Sean Michael Kerner

Ubuntu continues ramping up its appeal to the enterprise IT crowd. The Linux distribution’s chief backer, Canonical, is looking to unveil new support and services for enterprise Linux servers and desktops. That’s good news for IT admins looking for a one-stop-shop for management, support and legal indemnification — all of which are hot-button topics in […]

From the ‘Too Big To Fail‘ files: Linus Torvalds has commented in the past that he thought that the Linux kernel was too bloated. To date though, not much (if anything) has been done to combat Linux bloat, but that might just be changing with the upcoming Linux 2.6.35 release. On Saturday Torvalds posted the […]

From the ‘Standardized Silos’ files: There is alot of talk from browser vendors about HTML5 as being the greatest thing for web standards – replacing Flash for video – and generally making the Web a more open and standards based place. I’m not entirely sure that’s true (yet). HTML5 isn’t a standard, it’s still a […]

There’s nothing like security problems to kill confidence in a product. Google recently made headlines over its decision to stop using Microsoft Windows in-house due to vulnerabilities in the operating systems. So when 60 bugs pop up in an open source language in the space of one month that’s frequently used in building Web apps, […]

Mobile Linux is a popular movement these days. Last week, it was Intel and Nokia releasing version 1.0 of their MeeGo operating system. Now, several other chipmakers are getting in on the act. Vendors such as ARM, Freescale and Texas Instruments have teamed up to launch Linaro, a consortium dedicated to advancing Linux development on […]

From the ‘Open Source Blogging Goodness‘ files: WordPress is one of the great open source success stories with both its software and the WordPress.com site itself. Google ranks WordPress.com the 12th most visited site on Earth with 120 million unique visitors. WordPress version 3 is now in the final phases of development with a release […]

Genband has finalized its acquisition of Nortel’s Carrier VoIP and Application Solution (CVAS) division, a $282 million deal that closes the book on one of Nortel’s final remaining business divisions. Through the purchase, Genband will bolster its networking portfolio with a suite of VoIP equipment and applications it is picking up from the bankrupt firm. […]

Internet video will supplant peer-to-peer (P2P) networking and file sharing as the largest type of Internet traffic by year’s end according to Cisco System’s latest Visual Networking Index (VNI) forecast. Increasing consumer demand for applications like 3DTV, HD video, streaming gaming and live TV via the Internet will drive overall network broadband traffic up more […]

A novel method for routing Internet traffic could fundamentally reshape the way enterprises and carriers think about WAN networking, while delivering transmissions faster and more efficiently. It’s called LISP, and it’s currently under consideration by a working group at the Internet Engineering Task Force, with a final draft slated to emerge as early as next […]

From the ‘Weaving the Web‘ files: Mozilla Weave is no more — at least in name. Firefox Sync 1.3 is now available, marking the official shift in name from Mozilla Weave, which had been the name of the application since it was created in 2007. Weave started out as a Mozilla add-on for Firefox that […]

CentOS, a Linux derivative from Red Hat, is finding a life of its own without stepping on the toes of its parent firm or Linux distribution. This is thanks to a specific usage model that doesn’t compete with Red Hat. The newest development is a centralized management and monitoring device. Linux Planet takes a closer […]

Intel and Nokia have decided that MeeGo is ready for prime time. The firms have been working on the open source mobile operating system for three months, and have now released version 1.0. Initially limited netbooks, MeeGo will eventually be broadened to handhelds and other mobile applications. MeeGo is a hybrid effort that pairs Intel’s […]