Sean Michael Kerner

HONG KONG – If ever there was a master of doing live demos on a keynote stage, that master is Ubuntu Linux founder Mark Shuttleworth. Speaking at the OpenStack Summit here, Shuttleworth continued his tradition of doing a live demo of what many would normally consider to be difficult and time-consuming tasks. Read the full […]

HONG KONG – Danny Sabbah, CTO and General Manager, Next Generation Platform at IBM is very bullish on the cloud, and in particular the open source OpenStack cloud. Speaking at the OpenStack Summit here, Sabbah detailed in a keynote why OpenStack works and how IBM and everyone else is now able to benefit from it. […]

HONG KONG—The open-source OpenStack cloud effort, hosting its semi-annual summit here this week, is showing off the diversity of its user base and the technologies they employ. OpenStack isn’t a single technology and isn’t a single company either; it’s an open-source collaborative effort that spans the globe. Presenting new user survey data in an analyst […]

NonStop is an HP server operating system technology that has its roots back in Tandem Computers, which originated in 1976. Tandem was acquired by Compaq, which in turn was acquired by HP in 2005.HP Project Odyssey Randy Meyer, Vice President and General Manager, Integrity Servers at HP, told ServerWatch that this is the first time […]

From a services perspective, Cisco brings to bear its professional services operations to OpenStack with strategy and assessment services. Cisco is also offering new accelerator packs, bundled sets of pre-designed Cisco hardware solution stacks including server, storage and networking components. One of the accelerator packs is for compute-intensive OpenStack workloads. The pack includes 6 x […]

HONG KONG—Six months ago, the world was turned upside down when then-unknown National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden turned up here in Hong Kong and disclosed what is likely the biggest intelligence leak in modern history. Snowden’s disclosure has led to a culture of fear, uncertainty and doubt (FUD) about U.S. tech vendors and, […]

The fifth major milestone release in 2013 of the open-source Linux kernel is now available, providing users with improved file system performance. Linux creator Linus Torvalds also used the launch of the new Linux 3.12 kernel as an opportunity to talk about the future of kernel development. The 3.12 kernel follows the Linux 3.11 release, […]

Kyle Forster, Big Switch Networks co-founder, told Enterprise Networking Planet that his company is now building out new solution sets to meet the evolving needs of the SDN market. One of Big Switch’s new solutions is a Monitoring Fabric that will provide network administrators with the tools needed to monitor an SDN deployment. Read the […]

Mozilla’s upcoming Firefox release will land key security features that could protect users from malicious plug-in content. Mozilla is out now with a beta release of its upcoming Firefox 26 open-source Web browser, providing users with a preview of technology—including a key security change—that will become generally available before the end of the year. Read […]

In recent years, Java has become a highly targeted part of the modern computing experience, and it’s a trend that continues to grow, according to multiple security vendors. According to a new report from Kaspersky Lab, there were 14.1 million Java exploit attacks in the one-year period from September 2012 to August 2013, with the […]

The Obama administration hasn’t had the easiest of times in the rollout of its Affordable Health Care for America Act (commonly referred to as Obamacare) and its associated Websites led by Heathcare.gov. In addition, to site accessibility delays that have plagued Obamacare Websites since day one, security researchers are now also warning about potential risks. […]

“As good as OpenStack is with compute resources, when it comes time to provision networking resources, you’re really very limited,” Kelly Herrell, VP and GM of the Software Networking Business Unit at Brocade, explained to Enterprise Networking Planet. “You don’t get to choose between physical and virtual network resources, and you also don’t get to […]