Sean Michael Kerner

Cisco reported first quarter fiscal 2013 earnings late Tuesday that showed continued revenue growth, even though there as a decline in the company’s switching business. For the quarter, Cisco reported revenue of $11.9 billion for a 6 percent year-over-year increase. Net Income was reported at $2.1 billion or $0.39 per share for an 18 percent […]

From the ‘Open Source $$$$$’ files: Mozilla released its 2011 financial report today showing staggering growth in revenues for the open source browser vendor. In 2011, Mozilla generated $163.5 million in total revenue, up from $123.2 million in 2010. Of that $163.5 million, royalties account for the biggest share coming in at $161.9 million. “Mozilla […]

OpenDNS CEO and Founder David Ulevitch explained to Datamation that there are a few different ways the Umbrella mobile security offering can be deployed to users. “The IT administrators can provision accounts for all the employees who then get a link to download the app from the AppStore,” Ulevitch said. “The IT administrator can also […]

At the top of the Microsoft patch list for November are three flaws critical flaws that are being patched in Internet Explorer. According to Microsoft, the flaws were privately reported and do not affect IE 10, which is the browser that is included with Windows 8. Wolfgang Kandek, CTO of Qualys noted that it’s a […]

Though the U.S remains the leader, this month’s top supercomputer is a new machine, displacing the previous champion, the IBM Sequoia. The U.S. reclaimed the crown of world’s fastest in June of this year with the Linux-powered Sequoia, which is installed at the Lawrence Livermore National Lab. Sequoia’s top spot came after a three year […]

From the ‘Fiscal Restraint’ files: Every city in the world needs to have a website. The good people at open source CMS vendor WordPress think that CMS should be free too. So WordPress is now offering a WordPress.com/cities setup and account for any city for free. This is the hosted version of the open source […]

From the ‘Remix’ Files: Sometimes it’s easy to forget that the mission of Mozilla is about more than just the browser. Mozilla is about enabling the open web in all of its glory and it is taking the latest step with an innovative HTML5 web tech called Popcorn Maker. While Popcorn Maker is a Mozilla […]

The Sourcefire FirePOWER product lineup was initially launched in April of 2011 with the 40 Gbps 3D8260 platform. The FirePOWER lineup is now being expanded with new software as well as new hardware platforms. From a hardware perspective the 3D8000 series is being supplemented by three new FirePower 7000 series boxes, the FirePOWER 7010 with […]

IBM’s mobile development push begins with a product offering called IBM Mobile Foundation. The Mobile Foundation includes technologies that IBM gained with the acquisition of mobile development vendor Worklight earlier his year. Phil Buckellew, vice president of IBM mobile enterprise, explained to Datamation that the new Mobile Foundation release provides improved support for native, hybrid […]

Hidden in the packet streams that traverse enterprise networks are clues that can help networking professionals to optimize networks. The traditional approach to getting network visibility has been to capture all the packets and then try and figure out what it all means. Application Performance Management vendor ExtraHop Network is now breaking the mold of […]

Symantec’s research found that nearly 3 percent of all those who are attacked by ransomware end up paying the attackers. Hackers command ransoms of up to $460 per machine. In a ransomware attack, a user’s PC is infected with malicious code that lock ups the machine and its data. The user is then presented with […]

“Once they get your money, they don’t care and they still won’t give you back your data.” Kevin Haley, director, Symantec Security Response explaining why not to pay ransomware demands (eSecurityPlanet)    “While I won’t say there no case in which we would not entertain an M&A offer, I will say that we’re focused […]