Sean Michael Kerner

The Drupal content management system (CMS) is one of the most successful open source projects on the Internet today, thanks in no small part to its community. At the head of the Drupal community is the project’s founder, Dries Buytaert, who started the project ten years ago in his dorm room. In 2008, Buytaert helped […]

Building software in a waterfall approach where there is a big milestone release at the end of the process, isn’t conducive to success in the modern world, according to top executives from the NYSE and GE. Speaking at the Zendcon PHP developers conference, Robert Kerner, vice-president at New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) told developers in […]

Red Hat has numerous cloud initiatives, but Fedora is its own separate project and doesn’t always align with Red Hat’s corporate cloud initiatives. However, the brand new Fedora 14 is definitely cloud-ready. Sean Michael Kerner reports. The Red Hat sponsored Fedora Linux distribution has unveiled its second release of 2010. Fedora 14, codenamed “Laughlin,” introduces […]

PHP has long been used as one of the primary languages for the web. With the help of some new tools, commercial PHP backer Zend is now helping to position PHP for the cloud too. At the ZendCon conference in Santa Clara, California, Zend today announced the general availability of the Zend Studio 8.0 IDE […]

How real are the Android mobile OS problems? “These could in theory potentially be exploitable,” said Andy Chou, Chief Scientist and co-founder of Coverity. “We don’t know. We are working with some security researchers to see if the flaws are actually exploitable.” Sean Michael Kerner reports. Google’s Android mobile operating system may include a number […]

The Linux Foundation is delivering on its promise to help enterprises comply with open source licensing terms with a new self-assessment checklist. At the LinuxCon event this past August, the Linux Foundation officially announced a new license compliance program to help ease adoption of open source technologies. The checklist is one of the deliverables of […]

Among many changes, Shuttleworth promotes continuing efforts aimed at improving and expanding the Ubuntu developer ecosystem. Sean Michael Kerner reports. One of the reasons Ubuntu developers gather at the Ubuntu Developer Summit (UDS) is to figure out what the next version of their Linux distribution should be about. At the Natty UDS currently underway in […]

Is Linux inside your consumer electronics device? Linux is increasingly becoming the primary embedded operating system for a myriad of consumer electronics devices, including eBook readers, TVs, mobile phone and media players. To date, one of the primary organizations helping to lead Linux for consumer electronics has been the Consumer Electronics Linux Forum (CELF). CELF […]

The next release of Ubuntu Linux could have a very different interface than regular Linux desktop users are used to seeing. Ubuntu Founder Mark Shuttleworth today announced that the Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwal release would use the Unity interface as its default Linux desktop shell. To date, Unity has been available to Ubuntu users as […]

The modern era of connected mobile clients and remote access has changed the way people around the world work. A new global study sponsored by Cisco of 2,600 workers, split between IT managers and enterprise users, reveals that the 60 percent of respondents no longer feel that they have to be in the office to […]

The Ubuntu One service, which debuted a year ago, offered basic file backup and synchronization services. With its newest release, Canonical is expanding the offering to Windows users as well. Among other features, Ubuntu One will provide music-streaming services. So if a user is listening to a piece of music on an Ubuntu workstation, he […]

Security is always a primary concern for enterprise IT managers, with a constant need to ensure that systems are kept updated and properly configured to prevent exploits. A new tool debuting in the upcoming Red Hat-sponsored Fedora 14 Linux release could prove a key ingredient in enabling properly secured systems. Fedora 14 is set to […]