Sean Michael Kerner

This could just be the year of virtualization. At some point this year, research IDC is projecting that virtualized servers will outnumber their physical counterparts. The drive for greater IT efficiency is especially strong in the WAN sector, according to IDC analyst Cindy Borovick, who made her bold prediction at the Interop conference in Las […]

It’s been a long time coming, but they finally got it done. At the Interop show in Las Vegas, a group working on standardizing the Network Access Control protocol demonstrated the new IETF NEA standard for the first time. Aimed at harmonizing with Cisco’s NAC efforts, the new NEA standard could eventually garner commercial support. […]

From the ‘Linux Deskphone‘ files: LAS VEGAS — Linux is no stranger to the world of mobile smartphones, but what about deskphones? Is there such a thing as a ‘smart’ deskphone? While I’ve seen multiple LCD screen enabled desktop phones over the years, Alcatel-Lucent is now developing what it describes as a smart deskphone. And […]

Evaluating the best network technology to invest in is crucial to ensuring IT has the most secure, cost-effective solution for their enterprise. That’s one of the reasons thousands swarm to the big Interop trade show to check out the latest and greatest from the various networking vendors on hand. As Enterprise Networking Planet reports, Ethernet […]

Ubuntu Linux has come a long way very fast, but one thing that has evaded it is certification and support from third party software vendors, something Red Hat and SuSe have enjoyed in greater volume. But Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, hopes it will be able to rack up greater ISV support with this latest […]

Many enterprises are still reluctant to move their application-development operations to the cloud. But many holdouts are eventually won over by the advantages to be gained in workload affinity. Out at the Interop networking conference in Las Vegas, Server Watch hears from a pair of experts on the chief selling points of virtualization in the […]

From the ‘Bigger than Massive‘ files: LAS VEGAS — What’s bigger than massive? If you’re SonicWALL it’s their SuperMassive firewall. I met with SonicWALL here at Interop and they’ve got a good story to tell. With their SuperMassive tech roadmap we’re looking at the ability to do next gen firewall operation at up 40 gigabits […]

Wi-Fi, built out of what was thought to be junk spectrum, has been a phenomenal success story. But with more than 1 billion Wi-Fi devices on the market, what’s next for the wireless networking technology? At the Interop show in Las Vegas, a panel of networking experts discuss the future of Wi-Fi, and Wi-Fi Planet […]

From the ‘Competitive Differentiation‘ files: LAS VEGAS — Who is the leader in the application delivery controller space? And what’s the difference between all the different vendors? Based on my experience watching a panel of vendors at Interop from Citrix, A10, Cisco, Brocade, Crescendo and F5 – it’s not an easy question to answer. All […]

LAS VEGAS — With more than 1 billion devices in service, Wi-Fi arguably ranks as one of the most successful networking technologies ever created. But what will it take for Wi-Fi to continue to grow? A panel of standards experts tackled that question here at the Interop conference. “We expect a long run as there […]

From the ‘Things Powered by Linux‘ files: LAS VEGAS — I come to Interop to see new stuff that doesn’t exist in other places and that’s just what I found today. Extreme Networks is showing a 40 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) switching setup. Yes that’s a big deal seeing at 40 GbE is not yet a […]

ISS founder Tom Noonan is ready for a new challenge. After building up Internet Security Solutions (ISS) into a successful company and then selling it to IBM, he’s moving on to energy. At Joulex, Noonan’s new startup, he’s developing tools to facilitate the management the power consumption of devices that can tap into an IP-based […]