Sean Michael Kerner

From the ‘Little Blog Software That Could‘ files: The open source WordPress blogging platform turned Nine years old on Sunday (first WordPress release was May 27, 2003). It’s hard to believe that it has been that long isn’t it? (I’ve been a user for the last 8). WordPress started out as a ‘simple’ blogging platform […]

From the ‘Saving Money by Avoiding IE’ files: For years, web developers have had to build sites that work on Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser. It’s something that at one time, held us Linux users in a bind as sites big and small claimed to only work on IE. The tides are turning my friends and […]

“Workforce reductions are never easy. They adversely impact people’s lives, but in this case, they’re absolutely critical for the long-term health of the company.”  HP CEO, Meg Whitman announcing massive layoff at HP during the company’s earnings call (Datamation).   “Cisco will no longer invest in the Cisco Cius tablet form factor, and no […]

The open source Puppet configuration management system is widely used to get software onto servers. Now the developers behind Puppet are going a step further, taking aim at bare metal provisioning in an open source effort with EMC called Razor. “Provisioning is the critical first step in the application lifecycle — everywhere you have infrastructure, […]

Meg Whitman has been the CEO of HP for six months now and she’s clearly not just sitting around waiting for things to happen. HP reported second quarter fiscal 2012 results late Wednesday that were in line with the company’s expectations. In order to drive future growth, HP is reducing its workforce and replacing leadership […]

From the ‘Cisco Fail’ files: In June of 2010, Cisco announced their entry into the tablet market with the open source Android powered Cius. As is the case with all Cisco announcements, there were bold predictions about how it would change the market yadda, yadda yadda. In June of 2011, Cisco finally opened up a […]

From the ‘Let the Wookie Win’ files: As all geeks know, today is the 35th anniversary of the release of Star Wars (and it’s also Towel Day too). What you may not have known is that today also marks the release of Apache Wookie 0.10.0. Yes, Star Wars’ cultural relevance extends deep, all the way […]

Software Defined Networking (SDN) is getting a major boost this week from networking vendor Brocade. SDN is a way to separate the control from the data plan, creating a programmable network flow and it’s an approach that is now being embraced by networking vendors big and small. Brocade is now fully supporting SDN and the […]

Dell reported first quarter fiscal 2013 revenue late Tuesday that didn’t deliver. For the quarter, revenue was reported at $14.4 billion for a 4 percent year-over-year decline. Net Income also declined, coming in at $635 million, a 33 percent year-over-year decline. “There are a few key causes to the shortfall,” Brian Gladden, CFO of Dell […]

User identity authorization and access solutions are a standard foundation for information security in most enterprise organizations today. In the past, identity solutions have typically been tethered to on-premise deployments of software. Intel is now attempting to break free of that limitation with its Cloud SSO (Single Sign On) solution that delivers identity management as […]

From the ‘Bigger fish to Fry’ files: Oracle’s patent claims against Google’s use of Java in Android have been defeated in a California courtroom jury trial. It’s a victory for Google. It’s a victory for Android and it’s a victory for the open source model. But it’s not the end of the fight. For one, […]

From the ‘Greed Doesn’t Conquer All’ files: Facebook’s IPO has been hammered in the mainstream press as a disaster because of NASDAQ troubles as well as a precipitous decline in the value of the stock. While that’s kinda/sorta interesting, I’m an open source guy, so I’m interested in other stuff. For one, whether Facebook is […]