Sean Michael Kerner

From the ‘Is it FUD?‘ files: I’m always suspicious when I see press releases and studies that claim that somehow open source software is less secure than other forms of software. That’s why I was particularly suspicious of a new study out today sponsored by Apache Maven sponsor Sonatype, claiming that there is widespread use […]

HP announced last week that it had signed a new 6-year $800 million agreement with travel giant, Sabre Holdings. The contract includes IT outsourcing services, applications management, storage and networking. HP and Sabre are hardly strangers, as the new deal with build on top of a long standing relationship between HP and Sabre. “HP has […]

Until last week, the Oracle Database was not certified to run on the latest version of Oracle Linux or the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 release that it is based on. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 was first released in November of 2010. The road to certification was a long one for Oracle, and it […]

“When Richard Stallman announced the first public release of GCC in 1987, few could have imagined the broad impact that it has had.” SUSE Linux developer Richard Guenther, announcing GCC 4.7 (InternetNews)   “For the first time ever, Hactivist groups stole more data than anyone else in 2011 and by a considerable margin.” Bryan […]

From the ‘Only Compiler That Matters’ files: In the pantheon of Free Software, one program stands at the base of (nearly) all others: GCC. First release all the way back in 1987, by Richard Stallman it has been the compiler of choice for the last 25 years. “When Richard Stallman announced the first public release […]

From the ‘We all Git It’ files: In the early days of open source development many devs used cvs. Then lots of people migrated to the next gen of cvs with SVN (Subversion) and now the third wave is the move to Git. The PHP open source project his week joined the growing ranks of […]

The Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) trend is one that is rapidly taking hold in enterprises big and small. One of the key side-effects of the trend is that it is fuelling an increasing demand for Wireless LAN (WLAN) technology, as enterprises seek to deliver more mobile bandwidth. According to the Fourth Quarter 2011 Wireless […]

Are you prepared to defend your network against Hacktivists? You should be, because they’re now the number one source of attack traffic, according to the new Verizon 2012 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR). There is a solution though, according to Verizon, 97 percent of all attacks are avoidable. Verizon’s DBIR is an incident based report […]

At the Drupalcon conference this week, Drupal founder Dries Buytaert outlined the road ahead and what the open source project needs to do to move forward. “Drupal is built on passion,” Buytaert said. It’s a passion that is helping to fuel a process of continuous innovation that is the key to the long term success […]

Though some observers had worried Oracle was in trouble after some disappointing second quarter results, Oracle stormed back in the third quarter to prove its naysayers wrong. Oracle reported its third quarter fiscal 2012 financial results late Tuesday, reporting revenues of $9 billion for a three percent year-over-year gain. Net income was reported at $2.5 […]

From the ‘Miracle Continues’ files: Though we’re still a few month away from the May release date for Fedora 17 – aka ‘The Beefy Miracle’ – the Fedora community is now turning its attention to naming Fedora 18. The Fedora naming process is like no other. Community members suggest and vote on names, there is […]

Cisco has had components of a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) strategy in place for some time and is now expanding on that vision with new management and policy technologies. “We’ve enhanced the BYOD first onboarding step with self-provisioning, so IT can empower users to get their own access,” Sylvia Hooks, senior manager, Wireless Solutions at Cisco, explained […]