Sean Michael Kerner

In total, Microsoft is fixing at least 34 vulnerabilities across its software portfolio. Once again, Microsoft’s IE browser is strongly represented in the Patch Tuesday list of fixed flaws. The MS13-055 advisory fixes no less then 17 flaws in Microsoft web browser. “Internet Explorer vulnerabilities this month made up exactly half of the CVEs addressed […]

From the ‘$21,500 Bug Bounty’ files: Google has release its latest open source Chrome web browser release. 28.0.1500.71. This is mostly a bug and security fix update – with some very notable bug fixes. While Google has been paying security researchers for flaws for some time, with Chrome 28 Google is really upping the ante […]

IBM announced on Monday that is has officially closed on its acquisition of privately-held cloud vendor SoftLayer. The deal closing comes just over a month after IBM first announced its intention to acquire SoftLayer. “This acquisition, closing today, is open for business today, completely, fully and globally,” IBM’s new Cloud Services General Manager Jim Comfort […]

Riverbed entered the ADC market in 2011, basing its offerings on capabilities gained via the acquisitions of vendors Zeus and Aptimize. General Manager Jeff Pancottine leads Riverbed’s ADC efforts. Pancottine, no stranger to the ADC world, worked for rival vendor F5 from 2000 until 2006. In an interview with Enterprise Networking Planet, he detailed his […]

SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Service Pack (SP) 3 is the first major update of SUSE’s flagship Linux platform since February of 2012 when SP2 was released. The first SLES 11 release debuted back in 2009 and SLES 11 SP1 debuted in May of 2010. The SP3 update provides users with new hardware support as well […]

From the “If You Can’t Beat Them… files: There is a bit of a revolving door in the tech industry, where people move from one industry competitor to another (unless of course they have non-compete agreements and even then..). Linux vendor Red Hat today announced the appointment of former VMware exec Scott Musson as Red […]

The first quarter 2013 (1Q13) Data Center Network Equipment report from Infonetics Research pegs global revenue for data center Ethernet switches, application delivery controllers (ADCs), and WAN optimization appliances at $2.3 billion for the quarter. “Following two strong years of investment, growth in the data center equipment market is starting to slow,” Matthias Machowinski, directing […]

Apple is pushing out its Security Update 2013-003 to users, fixing a trio of vulnerabilities that affect Apple’s QuickTime media player. What’s even more surprising is that the vulnerabilities were all reported to Apple via HP’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI), and all have previously been patched on Windows. The three vulnerabilities all involve a user […]

AMD is now a member of The Document Foundation’s Advisory Board and is helping the open source group improve the LibreOffice Calc spreadsheet program. The improvement will be the biggest overhaul of the open source spreadsheet since LibreOffice split from the Oracle/Sun led OpenOffice in 2010. “There is lots and lots of core refactoring now […]

In an interview with eSecurity Planet, Incapsula co-founder Marc Gaffan explained how his company’s service works and why the cloud is the key to modern security. Gaffan said the company is a subsidiary of Imperva, its sole investor. Incapsula has no data centers, but instead has global agreements with Equinix, Level 3 and other providers […]

The feature list for Fedora 19 is a long one and includes new Federated VoIP, high-availability features, improved firewall security and the latest PHP 5.5 stack. With the Fedora 19 release now out, the focus turns to Fedora 20 and the future of the open source project’s development. In an exclusive video interview with ServerWatch, […]

From the ‘Forget Crawl, Walk, Run- SPRINT!’ files: One of the most exciting aspects of agile code development is the reliance on code sprints to complete certain tasks. It’s an approach that works also for documentation. At the OpenStack Summit in Portland this past May, the OpenStack Security Group (OSSG) pledged to sit downto do […]