Sean Michael Kerner

Apache Software Foundation: 10 Projects That Are Making a Difference by Sean Michael Kerner Apache HTTP Continues to Dominate the Web Apache’s claim to fame has long been that it is the No. 1 HTTP Web server. As of August 2013, Apache HTTP powers 46.96 percent of the Web. A Simple Configuration File Is at […]

The open-source Python programming language has continued to steadily improve its code quality in recent years and now surpasses that of its open-source and proprietary peers, according to a study published by development testing vendor Coverity. “The Coverity platform is part of the Python build system,” Zack Samocha, senior director of product management at Coverity, […]

Tech vendors live and die, not on the strength of their technologies alone, but rather on the strength of their loyal user bases. Helping to lead the charge for virtualization vendor VMware is the independent VMware User Group (VMUG) with more than 80,000 members. VMUG had a strong presence at the VMworld event this week […]

In the world of computer security hackers, few are as well-known as Kevin Mitnick. Mitnick’s activities in the mid-1990s led to his arrest by the FBI and subsequent imprisonment. Today he works as a security consultant with his own firm, Mitnick Security Consulting. In a video interview with eWEEK, Mitnick discusses what his firm does […]

As cloud computing, and the need for qualified individuals to operate and manage cloud environments, grows rapidly, Red Hat is launching a new training program as well as the Red Hat Certificate of Expertise in Infrastructure as a Service to help teach and certify skilled professionals. Red Hat is well-known as a Linux vendor and […]

Hewlett-Packard is updating its Fortify Static Code Analyzer (SCA) to version 4.0, boosting both the performance, accuracy and feature set of the security and code quality tool. Static Analysis refers to the examination of code at rest that is not actually running. Such an analysis can often find programmatic code errors that can impact code […]

Open-source NoSQL database vendor Couchbase has raised a new $25 million Series D round of funding to further the technical and business development of the company’s namesake database. Bob Wiederhold, Couchbase CEO, told eWEEK that in total to date, his company has raised $55 million across four rounds of funding. Couchbase is still a relatively […]

Late yesterday afternoon, my twitterstream lit up like fireworks that The New York Times Website was down. Once again rampant early speculation was that an attack had occurred—and this time (as opposed to the last time) it had. In a brazen attack against domain registrar Melbourne IT, host for NYtimes.com, Twitter, Huffington Post and other […]

VMware and Linux vendor SUSE Linux have extended their partnership to the hybrid cloud. SUSE Linux announced Aug. 27 that its Linux distribution is available on the newly launched VMware vCloud Hybrid Service that just became generally available Aug. 26. “SUSE Linux Enterprise Server will be available in the VMware vCloud Hybrid Service catalog and […]

The Syrian Electronic Army (SEA), an online hacktivist group with ties to embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has launched its most devastating cyber-attack yet, taking down multiple Web destinations, including The New York Times. The New York Times’ Twitter feed first publicly acknowledged that the NYtimes.com site was down at 4:47 p.m. EDT on Aug. […]

The prevailing wisdom is that longer, more complex passwords and passphrases are more difficult to crack and are more secure for users. While complex passwords and passphrases are still a better approach than simple words and short passwords, new technology out this week will now make it faster to crack longer, complex passwords. The oclHashcat-plus […]

VMware CEO’s ‘State of the Virtual Union’ Keynote: 10 Takeaways by Sean Michael Kerner Pat Gelsinger Takes the VMworld Keynote Stage Without Paul Maritz VMworld 2013 is Pat Gelsinger’s second as VMware’s CEO. At the 2012 event, the baton was passed to him by outgoing CEO Paul Maritz, who now heads VMware spin-off Pivotal. From […]