Sean Michael Kerner

From the ‘teaching an old OS new tricks‘ files: HP today officially released its latest Unix operating system, with HP-UX 11i v3 Update 4, codenamed Vigilant. InternetNews.com got a preview of the new release back in March. Vigilant includes enhanced data protection,high-availability and disaster tolerance features. With the new release, HP has also taken a […]

From the ‘tabs are still very cool‘ files: Google has updates its leading edge dev-channel edition of the Chrome web browser to version 2.0.174.0. The new release has three significant updates, two of which deal with how the browser tabs behaviors. When Google Chrome users start up a new tab they get a page showing […]

As the economy continues to contract, how is Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO) expanding its resources without expanding its employee roster? By going back to school. Cisco today plans to announce a formal partnership with the University of California at Santa Cruz (UCSC) for the established of a Network Management and Operations Lab (NMO Lab). While Cisco has […]

From the ‘why Oracle matters to Linux‘ files: Ubuntu Linux 9.04 is set for release on April 23rd for both the server and the desktop, and though it will include many new features it will be lacking at least one key item –�� Oracle certification. I asked Mark Shuttleworth founder of Ubuntu about the lack […]

From the ‘and they paid $1 billion for MySQL…” files: The first beta for PostgreSQL 8.4 is now out, including dozens of new features and hundreds of patches according to developers. The new release (once finalized) will be the first major release for PostgreSQL since 8.3 came out in February of 2008. Performance is a […]

HP is expanding its security solutions with new Web 2.0, user behavior and Flash analysis capabilities. There is also a new management tool being released by HP to help enterprises mitigate risks and manage application security testing efforts. The security efforts from HP (NYSE:HPQ) come as studies continue to show that application security is a […]

Sitting inside of every networking device is an operating system. In the case of Alcatel-Lucent, that operating system is the Alcatel-Lucent Operating System (AOS), which today is getting a significant new upgrade — even though it could be one of the last AOS releases before the company moves it to Linux. The new AOS version […]

From the ‘read the fine print‘ files: Microsoft put out their monthly Patch Tuesday update yesterday, including several updates for Internet Explorer (IE), but none for IE 8. This surprised me. After all, wasn’t a flaw found in IE 8 last month at the PWN2OWN hacking contest? In fact, Safari, IE 8 and Firefox 3 […]

The process of software development is one with multiple layers. At the base layer is the code which developers write, which is then compiled by the build system that puts the code together so it is ready for deployment. Code analysis vendor Coverity is now expanding its analysis beyond just the static code layer to […]

From the ‘don’t change the channel’ files: Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) is ramping up its sales efforts with a new partnership alongside SYNNEX Corporation (NYSE: SNX), a business process services company. The new partnership includes the launch of something called the Open Source Channel Alliance which is supposed to help make it easier for VARs […]

From the ‘networking news‘ files: Check Point (Nasdaq: CHKP)has completed its acquisition of Nokia’s security appliance business, nearly four months after the deal was first announced in December of 2008. Nokia and Check Point had been partners in the security appliance business for the past 12 years. With the deal complete it means that Check […]