178 Terabits per second is the new Internet Speed world record, achieved by a team of engineers at University College London (UCL). 178 Terabits per second: 178,000,000 Megabits per second This new record sets the world’s fastest Internet Speed at 178Tbps. It was achieved by the research team led by Dr Lidia Galdino at UCL,
At the beginning of August 2020, Linus Torvalds announced the release of the Linux Kernel 5.8. This latest Linux kernel version replaces the previous stable version, Linux 5.7. Months ago, Linus Torvalds described this new version of the kernel as one of the biggest releases of all time. Linux 5.8 introduces many improvements, such as
How many important data might have been lost in ephemeral storage? The mission of the Arctic World Archive (AWA) is enabling data preservation for centuries. The Arctic World Archive was officially opened in March 2017 in Svalbard with the objective of protecting the world’s digital memory and knowledge against potential climatic or nuclear threats. This
The concept “oversubscription” is a term often used when talking about cloud computing. The oversubscription of resources in cloud computing happens when a shared hosting or Public Cloud provider offers a series of computing resources that exceed the available capacity, because they assume customers don’t use all the resources offered. However, oversubscription isn’t a new
A good monitoring system is indispensable for optimizing IT system administration and increasing efficiency. All the data stored in the monitoring systems and logs is really important both for predicting problems and being proactive. At Stackscale we are aware of the importance of system monitoring services, that is why we integrate them in every project
Last thursday, April 23rd, the last LTS version of Ubuntu was released by Canonical: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Upgrading is possible both from Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 19.10. This long-term support release will provide public support for 5 years, until April 2025, for Ubuntu Desktop, Ubuntu Server, Ubuntu Cloud and Ubuntu Core; and until 2030
We want to share with you an initiative to fight against the coronavirus Covid-19 on which a member of our team, David Carrero Fernández-Baillo, collaborates actively. During the last weeks we have seen how both companies and citizens have shown their most proactive and solidary side. Everyone is collaborating however they can to fight against
Have you ever wonder who keeps all the Internet’s clocks in sync? The Internet’s most famous “clock maker” is Judah Levine. The physician Judah Levine contributed to create the software to control the hour over the Internet. In 1993, he had the great idea of distributing time over the Internet and he built the servers
At Stackscale we are following the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic daily and taking the necessary measures to minimize its impact as much as possible. In light of this crisis, we want to share the security measures and contingency plans we have activated to guarantee the continuity of our services. As well as the usual
Security and privacy protocol WireGuard will be in the Linux 5.6 kernel! WireGuard VPN is one the elements within the long list of features that Linux 5.6 will introduce. Numerous changes are expected in version 5.6, which will be launched mid-March 2020. WireGuard VPN tunnel WireGuard is a virtual private networking protocol. It stands out
