• Lauren Malhoit Blog


    Thanks for visiting Lauren Malhoit's blog. I hope to share with you all things virtual that I encounter in my real world (and sometimes not so real world) journey through the data center. I'll be sharing content from many virtualization vendors and cloud providers as well as several open source projects.

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    Top Shelf Script Generator

    FastTrack is really more like an application generator and it’s clear that it was designed to automate and manage all system processes and much more. One special benefit of FastTrack is […]

    Lauren Malhoit Posted On April 20, 2016 26

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    Unique Process ID

    In the previous installment, it was noted that the last variable in the AHK Run command, OutputVarPID, is important in a multi-user, multi-tasking environment.  Here’s an example: Application software originally written […]

    Lauren Malhoit Posted On April 19, 2016 26

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    Echo Off

    Process automation

    Lauren Malhoit Posted On April 18, 2016 26

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    Scripting Languages

    Scripting has become fairly sophisticated

    Lauren Malhoit Posted On April 17, 2016 26

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    A Case for Ease of Learning

    There are several reasons for the popularity of PHP.  Arguably the most compelling reasons are the short learning curve and the extensive support.  Certainly the former begets the latter.  Experts […]

    Lauren Malhoit Posted On April 13, 2016 26

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    OpenStack Summit in Austin 2016

    I found out today I'll be attending the OpenStack Summit in Austin. This will be my third OpenStack Summit, but the first one where I'll be able to experience something […]

    Lauren Malhoit Posted On April 1, 2016 26

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    Microsoft Continues to Embrace Linux

    A few weeks ago Microsoft announced that it would allow SQL to be loaded on Linux which came as quite a surprise to a lot of us, though most people […]

    Lauren Malhoit Posted On April 1, 2016 26

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    Dell Takes $11M Pay Cut

    In less interesting news, Michael Dell took an $11M pay cut this year assumedly to help offset the cost of the EMC acquisition for $67B dollars. If you're concerned for […]

    Lauren Malhoit Posted On April 1, 2016 26

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    What is ISSU?

    I've been hearing about ISSU for a while now, but never really knew what it was. Finally, when ACI started supporting it I thought maybe I should look into it. […]

    Lauren Malhoit Posted On March 31, 2016 26

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    Going Towards an Application Centric Model

    I ofter talk about Cisco ACI because that's what I work with for a living. A lot of times we get complaints about how much design needs to be done […]

    Lauren Malhoit Posted On March 30, 2016 26