Sean Michael Kerner

Apache Tomcat is a popular open source Java application server and serves as the basis for a number of commercial servers. Yet Tomcat itself is not a commercial project — though now it does have a commercial version, courtesy of enterprise Java vendor SpringSource. SpringSource this week began offering its Tomcat-based tc Server, including enterprise […]

From the ‘Is Debian’s failure, Ubuntu’s Linux success?‘ files: This week’s Jaunty Jackalope release was Ubuntu’s 10th release and the 9th release that I’ve used myself. I first became aware of Ubuntu in 2005 with the ‘Hoary Hedgehog’ release for only one reason, Debian Sarge was AWOL. Debian is the basis for Ubuntu, but in […]

Known for its quirky animal named Linux releases, Canonical, the lead commercial sponsor behind Ubuntu Linux, is out with its 9.04 release today, codenamed the “Jaunty Jackalope.” The “Jaunty” release includes new versions for netbooks, desktops and servers and features faster boot times and cloud computing capabilities. This is the tenth release for Ubuntu since […]

Sun is one of the world’s largest open source vendors, making its acquisition by Oracle a development that will have repercussions throughout the open source world. Despite the enormity of the news, however, many open source vendors that spoke with InternetNews.com said they are cautiously optimistic about the impact of Oracle’s Sun acquisition — and […]

Mozilla today is best known as a browser vendor, but one day it could be known as a Web services vendor, too. That’s thanks to a services backend that has at its heart a Mozilla Labs project called Weave. The project is an effort to enable users to synchronize and save data on Mozilla infrastructure. […]

As the economy continues to contract, how is Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO) expanding its resources without expanding its employee roster? By going back to school. Cisco today plans to announce a formal partnership with the University of California at Santa Cruz (UCSC) for the established of a Network Management and Operations Lab (NMO Lab). While Cisco has […]

The process of software development is one with multiple layers. At the base layer is the code which developers write, which is then compiled by the build system that puts the code together so it is ready for deployment. Code analysis vendor Coverity is now expanding its analysis beyond just the static code layer to […]

Web browsing is supposed to just be a point-and-click exercise, but there are times when a user has a question or encounters a problem with their browser and needs help. For the millions of users around the globe using Mozilla’s Firefox, that’s where SUpport Mozilla (SUMO) aims to come in, with a support forum and […]

Just like applications themselves are moving to the cloud, so too are the application security vendors. New versions of on-demand tools from Fortify Software and Cenzic debuted this week. The new solution enables enterprises to find vulnerable code before it is put into production as well as by way of penetration testing methods. The new […]

Linux is often thought to be all about collaboration and contribution to a project. Yet the community doesn’t always get along, even as Linux’s supporters are enjoying new levels of success against entrenched proprietary vendors like Microsoft. To assess where Linux is today, to help hammer out some of the divisive issues in the community, […]