier to digest form P if signal is pending in the global process queue I if signal delivery disposition is SIGIGN C if signal delivery is to catch it Catching a signal requires that a signal handling function exists in the process to handle a given signal. The SIGKILL (9) and SIGSTOP (#) signals cannot be ignored or caught. For example, if you wanted to tell the kernel that ctrl-C's are to be ignored, you would include something like this in your source code: signal(SIGINT, SIGIGN); To ensure that the default action for a signal is taken, you would do something like this instead: signal(SIGSEGV, SIGDFL); + The article then shows some ways to send signals from the command line, for example to send SIGHUP to a process with pid 1234: kill -HUP 1234 + You can get a list of the different signals by running kill -l On Unix systems, signals are used to send all kinds of information to running processes, and they come from user commands, other processes, and the kernel itself. Through /proc, information about how processes are handling signals is now easily accessible and, with just a little manipulation of the data, easy to understand. links owned by NGZ erroneously marked as on loan (https://smartos.org/bugview/OS-6274) NGZ (Non-Global Zone), is IllumOS speak for their equivalent to a jail > As reported by user brianewell in smartos-live#737, NGZ ip tunnels stopped persisting across zone reboot. This behavior appeared in the 20170202 PI and was not present in previous releases. After much spelunking I determined that this was caused by a regression introduced in commit 33df115 (part of the OS-5363 work). The regression was a one-line change to link_activate() which marks NGZ links as on loan when they are in fact not loaned because the NGZ created and owns the link. “On loan” means the interface belongs to the host (GZ, Global Zone), and has been loaned to the NGZ (Jail) This regression was easy to introduce because of the subtle nature of this code and lack of comments. I'm going to remove the regressive line, add clarifying comments, and also add some asserts. The following is a detailed analysis of the issue, how I debugged it, and why my one-line change caused the regression: To start I verified that PI 20170119 work as expected: booted 20170119 created iptun (named v4sys76) inside of a native NGZ (names sos-zone) performed a reboot of sos-zone zlogin to sos-zone and verify iptun still exists after reboot Then I booted the GZ into PI 20170202 and verified the iptun did not show up booted 20170202 started sos-zone zlogin and verified the iptun was missing At this point I thought I would recreate the iptun and see if I could monitor the zone halt/boot process for the culprit, but instead I received an error from dladm: "object already exists". I didn't expect this. So I used mdb to inspect the dlmgmtd state. Sure enough the iptun exists in dlmgmtd. Okay, so if the link already exists, why doesn't it show up (in either the GZ or the NGZ)? If a link is not marked as active then it won't show up when you query dladm. When booting the zone on 20170119 the llflags for the iptun contained the value 0x3. So the problem is the link is not marked as active on the 20170202 PI. The linkactivate() function is responsible for marking a link as active. I used dtrace to verify this function was called on the 20170202 PI and that the dlmgmtlinkt had the correct llflags value. So the iptun link structure has the correct llflags when linkactivate() returns but when I inspect the same structure with mdb afterwards the value has changed. Sometime after linkactivate() completes some other process changed the llflags value. My next question was: where is linkactivate() called and what comes after it that might affect the llflags? I did another trace and got this stack. The dlmgmtupid() function calls dlmgmtwritedbentry() after linkactivate() and that can change the flags. But dtrace proved the llflags value was still 0x3 after returning from this function. With no obvious questions left I then asked cscope to show me all places where llflags is modified. As I walked through the list I used dtrace to eliminate candidates one at a time -- until I reached dlmgmtdestroycommon(). I would not have expected this function to show up during zone boot but sure enough it was being called somehow, and by someone. Who? Since there is no easy way to track door calls it was at this point I decided to go nuclear and use the dtrace stop action to stop dlmgmtd when it hits dlmgmtdestroycommon(). Then I used mdb -k to inspect the door info for the dlmgmtd threads and look for my culprit. The culprit is doupiptun() caused by the dladm up-iptun call. Using ptree I then realized this was happening as part of the zone boot under the network/iptun svc startup. At this point it was a matter of doing a zlogin to sos-zone and running truss on dladm up-iptun to find the real reason why dladmdestroydatalinkid() is called. So the link is marked as inactive because dladmgetsnapconf() fails with DLADMSTATUSDENIED which is mapped to EACCESS. Looking at the dladmgetsnapconf() code I see the following “The caller is in a non-global zone and the persistent configuration belongs to the global zone.” What this is saying is that if a link is marked "on loan" (meaning it's technically owned/created by the GZ but assigned/loaned to the NGZ) and the zone calling dladmgetsnapconf() is an NGZ then return EACCESS because the configuration of the link is up to the GZ, not the NGZ. This code is correct and should be enforced, but why is it tripping in PI 20170202 and not 20170119? It comes back to my earlier observation that in the 20170202 PI we marked the iptun as "on loan" but not in the older one. Why? Well as it turns out while fixing OS-5363 I fixed what I thought was a bug in linkactivate() When I first read this code it was my understanding that anytime we added a link to a zone's datalink list, by calling zoneadddatalink(), that link was then considered "on loan". My understanding was incorrect. The linkactivate() code has a subtleness that eluded me. There are two cases in linkactivate(): 1. The link is under an NGZ's datalink list but it's lllinkid doesn't reflect that (e.g., the link is found under zoneid 3 but lllinkid is 0). In this case the link is owned by the GZ but is being loaned to an NGZ and the link state should be updated accordingly. We get in this situation when dlmgmtd is restated for some reason (it must resync it's in-memory state with the state of the system). 2. The link is NOT under any NGZ's (zonecheckdatalink() is only concerned with NGZs) datalink list but its llzoneid holds the value of an NGZ. This indicates that the link is owned by an NGZ but for whatever reason is not currently under the NGZ's datalink list (e.g., because we are booting the zone and we now need to assign the link to its list). So the fix is to revert that one line change as well as add some clarifying comments and also some asserts to prevent further confusion in the future. + A nice breakdown by Ryan Zezeski of how he accidently introduced a regression, and how he tracked it down using dtrace and mdb New experimental statistics collector in master (http://dpaste.com/2YP0X9C) Master now has an in-kernel statistics collector which is enabled by default, and a (still primitive) user land program to access it. This recorder samples the state of the machine once every 10 seconds and records it in a large FIFO, all in-kernel. The FIFO typically contains 8192 entries, or around the last 23 hours worth of data. Statistics recorded include current load, user/sys/idle cpu use, swap use, VM fault rate, VM memory statistics, and counters for syscalls, path lookups, and various interrupt types. A few more useful counters will probably be added... I'd like to tie cpu temperature, fork rate, and exec rate in at some point, as well as network and disk traffic. The statistics gathering takes essentially no real overhead and is always on, so any user at the spur of the moment with no prior intent can query the last 23 hours worth of data. There is a user frontend to the data called 'kcollect' (its tied into the buildworld now). Currently still primitive. Ultimately my intention is to integrate it with a dbm database for long-term statistical data retention (if desired) using an occasional (like once-an-hour) cron-job to soak up anything new, with plenty of wiggle room due to the amount of time the kernel keeps itself. This is better and less invasive than having a userland statistics gathering script running every few minutes from cron and has the advantage of giving you a lot of data on the spur of the moment without having to ask for it before-hand. If you have gnuplot installed (pkg install gnuplot), kcollect can generate some useful graphs based on the in-kernel data. Well, it will be boring if the machine isn't doing anything :-). There are options to use gnuplot to generate a plot window in X or a .jpg or .png file, and other options to set the width and height and such. At the moment the gnuplot output uses a subset of statically defined fields to plot but ultimately the field list it uses will be specifiable. Sample image generated during a synth run (http://apollo.backplane.com/DFlyMisc/kcollect03.jpg) News Roundup openbsd changes of note 626 (https://www.tedunangst.com/flak/post/openbsd-changes-of-note-626) Hackerthon is imminent. There are two signals one can receive after accessing invalid memory, SIGBUS and SIGSEGV. Nobody seems to know what the difference is or should be, although some theories have been unearthed. Make some attempt to be slightly more consistent and predictable in OpenBSD. Introduces jiffies in an effort to appease our penguin oppressors. Clarify that IP.OF.UPSTREAM.RESOLVER is not actually the hostname of a server you can use. Switch acpibat to use _BIX before _BIF, which means you might see discharge cycle counts, too. Assorted clang compatibility. clang uses -Oz to mean optimize for size and -Os for something else, so make gcc accept -Oz so all makefiles can be the same. Adjust some hardlinks. Make sure we build gcc with gcc. The SSLcheckprivate_key function is a lie. Switch the amd64 and i386 compiler to clang and see what happens. We are moving towards using wscons (wstpad) as the driver for touchpads. Dancing with the stars, er, NET_LOCK(). clang emits lots of warnings. Fix some of them. Turn off a bunch of clang builtins because we have a strong preference that code use our libc versions. Some other changes because clang is not gcc. Among other curiosities, static variables in the special .openbsd.randomdata are sometimes assumed to be all zero, leading the clang optimizer to eliminate reads of such variables. Some more pledge rules for sed. If the script doesn't require opening new files, don't let it. Backport a bajillion fixes to stable. Release errata. RFC 1885 was obsoleted nearly 20 years ago by RFC 2463 which was obsoleted over 10 years ago by RFC 4443. We are probably not going back. Update libexpat to 2.2.3. vmm: support more than 3855MB guest memory. Merge libdrm 2.4.82. Disable SSE optimizations on i386/amd64 for SlowBcopy. It is supposed to be slow. Prevents crashes when talking to memory mapped video memory in a hypervisor. The $25 “FREEDOM Laptop!” (https://functionallyparanoid.com/2017/08/08/the-25-freedom-laptop/) Time to get back to the original intent of this blog – talking about my paranoid obsession with information security! So break out your tinfoil hats my friends because this will be a fun ride. I'm looking for the most open source / freedom respecting portable computing experience I can possibly find and I'm going to document my work in real-time so you will get to experience the ups (and possibly the downs) of that path through the universe. With that said, let's get rolling. When I built my OpenBSD router using the APU2 board, I discovered that there are some amd64 systems that use open source BIOS. This one used Coreboot and after some investigation I discovered that there was an even more paranoid open source BIOS called Libreboot out there. That started to feel like it might scratch my itch. Well, after playing around with some lower-powered systems like my APU2 board, my Thinkpad x230 and my SPARC64 boxes, I thought, if it runs amd64 code and I can run an open source operating system on it, the thing should be powerful enough for me to do most (if not all) of what I need it to do. At this point, I started looking for a viable machine. From a performance perspective, it looked like the Thinkpad x200, T400, T500 and W500 were all viable candidates. After paying attention on eBay for a while, I saw something that was either going to be a sweet deal, or a throwaway piece of garbage! I found a listing for a Thinkpad T500 that said it didn't come with a power adapter and was 100% untested. From looking at the photos, it seemed like there was nothing that had been molested about it. Obviously, nobody was jumping on something this risky so I thought, “what the heck” and dropped a bit at the opening price of $24.99. Well, guess what. I won the auction. Now to see what I got. When the laptop showed up, I discovered it was minus its hard drive (but the outside plastic cover was still in place). I plugged in my x230's power adapter and hit the button. I got lights and was dropped to the BIOS screen. To my eternal joy, I discovered that the machine I had purchased for $25 was 100% functional and included the T9400 2.54 GHz Core 2 Duo CPU and the 1680×1050 display panel. W00t! First things first, I need to get this machine a hard drive and get the RAM upgraded from the 2GB that it showed up with to 8GB. Good news is that these two purchases only totaled $50 for the pair. An aftermarket 9-cell replacement battery was another $20. Throw in a supported WiFi card that doesn't require a non-free blob from Libreboot at $5.99 off of eBay and $5 for a hard drive caddy and I'm looking at about $65 in additional parts bringing the total cost of the laptop, fully loaded up at just over $100. Not bad at all… Once all of the parts arrived and were installed, now for the fun part. Disassembling the entire thing down to the motherboard so we can re-flash the BIOS with Libreboot. The guide looks particularly challenging for this but hey, I have a nice set of screwdrivers from iFixit and a remarkable lack of fear when it comes to disassembling things. Should be fun! Well, fun didn't even come close. I wish I had shot some pictures along the way because at one point I had a heap of parts in one corner of my “workbench” (the dining room table) and just the bare motherboard, minus the CPU sitting in front of me. With the help of a clip and a bunch of whoops wires (patch cables), I connected my Beaglebone Black to the BIOS chip on the bare motherboard and attempted to read the chip. #fail I figured out after doing some more digging that you need to use the connector on the left side of the BBB if you hold it with the power connector facing away from you. In addition, you should probably read the entire process through instead of stopping at the exciting pinout connector diagram because I missed the bit about the 3.3v power supply need to have ground connected to pin 2 of the BIOS chip. Speaking of that infamous 3.3v power supply, I managed to bend a paperclip into a U shape and jam it into the connector of an old ATX power supply I had in a closet and source power from that. I felt like MacGyver for that one! I was able to successfully read the original Thinkpad BIOS and then flash the Libreboot + Grub2 VESA framebuffer image onto the laptop! I gulped loudly and started the reassembly process. Other than having some cable routing difficulties because the replacement WiFi card didn't have a 5Ghz antenna, it all went back together. Now for the moment of truth! I hit the power button and everything worked!!! At this point I happily scurried to download the latest snapshot of OpenBSD – current and install it. Well, things got a little weird here. Looks like I have to use GRUB to boot this machine now and GRUB won't boot an OpenBSD machine with Full Disk Encryption. That was a bit of a bummer for me. I tilted against that windmill for several days and then finally admitted defeat. So now what to do? Install Arch? Well, here's where I think the crazy caught up to me. I decided to be an utter sell out and install Ubuntu Gnome Edition 17.04 (since that will be the default DE going forward) with full disk encryption. I figured I could have fun playing around in a foreign land and try to harden the heck out of that operating system. I called Ubuntu “grandma's Linux” because a friend of mine installed it on his mom's laptop for her but I figured what the heck – let's see how the other half live! At this point, while I didn't have what I originally set out to do – build a laptop with Libreboot and OpenBSD, I did have a nice compromise that is as well hardened as I can possibly make it and very functional in terms of being able to do what I need to do on a day to day basis. Do I wish it was more portable? Of course. This thing is like a six or seven pounder. However, I feel much more secure in knowing that the vast majority of the code running on this machine is open source and has all the eyes of the community on it, versus something that comes from a vendor that we cannot inspect. My hope is that someone with the talent (unfortunately I lack those skills) takes an interest in getting FDE working with Libreboot on OpenBSD and I will most happily nuke and repave this “ancient of days” machine to run that! FreeBSD Programmers Report Ryzen SMT Bug That Hangs Or Resets Machines (https://hothardware.com/news/freebsd-programmers-report-ryzen-smt-bug-that-hangs-or-resets-machines) It's starting to look like there's an inherent bug with AMD's Zen-based chips that is causing issues on Unix-based operating systems, with both Linux and FreeBSD confirmed. The bug doesn't just affect Ryzen desktop chips, but also AMD's enterprise EPYC chips. It seems safe to assume that Threadripper will bundle it in, as well. It's not entirely clear what is causing the issue, but it's related to the CPU being maxed out in operations, thus causing data to get shifted around in memory, ultimately resulting in unstable software. If the bug is exercised a certain way, it can even cause machines to reset. The revelation about the issue on FreeBSD was posted to the official repository, where the issue is said to happen when threads can lock up, and then cause the system to become unstable. Getting rid of the issue seems as simple as disabling SMT, but that would then negate the benefits provided by having so many threads at-the-ready. On the Linux side of the Unix fence, Phoronix reports on similar issues, where stressing Zen chips with intensive benchmarks can cause one segmentation fault after another. The issue is so profound, that Phoronix Test Suite developer Michael Larabel introduced a special test that can be run to act as a bit of a proof-of-concept. To test another way, PTS can be run with this command: PTS_CONCURRENT_TEST_RUNS=4 TOTAL_LOOP_TIME=60 phoronix-test-suite stress-run build-linux-kernel build-php build-apache build-imagemagick Running this command will compile four different software projects at once, over and over, for an hour. Before long, segfaults should begin to appear (as seen in the shot above). It's not entirely clear if both sets of issues here are related, but seeing as both involve stressing the CPU to its limit, it seems likely. Whether or not this could be patched on a kernel or EFI level is something yet to be seen. TrueOS - UNSTABLE update: 8/7/17 (https://www.trueos.org/blog/unstable-update-8717/) A new UNSTABLE update for TrueOS is available! Released regularly, UNSTABLE updates are the full “rolling release” of TrueOS. UNSTABLE includes experimental features, bugfixes, and other CURRENT FreeBSD work. It is meant to be used by those users interested in using the latest TrueOS and FreeBSD developments to help test and improve these projects. WARNING: UNSTABLE updates are released primarily for TrueOS and FreeBSD testing/experimentation purposes. Update and run UNSTABLE “at your own risk”. Note: There was a CDN issue over the weekend that caused issues for early updaters. Everything appears to be resolved and the update is fully available again. If you encountered instability or package issues from updating on 8/6 or 8/5, roll back to a previous boot environment and run the update again. Changes: UNSTABLE .iso and .img files beginning with TrueOS-2017-08-3-x64 will be available to download from http://download.trueos.org/unstable/amd64/. Due to CDN issues, these are not quite available, look for them later today or tomorrow (8/8/17). This update resyncs all ports with FreeBSD as of 8.1.2017. This includes: New/updated FreeBSD Kernel and World & New DRM (Direct Rendering Manager) next. Experimental patch for libhyve-remote: (From htps://github.com/trueos/freebsd/commit/a67a73e49538448629ea27, thanks araujobsd) The libhyve-remote aims to abstract functionalities from other third party libraries like libvncserver, freerdp, and spice to be used in hypervisor implementation. With a basic data structure it is easy to implement any remote desktop protocol without digging into the protocol specification or third part libraries – check some of our examples.We don't statically link any third party library, instead we use a dynamic linker and load only the functionality necessary to launch the service.Our target is to abstract functionalities from libvncserver, freerdp and spice. Right now, libhyve-remote only supports libvncserver. It is possible to launch a VNC server with different screen resolution as well as with authentication.With this patch we implement support for bhyve to use libhyve-remote that basically abstract some functionalities from libvncserver. We can: Enable wait state, Enable authentication, Enable different resolutions< Have a better compression. Also, we add a new -s flag for vncserver, if the libhyve-remote library is not present in the system, we fallback to bhyve RFB implementation. For example: -s 2,fbuf,tcp=0.0.0.0:5937,w=800,h=600,password=1234567,vncserver,wait New SysAdm Client pages under the System Management category: System Control: This is an interface to browse all the sysctl's on the system. Devices: This lists all known information about devices on the designated system. Lumina Theming: Lumina is testing new theming functionality! By default (in UNSTABLE), a heavily customized version of the Qt5ct engine is included and enabled. This is intended to allow users to quickly adjust themes/icon packs without needing to log out and back in. This also fixes a bug in Insight with different icons loading for the side and primary windows. Look for more information about this new functionality to be discussed on the Lumina Website. Update to Iridium Web Browser: Iridium is a Chromium based browser built with user privacy and security as the primary concern, but still maintaining the speed and usability of Chromium. It is now up to date – give it a try and let us know what you think (search for iridium-browser in AppCafe). Beastie Bits GhostBSD 11.1 Alpha1 is ready (http://www.ghostbsd.org/11.1-ALPHA1) A Special CharmBUG announcement (https://www.meetup.com/CharmBUG/events/242563414/) Byhve Obfuscation Part 1 of Many (https://github.com/HardenedBSD/hardenedBSD/commit/59eabffdca53275086493836f732f24195f3a91d) New BSDMag is out (https://bsdmag.org/download/bsd-magazine-overriding-libc-functions/) git: kernel - Lower VMMAXUSER_ADDRESS to finalize work-around for Ryzen bug (http://lists.dragonflybsd.org/pipermail/commits/2017-August/626190.html) Ken Thompson corrects one of his biggest regrets (https://twitter.com/_rsc/status/897555509141794817) *** Feedback/Questions Hans - zxfer (http://dpaste.com/2SQYQV2) Harza - Google Summer of Code (http://dpaste.com/2175GEB) tadslot - Microphones, Proprietary software, and feedback (http://dpaste.com/154MY1H) Florian - ZFS/Jail (http://dpaste.com/2V9VFAC) Modifying a ZFS root system to a beadm layout (http://dan.langille.org/2015/03/11/modifying-a-zfs-root-system-to-a-beadm-layout/) ***

In the fourth Multiplicity 101 podcast, Bluejay Young of the Astraea group interviews Klio of the Rhymers' House Collective. Klio explains the Rhymers' "gateway" system and how a changing group of individuals share and organize the life of a single body. For transcripts of Plural Activism podcasts visit http://multiplicity101.com/?paged=5&cat=3. Your questions and comments are welcome at 101@multiplicity101.com. Support us by buying plural swag at our Cafepress Store, plural_pride – and come join us on Yahoo Groups Plural Activism discussion! It's at https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Plural_Activism/info .

In the fourth Multiplicity 101 podcast, Bluejay Young of the Astraea group interviews Klio of the Rhymers' House Collective. Klio explains the Rhymers' "gateway" system and how a changing group of individuals share and organize the life of a single body. For transcripts of Plural Activism podcasts visit http://multiplicity101.com/?paged=5&cat=3. Your questions and comments are welcome at 101@multiplicity101.com. Support us by buying plural swag at our Cafepress Store, plural_pride – and come join us on Yahoo Groups Plural Activism discussion! It's at https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Plural_Activism/info .

The Support System Management Worksheet This month’s theme is Support System Management and you can get the worksheet at AffirmationPod.com/support Follow along with your free Support System Worksheet as I answer the following questions Who's in your inner circle? Who's in your outer circle? Who's in your no longer circle? Who's in my never/never again circle? Mentioned in this episode: Three types of Soul Mates from Wellth by Jason Wachob of MindBodyGreen The one you aren’t meant to be with The one who allows you to be your true self and who stays with you forever The one who is a platonic friend with whom you are always connected to and feel you can share your innermost thoughts and emotions Want More?  Download the App! Feel better, stronger and more confident with the Affirmation Pod App!  This episode is in the section "Relationships” The AP Access App is where you can easily mark your favorites, make your own playlist, download to listen offline and a whole lot more!  It's also where you can sign up for premium access, which gives you all episodes with no ads and no announcements plus bonus content you won’t find on the podcast.  Download the App at AffirmationPodApp.com!              

On this week's episode of HomeTech: We are joined by Mike Maniscalco, co-founder of Ihiji, to discuss the company's robust system monitoring platform. Established in 2009, Ihiji was a first-mover in the remote technology management space. Mike shares his thoughts on the importance of RMR, and how his company helps home tech pros make the critical transition to service based pricing. That plus… The (unsurprising) demise of Kaleidescape. Samsung jumps on the voice control bandwagon. Reinventing WiFi seems to be all the rage. And Amazon has its eyes set on the streaming music game. Fan of the podcast? Want to support our efforts? Please consider becoming a Patron!

An interview with Kris Moore about the Warden jail management system, iocage, and progress on a new system management API.File Info: 30Min, 14MB.Ogg Link: https://archive.org/download/BSDTalk261/BSDTalk261.ogg

The endpoint management experts at ITS Partners will walk you through the process changes required to successfully execute on the migration of your Windows endpoints and Microsoft Office installations. They will cover: *Review of EOL support announcements from Microsoft*Overview of version migration paths for Windows Operating System*Overview of version migration paths for Microsoft Office*Accounting for your Mac endpoints during the migration*Gotchas for infrastructure services like Deployment Services, Exchange and Sharepoint*Preview of ITS tools & processes for managing & automating migrations Microsoft will end their support for Windows XP and Office 2003 on April 8, 2014. With just over thirteen months remaining, approximately 40% of all users are still using XP and/or Office 2003. Is your company in this boat? Are you using either Symantec or Microsoft as your system management tool? We know migrating can be an expensive and time consuming process. Check out this video and find out how ITS Partners may be able to help!

One of the reasons there are not too many IT and System Management Mobile Apps is the struggle of IT Solution providers to decide what to put in the APP. Let’s face it, IT and System Management desktop software has so many menus that even a 30 Inch display would not fit all the systems and logs you'd want to see. Then how do you put all this good stuff into a 10 Inch iPad, not to mention the 5 Inch iPhone?