Jason Brooks

Labs Gallery: OpenSolaris 2009.06 Puts on a Friendlier Face by Jason Brooks Package Manager The Package Manager in OpenSolaris 2009.06 received a speed bump and cross-repository searching capabilities. VirtualBox Support I was pleased to see that OpenSolaris hosts running VirtualBox can now expose USB devices to guests, but I’d like to see OpenSolaris do a […]

Sun Microsystems’ OpenSolaris 2009.06 offers organizations a look ahead at the features that will grace future versions of Sun’s Solaris operating system, a role that’s comparable to the one that Fedora Linux plays in the Red Hat user community.Unlike Fedora Linux, the freely available OpenSolaris comes with the option of paid 24/7 support from Sun-a […]

I recently pointed out that while Google’s excellent messaging and calendar services are available at low or no cost, Microsoft’s Exchange is, in some significant ways, more free than Gmail. That’s because while Gmail is an excellent application, it’s shadowed somewhat by the specter of lock-in: the friction that stops you from moving from something […]

Brian Prince is reporting today that Google is considering enforcing SSL encryption by default for its Google Apps users. It’s a good idea–as eWEEK Labs’ own Andrew Garcia discussed recently, your on-the-go applications can have an awful lot to say about you. In fact, enforcing HTTPS encryption for Google Apps by default is such a […]

Labs Gallery: Fedora 11 Shows Significant Virtualization Gains VM Creation Fedora 11 relies on Linux’s KVM (Kernel Virtual Machine) functionality for its virtualization-hosting capabilities. VM Storage Fedora 11 has grown more adept at accessing and managing storage resources for virtualization. VM Storage Cont. After configuring my storage pools, I could add volumes to install my […]

The most recent version of Fedora, Red Hat’s cutting-edge Linux distribution, provides users of Red Hat’s more staid and stable Red Hat Enterprise Linux an early look at what’s to come in their operating system of choice. In addition to serving as sort of a Linux technology preview, Fedora 11 can itself serve in a […]

Of the all the e-mail clients I’ve tried-be they Web-, desktop- or mobile-based-Google’s Gmail is, without question, my favorite. Gmail interface elements such as conversation grouping and message archiving match the way I like to work, and I appreciate Gmail’s points of integration with complementary applications such as calendar, instant messaging, documents and spreadsheets. My […]

Every organization creates data in the course of its operations, often in such large quantity and variety that it can be challenging to store it all, let alone make it available for analysis. Data warehouses offer organizations a means of storing and exposing their data for mining, but setup and maintenance costs, along with the […]

iLuminate Takes a New Data Warehouse Tack by Jason Brooks Data Statistics I used Illuminate’s iCorrelate analysis tool to drill down into tables, columns or query results, and view statistics on the information. Expression Generator I used iCorrelate’s expressions feature to create two copies of the recipient ID columns. Table Relationships I linked one of […]

File format compatibility for common applications such as word processors and spreadsheets is worthwhile for everyone, whether you’re perfectly happy with Microsoft Office or you’re hankering for a freer or more Web-connected alternative. After all, the more people who are able to not only consume but use and participate in the creation of our documents […]