Sean Michael Kerner

None of the vulnerabilities fixed in the April Patch Tuesday update from Microsoft fix any of the IE issues reported at the Pwn2own hacking event in March. IE was exploited twice during the Pwn2own 2014 event. Apple’s Safari Web browser, as well as Mozilla’s Firefox, were also exploited during the Pwn2own event. Apple patched Safari […]

After 12 years, Microsoft is no longer going to be providing security updates for Windows XP, which has plenty of people concerned. The death of XP, however, could be a golden opportunity for Linux—or it could just be yet another missed opportunity for the Linux desktop. Windows XP, given its age, is running on older […]

Speaking at the Interop conference earlier this month, Mike Kalac, the chief information security officer (CISO) of Western Union, detailed how he helped transform the internal security at his company to deal with the modern era of information security threats. Kalac explained to the audience that in 2012, the information security group within Western Union […]

Over the last seven years, Rebecca Jacoby has served as the CIO of networking giant Cisco. In an exclusive video interview with eWEEK, Jacoby detailed what the role of CIO is all about and how policy is a key part of success. Jacoby said that the role of the CIO is to help deliver improved […]

In a video interview with Enterprise Networking Planet, top executives from Huawei detailed the company’s latest networking moves. Among the announcements is the Huawei Certified Service Partner Program, which brings 24/7 support to U.S customers. Patrick Zhang, president, Marketing and Solutions Department, Enterprise Business Group at Huawei Technologies, explained that his company is partnering with […]

So will SDN in fact make networking professionals homeless? The answer from the Interop panel is a definite no. Chubirka said that SDN neither increases or decreases the need for networking professionals. In her view, skills and professionals will just migrate to the SDN world. Ferro said that SDN, in his view, has never been […]

Rohit Mehra, research VP at IDC, said that 10 and 40 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) are set to hit 20 million ports in 2014. According to IDC, 10 and 40 GbE Ethernet datacenter ports will generate combined revenues of $7 billion for 2014 and will account for 90 percent of all datacenter Ethernet switch spending. Read […]

The big idea behind Sookasa is that cloud file services such as Dropbox represent a compliance challenge for organizations looking to secure data. While there are multiple vendors and solutions in the market that aim to provide encryption for cloud-based storage services, Asaf Cidon doesn’t think that they go far enough because of a problem […]

Brendan Eich was a key figure in the foundation of Mozilla, and his departure will be questioned and felt for a long time. Eich was named CEO of Mozilla March 24 but resigned April 3 after backlash over a 2008 contribution made in support of a California proposition to ban same-sex marriages. When Eich was […]

Most CIOs are primarily concerned about making sure IT works and minimizes risk for the organization. Larry Quinlan, CIO of consulting firm Deloitte, also wants IT to be cool and to be a key part of every organization’s culture and corporate strategy. “I’m not talking about cloud or big data, I’m talking about passion,” Quinlan […]

From the Cloud Compute files: Time for a changing of the guard in OpenStack. On March 28, Red Hat developer Russell Bryant announced that he would not be running for re-election at Project Technical Leader (PTL) for OpenStack Nova compute. Bryant became the Nova PT in April of 2013 – and I remember well seeing […]

In a video interview, the Ethernet Alliance details how the converged Ethernet connection setup works. The demo shows how multiple Ethernet standards, including 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) and 40 GbE and Power over Ethernet (PoE), all work together seamlessly across multiple vendors. “It’s real technology for real deployment,” John D’Ambrosia, chair of the Ethernet Alliance, […]