Sean Michael Kerner

Mozilla is out with the Firefox 21 open source browser release today, fixing at least 8 security vulnerabilities, three of which are rated as being critical. The new release also provides new features that – depending on your viewpoint – could either improve or reduce user privacy. One of the new features in Firefox 21 […]

There are a lot of different programming languages in use today. When it comes to the cloud, thanks in part to the strong position of OpenStack, the open source Python language has emerged as being one of the most important. OpenStack is written in Python and is in used by many leading IT vendors including […]

Saar Gillai, SVP and GM for Converged Cloud at HP, oversees a massive multi-billion business. It’s a business that include both private and public clouds and is heavily invested in the open source OpenStack cloud platform. In an exclusive video interview with Datamation, Gillai discusses what HP is doing in the cloud and provides some […]

The open source OpenStack cloud platform is being built by a diverse and large group of vendors and developers. Among those vendors is Linux leader Red Hat, a company that is no stranger to being part of a multi-stakeholder open source effort, like the GNOME Linux desktop, for example. Helping to lead Red Hat’s OpenStack […]

General Electric (GE) was formed in 1892, but don’t let its age fool you. The company is no laggard and is taking a very young approach to the world of Big Data and the cloud. GE announced this week that it is investing $105 million in startup Pivotal. Pivotal was officially launched at a media […]

Mark Shuttleworth made the controversial decision to move Ubuntu Linux to the Unity interface back in 2010. It’s a decision that provoked lots of argument, but with the Ubuntu 13.04 Linux release out this week, Shuttleworth remains confident he is moving in the right direction. In an exclusive video interview with Datamation, Shuttleworth reflected on […]

IBM is not starting of its fiscal 2013 year on a particularly strong note. Big Blue reported its first quarter earnings late Thursday, showing declining revenues and income as system sales slow, though IBM does see some bright spots, particularly with Linux For the quarter, IBM reported revenue of $23.5 billion, which is a five […]

PORTLAND. Ubuntu Linux founder Mark Shuttleworth was among the earliest backers of the open source OpenStack cloud platform. The early OpenStack releases relied on Ubuntu as its reference Linux distribution and Ubuntu has been packaging OpenStack since its 11.04 Natty Narwal release in 2011. In an exclusive interview with Datamation at the OpenStack Summit, Shuttleworth […]

PORTLAND. OpenStack is being deployed and used by organizations that many Americans know as household brand names. That’s the message coming from the OpenStack Summit where a conga line of big end users explained to capacity crowds why they chose OpenStack and how it is being used. In a live demo on the keynote stage, […]

HP is doubling down on its OpenStack efforts with a new CloudSystem 7.2 private cloud release. HP’s public cloud offering is also based on OpenStack and the company is a leading contributor to OpenStack development. “One of the key tenants of CloudSystem has always been its openness. It supports Microsoft, it supports VMware, it supports […]