Jason Brooks

For enterprises to become greener, both in terms of a reduced environmental footprint and in dollars diverted from electric company coffers, they must grow as cognizant of power consumption as they are of security permissions—a principle of least power to accompany that of least privilege. As with security design and implementation, going green isnt as […]

10 Things You Should Know About Open Source Check the Label Open source is frequently used as a generic marketing term, but the phrase has a very specific meaning. Generally speaking, i 10 Things You Should Know About Open Source – 2. Not Just for Coders Open-source contribution isnt just for coders. Using the software, […]

My Microsoft Watch colleague Joe Wilcox is reporting today on some rather eye-catching Apple/Microsoft numbers: ““Here’s a big number: 20 percent of Microsoft Office’s U.S retail sales are the Mac version, according to NPD. Here’s another: Mac users account for 10 percent of retail Windows Vista Business and Ultimate sales.”“ It doesn’t surprise me that […]

Today I attended a Sun Microsystems Chalk Talk on the company’s virtualization plans. The talk centered on two upcoming products from Sun, which ride together under the anagrammatic label xVM. The product duo consists of Sun xVM Server, which is Sun’s long-awaited (by me, at least) Xen hypervisor implementation, and xVM Ops Center, which is […]

Symantec has been turning heads with its suggestion that whitelisting might be a better way forward for ensuring the security of PCs than the blacklisting approach currently used by anti-virus products—including those from Symantec. My colleagues Jim Rapoza and Larry Seltzer have recently weighed in on the idea: Jim doesnt like it and Larry is […]

Microsofts Windows Server 2008 RC0 hit the Web earlier this week on the road to its scheduled February 2008 release, toting a new Internet Information Services role for the products lean and mean Server Core incarnation and a laundry list of small fit-and-finish tweaks. However, the most significant component of the RC0 code drop is […]

FileMaker Inc.s FileMaker 9 Professional is the latest in a long line of desktop database products that, as with previous versions, distinguishes itself with its ease of use. FileMaker is best known as a productivity tool for individuals and small groups. However, the product has, over its past few iterations, grown thicker back-end roots—most apparently […]

Symantec has been turning heads with its suggestion that whitelisting might be a better way forward for ensuring the security of PCs than the blacklisting approach that current A/V products, such as those from Symantec, adopt. My colleagues Jim Rapoza and Larry Seltzer have recently weighed in on the idea: Jim doesn’t like it, and […]

Salesforce.com leaves its heart in San Francisco The first floor of the Four Seasons Hotel in San Francisco is a vast marble expanse with little in the way of a lobby. A small sign points the way to an elevator that has two buttons: one for up, the other for down. Stepping in on the […]

As I write this, VMworld is drawing to a close, having been an exceptional success. The fourth annual expo for VMware and its partners in virtualization saw healthy gains both in attendance and the number of exhibitors—up 57 percent and 79 percent, respectively, since last year. As I reflect on the recent explosion in popularity […]