Abbreviations, acronyms … What is the programmer slang? Programmer slang is very particular, but it is by no means the exception and that is why in all specialties they have their own jargon. In this article, we will focus on showing its peculiarities. Let’s …
What is Podman? What is Podman? Well, we will start by saying that Podman is a container engine developed by RedHat, and yes, if you thought about Docker when reading container engine, you are on the right track. Podman wants to be the alternative …
Using C Language in monitoring “C Programming language” (or simply C Language) is the title of the book published in 1978 by Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie, where they introduced the idea of presenting an example program called “Hello world !” And …
Best tech jobs of the future closer than you think You may already know it if you follow us on a regular basis: in Pandora FMS blog we love to look ahead to the future. And we have to tell you a secret: next …
Share technology, that new challenge that we help you overcome If you do not have much idea about how to share technology, you may go crazy when shopping or going through online gift websites. You know that the person you have to give something …
Business software. Do you have everything you need? Where are you going with those scrolls? And that sack of seeds for carrier pigeons? What? You say you need them to get your company’s marketing to your customers? Didn’t you think you might be getting …
Fixed Disk Usage should be monitored from a quantitative point of view I remember with some nostalgia the five-and-a-quarter-inch floppy disks, and then the more robust three-and-a-half-inch floppy disks. I shouldn’t even write the word rigid anymore, but you’ve got me: it’s for younger …
PowerShell 101: an alternative to command line on Linux and Mac The Command Line Interface (CLI) in Windows® exists and resists the passage of time, from those distant days of MS-DOS® to the current PowerShell 101. Let’s see the basic PowerShell. When I went …
Do you know these tech magazines? Let’s have a look It’s possible that your cravings for knowledge go farther than the best issues of National Geographic. You need to satisfy your most practical and technological side and you no longer know which friend in …
What is edge computing? Why will we need it in the future? What is edge computing? Do you really want to know? The story of edge computing reminds us how things used to be and how they will be in the future, similar but …
CIO and CTO Challenges; 7 Challenges for the Present and the Future The IT environment is always changing and some management positions, such as CIOs and CTOs are continually in the eye of the hurricane. The complexity of this type of job is no …
What is the BIOS? What is the UEFI? In what ways are they different? What is the BIOS? Could you explain it? What about the UEFI? They are not the names of two comic brothers, but two softwares that coexist in our computers and …
Colocation hosting; what it is and some aspects to take into account Does your company use servers? That wouldn’t be weird! However, there are different ways to have servers, depending on the needs and possibilities of each company. Own servers, dedicated servers, cloud … …
Savings with monitoring; how much does it mean for a company? Are you the type of person who wonders why things happen? When you were a child, did you look into the clouds when it rained and wonder what was the mechanism behind it? …
Command terminal: How to do more in less time! Something that the Linux kernel inherited was the command line interface (shell): in Unix® it was called Bourne Shell (written by Mr. Stephen Bourne) and it is called Bash which stands for the Bourne-again shell, …
Code Line Counter: language statistics In this blog we have already told you about the application programmer, but… what about the code we write? Do we have any tools that shed any light on this? Well, that’s what we’re going to talk about today, …
What is the silicon lottery? And high-end processors? What does computer science have to do with lottery and high-end processors? Actually, not too much. But there is an important factor in the manufacturing process of the processors that has quite a lot to do …
Best productivity apps to improve your productivity Work may be the place where we are least productive, perhaps because of pressure, laziness, routine, or boredom. In fact, it is in our humble workplace where procrastination triumphs the most. That buzzword that encompasses postponing our …
What is Data Lake?; Learn all about it and Big Data Data! More data! What is Data Lake? Big Data is not only a more or less fashionable marketing “word”, but also contains a quite clear concept: the accumulation and processing of enormous amounts …
How to improve Internet speed: 6 tips for it to work faster Formerly, we practiced all possible yoga positions with our radio and TV antenna, in order for that stressing snow to leave the screen of our TV and get good signal. You may …
What is smart home?, some examples that we have and that we will see Surely you have heard the term “smart home” some time, and you may have wondered “what is smart home?” but you’re not sure what it is about. Or you may …
Computer Heat; Read some Important Facts here! Everything has to work at the right temperature. Everything! Or would you be able to work at 70ºC? Our computers too. Although they are capable of withstanding higher temperatures than us – humans – computers also have …
Bike sharing services and their monitoring We can see them on the streets of many cities. They are an ecological and healthy alternative to other means of transport and are becoming more and more fashionable. Haven’t you tried them yet? Bike sharing is quite …
Nature monitoring, smart green returns to take care of the environment What do you think the so-called smart cities may have in common? We can say that, as a basis, all of them are based on an urban development based on sustainability. Smart cities …
Who is exactly Linus Torvalds? Get to know the man behind the “x” Few human beings enjoy the privilege of having given their name to an operating system (at least one that is known beyond the room of its creator). What about meeting one …
Women Programmers: Who were the most influential? As far as we know, computer programming seems to be a field entirely occupied by men. In fact, if we go to the evidence and the data is quite embarrassing: they tell us of a large majority …
Let’s discover all the World Mobile Congress 2019 News The Mobile World Congress is an annual congress that involves the world of mobile communication. This congress is considered the most important in its sector in the world and is currently being held in our …
What is lifi? ; Find out its advantages and disadvantages What is lifi? Technology never ceases to amaze us. Sometimes, it even seems capable of performing magic actions. In the near future the astonishment will not stop increasing. Everyone is talking about Big Data, …
MWC or Mobile World Congress; Find out why it is so important The Mobile World Congress or MWC, which will be held in Barcelona over the next few days, is no ordinary event. In recent years, it has become one of the world’s leading …
Computer peripherals for a company; Let’s find out more Hello again, dear friend. It’s possible that, a few days ago, you read our fantastic article in which we offered some ideas to choose computers for your company. Did you think you had it all …
Deep learning: Myths and Truths. Learn all about it Despite decades of development, deep learning has been boosted by the increasing processing power of computers and the immense amount of data available, which has allowed it to obtain some achievements that were unthinkable years …
Who is Von Neumann? John Von Neumann; the story of a G-E-N-I-U-S The history of computer science has some names of its own, but without these it would be difficult to understand the current state of this influential science today. If we could establish …
The monitoring need haunts us, these are some examples As we have warned more than once in this blog: “No one is free from evil, because evil never rests”. Therefore, as a way of raising awareness, today we will focus on various calamities. Ominous …
igital Disruption; What It Is and How It Affects Companies Changes bring new expressions to identify new phenomena, and in times of continuous change language is transformed. Over the past few years you’ve probably heard about digital disruption. Digital disruption deals with the effects …
What is blockchain? A brief description and possible uses At this point, it is likely that you have already heard of blockchain on many occasions. You’ll know that it has something to do with Bitcoin and other digital coins, and that some technology gurus …
Searching for the Perfect Software or the Fewest Possible Bugs As we know, here in Pandora FMS our task is monitoring, always in a flexible way, and which consists, in a few words, in verifying that everything goes well. In a perfect world monitoring …