Sean Michael Kerner

Novell has announced that SUSE Linux 10 will be available starting in early October. The newest release leapfrogs the previous numbered versioning of the product and has been developed through the newly created OpenSUSE effort. Novell claims that its OpenSUSE effort is working well with thousand of members and bug reports being submitted in order […]

Imagine that all your data is always backed up on a continuous basis and can be rapidly restored to any point you choose. It’s not a dream, that’s the promise of continuous data protection (CDP), and it may hold the potential to change the backup landscape. At least that’s what storage vendors are betting on. […]

Some call the open source General Public License unconstitutional. Some call it revolutionary. Love it or hate it, the GPL is the cornerstone of the Free Software Movement and the guiding license of Linux and Open Source software. But after 14 years of use, its keepers say its time for a refresh. The Free Software […]

The numbers speak for themselves when it comes to the impact VoIP related technologies are having. IP PBX sales are up and Carrier VoIP Equipment sales have broken yet another record, according to stats from research firm Infonetics. Carrier VoIP equipment According to Infonetics, worldwide next-generation voice products revenue was up by 55 percent in […]

MontaVista Software today announced the release of version 4.0 of its embedded Linux OS, MontaVista Linux Professional Edition Pro. The new release is based on the 2.6 Linux kernel and includes hard real-time capabilities. MontaVista is aiming to take share from its embedded rivals with the new release, in particular Wind River and Microsoft. The […]

A little over a year ago, embattled Linux vendor Lindows (now Linspire) settled its dispute with Microsoft about the use of the name “Lindows.” In a twist this week, Linspire has become involved in its own name squabble. This week, a new Linux distribution appeared on the Distrowatch Web site under the moniker “Freespire.” This […]

Sun Microsystems’ acquisition of StorageTek officially closed late Wednesday after StorageTek shareholders overwhelmingly approved the $4.1 billion deal on Tuesday. And now the hard part begins. “There’s lots of work still to be done,” said Mark Canepa, Sun’s Data Management Group executive vice president and head of the new merged Sun-StorageTek unit. “With as much […]

Voice over Wireless LAN (VoWLAN) is set to grow this year thanks in part to SIP and 802.11e [the IEEE standard for multimedia traffic prioritization], according to research firm Frost & Sullivan. Frost & Sullivan has forecast that the European VoWLAN market will grow at a strong compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 159.2 percent […]

TimeSys this week launched a new subscription-based service allowing embedded developers to “roll their own Linux.” The LinuxLink subscription service targets processor architectures from Intel, Freescale, ARM and MIPS. TimeSys said it offers on-demand access to components relevant to embedded developers’ design requirements and target processor. This is different, the company said, from traditional Linux […]

The third stable major Linux Kernel update of the year, v. 2.6.13 was released this week. The new kernel includes a long list of updates, a few enhancements and even an odd regression. Among the new enhancements to the Linux kernel is “Kexec,” which allows for a fast reboot without the need to go through […]

Microsoft has acquired San Francisco based Teleo, a developer of VoIP, PSTN termination and click to call functionality. The deal accelerates Microsoft’s VoIP capabilities and sets the stage for a fall showdown in the VoIP over IM space as AOL and Yahoo! ramp to launch their respective services as well. Teleo’s VoIP products allow for […]

UPDATED: Who’s the leader in Unix operating system revenue? IBM claimed in a press release this week that it was growing its Unix revenue year over year, while Sun Microsystems lost share year to year. Sun issued its own press release this week claiming that it is the number one Unix platform server vendor in […]