Sean Michael Kerner

With Oracle set to acquire Sun and gain stewardship over Java, there are many in the tech world with an opinion on how the database giant should handle its new relationship with the programming language. One of those opinions is being voiced by Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst, who is calling on Oracle to keep […]

Virtualization is a key technology for Linux vendor Red Hat which earlier this year outlined a broad new virtualization roadmap including new products and technologies. Those efforts are now starting to bear fruit, with Red Hat (NYSE:RHT) this week indicating that it’s now entering the beta phase of deployment. Red Hat’s new initiatives aim to […]

Commercial open source database vendor EnterpriseDB today released its latest version of Postgres Plus Advanced Server, aimed at offering more Oracle database compatibility. EnterpriseDB is one of the leading commercial backers of the open source PostgreSQL (aka Postgres) database. The Postgres Plus Advanced Server is not actually open source, though. It builds on the open […]

From the ‘big ideas that will change the web‘ files: Native Client is coming to Google — soon. This is big news. Native Client is a technology that will enable a browser to run code over the web (not just JavaScript or Java) but regular software. It’s an approach that has profound technological implications in […]

June’s not even half over, and it’s already proven to be a busy month for Mozilla developers. Within recent days, the team pushed out the first official Firefox 3.5 release candidate (RC 1) and updated its Jetpack technology for browser add-ons. At the same time, Mozilla is also working to stamp out a handful of […]

The second Linux kernel of 2009 is now out, sporting a long list of improvements — and at least one regression. New filesystem support, security and driver improvements are all part of the new Linux 2.6.30 kernel release, although one of the most noticeable elements in the new release is the kernel inclusion of fastboot, […]

Red Hat’s community Linux effort, Fedora is out with its latest release, Fedora 11. While Fedora Linux 11 is an optimized release, some might even call it a ‘Spartan’ release, though not for lack of new features. The Fedora 11 release is officially codenamed “Leonidas” who was known as the King of the Spartans. Fedora […]

When Cisco first announced its Unified Computing System (UCS) product portfolio earlier this year it was all about its ‘B’ series blade servers. Now Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO) is expanding its UCS product portfolio with a new ‘C’ series that includes three new rack servers, which are officially being announced at its Partner Summit now underway in […]

Novell (NASDAQ: NOVL) is managing to grow its Linux business despite a difficult economy, but is it profitable? The answer, according to both Novell’s CEO and its CFO, is not yet. “We have invested heavily in our Linux business to gain market share and acquire new customers,” Novell CFO Dana Russell said on the company’s […]

Ethernet has emerged over the last decade as the dominant fabric for networking communication, but it’s not the only one. Infiniband, a technology that offers the promise of lower latency for high speed computing applications is making inroads according to analyst reports and the Infiniband Trade Association (IBTA). Infiniband is the interconnect used on the […]