Sean Michael Kerner

Cisco is betting big on virtualization. The networking giant has already made some major moves in the space, but now, as it looks ahead to the “workstations of the future,” it’s announcing an initiative billed as the Virtualization Experience Infrastructure, or VXI, which includes a system that enables users to access virtual desktops through IP […]

From the ‘Intel-who?‘ files: Back in February, Intel and Nokia merged their respective mobile Linux effort into the new MeeGo project. Ever since then, whenever I’ve heard MeeGo spokespersons talk about the project, they’ve stressed that it’s not an Intel and Nokia-only effort. To be honest, I wasn’t entirely sure that was entirely accurate for […]

When it comes to researching complex topics and accessing services on the Internet, having too much speed is never an issue. Now Internet2, established as a private network for researchers and educators, is about to get a needed speed boost. As Enterprise Networking Planet reports, Internet2 is moving to 100 Gigabit per second networking. Thanks […]

For William Seifert, his new job is a homecoming. Seifert is joining Avaya to serve as CTO of its Data Solutions unit, a business Avaya bought from Nortel, and that traces its roots directly back to a company Seifert founded in 1986. Now, he’s back, and looking to bring a more entrepreneurial spirit to the […]

When IT operations begin to drift from the strictly on-premises model into the cloud, businesses find themselves with a hybrid model that can pose serious management challenges. In response, a growing sector of business software management applications has emerged, and Novell is looking to make its mark in the field with its latest release, the […]

From the ‘We Don’t Really Like You‘ files: Flame wars are a part of open source development and communities. A new effort called openrespect.org wants to try and change the tone of cross-distribution name-calling, but I think they’ve really gotten off on the wrong foot. Openrespect.org is founded by Ubuntu Linux community manager Jono Bacon, […]

Networking giant Cisco is one of the leading bellwethers of the tech industry, and, judging by its latest financial guidance, the outlook is sour. Reporting earnings for the first quarter of fiscal 2011, Cisco posted a handsome profit, but offered guidance of just 3 percent to 5 percent revenue growth. On a call with financial […]

It’s been a long time coming, but Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is officially available. Released on Wednesday, RHEL 6 offers a host of improvements and new features not found in its predecessors, including virtualization and performance enhancements, as well as a new Linux kernel. RHEL 6, which was released as a public beta in […]

For more on cloud computing and the enterprise, visit Internet.com’s new cloud computing site. Riverbed added a virtual edition to its core Steelhead acceleration product earlier this year. Now, the WAN acceleration vendor is going full-bore into the cloud. Riverbed this week rolled out the Cloud Steelhead version of its flagship networking appliance, geared for […]

From the ‘Good Hangover Memories‘ files: Apparently, even after six previous betas, Mozilla still has more new tech that they want to jam into Firefox 4. Firefox 4 Beta 7 was released today including the JagerMonkey just-in-time (JIT) JavaScript compiler and some neat hardware acceleration tech. How on Earth Mozilla developers don’t expect that these […]

From the ‘Been There, Done That‘ files: The Apache Software Foundation isn’t very happy with Oracle leadership of the Java Community Process. They’ve gone so far as to issue a lengthy statement saying that if certain items and conditions don’t change that they’ll leave the JCP. So what? This isn’t a new threat is it? […]

The computer industry and IT buyers have more than a passing interest in Cisco’s earnings. The Silicon Valley tech giant has branched well beyond its networking roots of late with new products and just how successful that strategy turns out to be could go a long way toward determining the company’s next phase of growth. […]