6 posts and columns on Brad Brooks

Juniper Engineering VP Joins Stealth Networking Start-Up Nicira

in Enterprise on January 20, 2011 at 9:47 am PT

Juniper loses Rob Enns to the Andreessen Horowitz-backed start-up that aims to “virtualize the network.”

Windows Executive Brad Brooks Leaving Microsoft for Juniper (With the Internal Memo)

in Mobile on January 19, 2011 at 1:53 pm PT

The Microsoft vice president will head up enterprise marketing for Juniper Networks and, in making the switch, will be reunited with Kevin Johnson, the former Windows unit president who is now Juniper’s CEO.

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PC to Mac: I’m Cheaper

in News on March 27, 2009 at 4:52 am PT

For months, Microsoft has jabbed at Apple with an, at times, baffling advertising campaign for Windows PCs. Now Microsoft may finally land a solid blow against its rival. In a new chapter to its ad campaign that will begin airing during the NCAA basketball playoffs on CBS Thursday evening, Microsoft will begin hammering on a theme that could resonate in these times of economic hardship: how much less expensive Windows PCs are than Macs.

"Vista" Means Always Having to Say You’re Sorry

in News on July 8, 2008 at 3:26 pm PT

You can’t put frosting on manure, although Microsoft seems intent on doing just that with its new Vista ad campaign. During a keynote address at Microsoft’s annual Worldwide Partner Conference, Brad Brooks, Microsoft’s vice president of Windows Vista consumer marketing, admitted that Vista hasn’t met with the success for which the company had hoped.

“Vista” Means Always Having to Say You’re Sorry

in News on July 8, 2008 at 3:26 pm PT

You can’t put frosting on manure, although Microsoft seems intent on doing just that with its new Vista ad campaign. During a keynote address at Microsoft’s annual Worldwide Partner Conference, Brad Brooks, Microsoft’s vice president of Windows Vista consumer marketing, admitted that Vista hasn’t met with the success for which the company had hoped.

QOTD

Windows Vista is a good product. The quiet majority of millions and millions of Windows Vista users out there are going to have a great experience. The message is ‘Move to Vista. The time of worry is over.’”

– Brad Brooks, corporate vice president of Windows Consumer Product, explains Microsoft’s decision to support XP until Windows 7 arrives at market in 2011.