Sean Michael Kerner

f5 is best known for their product portfolio of application delivery controllers (ADC), known as the BIG-IP product family. Those products are all powered by the traffic management operating system (TMOS) that is now certified by testing vendor ICSA Labs as a firewall. According to f5, the new certification provides validation for the use of […]

“We don’t know how much spectrum we’re allowed to hold and who we’re allowed to do business with.” Randall Stephenson, AT&T CEO during his company’s earnings call, complaining about U.S Government intervention (Datamation)   “As stewards of critical elements of Internet infrastructure, both what we do and how we do it are important for the […]

From the ‘Goodbye Lotus Symphony‘ files: If anyone had any real doubt, IBM is the one solid reason why OpenOffice still exits. Linux distros big and small have all left for the superior open source experience that is LibreOffice, yet IBM is stuck in the past. In a blog posting announcing the end of Lotus […]

It was a tough quarter for chip vendor AMD (NYSE:AMD). AMD reported fourth quarter fiscal 2011 results late Tuesday that showed just how tough things have been. For the fourth quarter, AMD reported revenues of $1.69 billion for a two percent year-over-year gain. For the full year, AMD’s revenues came in at $6.57 billion, which […]

From the ‘Upstream First!’ files On January 17th, Linus Torvalds committed a patch to the mainline Linux kernel for a memory handling flaw. As it turns out the flaw was exploited quickly once Torvalds put out the patch with a proof of concept emerging rapidly. So what’s the problem with this picture? Linus patched the […]

Dell OEM Solutions is partnering with SUSE to deliver Linux for embedded and customized solutions. The partnership is the first by Dell that will bring a certified Linux solution to its OEM customers. eff Otchis, Americas marketing director for OEM solutions at Dell, explained to InternetNews.com that Dell OEM Solutions is a business unit that […]

Virtualization is a growing business for VMware (NYSE:VMW). The virtualization vendor reported fourth quarter 2011 and full-year results on Monday that continue to show growth. Moving forward, CEO Paul Maritz has big plans for 2012, with a broader vision of virtualization. For the fourth quarter, VMware reported revenues of $1.06 billion, which is a 27 […]

Over the last several years, the Pwn2Own hacking challenge has become known as the place where browsers get hacked, sometimes within just a matter of minutes. This year, the event’s organizers at HP TippingPoint’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) are looking to project a more serious demeanor and downplay the sensational nature of the contest — […]

Intel is getting into the InfiniBand high-speed networking market in a big way today. Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) announced its intention to acquire InfiniBand technology assets from QLogic Corp. (Nasdaq:QLGC) for $125 million in cash. The deal is set to close by the end of this quarter. InfiniBand offers the promise of higher networking speeds and […]

From the ‘Look Up’ files: One of the very first things that I ever downloaded onto my Android phone was Google Sky. It’s fantastic app the lets you just point your phone at a section of the sky to see a map overlay of the stars/constellation above. It’s also a project that is now going […]

NoSQL database startup Couchbase is planning on big things for 2012. The company has a new database release in the works, while still respecting its Apache CouchDB roots. Couchbase was formed in February of 2011 as a merger between CouchOne and Membase. Over the past year, the company has evolved and moved beyond being just […]

Google reported fourth quarter fiscal 2011 earnings on Thursday that missed analyst expectations. Google CEO and Co-founder Larry Page, however, remarked during his company’s earnings call the he was ‘happy’ with the results overall during the quarter. Google’s revenues for the fourth quarter grew to $10.58 billion, which is a 25 percent year-over-year increase. For […]