The NFL Gets a Taste of Crypto as Grayscale Partners With the New York Giants
May06

The NFL Gets a Taste of Crypto as Grayscale Partners With the New York Giants

The world’s largest cryptocurrency asset manager Grayscale Investments has announced the first partnership with a National Football League (NFL) team. Grayscale will be the official digital currency asset management partner for the New York Giants and will sponsor a number of events. Grayscale Investments Partners With the New York Giants Following a number of NBA teams getting in on crypto-asset acceptance and partnering with crypto...

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Cox Sues Rightscorp and BMG over ‘Abusive’ DMCA Notice Campaign
May06

Cox Sues Rightscorp and BMG over ‘Abusive’ DMCA Notice Campaign

Internet provider Cox Communications has been on the losing end of several piracy lawsuits in recent years. In December 2015, a Virginia federal jury held Cox Communications responsible for pirating subscribers, ordering the company to pay music publisher BMG Rights Management $25 million in damages. This damages figure was reduced in a settlement agreement but, soon after, the Internet provider was hit with a $1 billion jury verdict...

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Learn essential Kubernetes commands with a new cheat sheet
May06

Learn essential Kubernetes commands with a new cheat sheet

The cloud runs largely on Kubernetes, Kubernetes largely runs on Linux, and Linux runs best when it has a skilled sysadmin at the controls. Whether you consider yourself a cloud architect or just a humble sysadmin, the modern internet needs users who understand how applications and services can be created within containers, scaled on demand, and monitored and managed judiciously. One of the first steps into the brave world of...

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Resolve DHCPD and HTTPD startup failures with Ansible
May06

Resolve DHCPD and HTTPD startup failures with Ansible

Last year, I had a problem: HTTPD (the Apache web server) would not start on a reboot or cold boot. To fix it, I added an override file, /etc/systemd/system/httpd.service.d/override.conf. It contained the following statements to delay HTTPD’s startup until the network is properly started and online. (If you’ve read my previous articles, you’ll know that I use NetworkManager and systemd, not the old SystemV network...

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Optimal flow: Building open organizations where leaders can emerge
May06

Optimal flow: Building open organizations where leaders can emerge

Previously in this series on open organizations and talent management, I’ve discussed the importance of cultivating an organization’s open leaders by getting out of their way and letting them flourish. read more Powered by...

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