WASHINGTON — The Space Development Agency awarded Rocket Lab $515 million to build 18 data transport satellites. The company joins Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, who received awards in August to develop 36 satellites each. The spacecraft are part ...

Personally, I’m a staunch member of the Proxmox faction and wouldn’t trade it for anything else. But after falling down the Windows Server rabbit hole a few weeks ago, I tried to set up Hyper-V on a couple of systems just to gauge its utility in a typical consumer-grade experimentation lab.

Tucked away in the converted storage room of a former movie theater, a handful of soldiers are producing drones by the dozen as part of the division’s Lightning Lab, a 13-person unit borrowed from other parts of the division and rapidly trained to build drones, training aids and ad hoc solutions to problems encountered on the battlefield.

What if you could transform a corner of your home into a high-tech hub for experimentation, learning, and innovation? Imagine a compact setup where you can manage your own network, experiment with virtualization, or build a custom storage solution, all ...

Today I’m going to summarize some thoughts on why I’d consider one router or switch over another with the goal of building a CCNP lab. Then, I’ll open it up to you: with $750 to spend on gear, and a $50 cable budget – what would you buy? Post it here.