Sean Michael Kerner

HP is growing its cloud offering with the acquisition of the Stackato Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) business from ActiveState. Financial terms of the deal are are not being publicly disclosed at this time. What’s somewhat confusing is the fact that HP already has its own PaaS services, which like Stackato – are based on the open-source Cloud […]

From the ‘how not to choose a name’ files: Ok, so the OpenStack Foundation stumbled a little with its first attempt at an ‘M’ name for the first OpenStack release of 2016. Originally chosen to be ‘Meiji’ that name turned out to be a political hot potato and so the Foundation went back to the […]

From the ‘History’s Villain’ files: The OpenStack Foundation has a problem – its’ community voted on the name ‘Meiji’ for its post-Liberty release, but apparently there are some historical challenges with the name. “We tried very hard with this naming election to ensure that everyone was able to participate in nominations, and that everyone was […]

From the Sons of Jimmu files: The next major OpenStack cloud platform release is set to debut in October and is codenamed : Liberty but what follows Liberty? OpenStack Foundation members have voted and the winning name is Meiji. The name Meiji is a nod to Japan, home of the next OpenStack Summit. The Meiji […]

In a video interview, Sirish Raghuram, co-founder and CEO at Platform9 details what his company is all about and where it is headed. “Platform9’s story is we host the OpenStack controller in our infrastructure and it works with a company’s on-premises infrastructure,” Raghuram explained. “The on-premises infrastructure is then transformed by Platform9 into a private […]

Apple released the OS X 10.10.4 and iOS 8.4 updates on June 30, providing users with security patches fixing multiple vulnerabilities across both desktop and mobile operating systems. The new OS X and iOS updates are the first major Apple security patch updates since April 8, when the OS X 10.10.3 and iOS 8.3 updates […]

The U2F 1.0 specification is now being expanded to support the wireless Bluetooth and near-field communications (NFC) protocols. What U2F provides is a second-factor authentication mechanism that can be used to supplement a username and password to provide more secure access to a site or online service. With the initial rollout of U2F, USB-based devices […]

IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Integrated Infrastructure Platform tracker reports that revenues from the integrated infrastructure and platforms markets reached $2.1 billion in the first quarter of 2015, for a 8.3 percent year-over-year gain. While there is a yearly gain, there is actually a sequential quarterly decline from the fourth quarter of 2014, where IDC reported revenue […]

Historically, Mandriva was focused on the KDE Linux desktop as the default. In addition to KDE, Mageia offers users an easy installation choice of other desktops, including GNOME 3.14, Cinnamon 2.4.5 and Xfce 4.12. With Mageia 5, the Btrfs next-generation Linux file system is now fully supported, providing users with a robust file system capability. […]

OpenDNS is well known as a DNS and security service for both home and business users. For home users, OpenDNS offers a free service that provides faster DNS as well as domain filtering for objectionable content. The enterprise service extends that capability with more robust enterprise features and monitoring for a wide array of security […]

The shutdown of the e-QIP system is a result of a vulnerability that was identified by the OPM after it began a comprehensive review of its technology infrastructure. The OPM stated that it has no evidence that the vulnerability in the e-QIP system has been exploited. “The security of OPM’s networks remains my top priority […]

Venafi  announced on June 30 that it has raised $39 million to help fuel its growth in the security certificate management space. The new Series F funding, led by QuestMark Partners with the participation of Intel Capital and Silver Lake Waterman, brings the company’s total financing to $101 million. “To be able to get to […]