Sean Michael Kerner

This partnership to boost application speeds beyond the firewall reflects the growing importance of cloud computing in today’s enterprise computing. Sean Michael Kerner reports. IBM (NYSE: IBM) is partnering with Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM) for new joint application acceleration solutions. The new solutions include the WebSphere Application Accelerator for Public Networks, which includes a hardware component […]

It was 20 years ago this summer that Linux was born. Over that time Linux has transformed both itself and the IT industry. According to Jim Zemlin, the Executive Director of the Linux Foundation, the same core fundamentals that have helped Linux to reach its current stature will help to propel it forward for the […]

Microsoft’s general counsel said the company is filing a formal complaint against Google with the European Commission (EC) for anti-competitive activities that keep the search giant dominant in the European Union (EU) with some 95 percent of search traffic. Brad Smith, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) general counsel, announced the complaint in a post to the Microsoft […]

The former head of VMware’s research and development, now heading a storage startup, says storage challenges can hinder broader virtualization deployments. Sean Michael Kerner reports. Virtualization technology is transforming data centers and enterprises around the globe by enabling better utilization of assets. One piece of the virtualization puzzle that has lagged behind is the storage […]

The magic word in this database security deal is ‘cloud computing’ — proving still further that cloud computing is the leading trend in today’s IT. Sean Michael Kerner reports. Intel’s (NASDAQ:INTC) McAfee security division is acquiring privately held database security vendor Sentrigo. Financial terms of the deal are not being publicly disclosed. Sentrigo’s products include […]

After 12 betas, two release candidates and more than nine months of development, Mozilla today officially released its next generation open source Firefox 4 Web browser. With Firefox 4 — the first major browser update since Mozilla released Firefox 3.6 in January of 2010 — developers have made multiple user-facing changes that will noticed quickly […]

Red Hat is expanding its JBoss portfolio this week with the release of JBoss Enterprise Data Services Platform 5.1. As part of the release, JBoss is updating its Enterprise SOA platform as well as the JBoss Developer Studio. The Enterprise Data Services Platform 5.1 release is a new addition to the JBoss SOA platform suite, […]

Clayton M. Christensen’s book, The Innovator’s Dilemmahas served as a touchstone for many technology companies looking to create and expand their market share. One such company that has taken The Innovator’s Dilemma to heart is Juniper Networks (NYSE:JNPR). The dilemma outlined by Christensen is about how a successful company with products in market can continue […]

The refrain from business users is clear: we need faster Internet access. HP’s latest offering is an effort to grab marketshare in the ultra-fast Wi-Fi sector. Sean Michael Kerner reports. Demand for Wi-Fi bandwidth continues to grow, which is why networking vendors continue to up the ante when it comes to Wi-Fi performance. HP this […]

Prior to the DB2 official partnership, a SUSE Studio user could have used DB2 for a Linux appliance, though the process was not as streamlined. Now, the DB2 templates are freely available to developers on SUSESTUDIO.com. Sean Michael Kerner reports. Novell is expanding its SUSE Studio Linux appliance technology today with the addition of new […]

When one door closes, sometimes another one opens. The open source FreeBSD operating systems is out this week with a new release expanding support for the ZFS filesystem and improving disk encryption performance. The FreeBSD 8.2 release is the first FreeBSD release in 2011 and follows the 8.1 release, which debuted in July of 2010. […]

For those wanting a sneak peak at Apple’s next OS, Sean Michael Kerner reports on the debut appearance by this big cat. After weeks of speculation, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) today officially announced an updated lineup of MacBook Pro notebooks including Intel’s Thunderbolt I/O, technology. The new MacBooks aren’t the only new release from Apple today. […]