Sean Michael Kerner

Without a doubt virtualization is a hot topic in IT, though often it’s thought of just in the server consolidation context. Networking giant Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) is now expanding its virtualization efforts to encompass the entire datacenter environment with a trio of updated releases. Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) software release 4.1, Cisco […]

From the ‘netbooks are a real platform‘ files: Netbook or Mobile Internet Device (MID) makers like Asus and Acer use various flavors of Linux as the underpinning of their devices. The idea is that you can tweak Linux to get a minimalist JeOS (just enough operating system) to provide users with what they need. Now […]

From the ‘wow! I didn’t see that one coming‘ files: Symbian has always been the big fish in the mobile operating systems pond. It has always been the ‘big scary proprietary vendor’ that Linux has been targeted against. That all changes today though as Nokia has bought out Symbian and announced that it is making […]

HP is opening up its Tru64 Advanced File System (AdvFS) to the open source Linux community in a bid to help further Linux file system innovation. The AdvFS file system, which has its roots in Digital Equipment Corporation’s Digital Unix, is used in mission-critical deployments by HP customers. But HP, which gained AdvFS through a […]

From the “10 years too late” files: A group of 135 Linux developers have issued a joint statement on the Linux Foundation site calling for open source drivers and modules for Linux. Though there are plenty of open source Linux kernel drivers and modules, there are also plenty of closed source ones. That’s where the […]

Users of Apple’s Safari browser on Windows may be resting easier now that a new release of the software fixes a month-old vulnerability that could have left users open to a so-called “carpet bomb” attack. While the new Apple Safari 3.1.2 Web browser for Windows fixes a handful of problems, the most notable improvement targets […]

Looks like Firefox 3 already has a reported vulnerability – though it’s a vulnerability that has been disclosed responsibly. Mozilla’s chief security person Window Snyder wrote on the Mozilla security blog that: TippingPoint ZDI notified Mozilla of a vulnerability in Firefox that impacts versions 2.x and 3.0.  This issue is currently under investigation.  To protect […]

LAS VEGAS. In this town where gambling is a way a life, there comes a point where you lay your cards on the table to show your opponents what you’ve got. That’s what Juniper Networks did at the NXTcomm trade show with its top service provider executives detailing to press and analysts their strategy to […]

LAS VEGAS — There was a time when telecom companies just delivered phone service and cable companies just delivered cable television. That’s not the case anymore with cable companies selling phone services and telecoms selling TV. In a keynote session here at the NXTcomm conference, Richard Green, president and CEO of CableLabs, asked the telecom […]

Linux vendor Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) is hoping that the open source community will join it on a Spacewalk. The Spacewalk effort is a new open source management project launched at the Red Hat Summit in Boston alongside a series of virtualization and identity management solutions. The new open source efforts from Red Hat help […]

Today Novell (NASDAQ: NOVL) makes a play for Linux users new and old with the release of its openSUSE 11 distribution. Version 11 introduces an installer, improved package management and updated key open source packages. The new distribution is Novell’s attempt to put its best stuff out on the field as it ramps up the […]

LAS VEGAS — After only six months on the job as President and CEO at Sprint Nextel, Dan Hesse figures he’s in great shape. “It’s a great time to be in the wireless industry,” Hesse told the audience. “Today there is one cell phone for every 2 people on Earth. Mobile’s best days may still […]