Sean Michael Kerner

Historically, most IT support services have long relied on a trouble ticket model. The HP Always On solution set doesn’t move entirely away from trouble tickets, though it does have a different take on how they are issued and resolved. “Some aspects will be trouble ticket based, but we will have more automation that we […]

Mozilla is out with another rapid release of the open source Firefox web browser. Firefox 11 delivers at least 8 security fixes, including a fix for zero day flaws reported at the pwn2own hacking challenge last week. Firefox 11 isn’t just about security updates. It also expands on the developer tools that Firefox 10 delivered […]

From the ‘Apache Way’ files: The OpenStack foundation is gearing up and figuring out how to organize itself. Part of the discussion involves money and membership class fees. It’s a topic that is never an easy one with open source software and always draws critics. With the OpenStack Foundation, the plan is to have a […]

Oracle Linux is based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), but that doesn’t mean they have to use the same Linux kernel. Oracle announced Tuesday the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 2, which is an Oracle kernel that can be used to replace the stock Red Hat kernel for Oracle Linux. Instead of the 2.6.x kernel […]

SonicWALL builds unified threat management (UTM) appliances and also has a suite of VPN devices. The integration of SonicWALL into Dell’s portfolio is part of an effort to help further address the security concerns and challenges that Dell’s mid-market customers face. “SonicWALL gives us access to best in class, resources and technology and positions us […]

Microsoft’s March “Patch Tuesday” update is taking a slightly different approach than in previous months. Released today, this month’s Patch Tuesday update includes six security advisories — and for the most critical flaws, Microsoft is providing both a patch and a ‘Fix It’ update. The critical flaws are addressed in the MS12-020 bulletin, detailing vulnerabilities […]

VeriSign’s fourth quarter 2011 Domain Name Information Brief (DNIB) report counts the total number of registered domain names at 225 million. At the end of the third quarter of 2011, VeriSign reported that there were 220 million registered domain names. Year-over-year, domain registrations grew by 20.4 million from the fourth quarter of 2010 to the […]

Two simultaneous browser security hacking challenges ended late Friday with a dramatic conclusion. More than $1 million in security awards had been put up for hackers to claim at Google’s Pwnium and HP TippingPoint’s Pwn2Own challenges, both held at the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver. But the vast majority of that prize money went unclaimed, […]

Linux server users won’t have to wait long to benefit from the new Intel Xeon E5 processor, announced earlier this week. Hardware vendors and Linux operating system vendors alike are ready to leverage Intel’s latest server chip architecture. “The latest Intel server is significant in that it delivers higher density with low power consumption,” Jim […]

Cisco is best known to many in the IT industry as a networking vendor. Thanks to the success of its Unified Computing System (UCS) servers, its rapidly becoming well known as a server vendor as well. Cisco Thursday is announcing its third-generation UCS platform, leveraging the newly released Intel E5 server chip platform. The UCS […]

“Meh, you bring Flash in play and no one stands a chance” Justin Schuh, Information Security Engineer at Google, in a tweet commenting about the zero day flaw discovered by research firm VUPEN at the Pwn2own contest. (eSecurityPlanet)    “We’re definitely not telling small businesses to go out and use IPv6” James Gudeli, vice president […]

As the demand for bandwidth continues to grow, so too are the technologies that help to deliver it. One such example is the new 400 gigabit per second Photonic Service Engine (PSE) that was announced this week by Alcatel-Lucent. The 400G PSE will initially be available for Alcatel-Lucent’s 1830 Photonic Switch Platform, which is a […]