Sean Michael Kerner

Security will take up to 12 percent of US companies’ IT budgets by 2006, according to a new study by research firm Meta Group . The number is then expected to level off to between 5 and 8 percent in the United States by 2008, and by 2009 across Europe and the Asia Pacific, according […]

The latest version of McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.0i, released on Wednesday by corporate parent Network Associates, now includes intrusion prevention, the company said. The new version makes full use of the McAfee Protection- in-Depth strategy, which aims to shield users from the wide array of security threats that abound on the Internet. Even though the […]

SourceForge, the world’s largest open source software development community, has released the newest version of its Enterprise Grade software namesake from its corporate parent VA Software . SourceForge Enterprise Edition (SFEE), which has just hit version 4.1, is built on J2EE architecture and includes a service oriented architecture with an open API and SDK . […]

Customer relationship management software and sales force automation are favored ticket items with small and medium-sized businesses, according to a report from AMI-Partners. The firm’s study of the 2003 U.S. Enterprise Software Market found that small and medium sized businesses spent about $1 billion overall on enterprise software in 2003 out of a total $14.6 […]

One of the more actively developed open source projects, the Gaim instant messenger client, is out with its latest incremental release. As for incremental gains in its quest to interface openly with major IM networks and open IM, the project is realistic about the cat-and-mouse game it often must play in order to connect to […]

In a move that could signal a coming business model shift for Friendster, the social networking site has hired former NBC President Scott Sassa as the new CEO of the company. As a media vet, Sassa would bring plenty of knowledge about advertising and even possible subscription models to Friendster, which boasts millions of devotees […]

The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), already the dominant player in the Web Server space, is gearing up to take on the J2EE crowd with its Geronimo project. The project has moved from “incubation” phase to full project status. “Most people see it as an important milestone in the path to a certified J2EE server,” said […]

UPDATED Few technology communities are as disparate as the Free and Open Source software (FOSS) communities, especially when passions rise over differences in implementations. Such is the case between two FOSS .NET projects, Mono and DotGNU , even though both have a similar genesis and pursue the same ultimate goal. Both projects, which were launched […]

UPDATED Two of Microsoft’s rivals in the browser space have joined forces on a standards proposal slated to be presented to a W3C workshop. The Mozilla Foundation and Opera Software collaborated on the document, which represents their “consensus” opinion in the context of standards for Web Applications, and Compound Documents. The working document of the […]

IT security attacks on some of the world’s leading financial institutions more than doubled from last year, according to a new survey from Deloite & Touche. The professional service firm’s annual Global Security Survey showed a dramatic rise in the number of respondents reporting system breaches. In 2003, 39 percent claimed they had been attacked, […]

UPDATED: The Apache Foundation released the latest version of its largest Java based project this week, an XML publishing framework known as Cocoon. Version 2.1.5 fixes numerous issues with the framework and is available for Unix and Windows environments. Stephano Mazzocchi who just last week was elected to the Apache Software Foundation’s Board of Directors, […]

Weeks after emerging from bankruptcy reorganization, Mandrakesoft has released Mandrake version 10 (MDK 10). The latest release is the result of Mandrake’s new process for issuing official releases, which extends the testing period in an effort to ensure optimal stability and performance. MDK 10 includes the 2.6 Linux Kernel, KDE 3.2.2, Samba 3 and a […]