Brad Brooks, the Corporate Vice President of Customer Marketing and advertising for Windows, has jumped to Juniper Networks.Juniper introduced on January 19 that Brooks will likely be the Juniper Vice President of Globally Enterprise Advertising and Solutions.As Windows watchers might possibly recall, Brooks isn;t the very first Microsoft exec to leap to Juniper. Kevin Johnson, the previous head of Microsoft;s Platforms and Providers enterprise, quit Microsoft in 2008 and grew to become the Juniper CEO. Right after Johnson;s departure,
Microsoft Office 2010 Professional, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer split Platforms and Companies into two, creating the Windows/Windows Reside and On the web Methods Divisions.Brooks joined Microsoft in 2002,
Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010, to operate around the first business development and advertising of Windows XP Media Center Edition.I;ve asked Microsoft about its alternative plans for Brooks. No phrase back to date. Microsoft officials declined to comment regarding what the corporation strategies to perform subsequent,
Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007, with regards to a alternative.
Microsoft is continuing to push Windows seven because the provider works on creating the next edition of Windows, known as Windows 8.Microsoft officials have not been willing to talk regarding the planned Windows 8 delivery date,
Microsoft Office 2010 Professional Plus, but have stated the following version of Windows will likely be out 24 to 36 months soon after Windows seven — which could mean anywhere from this year to 2012,
Microsoft Office 2010 Professional, depending on how Microsoft is calculating. (This year, however, the most that us provider watchers are expecting is a beta of Windows 8.)Microsoft officials have said the next Windows will run on x86, as nicely as systems-on-a-chip architectures from ARM, Intel and AMD, making the operating system able to run on smaller devices using less power.Update: Reader Romit Mehta reminded me that Microsoft Group Product Manager for Net Platform, Lauren Cooney, also recently jumped to Juniper Networks. She is now Director of Developer Evangelism there.Update No. 2 (January 21): President of Microsoft Asia Pacific Emilio Umeoka also will probably Juniper, where he will become globally channel chief, CRN reported.