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What is an inode and what are they used for?

Inodes, speculated to be short for “index nodes,” have been around since the introduction of the first UNIX file system around the late 1970s. They were adopted into Linux in the 90s—and for good reason. They’re an excellent way to keep track of how your files are stored, and the method many systems are still based on today.

Why Network Slicing is the Holy Grail for Telco's in the 5G Era

Legacy generations of networks have predominately provided services with best-effort delivery. While this has worked for voice, text and best- effort broadband services, end users are hampered with buffering, delays, and drops as the demand for feature-rich services continues to grow.

Introducing Cycle.io

Built for businesses of all sizes, the Cycle Platform becomes the bridge between your infrastructure and your software. With its software as a service (SaaS) approach to infrastructure management, any servers deployed via Cycle will automatically receive all platform updates. Empower your developers to do what they do best, and leaving the rest to Cycle. Connect with us: Website: cycle.io Slack: cycle.slack.io Linkedin: linkedin.com/company/cycle-platform/ Twitter: twitter.com/cycleplatform Facebook: facebook.com/CyclePlatform

Managing Sensu Go 6 using Ansible

Earlier this year, we shared the certified Ansible Collection for Sensu Go, which makes it easy to automate your monitoring and achieve real-time visibility into auto-scaling infrastructure. Now that Sensu Go 6 has been released, we’ll share the latest updates on the Collection, including the management aspects of Sensu Go 6, with a focus on the structure of Ansible playbooks in the Sensu Go 6 world.

Securing Financial Transactions with Rancher

“With Rancher and Kubernetes, we’ve started moving to a microservices architecture. What this means is our teams don’t have to know Kubernetes inside out, just the projects they’re working on. Rancher simplifies Kubernetes for technicians, which results in greater agility and innovation.” Tertius Wessels, Senior Vice President of Engineering, Entersekt We’ve all heard about high-profile security hacks and have no doubt been the recipient of phishing emails.