Sean Michael Kerner

From the ‘Sun burnt‘ files: Among the many projects that Sun Microsystems started that have been left in the dust by new owner Oracle, is a portal system built on the open source Liferay project. Former Sun/Oracle exec Paul Hinz  is now at Liferay and is helping the commercial company push forward both the open […]

As enterprises wrestle with a growing number of data sources, remote offices and new virtualization technologies, the role of network administration becomes even more challenging, if not essential, to ensure operations run smoothly. CIO Update reports on Brocade’s unified network strategy and how it all ties back to the data center. The word “convergence” is […]

The Internet is going to get faster — if major players in networking hardware have anything to say about it. Alcatel-Lucent this week unveiled its new 100 Gb/sec. (also known as 100G) equipment for telcos, enabling them in turn to roll out faster connections to customers. That’s the next stage in an ongoing effort to […]

Linux has seen growing corporate adoption as the open source software proves its worth to IT shops looking for flexible, secure solutions. Part of that flexibility is the ability to work with other systems. ServerWatch reports on a new deal between virtualization leader VMware and Linux supplier Novell. It’s the latest partnership move by Novell […]

Hot on the heels of Apple’s Safari 5 release, Google’s Chrome browser is receiving an update that aims to plug a number of security holes — including some that Apple is credited with identifying. It’s the first update for the browser since Chrome went stable for Mac and Linux. At the same time, Google is […]

Cloud computing offers specific advantages to traditional on-premise systems, but some of the same challenges remain in both systems. For example, security should always be an IT concern regardless of where your information is stored. Another challenge is performance. Regardless of whether your infrastructure is on-premise or cloud-based, better performance is always valued. EnterpriseNetworkingPlanet reports […]

From the ‘Red Hat Linux Tech‘ files: A new version of Sabayon Linux is out this week and for new users, I think it offers a good entry point into the world of Gentoo (and Sabayon of course).  Sabayon is a Gentoo Linux based distribution providing a slick user interface and the latest open source […]

In the application development processor, security often comes at the end of the cycle. All too often, it came at the very end, once design, development and testing were completed. The result was often apps that were insecure and difficult if not impossible to secure. So IBM is taking a new approach and adding the […]

Apple has taken the wraps off of the next iteration of its Safari Web browser, version 5, which it says sports a 30 percent performance increase. The release comes with expanded support for HTML 5 standards, as well as the new Safari Developer Program. Safari 5 debuts as competition in the browser market heats up, […]

Ciena has decided to take the Dynamic Resource Allocation Controller (DRAC) technology it acquired from Nortel in its bankruptcy fire sale and release it as open source, allowing developers a chance to help contribute to the DRAC technology for managing network path control. It’s a common tactic to help jump start a lagging product, and […]

A lot of people pay lip service to open source, but what are the real trends? What are people actually using and deploying? What are the popular platforms and languages? The Eclipse Foundation took a look in its survey of almost 1,700 developers to find out their open source-related development practices. Were there any surprises? […]

Adobe is warning users about an unpatched zero-day vulnerability affecting its Flash media-player technology. The company said that the flaw has been exploited in the wild, and is advising Reader and Acrobat users to delete the compromised authplay.dll file that launches Flash within PDF files. The flaw — not the first detected in Adobe’s Flash […]