Sean Michael Kerner

The Open Virtualization Alliance (OVA) got its start in May as an effort to grow KVM virtualization adoption. In the short time since, OVA has grown to more than 200 members, as it aims to provide an open source alternative to VMware for virtualization. OVA launched with founding members HP, IBM, Intel, Red Hat, SUSE, […]

From the “It’s About Time!” files: One of the big things that Mozilla’s Thunderbird has been missing for years is a calendar. It’s usually the number one thing I hear about whenever anyone compares Thunderbird against Outlook. That’s where the Mozilla Lightning project is supposed to come in – providing a Calendar plugin (based on […]

Google is updating its Chrome web browser to version 14, providing security fixes and new features. Google Chrome 14.0.835.163 is now available for Windows, Mac and Linux and fixes 32 flaws. Of those flaws, Google has rated 15 of them as being high-risk, 10 as medium and seven as low risk. In total, Google is […]

The patent reform changes are seen in a positive light by IBM, which has been the leading patent recipient of patents in the U.S for the last 18 years. IBM inventors were issued 5,896 U.S. patents in 2010. In 2011, IBM is celebrating the 100th anniversary of their first U.S. patent, which was for a […]

As Oracle continues to prepare for a final release of Solaris 11, the Solaris 10 Unix operating system is getting another update. Oracle released Solaris 10 8/11 this week providing performance improvements and new hardware support. The Solaris 10 operating system first debuted in 2004 and has been updated on a regular basis ever since. […]

RIM (NASDAQ:RIMM) is a company in transition. The Blackberry maker is shifting to new versions of its Blackberry OS and trying to build a market for its Playbook tablet. If RIM’s second quarter fiscal 2012 results are an indication, it’s a transition that is still an extremely challenging one. RIM reported second quarter revenues of […]

“We recognize that the current availability of content and applications for PlayBook has limited the near-term uptake of the device in the market.” Michael Lazaridis co-CEO of RIM explaining to analysts why the PlayBook tablet has not met expectation to date (EnterpriseMobileToday).   “We were fat.” Cisco CEO John Chambers telling analysts what was […]

There are a lot of different tools available to network administrators to capture network packets for analysis. Actually making sense of those packets and visualizing what they mean is often another task altogether. In an effort to help navigate network packets, Wild Packets is debuting a new tool called Compass Live to provide real-time analysis […]

When it comes to expanding the market for Android, Google isn’t just building technology, it’s also acquiring patents. According to public documents available from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), IBM transferred 1,023 patents to Google this week. It’s not clear at this point how much money may be involved with the patent transfer. […]

From the ‘He’ll be Back’ files: Mozilla project founding member, Mike Shaver today announced his resignation from Mozilla. Shaver has a long and colorful history with Mozilla, going back to its original home at Netscape and AOL. The last I had heard was that Shaver was the VP of Engineering at Mozilla – a position […]

VMware is expanding its desktop based virtualization solutions today with new releases of Workstation and Fusion. VMware Workstation 8 enables desktop users to build, test and run virtual machines on their systems. The new release also now makes it easier for users to migrate to the cloud and VMware’s vSphere solution. “You can build and […]

2011 has been a challenging year for Cisco. The company has had to layoff staff and restructure in an effort to remain competitive in an increasingly volatile marketplace. During Cisco’s 2011 Financial Analyst Meeting on Tuesday, Cisco CEO John Chambers assured analysts that Cisco is changing. Chambers stressed that Cisco is focused on driving innovation […]