Sean Michael Kerner

Open source browser vendor Mozilla changed its development roadmap this year with a move toward a rapid release cycle for their Firefox browser. Firefox releases now come out every 6 weeks, which has been cause for some concern from enterprise users that cannot keep up with accelerated pace. In an effort to help meet the […]

After six months of development, the OpenStack Diablo release is now available. OpenStack is an open source cloud platform originally started by Rackspace and NASA that has grown to more than 80 member companies. The Diablo release is the first major release of OpenStack since the Cactus release in October. The new Diablo release includes […]

“Sometimes people expect a CISSP to have big Superman cape on their back and that sets the expectation bar way too high.” Hord Tipton, executive director of (ISC)2 commenting on the misconceptions about what security certification can and cannot provide (eSecurityPlanet).   “You won’t get me on record saying we’re open core.” Puppet Labs CEO […]

Red Hat (NYSE:RHT) is continuing to grow its revenues even in the midst of the current macroeconomic climate. Red Hat is growing for a number of reasons, not the least of which is the fact that they’re growing the number of deals worth more than $1 million. Red Hat reported second quarter fiscal 2012 results […]

From the ‘Merge Window Dynamics‘ files: The Linux kernel is developed and released at a rapid pace that seems to almost never slow down. For the upcoming Linux 3.1 kernel, it’s a pace that will be just a bit slower in terms of the actual release due to a number of factors. For one, kernel.org […]

Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) is continuing its move toward engineered systems that integrate hardware and software with a new Oracle Database appliance. The Oracle Database appliance is a “little brother” to Oracle’s Exadata database box. The new appliance is a clustered two server system that includes up to 24 Intel processor cores and can have as […]

Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) is continuing to grow its software business while moving away from commodity x86 hardware. Oracle reported first quarter fiscal 2012 revenues of $8.4 billion, a 12 percent year-over-year increase. A key part of Oracle’s quarterly growth was driven by a 17 percent year-over-year gain in software license updates and product support revenues, […]

Last week, Adobe issued its regular patch Tuesday update as part of the a regular release cycle. As it turns out, they may have missed at least one flaw. Adobe is set to release an emergency out-of-cycle patch today, fixing zero day vulnerabilities that affects Flash Player. The new zero day update comes on the […]

From the ‘GRUB Killer’ files: Red Hat developer Matthew Garrett has discovered a potential Linux killing feature in Windows 8. Microsoft’s next major OS is set include a secure boot. The system will prevent any executable from loading unless they are signed by a specific set of keys. The problem with that is non-key signed […]

Cisco this week announced a new partnership with Microsoft to deliver the Nexus 1000V virtual switch and the Virtual Machine Fabric Extender (VM-FEX) for Hyper-V environments. The effort is not for currently shipping version of Windows Server, but rather is for the upcoming Windows Server 8 which is still in development. The Nexus 1000v was […]

From the ‘Open Core is not Open Source’ files: The open source MySQL database became the popular success that it is today, due to the fact that it is open source. MySQL is freely available and in the beginning, all of its features were too. Things changed over the years, MySQL went corporate, there was […]

As applications increasingly move to virtualized environments, the need for security solutions that examine virtual applications continues to grow. Security vendor Rapid7 is aiming to help solve the virtual security challenge with a new version of its Nexpose vulnerability management solution. Nexpose 5 integrates scanning of both physical and virtual environments to help identify and […]