Steve Jobs Resignation triggers more traffic

Steve Jobs Resignation has media people coming up with content that discusses Steve's past. One of the entertaining ones for me is getting 833 hits to a blog post I wrote back in May 21, 2010 regarding Google's Vic Gundotra labeling Steve Jobs as "Big Brother."

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Here is the post that all of a sudden gets 833 hits but is over a year old.

Google's Vic Gundotra labels Apple's Steve Jobs as "Big Brother" A Draconian future, a future where one man...

FRIDAY, MAY 21, 2010 AT 11:36PM

Google's Vic Gundotra goes on the offensive vs. Apple with a declaration of Steve Jobs as a Draconian Big Brother 1984 theme.  eWeek and many others spread the news.

Gundotra met with Google's Android mobile operating system creator Andy Rubin, who told him that it was critical to create a free, open operating system that would enable innovation of the stack. Rubin also told him that if "Google did not act we faced a Draconian future, a future where one man, one company, one device, one carrier would be our only choice."

One of the rumors I heard was Google was tempted to spoof the infamous Mac 1984 commercial, but decided that was going too far.


 

Here are screen shots from Vic's declaration of a Draconian Future.

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Steve Jobs CEO Resignation Letter

Steve Jobs resigned today.  And, being a great designer, made his statement in few words that are …

August 24, 2011

 

Letter from Steve Jobs

 

To the Apple Board of Directors and the Apple Community:

I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come.

I hereby resign as CEO of Apple. I would like to serve, if the Board sees fit, as Chairman of the Board, director and Apple employee.

As far as my successor goes, I strongly recommend that we execute our succession plan and name Tim Cook as CEO of Apple.

I believe Apple’s brightest and most innovative days are ahead of it. And I look forward to watching and contributing to its success in a new role.

I have made some of the best friends of my life at Apple, and I thank you all for the many years of being able to work alongside you.

Steve

Google vs. Microsoft Data Center Videos

Google surprised many with its youtube video released on Apr 13, 2011 on Google Data Center security which has 514,374 views.

I wonder Microsoft’s GFIS data center  video on July 24, 2011 with 49,053 views was created in response to Google’s?

Who will be next?  Amazon…Amazon…Is Amazon data center on YouTube?

Currently 70% of Dell’s Enterprise Hardware is ready for running @ 113 F

I had the pleasure of chatting with a group of Dell and Intel employees on Dell’s leadership move to support “chiller-less” data centers with Fresh Air Cooling.  The people I spoke to were.

· Rich Percaccio – Enterprise Marketing Manager, Dell Global Commercial Channel

· Eric Wilcox – Power and Cooling Portfolio Manager, Dell Product Marketing

· Dave Moss – Engineering Strategist, Dell Data Center Cooling Infrastructure

· Jay Kyathsandra – Marketing Manager, Intel Datacenter and Connected Systems Group

After listening a bit to the discussion what came to mind is the problem of storage or network gear that can support these conditions.

To meet the needs of a broader range of companies interested in employing more efficient and economical facility designs, Dell has validated a portfolio of servers, storage, networking, and power infrastructure that deliver short-term, excursion-based operation with limited impact on performance across a larger environmental window. In line with the new, more stringent ASHRAE A3 and A4 classifications, Dell systems have been developed for sustained operation at temperature ranges from minus 23 F (5 C) to 113 F (45 C) and allowable humidity from 5 percent to 90 percent. This level of design robustness has been validated by recent tests indicating that the products can tolerate up to 900 hours of 104 F (40 C) operation per year and up to 90 hours at 113 F (45 C)

So I asked what % of Dell’s product line can currently run at 113 F?  The answer 70%.  Which is a good number, and we can expect that within 6 months it will rise another 5 – 10%.  But, what about the rest of the industry?

What I admire Dell for is they took a risk to be in a leadership position.  And, now the rest of the IT hardware vendors are in a defensive position.

What is also brilliant is Dell can change the TCO conversation as Fresh Air Technology can save a company money.

This can result in more than $100K of operational savings per megawatt (MW) of IT and eliminate capital expenditures of approximately $3M per MW of IT[2]. In addition, IT systems that can tolerate higher temperatures can reduce the risk of IT failures during facility cooling outages