Sean Michael Kerner

CloudStack 4.2 introduces the idea of Regions, which is a scaling construct for the cloud platform. “What it effectively provides are the mechanisms to support federation of multiple CloudStack management server clusters into a cohesive cloud,” Apache CloudStack VP, Chip Childers said. In a CloudStack deployment, he explained, a management server cluster is responsible for […]

The primary solution from CloudPassage is a technology called Halo, an automation platform for the delivery of security and control across public and private clouds. Sweet said the platform includes a number of modules including network access control, two-factor authentication, intrusion detection, configuration and path monitoring, and end-user management. The Halo system has a central […]

Aruba Networks this week announced its cloud based Wi-Fi AP solution today, known as Aruba Central. The purpose of Aruba Central is to enable easy cloud based management of Aruba Instant APs across multiple physical locations. This isn’t the first time that Aruba has announced a hosted cloud approach to AP management. Back in 2009, […]

One of the largest attacks in the history of the Internet was taking place—a massive nine-hour barrage that leveled an unrelenting 100 Gigabits of traffic at its peak,on Sept. 24. To date the victim of the attack is remaining in the shadows, not wanting to be publicly identified. The target Website is protected by cloud […]

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, first released in 2007, is no longer the leading edge of Red Hat’s Linux efforts. Red Hat has been updating RHEL 5 regularly as part of the operating system’s 10-year supported lifespan. RHEL 5.9 was released in January. “Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is now in Production Phase 2 where […]

A panel of experts at the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC2) Security Congress’ 2013 event debated the issue of cyber-offensive strategies on Sept. 27. The panel concluded that offensive strategies aren’t likely the right approach for most, if not all, enterprise IT shops. The concept behind the panel was to talk about whether […]

The Nexus 3100 series builds on the Nexus 3000 switching platform, which Cisco first announced in March of 2011. Gabriel Dixon, marketing manager for Data Center and Virtualization at Cisco, told Enterprise Networking Planet that the new Nexus 3100 series does not replace any top-of-rack switches already in the Cisco portfolio. “It’s an additional member, […]

The HP SDN App Store will enable HP partners to deliver and sell SDN applications to HP SDN customers. To help partners build SDN applications, HP is also providing an SDN Developer Kit (SDK) that provides tools and information needed to build SDN applications. Part of the HP SDN developer effort is also a virtual […]

In total, more than 30,000 changes were made in GNOME 3.10, with over 1,000 individuals contributing to the new release. On the user interface front, there is a new system status area that provides a more unified view of the user’s system. In terms of new software applications, the GNOME 3.10 release starts right at […]

One of the key additions set to land in Fedora 20 is a set of Apache Hadoop application packages. Hadoop is an open source collection of projects that has become synonymous with the term “Big Data” in recent years. Fedora Project Leader Robyn Bergeron told ServerWatch that Fedora 20 will include “all” the different Hadoop […]

Whenever anyone asks me if the cloud is secure, I typically have a very simple answer: The cloud is no more and no less secure than the controls that enterprises, users and cloud providers put in place. Until this week, I did not consider the Microsoft Azure cloud to be particularly secure. That’s not because […]

Reports out in recent weeks provide fresh fuel for the analysis of IT security and what is under attack. Among the major trends is the fact that mobile malware continues to rise. According to F-Secure’s “Threat Report H1 2013,” in July there were 257,443 pieces of mobile malware on Android, up from 73,084 in January. […]