Sean Michael Kerner

Five years and going strong. That’s the message from Sugar, which has just released version 6 of its open source CRM platform. The new version of SugarCRM is focused on the user experience, and includes a simplified menu and faster search. eCRM Guide has the details on the latest iteration of SugarCRM. After five years, […]

Many industry observers watched anxiously as Oracle digested Sun Microsystems, looking for signs of what would become of MySQL. Oracle insists that MySQL will be a key area of its database offerings, and today rolled out the beta release of version 5.5. Additionally, the company announced the InnoDB will become MySQL’s default storage engine as […]

The venerable — and popular — open source language Perl is at something of a crossroads. While its 5.x branch continues seeing new features, most recently in the new update to 5.12, work continues apace on the Perl 6 release. Yet that’s not deterring Perl’s backers from squeezing every last bit of value out of […]

This merger sure went a lot smoother than Oracle and Sun. Hewlett-Packard today closed its nearly $3 billion purchase of 3Com, giving HP some significant heft in the networking space. So what will this mean for the end user? Enterprise Networking Planet finds out. HP’s networking and security business got a bit larger on Monday […]

Just because politicians throw money around like they have an endless supply doesn’t mean their official organizations can do it. Parties need to save every penny to give to candidates running for office, and what better way to keep costs down than to go the open source route? Enterprise VoIP Planet has more details. Open […]

From the ‘Don’t Want to Work for Oracle‘ files: You can now add James Gosling the founder of the Java language to the long list of former Sun employees that have left Oracle. While Java is certainly a bigger project at Oracle/Sun than just Gosling, in my personal opinion the loss of Gosling is very […]

The days of Internet Explorer dominating the browser scene seem like a distant memory. While IE still owns a majority share of the browser market, many more choices have emerged and some, like Firefox, Chrome and Safari, have been gaining popularity. As Datamation reports, there is a frenzy of developer activity designed to improve and […]

From the ‘Digg This‘ files: Pligg, which is an open source project that develops a Digg-line social networking and voting system, is out this week with its new 1.0.4 release. It’s the first big update to Pligg since 1.0.3 came out in December.  The new 1.0.4 release includes a long list of new features, though […]

As the Internet becomes an increasingly important conduit for transporting video content, networking firms are stepping up their game to optimize the delivery of media across the spectrum of devices and networking environments. That was certainly the push behind Juniper’s acquisition of Ankeena, a relatively small firm specializing in the development of media-streaming technology. Enterprise […]

When it comes to marketing any type of enterprise-grade software, ensuring that your customers have options for support is critical. That’s increasingly important as open source makes its way into enterprise IT, and for ensuring that the rapid pace of development doesn’t overshadow companies’ need for a stable, dependable release they can rely on for […]

From the ‘Revolving Door’ files: Mandriva Linux announced a new CEO today. Arnaud Laprevote succeeds Stanislas Bois in the top spot at the European Linux vendor. Laprevote will also act as the Chief Technical Officer and Director of Research and Development at Mandriva. While I wish Laprevote the best of success in his new role, […]

As hackers continue to find clever new ways to wreak havoc on the Internet, Adobe is warning of a vulnerability in its popular Acrobat and Reader PDF programs. Thanks to a demonstration by a security researcher, Adobe cautioned users in a blog post to only open files from trusted sources in PDF documents. eSecurity planet […]