Sean Michael Kerner

From the ‘not so bloody edge‘ files: Google pushed out a new beta version of Google Chrome today, claiming greater speed than ever. To be clear this is a beta-channel release – Chrome itself officially is not a Google Beta anymore. Google has three versions of Chrome – dev, beta and stable (I run dev […]

Getting applications built faster and more efficiently is a common goal for all developers. It’s a goal that Java developer tools vendor SpringSource is focusing on with its new SpringSource Tool Suite (STS) 2.0 release. The STS 2.0 toolset is designed to enable developers to rapidly develop applications for the Spring Framework, a popular Java […]

Scaling systems on a distributed basis to handle petabytes of information is no easy task, though it’s one that the open source Apache Hadoop project delivers for such big names as Facebook, Google and Yahoo. Now, the Hadoop framework for running applications across large clusters could see a boost — thanks to the first official […]

From the ‘read in between the lines‘ files: Cisco’s big Unified Computing blade server push yesterday pulled in a lot of partners, among them Red Hat. There are a number of things that make the Red Hat / Cisco partnership extremely interesting from my point of view that indicate the importance of Linux to Cisco […]

From the ‘security is fun‘ files: An interesting trend hit viral proportions on Twitter yesterday as the hash tag #3hotsecurewords became a top trend. As a security guy and someone that appreciates (and on Mondays really needs) a good laugh this was a trend that I really enjoyed. So for you my good readers I’m […]

From the ‘free trial’ files: Knowing what’s running on a network is a challenge for many network administrators — it’s a challenge that many vendors are trying to solve too. Networking vendor Cymphonix is one such vendor with its Network Composer technology. Starting tomorrow (March 17th) they’re offering a free 30 day trial of a […]

Cisco Unified Computing System with 8 UCS B-Series BladesSource: Cisco Click to enlarge. Cisco today unveiled its long-awaited push for a greater role in the enterprise datacenter, with a major new product initiative called the Unified Computing System aimed at unifying network, storage, server and virtualization capabilities into one system. At the heart of the Unified Computing […]

From the ‘self serving study’ files: A new report out today from IDC, sponsored by Linux vendor Novell indicates that the current economic downturn is a good thing for Linux adoption. with more than half of the IT executives surveyed planning to accelerate Linux adoption in 2009. This is definitely  something we’ve heard before from […]

From the “what would you do with $30 billion” files: Big day today for Cisco and the entire IT hardware market as Cisco enters a new market with its blade server announcement. The official press conference is at 11 AM ET, but it looks like Cisco’s CTO Padmasree Warrior has already been talking. “We’re going […]

DNS , the critical technology that connects IP addresses to domains, is not secure by default. It’s an issue that the IT industry is trying to solve with DNSSEC – DNS Security extensions that provide digitally signed and encrypted domain authentication. The move towards DNSSEC has been going on for the last several years though […]