Sean Michael Kerner

Blue Coat this week announced the acquisition of privately-held Solera Networks in an effort to bolster its Big Data security intelligence capabilities for malware and threat detection. Sasi Murthy, senior director Product Marketing at Blue Coat, told eSecurity Planet that financial terms of the deal are not being publicly disclosed. Solera had raised $20 million […]

As part of Citrix’s Synergy conference this week, the company is now pushing its mobile and remote worker efforts even further with new XenDesktop, XenMobile and ShareFile offerings. Mick Hollison, VP of Integrated Marketing and Strategy at Citrix, explained to Datamation that the new XenDesktop 7 release is all about enabling the delivery of Windows […]

At the Ethernet Innovation Summit this week, Bob Metcalfe explained how Ethernet came to be, why it beat IBM, and where he hopes the future will take his creation. Metcalfe said that the initial implementation of Ethernet was delivered via a thick coaxial cable because it could be tapped passively. Even in 1973, however, he […]

VMware is looking to extends its mastery of the on-premise IT landscape with the new vCloud Hybrid service. “The vCloud Hybrid Service is about bridging the gap between lines of business and IT needs in a unique and powerul way,” Pat Gelsinger, CEO of VMware said in a media launch event. The promise of the […]

Aruba is announcing a new series of Wave 1 802.11ac enabled access points, in addition to new Client Match technology for optimal WLAN roaming. The 802.11ac WiFi standard is being rolled out in two phases, known as Wave 1 and Wave 2. Wave 1 devices are now being introduced by multiple vendors and offer the […]

From the ‘How Fast Can You Go?’ files: Google keeps pushing Chrome performance and the new Chrome 27 release is no exception. The top line new item if the new Chrome 27 release is simply stated by Chrome developers as: Web pages load 5% faster on average The full detail on why/how Chrome is now […]

Bob Muglia, executive vice president of software solutions at Juniper Networks, is no stranger to the world of software. Muglia spent over two decades at Microsoft, where he helped define its software vision. Before joining Juniper in 2012, Muglia had been the president of Microsoft’s server and tools business. At Juniper, Muglia is helping to […]

Since detection rates are low, threats are getting through and as a result many enterprise don’t know how a threat got into a network or where it went. That’s where Sourcefire’s improved Network File Trajectory comes into play. Sourcefire first introduced file trajectory capabilities at the beginning of 2012 on its FireAMP malware device. Going […]

From the ‘Descendants of View Source’ files: Mozilla REALLY cares about developers (as it should). To that end, more Firefox releases than not cater to developers with tools integrated into the browser that provide visibility into how a website or web app works. I have learned more about web dev by using Mozilla’s tools and […]

The Nebula system has been described as a ‘cloud in a box’ solution by some, though the reality is that the core technology is actually a cloud controller for servers. Kemp explained that users can buy their servers from whatever vendor they choose, as Nebula is not reselling servers. The Nebula Cloud controller is an […]

Brocade reported its second quarter fiscal 2013 earnings last week, with revenue coming in at $539 million, down marginally from the $543 million reported in 2012. Net income grew to $47 million, up from the $39 million reported for the second quarter of 2012. Moving forward, Brocade provided third quarter guidance for total revenues between […]

Aruba Networks, announced its third quarter fiscal 2013 earnings last week, as well as the acquisition of privately-held Meridian Apps. Aruba reported revenue of $147.1 million, a 12 percent year-over-year gain. The company had a net loss of $20.2 million, or $0.18 per share, a decline from the $6.0 million net income reported for Q3 […]