This Week I Learned - Week #295

This Week I Learned -

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* ...roughly 80% of all enterprise applications run on Windows Server. Of those applications, 70% still run on Windows Server 2008 or earlier versions....By containerizing legacy applications and their dependencies with the Docker Enterprise container platform, they can be moved to Windows Server 2016 and later OS without code changes.... And because containerized applications run independently of the underlying operating system, they break the cycle of extensive, dependency ridden upgrades, creating a future-proof architecture that makes it easy to always stay current on the latest OS. Docker Enterprise allows you to upgrade Windows Server applications to a cloud portable architecture without recoding. And only Docker can run Windows Server containers - Docker Blog

* You can run any application in Docker as long as it can be installed and executed unattended, and the base operating system supports the app.

* The Pluralsight course Modernizing. NET Framework Apps with Docker shows how you can take existing. NET applications, apps that may be 6 months old or 10 years old, package them to run in containers on Windows, and then use the Docker platform to modernize the application.

* Whether you work with Jenkins, Azure DevOps Services, Visual Studio Team Foundation Server, Atlassian, or other services, this guide - Enterprise Cloud Control Plane Planning [PDF], can help you automate beyond the CI/CD pipeline to the management and policy layers - AzureCAT Guidance

* ...the cloud can be a great asset for backups and DR but before jumping in its important to be aware of the details that you need to know for a successful implementation. First, backing up to the cloud means that you are no longer in control of the backup media. Instead, the control over your backups is in the hands of your cloud provider. Next, cloud backups have the potential to increase your backup window. Backing up to the cloud means the backup data has to be transferred across the Internet which means that there can be both security and latency issues. The backup data itself needs to be encrypted as it is transferred to the cloud to prevent any unauthorized access. Backup and restore times to the cloud are also impacted by network latency which can extend your Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs). To offset the network latency issue, some backup products offer features like data compression, deduplication and WAN acceleration that can vastly reduce the amount of data transferred across the Internet and speed up the backup process. One way many businesses have dealt with this problem is by having staged backups where an initial backup happens locally and then a later process copies that backup to the cloud - Petri

* AWS Outposts is an on-premises, private cloud service with hardware and software solution that runs either AWS native stack or VWware cloud on AWS stack.

* So far the civilian use of drones was unregulated in India but from December 1 you will have to follow a set of new rules and regulations issued by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) under which you may even be required to take a licence and get your drone registered with the government - Mint

Every Indian state has its own governing strategy preferences. In some states, groups of districts are categorized under one or more divisions.

* The Indian Government is divided into Levels, according to the 7th Central Pay Commission. There are totally 18 levels, with 03 entry points:
- Level 01 - 05 - Lower Services - Peons, Constables, Stenos, Clerks etc.
- Level 06 - 09 - Middle Services - Inspectors, Section Officers, DSPs, Block Officers etc.
- Level 10 - 18 - Upper Services - IAS, IPS, IRS, Undersecretary etc.

* In a single Iphone there is about 75 elements : two-thirds of the periodic table

* Roughly half of the world’s bird species migrate. The bright lights of cities can be particularly disorienting to migrant birds, many of which fly at night, resulting in fatal collisions with buildings and radio towers

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