Sean Michael Kerner

Unified communications vendors have employed features like faster bandwidth and better connectivity to help make their systems more attractive to potential enterprise buyers. But at the end of the day, a system’s success depends on user adoption and practical benefits. Telecom provider Avaya is tackling that user element with the release of Flare, an “experience” […]

From the ‘Pure Speculation‘ files: Lots of rumors floating around this week that Novell is set to broken up and/or acquired. While I don’t know exactly what is going on behind closed boardroom doors – we do know that Novell’s Board of Directors has been tasked with evaluating all options for increasing shareholder value. That […]

From the ‘Desktop Control‘ files: All of us are used to controlling our desktops with a mouse – but what if you could control your desktop with your body? It’s an idea that Canonical, the lead commercial sponsor behind Ubuntu Linux has been thinking about recently. The general idea is that a ‘user-aware’ desktop could […]

Cisco has long been a leader in enterprise networking, and in more recent years, the company has established itself as a major player in areas like smart utility grids and telepresence, and an up-and-comer in markets like data center blade servers. For customers, Cisco says that all that experience and its footholds in a variety […]

Google was quick to serve a series of security fixes for its Chrome 6 browser this week, including one for a vulnerability classified as “critical.” As eSecurity Planet reports, the security fixes address a total of nine vulnerabilities for users running Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems. Of the flaws rated as having a potentially […]

Cisco is unwrapping two new technologies that it sees enabling a more flexible enterprise data center, along with a number of new networking product enhancements. It’s all part of Cisco’s burgeoning vision for the enterprise as being enabled by a unified fabric, unified computing and, now, network services. Enterprise Networking Planet takes a look at […]

Open source has been a great boon to developers, giving them ready access to the code they need to build new applications and a community that quickly identifies bugs and security issues. One area where open source has thrived is mobile. Google’s fast-growing Android platform, for example, is built on open source. But while readily […]

There’s no shortage of hype surrounding cloud computing. Cloud vendors talk up the cost savings, efficiency improvements and security advantages of the emerging, service-oriented model. But the actual logistics of transitioning an enterprise’s IT assets are anything but easy. Novell is looking to address that challenge with its new Cloud Manager solution, enabling businesses to […]

From the ‘License Proliferation‘ files: At long last, Google is opening up its Google Code project hosting site to all open source licenses. Since the official launch of Google Code , Google has limited developers and project to a specific number of open source licenses. As of late last week, that restriction has been lifted […]

HP has added another high-profile company to its shopping cart. On the heels of besting Dell in the frenzied bidding war for 3PAR, HP has snagged ArcSight in a play to beef up its security portfolio. In ArcSight, HP will acquire a litany of log and security-event management software tools, putting it in competition with […]

For more on cloud computing and the enterprise, visit Internet.com’s new cloud computing site. Virtualization promises enterprises substantial cost and energy savings, and Cisco is expanding its profile in the fast-growing sector. The networking giant has inked a partnership with Citrix, bringing the virtualization firm’s XenDesktop product into its Unified Computing System in an integration […]

HP’s networking division has expanded greatly since the company’s $2.7 billion purchase of 3Com earlier this year. Now the newly named HP Networking group is starting to roll out products that leverage technology assets HP gained as part of the 3Com purchase. As Small Business Computing reports, HP has unveiled wireless access and unified communications […]