Sean Michael Kerner

In a video interview with eWEEK, Bill Hilf, vice president of product management for HP Cloud, discusses how the Helion Cloud strategy was born and what it means to HP moving forward. Hilf is one of the key executives driving HP’s cloud strategy forward and reports to Martin Fink, HP’s CTO. As part of HP’s […]

There is a new zero-day vulnerability for Microsoft’s Internet Explorer Web browser that could potentially be leaving millions of users at risk. Unlike most zero-days, which are typically disclosed by researchers who have discovered an attack in progress, this IE zero-day is being disclosed by Hewlett-Packard. Going a step further, unlike many zero-day vulnerabilities, the […]

The Safari 7.0.4 and 6.1.4 updates debuted on May 21, providing users with 21 security updates. All 21 of the security issues impact Safari’s WebKit rendering engine and are various forms of memory corruption-related issues. The new Safari updates follow Apple’s Safari 7.0.3 release in April, which also had a strong Google influence. Among the […]

Nebula is an OpenStack cloud company that was founded by Chris Kemp, the former CTO of NASA and one of founders of OpenStack itself. In September 2013, Kemp brought Gordon Stitt, the former CEO of Extreme Networks, onboard to become the new CEO of Nebula. In a video interview with eWEEK, the two Nebula leaders […]

Online e-commerce and auction giant eBay publicly acknowledged that its systems were breached in a cyber-attack. The attack compromised a database in late February and early March of this year, although eBay noted that it only detected the incident two weeks ago. The compromised database did not contain personal or financial information, according to eBay. […]

China isn’t the only threat actor taking aim at the United States, though. According to the Verizon 2014 DBIR, 21 percent of cyber-espionage came from threat actors in Eastern Europe. That’s likely the place where the long arm of U.S. law is likely to look next. George Kurtz, CEO of security specialist CrowdStrike, told eWEEK […]

In February 2012, Robyn Bergeron was named Fedora Project Leader for the Red Hat-sponsored community Linux Fedora Project. On May 19, Bergeron announced her intention to transition out of the Fedora Project Leader role. Bergeron has not publicly disclosed when her last day will be as Fedora Project Leader, and Red Hat has not yet […]

In a video interview at the Summit, executives from the OpenStack Foundation detailed why the software-defined economy matters and where OpenStack fits in. The OpenStack Foundation isn’t just building cloud technology infrastructure either; it is also building the infrastructure technology needed to coordinate and build OpenStack itself. “No matter what size your organization is, it […]

In a press conference on May 19, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said the indictment represents the first time the United States has ever charged known state actors for infiltrating U.S. commercial targets by cyber means. “Success in the marketplace should be based solely on a company’s ability to innovate and compete,” Holder said. “When […]

In the wake of disclosures made by U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden about government surveillance, many Americans have become more aware of privacy risks. In response, many U.S. companies have taken privacy increasingly seriously, according to a new report on government data requests from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). The EFF report […]

The job of making sure that OpenStack developers are working together and platform releases occur on time is the job of Thierry Carrez. In a session at the OpenStack Summit here, Carrez, who has been in charge of OpenStack release management since 2010, detailed the tricks of the trade for OpenStack project management. “OpenStack is […]

Buried within a special, secure location in the World of Coca-Cola is the actual vault where Coke’s secret formula is stored. There is an irony there that was not lost on me. For more than 100 years, Coca-Cola has closely guarded its secret formula and is proud of the way that it has managed to […]