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Cisco Scales Nexus 3100 Top-of-Rack Switches
By Sean Michael Kerner | Networking Article Published October 1, 2013
New switches can scale up to 2.5 terabits per second
HP Creates SDN App Store
By Sean Michael Kerner | Networking Article Published October 1, 2013
Software Defined Networking (SDN) is a technology approach that aims to provide more agility and flexibility to enterprise networks.
What's New in GNOME 3.10?
By Sean Michael Kerner | Software Article Published October 1, 2013
Slideshow takes a look at the new open source desktop release
Fedora Linux 20 Set to Integrate Hadoop
By Sean Michael Kerner | Software Article Published September 30, 2013
The open source Fedora Linux distribution is out with the first alpha development build of its Fedora 20 release, along with a long list of proposed changes.
Security Stats Show Mixed Trends for 1H 2013
By Sean Michael Kerner | Security Article Published September 30, 2013
Reports out in recent weeks provide fresh fuel for the analysis of IT security and what is under attack.
Two-Factor Security Comes to the Microsoft Windows Azure Cloud
By Sean Michael Kerner | Security Article Published September 30, 2013
The cloud is no more and no less secure than the controls that enterprises, users and cloud providers put in place.
Say What? Top 5 IT Quotes of the Week
By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published September 27, 2013
"We can process data at ungodly speeds"
Ruckus Powers the Wireless Networking Tech Behind Oracle Team USA's America's Cup Victory
By Sean Michael Kerner | Networking Article Published September 27, 2013
Wind wasn't the only wireless power source behind Oracle Team USA's big victory this week. Wi-Fi technology also played a key role.
VIDEO: Cloudius Building New Open Source Cloud Operating System
By Sean Michael Kerner | Enterprise Article Published September 27, 2013
Does the cloud need its own operating system? The founders of startup Cloudius think so.
Open Source Desktop Advances with GNOME 3.10
By Sean Michael Kerner | Enterprise Article Published September 27, 2013
For the 3.10 release more than 30,000 changes were made by almost 1,000 individual contributors
HP Debuts OneView for Converged Systems Management
By Sean Michael Kerner | Enterprise Article Published September 27, 2013
HP is now debuting a totally new OneView platform that has been designed from the ground up for converged HP infrastructure management.
Brocade CEO Lays Out Plan for Data Center Networking
By Sean Michael Kerner | Networking Article Published September 27, 2013
At the beginning of the year, Lloyd Carney took the helm of networking vendor Brocade.
VIDEO: Mozilla Director of Security Assurance Michael Coates
By Sean Michael Kerner | Security Article Published September 27, 2013
In a video interview, Coates explains what his role is at Mozilla and how the open source organization goes about building security into everything it does.
Cisco Goes Big for the Internet of Everything
By Sean Michael Kerner | Networking Article Published September 27, 2013
Cisco Announces Network Convergence System
Red Hat Doesn't See SUSE Linux as a Major Competitive Threat
By Sean Michael Kerner | Enterprise Article Published September 27, 2013
Red Hat reported its second quarter fiscal 2014 earnings late Monday, once again showing continued demand for the company's Linux and open source technologies. Red Hat's CEO used the call as an opportunity to detail the competitive landscape as well as identifying where business is coming from.
SUSE Advances Cloud Solution with New Release
By Sean Michael Kerner | Enterprise Article Published September 27, 2013
Linux vendor SUSE released its latest open-source OpenStack cloud platform-based product this week, SUSE Cloud 2.0.
Red Hat xPaaS Debuts for Cloud Developers
By Sean Michael Kerner | Developer Article Published September 27, 2013
The new xPaaS approach integrates middleware and integration components with Red Hat's OpenShift platform-as-a-service offering.
Open Source MySQL 5.7 Development Milestone Released by Oracle
By Sean Michael Kerner | Software Article Published September 27, 2013
Oracle is now out with a Development Milestone Release (DMR) for MySQL 5.7, offering the promise of dramatically improved scalability, among other enhancements.
Oracle Unveils Big Memory Machine to Support In-Memory Databases
By Sean Michael Kerner | Enterprise Article Published September 27, 2013
Oracle is aiming to accelerate database performance with a new in-memory database capability and new hardware that will help to enable it.
VIDEO: Fedora Linux Turns 10
By Sean Michael Kerner | Software Article Published September 27, 2013
Fedora Linux Project Leader Robyn Bergeron talks about 10 years of the Red Hat sponsored community Linux project and what might lie on the road ahead.
Mozilla Debuts Firefox 25 Beta Firefox 26 Aurora
By Sean Michael Kerner | Software Article Published September 27, 2013
Providing a preview of what's to come, Mozilla developers are now out with development versions of the next two releases of the open-source Firefox Web browser.
VIDEO: Kevin Mitnick Details Modern IT Threats
By Sean Michael Kerner | Security Article Published September 22, 2013
One of the most infamous hackers of all time talks about Website security and what users should do to protect themselves.
Extreme Networks Acquires Enterasys for $180 Million
By Sean Michael Kerner | Networking Article Published September 13, 2013
Networking industry consolidation continues with the planned integration of Enterasys technology into Extreme solutions.
Microsoft Fumbles Outlook Update
By Sean Michael Kerner | Security Article Published September 13, 2013
Microsoft is once again facing user backlash over a failed patch update cycle.
Canonical ARMs Ubuntu Linux Server Management Landscape
By Sean Michael Kerner | IT Management Article Published September 13, 2013
Linux vendor Canonical improves its systems management solution with hyperscale server capabilities.
