Jason Brooks

Marathon Technologies EverRun HA offers companies a relatively easy way to bolster the uptime of their Windows Server 2003 applications. EverRun HA serves up a virtualized Microsoft Windows Server 2003 environment from a linked pair of Windows Server 2003 systems, which Marathon calls CoServers. In each pair, a primary CoServer hosts the virtual server instance […]

In an editorial just over a year ago, we voiced support for Advanced Micro Devices antitrust case against Intel out of concern that the anti-competitive tactics that AMD alleges Intel has employed have resulted in fewer choices, higher prices and less innovation for IT consumers. Were pleased to see that, apart from any far-off actions […]

Recently, I dropped by the Four Seasons Hotel in San Francisco to check out VMwares public demo of its in-development virtualization software for Apple Computers Mac OS X. During the demo, held in conjunction with Apples Worldwide Developers Conference, I watched an Intel Mac Mini with 2GB of RAM run Microsoft Windows XP within OS […]

Marathon Technologies EverRun HA offers companies a relatively easy way to bolster the uptime of their Windows Server 2003 applications. EverRun HA (high availability) serves up a virtualized Microsoft Windows Server 2003 environment from a linked pair of Windows Server 2003 systems, which Marathon calls CoServers. In each pair, a primary CoServer hosts the virtual […]

Based on functionality alone, VMwares VMware Server 1.0 would merit serious consideration for inclusion in any developer or system administrators tool kit. However, its VMware Servers price—free—that propels this product from merely worth having to practically must-have. VMware Server 1.0, which replaces VMware GSX Server, enables computers running Windows or Linux to host multiple virtualized […]

In a fairly short time, Novell has transformed itself from a firm that had next to nothing to do with Linux into one of the Penguin’s most visible and aggressive flag-bearers. For evidence of this metamorphosis, we need look no further than Novell’s SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10, which breaks ground in the client operating […]

At the end of last month, the Free Software Foundation released a second discussion draft of the GNU General Public License Version 3. Were now in the midst of a public comment period and, perhaps fortunately for those of us who chronicle such matters, theres already been a good bit of shocked pearl-clutching and huffy […]

Earlier this month, on July 5, Microsoft announced its support for an open-source project to create a translator plug-in for its Office applications that, eventually, will enable Word, Excel and PowerPoint users to read and write word processor, spreadsheet and presentation files saved in the rival OpenDocument for Office Applications format. The key word here […]

Based on functionality alone, VMwares VMware Server 1.0 would merit serious consideration for inclusion in any developer or system administrators tool kit. However, its VMware Servers price—free—that propels this product from merely worth having to practically must-have. Click here to read the full review of VMware Server 1.0. 2 Based on functionality alone, VMwares VMware […]

Microsoft made a great move July 18 when it acquired Winternals Software, a purveyor of Windows diagnostic software, including the Sysinternals line of freeware utilities. A few months ago, I had the pleasure of using the Sysinternals tools while laboring to identify the source of a mysterious slowdown crippling the Windows XP-based laptop of a […]