Sean Michael Kerner

Enterprise WAN acceleration and optimization is often thought of as effort that requires hardware appliances in the enterprise. A new effort from Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) aims to change that perception by offering optimization in the cloud — without the need for a large-scale on-premises deployment. Alcatel-Lucent’s new Application-Assured VPN offering puts application optimization capabilities inside […]

From the ‘which browser do you want to be locked into‘ files: Google has updated its dev-channel branch of the Chrome browser to version 2.0.180.0, fixing bugs, laying the groundwork for extension, oh and trying to grow its share. The most noticeable user-visible feature in this new release is the ‘make Chrome the default browser’ […]

From the ‘I wonder what Oracle will do now?’ files: MySQL Founder Monty Widenius left Sun back in February to pursue his own vision for MySQL. We now have more insight into what that vision is all about. Widenius today launched the “Open Database Alliance” which is intended to be a vendor-neutral consortium for the […]

Apple is tackling a long list of security vulnerabilities with an update for its Mac operating system to version 10.5.7, along with updates for its Safari Web browser that close a vulnerability exposed earlier this year. The company issued updates for the Safari 3 browser as well as the Safari 4 beta, which Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) […]

From the ‘Linux monetization strategy‘ files: Ubuntu is well known as a freely available Linux distribution. It could also one day be your personal data synchronization system too. That’s right Ubuntu is expanding its business model with a new data sync/backup service now in beta, called UbuntuOne. The first 2 GB of storage are free […]

From the  ‘yet another Linux news site?’ files: Linux.com has been relaunched under the direction of the Linux Foundation. The Linux.com site was acquired by the Linux Foundation earlier this year from SourceForge for an an undisclosed sum. The goal of the site is supposed to be a community hub that lets the Linux community […]

Linux has gained in popularity among server and device vendors as being a good general purpose operating system. When it comes to device vendors which often have different chip architectures and needs than a general purpose operating system provides, there is a need for customization which adds time and expense to a project. Embedded Linux […]

Unified computing isn’t just for enterprises — it’s for carriers, too. Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO) today expanded its Unified Computing System (UCS) effort into what it calls Unified Service Delivery, enabling service providers to deliver applications over their network infrastructures. The Unified Service Delivery solution includes routing, switching and server elements to enable carriers to deliver applications […]

From the ‘big switches for big business’ files: Juniper Networks (NASDAQ:JNPR) today officially announced the availability of their EX8216 switch. This is no small switch (click the thumbnail at the left side of this post to see it). It’s a 16 slot tower, that can deliver up to 12.4 terabits. That’s a lot of capacity […]

Aruba RAP-2 (left) and RAP 5. Source: Aruba. Click to enlarge. Remote workers and offices are commonplace now, but it’s not always as easy as it should be to properly set up and deploy fully secured remote-access solutions. Aruba Networks, a vendor best known for its wireless LAN (WLAN) hardware, is now offering its own approach for remote-access […]