Sean Michael Kerner

For the most part to date, OpenFlow has been a capability that is enabled on existing switches. Networking vendor Extreme Networks is now taking a different approach and is productizing purpose-built switches expressly for OpenFlow. The new OpenFlow switches will debut under the name ‘Slalom’ and will complement Extreme’s existing switch portfolio that already supports […]

Last week, the largest DDoS on record hit the Internet leveraging what is known as a DNS Amplification attack. The U.S. Government’s US-CERT is now warning about the risks associated with DNS Amplification attacks and providing some guidance on how they can be mitigated. The first step in preventing and mitigating against the risks of […]

In an exclusive interview with eSecurity Planet, Roesch explains the role that open source security still plays in his firm, 15 years after it helped him start it all. Roesch noted that the open source Snort project is still primarily controlled by him and Sourcefire, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing. “In the early […]

Networking giant Cisco is out with the latest piece of its Connected World Technology Report (CCWTR). Previous iterations of the report identified the level of connectivity and engagement with the modern network. David Orain, research director at Cisco, explained that for the report, Cisco is defining Big Data as large volumes of data that resides […]

MapR’s Big Data distribution is based on open source technology and is now being released on Github, a popular open source project repository and collaborative development resource. Jack Norris, VP of marketing at MapR, explained to Enterprise Apps Today that MapR technology has long combined open source projects with MapR’s own innovation. “The way it […]

From the ‘RC3’ files: The big OpenStack 2013.1 (aka Grizzly) open source cloud platform release is due out this week on 4/4. I’m always curious about project stability and for me one possible leading indicator is the number of release candidates (RCs) that come out prior to a formal release. I’m not saying that more […]

“If an asteroid fell on top of Sourcefire headquarters and we all ceased to be, somebody else would have to take the ball and run with it” Martin Roesch, CEO of Sourcefire commenting on whether or not the open source Snort project would survive without his company (eSecurityPlanet) “It’s not just moving larger bits to […]

Steve Sibley, Director of Power Systems Offering Management at IBM, told ServerWatch that in his opinion, it’s interesting to see how Oracle “selectively”, talks about performance. During the Oracle SPARC T5/M5 launch earlier this week, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison made a lot of competitive claims against IBM. “The SPARC T5 system, while certainly an improvement […]

Red Hat reported its full year fiscal 2013 results this week, showing growth and a way forward. For the full year, Red Hat reported revenue of $1.33 billion, which is a 17 percent year-over-year gain. The full year revenue was fueled by a strong fourth quarter in which Red Hat pulled in $348 million in […]

CloudFlare is a host for spam fighting SpamHaus.org, the target of a massive DDoS attack. “We saw approximately 120 Gbps hit the edge of our network,” Matthew Prince, co-founder and CEO of CloudFlare told eSecurity Planet. “At that point, the attackers changed their strategy and started targeting our upstream providers.” Though the DDoS against Spamhaus […]

According to IDC, revenue on network security appliances for the quarter grew to $2.3 billion which is a 7.2 percent year-over-year gain. Shipments of network security appliances grew to 538,428 units, which is a 5.2 percent yearly gain. The fastest growing segment of the market is the Unified Threat Management (UTM) segment which held 35 […]

Mozilla announced this week that it has been working with producer Epic Games, maker of the Unreal Engine for game development (UDK). The joint effort has enabled UDK-built games to run inside a web browser. The effort leverages the asm.js JavaScript library as well as the open source emscripten cross compiler. The engagement with Epic […]