Sean Michael Kerner

Apple is aiming to once again, ‘Think Different’ with new hardware and software updates for it product portfolio. At Apple’s annual World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) today the company announced OS X Mavericks, updated the MacBook Air and Mac Pro and announced the new IOS 7 mobile operating system. The new IOS 7 mobile operating […]

OpenStack services startup Mirantis announced today that it has pulled in another $10 million in venture capital funding, bringing total funding to date up to $20 million. In January of of this year Mirantis received its first $10 million investment from a number of investors, including Dell Ventures, Intel Capital, WestSummit Capital and Cisco. The […]

The open source CloudStack project is out this week with its first major release since becoming a top level Apache Software Foundation project. The new release provides new tools that enable more scalable cloud deployments. The CloudStack 4.1 release is the first since the project’s graduation from the Apache incubator in March of this year. […]

When it comes to enterprise adoption of the cloud, what’s the key barrier? In IBM’s view, one of the key barriers is deployment options, which is why today Big Blue announced the acquisition of privately-held SoftLayer. Financial terms of the deal are not being publicly disclosed. Cloud Storage and Backup Benefits Protecting your company’s data […]

Mozilla is gearing up for a major user interface overhaul for the open source Firefox web browser. Code-named Australis, the new UI is likely to debut as part of Firefox 25, due out in October of his year. The Australis overhaul will be the biggest UI change since Firefox 4, which became generally available in […]

Cisco today announced its intention to acquire privately held startup JouleX for $107 million. The deal is set to officially close in the fourth quarter of 2013. JouleX was founded by Tom Noonan in 2010 after his successful exit from Internet Security Systems (ISS). ISS was sold to IBM for $1.3 billion in 2006. JouleX […]

One of the most commonly cited challenges about moving to the cloud is about security. How do you secure content in a multi-tenant cloud environment that you don’t directly control? Cloud Storage and Backup Benefits Protecting your company’s data is critical. Cloud storage with automated backup is scalable, flexible and provides peace of mind. Cobalt […]

Citrix is a company that has long been about enabling users, mobile or otherwise, to access their applications and work remotely. As part of Citrix’s Synergy conference today, the company is now pushing its mobile and remote worker efforts even further with new XenDesktop, XenMobile and ShareFile offerings. XenDesktop Mick Hollison, VP of Integrated Marketing […]

VMware is the company that has transformed modern data centers and enterprises from being tethered to hardware to running virtualized workloads. Now VMware is looking to extends its mastery of the on-premise IT landscape with the new vCloud Hybrid service. Cloud Storage and Backup Benefits Protecting your company’s data is critical. Cloud storage with automated […]

Chris Kemp helped to kick off the OpenStack Cloud revolution while he was the CTO of NASA. Now as CEO of OpenStack startup Nebula, Kemp has a product in-market and is aiming to turn his cloud company into a commercial success. In an exclusive video interview with Datamation, Kemp details what makes Nebula work and […]