Sean Michael Kerner

For more on cloud computing and the enterprise, visit Internet.com’s new cloud computing site. Cisco and BMC have already partnered on a variety of initiatives, and now they’re strengthening their ties with a new computing platform geared for service providers looking to take their operations to the cloud. The companies begin with the premise that […]

From the ‘Six RCs Behind‘ files: Ok then, LibreOffice, the OpenOffice.org fork, isn’t vaporware. The first release candidate for LibreOffice 3.3 is now available, showing off what this OpenOffice.org fork can do. First of all, it’s great that LibreOffice RC1 is out. There are so many efforts that get announced as ‘forks’ for various open […]

Google has identified no fewer than 800 bugs that it aims to exterminate with the latest release of its Chrome Web browser, version 8 stable. The latest release follows closely on the late October debut of Chrome 7 stable, indicating the aggressive pace by which Google is trying to mature its browser. Thirteen of the […]

IBM is looking to mitigate some of the most common security threats at the coding level with the latest release of its AppScan platform, which leverages technology from IBM Research. Specifically, AppScan version 8 uses string analysis, which aims to root out soft spots in applications that could leave them vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS) […]

Many industry observers were ready to deliver a eulogy for Sun’s SPARC microprocessor line after the company was bought by Oracle. Not hardly, says Larry Ellison. At an event this week, the Oracle CEO took the wraps off of a new crop of SPARC-powered servers, and outlined a roadmap for the product line going forward. […]

From the ‘Thanks Oracle!’ files: GRUB is the bootloader of choice for many Linux distributions and it’s now set to get new ZFS filesystem capabilities. ZFS is being integrated into the mainline of GRUB, for a number of reasons — not the least of which is the simple fact that the GPL enables the GRUB […]

It’s not exactly going out with a bang. Novell, which has entered into an agreement to sell to Attachmate, exiting the stage as a publicly traded company, reported fourth-quarter earnings that continued the firm’s steady decline. On the bright side, Novell claims that its Linux invoicing revenue remains strong, posting 40 percent growth when its […]

IPv4, long a member of the engendered species list, might not make it through the end of the year, after four large batches of addresses were allocated to domain registries this week. With all but a handful of the big blocks of IPv4 addresses gone, several groups are returning unused portions of their allocations in […]

Google is stepping up its efforts to court developers to its cloud-based platform, App Engine, with the release of version 1.4, rolling out a host of new features that together promise to improve application delivery. Those features include so-called always on improvements that look to cut down on latency. Additionally, Google is offering a channel […]

Keeping tabs on the latest Linux developments? It’s not always easy to know the scope and pace of contributions, but the Linux Foundation gave it a shot in its just released, third annual Who Writes Linux report. Among the interesting findings is that the top contributors to Linux kernel development have shifted over the last […]

From the ‘Open Source Blogging‘ files: WordPress users: RUN don’t walk to your terminal and update your WordPress self-hosted blog NOW. There is a new WordPress 3.0.2 update now available that plugs a number of security issues — though shockingly none of them have CVE numbers (yet). Among the security fixes is one for a […]

For more on cloud computing and the enterprise, visit Internet.com’s new cloud computing site. Linux vendor Red Hat is the latest enterprise supplier to make a cloud computing announcement. As Server Watch reports, Red Hat just snapped up cloud tools vendor Makara, gaining technology that lets applications automatically scale, making it easier for IT to […]