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Linux 3.9 Debuts
By Sean Michael Kerner | Developer Article Published April 30, 2013
The Linux 3.9 kernel includes new features that will make the open source operating system faster and more efficient than ever before.
[VIDEO] Martin Casado Co-Founder of Nicira Talks about SDN, Hype and Skynet
By Sean Michael Kerner | Networking Article Published April 30, 2013
The Software Defined Datacenter is not necessarily about replacing humans with some form of autonomic intelligence: it's no SkyNet.
[VIDEO] Midokura CEO Dan Miahi Dumitriu
By Sean Michael Kerner | Networking Article Published April 29, 2013
With millions in funding, where is the Japanese network virtualization startup now headed?
DDoS Attacks Growing in 2013?
By Sean Michael Kerner | Security Article Published April 29, 2013
While distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks have been around since the late 1990s, they have picked up in volume and intensity over the past year.
Say What? Top Five IT Quotes of the Week
By Sean Michael Kerner | IT Management Article Published April 26, 2013
Performance Art, Gifs and GE
F5 Reports 2Q13 Earnings as BIG-IQ Release Nears
By Sean Michael Kerner | Networking Article Published April 26, 2013
F5 Networks reported its Q2 fiscal 2013 earnings late Wednesday, with numbers that demonstrated the effects of a slowing economy.
Pivotal Brings in $105 Million GE Investment
By Sean Michael Kerner | IT Management Article Published April 26, 2013
General Electric (GE) was formed in 1892, but don't let its age fool you.
Ubuntu 13.04 Linux Raring Ringtail Debuts for Servers
By Sean Michael Kerner | Software Article Published April 26, 2013
Every six months, Ubuntu Linux comes out with a new server release.
VMware Reports 1Q13 Earnings
By Sean Michael Kerner | Software Article Published April 26, 2013
VMware sees a bright future ahead as its server virtualization technologies evolve to enable the cloud.
Juniper Reports 1Q13 Earnings
By Sean Michael Kerner | Networking Article Published April 26, 2013
Juniper Networks reported its first quarter 2013 results this week, revealing some weaknesses in the vendor's enterprise
networking and security platform divisions.
Apache CloudStack Open Source Cloud updated for Security and Bug Fixes
By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published April 25, 2013
From the 'Multi-tenant VM Security' files:
Akamai Reports on the State of the Internet for 4Q12
By Sean Michael Kerner | Networking Article Published April 25, 2013
Year after year, the Internet continues to grow, and connection speeds continue to get faster.
Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report 2013 Identifies Identity as Key Attack Vector
By Sean Michael Kerner | Security Article Published April 25, 2013
The 2013 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) sheds light on the state of breaches in 2012 as they continue to expand.
Will Linux Save IBM Power?
By Sean Michael Kerner | Enterprise Article Published April 24, 2013
IBM is not starting of its fiscal 2013 year on a particularly strong note.
Open Source JBoss Application Server Reborn as WildFly
By Sean Michael Kerner | Software Article Published April 24, 2013
Red Hat is renaming and rebuilding its open source JBoss application server.
OpenStack Cloud Security Moving Forward
By Sean Michael Kerner | Security Article Published April 24, 2013
Security is improving in the open source OpenStack cloud platform, but more work is needed and is still being done.
[VIDEO] HP Cloud Chief Explains How OpenStack is a lot like Ethernet
By Sean Michael Kerner | Networking Article Published April 24, 2013
Saar Gillai is a familiar name in the networking industry. Over the course of his career, Gillai has held multiple high-level roles, including the CTO position of HP Networking.
[VIDEO] Rackspace Sticking with Xen for Public OpenStack Cloud
By Sean Michael Kerner | Software Article Published April 24, 2013
For Rackspace, the KVM hypervisor would have represented a change and was not seen as the best place to invest resources.
[VIDEO] Is Ubuntu Juju, Linux Magic?
By Sean Michael Kerner | Software Article Published April 24, 2013
Mark Shuttleworth explains where his Linux company's OpenStack cloud is headed and why Juju is the charm that makes it happen.
Open Source MySQL REDUX as MariaDB merges with SkySQL for Commercial Support
By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published April 23, 2013
From the 'Did Sun Flush $1B Down the Toilet?' files:
How Often Do You Forget Your Password?
By Sean Michael Kerner | Security Article Published April 19, 2013
Passwords hold a prominent place in the modern security landscape.
Intel Building Reference Platforms for SDN
By Sean Michael Kerner | Networking Article Published April 18, 2013
OpenStack Shows Off Big Name Users
By Sean Michael Kerner | Software Article Published April 18, 2013
BestBuy, Comcast, Paypal, and Bloomberg explain why, when it comes to the cloud, they're going open source.
OpenStack Nova Compute Gets New Leader & New Features for Havana
By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published April 18, 2013
From the 'Grizzled to Svelt' files:
Oracle Patches Java for Pwn2Own Flaws
By Sean Michael Kerner | Security Article Published April 17, 2013
Oracle has released its April Critical Patch Update (CPU) for Java, fixing no less than 41 vulnerabilities.
