Sean Michael Kerner

With over 180,000 open source projects in its repository, SourceForge.net has a lot of files it needs to track and serve. It can become a challenge to manage all those downloads. For the most part, Sourceforge relies on a system of globally distributed mirror sites that help to deliver open source application files and programs […]

A core element of good network policy is the ability to understand who users are and where they are going. Yet in businesses and schools everywhere, some users try to circumvent identification by using techniques that can, in some cases, anonymize their traffic. To combat the issue, a new generation of filtering technology is being […]

For Cisco, it’s all about power. The networking vendor may be upping the power of its offerings in one regard — showing off new Nexus switching equipment with enhanced capabilities — but it’s simultaneously working to cut down on its products’ power in another way: their energy consumption. Starting this week, the company said its […]

To date, building a cloud computing infrastructure has been a relatively closed affair, with vendors offering their own respective services directly to prospective users. A new service from Deutsche Telekom (NYSE: DT) spin-off Zimory, which launches officially on Monday, aims to change that paradigm with a new approach: opening up a cloud computing marketplace that […]

The Enterprise Content Management (ECM) space is about more than just managing content. It’s about creating content too. That’s where open source ECM vendor Alfresco’s new Labs 3.0 release comes into play. Alfresco Labs 3.0 adds new Web Studio functionality that enables users to build sites with drag and drop ease. Alfresco’s open source products […]

Linux vendor Red Hat is updating its flagship Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) to version 5.3 with added support for new Intel Nehalem hardware and including new Java, clustered file system and security tools. RHEL 5.3 also adds improved support for Windows Vista interoperability, something that had been lacking from prior RHEL releases. “Our minor […]

Engine Yard is aiming to widen Ruby on Rails’ (RoR) capabilities in the cloud, moving beyond its own infrastructure to the wider world of Amazon EC2 and debuting an open platform for developing and managing secure cloud applications. The RoR vendor said its new Solo service would piggyback on Amazon’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) EC2 cloud computing […]

There is an oft-repeated claim by open source vendors that their software can save enterprises money, compared to proprietary software. In the case of open source startup Marketcetera, saving money isn’t enough: It wants to make money for its customers, too. Marketcetera’s customers are traders in the financial markets, and to better meet their needs, […]

What makes Apple’s Mac OSX more secure than Microsoft Windows? According to a pair of security researchers, plenty of factors help Mac security. Among them are technological factors like the kernel that Mac OSX uses. Plus, there advantage of lower market share than Windows, which still makes it a lower-profile target. During a Black Hat […]

Making Web applications faster is big business for big businesses-like carriers. Mid-market enterprises can also benefit from web acceleration, which is where Networking vendor Coyote Point is concentrating its efforts. Coyote Point is now rolling out a new Equalizer GX line of Web Acceleration appliances that offer the promise of improved Web application speeds as […]