Sean Michael Kerner

Open source business is gaining momentum and is no longer dominated by the discussion about how to make money. At least that’s the view of Open Source Business Conference (OSBC) organizer Matt Asay who now thinks that open source has crossed the proverbial chasm. “The issue is now how do you adopt and get the […]

IEEE 802.1x promises port-level authentication with security for both wired and wireless users. But it’s a promise that has not yet been fully realized on an industry-wide level for a variety of reasons, among which is the open availability of an enterprise-class standard client for interfacing with 802.1x A new consortium called OpenSEA (Open Secure […]

UPDATED: Tens of millions of Microsoft users get their security updates from the Microsoft Update service. But a researcher at security firm Symantec (Quote) is alleging that users could potentially get something more than they bargained for. A Symantec researcher said that Microsoft Update, which includes a component called Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS), could […]

AJAX is one of the hottest technology trends today with vendors of all shapes and sizes jockeying for position. And though it has been hyped widely as a consumer-facing technology, with such notable sites as Google Maps, it can also potentially provide tangible benefits for the enterprise. The promise of enterprise AJAX is what seven-year-old […]

In typical enterprise WiFi (define) deployments, there are access points that provide access and controllers that control access and management. One startup is trying to get rid of the controller to save customers some important dollars. Aerohive is hawking a new approach where policy and management control is distributed in a cooperative way across access points […]

Linux continues to make inroads into China according to the latest market research. A new report from Beijing-based CCID Consulting pegs Linux operating sales revenues up by nearly 31 percent in the first quarter of 2007 to 31 million Yuan (just over US$4 million), as compared to the same period a year prior. CCID’s numbers […]

The first Gentoo Linux release of the year is now available, featuring an improved installer and updated packages. The release, which Gentoo developers have code-named Secret Sauce comes after several delays and revisions by developers to iron out security flaws. “This release met with several delays due to an abnormally high number of security vulnerabilities […]

The Microsoft-Novell interoperability deal continues to win converts, the latest of which is none other than hardware giant Dell. Dell will now be purchasing Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server certificates from Microsoft and will also work on a migration effort for non-Dell Linux customers. That deal does not mean that Dell will be soliciting its […]

Hallelujah! Linux on the desktop has finally arrived! Or has it been here all along? This week’s mammothly hyped news that Dell would be shipping PCs with Ubuntu Linux pre-loaded has been hailed by some as a momentous occasion for the Linux desktop. One might be tempted to think that no hardware vendor has ever […]

Managing tens of thousands of servers is no trivial task and it’s not something you want to leave to just any software vendor. Traditionally big enterprise deployments have gone with big enterprise vendors, but one open source vendor is hoping to take a piece of the pie. Since 2001, Qlusters has been trying to help […]