Sean Michael Kerner

Mono isn’t dead, and SUSE isn’t giving up on it entirely either. Attachmate’s SUSE Linux division today officially announced a deal with startup Xamarin for support and ongoing development of Mono. Xamarin is a company founded by former Novell employees including Nat Friedman and Mono founder Miguel de Icaza. The pair founded the company after […]

When it comes to managing on-site networking gear, you don’t necessarily need have on-site networking expertise. Networking vendor Meraki has been pushing its cloud managed networking routers as a solution since the beginning of 2011. One of the first solutions that Meraki announced was the MX50 router, which is now being replaced after being in […]

At the heart of Cisco’s cloud strategy is its Unified Computing System (UCS). At the Cisco Live user conference today, Cisco announced new extensions for the UCS that provide even more density for cloud deployments. Omar Sultan, solution manager for data center switching in the Data Center Solutions team at Cisco, told InternetNews.com that new […]

Citrix (NASDQ:CTXS) is acquiring cloud startup cloud.com in an effort to further expand cloud services and ramp up competition against VMware. Cloud.com offers a Platform-as-a-Service solution that is intended to help make it easier for enterprises to manage and deploy cloud services. Citrix spokesperson Julie Geer told InternetNews.com that Citrix was not disclosing the financial […]

Microsoft officials emphasized the company’s commitment to both public and private cloud computing on the second day of its Worldwide Partner Conference in Los Angeles, but also moved to reassure partners and customers that they will be able to adopt the cloud on their own terms. Cloud Storage and Backup Benefits Protecting your company’s data […]

After years of development, delays and ownership changes, Java is ready for its next major release. The first release candidate for Java 7 was released this week, with general availability expected by the end of the month. In order to help celebrate the launch of Java 7, Oracle hosted a global event on Thursday highlighting […]

Oracle is out this week with a new release of its Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) software. The new VDI 3.3 release expands both the deployment options and performance for enterprises looking to virtualize their desktops. The VDI 3.3 release is also the first from Oracle that is supported on Oracle Linux. “The Oracle Virtual Desktop […]

The .net domain registry will remain under the management and operation of Verisign until at least 2017. ICANN has renewed its agreement with Verisign, which was last renewed in 2005. The 2005 bidding process for .net was a competitive one with at least five bidders involved. In contrast, for the 2011 renewal, there was not […]

Make no mistake about it, Google updates its Chrome browser very rapidly. At the beginning of June, Google released the first stable version of Chrome 12, fixing at least 15 different security issues and adding new features. Chrome 12 itself is the fourth major browser release from Google so far in 2011. Now Google is […]

Red Hat is updating its real time version of Enterprise Linux this week with the release of MRG 2.0 (Messaging, Real-Time, Grid). The new MRG release come as Red Hat ramps up its KVM virtualization efforts with the Open Virtualization Alliance (OVF). The new MRG 2.0 release is built around a deterministic real time core […]

Red Hat is starting off its fiscal 2012 year with a bang. The open source vendor reported its first quarter fiscal 2012 earnings on Wednesday night with double digit revenue gains. Red Hat’s strong financial performance is coming on the back of growth in both its operating system platform, cloud and middleware product offerings. “Fiscal […]

Mozilla today released Firefox 5, three months to the day after Firefox 4 was released. The new Firefox 5 release marks the successful debut of Mozilla’s rapid release process, which iterates new releases every three months. Firefox 5 includes new performance, standards and privacy improvements as well as improving the overall stability of the browser […]