Sean Michael Kerner

OpenStack Summit in Paris Puts Open-Source Cloud on Display by Sean Michael Kerner OpenStack Is Enabling the Software-Defined Economy Jonathan Bryce, executive director of the OpenStack Foundation, detailed during his opening day keynote how the open-source cloud platform is driving the software-defined economy. BMW Uses OpenStack Among the users that discussed OpenStack deployment was car […]

GroundWork today announced the open-source BoxSpy project as a technology that enables users to monitor Docker containers. Docker containers have become an increasingly popular form of application virtualization over the course of the past year, enabling greater density and efficiency than a traditional virtual machine hypervisor. The BoxSpy project is based on the Google cAdvisor […]

Mozilla usually does not announce incremental Firefox browser updates unless there is an urgent security or bug fix, but the Firefox 33.1 browser, released Nov. 10, is an exception. Firefox 33.1 is a special release for Mozilla that closely coincides with the 10th anniversary of the Firefox 1.0 debut, back on November 9, 2004. The […]

Microsoft is out today with it November Patch Tuesday update, providing 14 security updates that address 33 vulnerabilities. As part of the update, Microsoft is closing the last piece of an exploit that emerged after the October Patch Tuesday update. The October Patch Tuesday update fixed 24 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs), including CVE-2014-4114, the […]

At the OpenStack Summit in Paris from Nov. 3 to 7, there was a lot of discussion about both the present and the future of OpenStack. The immediate future for OpenStack is the Kilo release, due out in the first half of 2015. In a video interview with eWEEK at the event, the OpenStack Foundation’s […]

The United States Postal Service (USPS) today revealed that it was the victim of a cyber-intrusion incident against its systems. The USPS emphasized in a statement that all operations are currently working normally and that the intrusion was limited in scope. According to a statement from the USPS sent to eWEEK, “Information potentially compromised in […]

Home Depot revealed new information on Nov. 6 about its data breach that it first officially confirmed in September. Home Depot initially reported that the breach, which lasted from April to September of this year, impacted 56 million credit card holders. The scope of the breach has now been expanded to include 53 million user […]

PARIS–As part of every OpenStack Summit, there is a meeting of the OpenStack Foundation’s board of directors where issues are discussed and decisions are made. At the OpenStack Summit here, the Foundation made a number of key decisions including electing a new Platinum member and discussing a key definition of what it means to be […]

The market for Docker-container-driven technology is evolving fast, with interest from developers and investors alike. Today, continuous integration vendor Shippable announced that it raised $8 million in a Series A round of funding. The open-source Docker container engine enables a very portable, lightweight form of virtualization that has become increasingly popular over the past year. […]

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop Gets Major Update: What You’ll Find by Sean Michael Kerner Download Requires Users to Sign Up for 30-Day Trial As a supported enterprise product, SLED 12 requires potential users to sign up before they can download the operating system. SLED 12 Provides Multiple Desktop Choices SLED 12 provides users with a […]

PARIS—At the OpenStack Summit here, one of the biggest announcements was LXD, a new secure container approach to building a hypervisor that was announced by Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical, the lead commercial sponsor of Ubuntu Linux. In a video interview with eWEEK, Shuttleworth, explained that LXD is all about and why it is complementary […]

Security vendor Palo Alto Networks is warning of a new hybrid form of Mac OS and iOS malware that is infecting devices in China. While the malware requires users to engage in non-recommended practices, including visiting a third-party app store, the overall attack scheme is somewhat unique in its execution. For years, Apple and security […]