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Greenpeace has a blimp that is telling the story of Green Data Centers vs. Brown Data Centers.
It is interesting that it is not just Amazon as the target of dirty data centers, but those who host in AWS - like Netfilx and Pinterest. Wonder if this will get companies to add the energy content of the cloud provider in part of their decision processes.
7x24 Exchange Spring 2014 Conference is open for registration.
What is a bit of a surprise is John Sculley is keynoting the conference with the following talk.
Conference Keynote:
The High Tech Tsunami that is Changing the World
Three explosive high technologies, Cloud, Internet-of-Things, and Unstructured Data Science are converging at an amazing pace. Their derivative effects will be that every major industry will be disrupted, reshaped or even reinvented. Sculley will explain how companies like Amazon are combining exceptional customer experience, disruptive price, and same day delivery by taking advantage of advanced high technology supply chain systems. New business models like Amazon don't require a large number of higher skilled middle mangers that more traditional companies depend on. Sculley will discuss the possibility of middle managers becoming an endangered group as heavy lifting robots are joined by smart robots and the Internet-of-Things. How can corporations adapt to this fast changing world? John Sculley has an unique position as a leader in disruptive high technologies, a global investor and successful entrepreneur who is mentoring CEOs in his own companies in the fields of: the consumer era of healthcare; next generation mobile technologies; IT supply chain; and big data analytics. John will draw on examples from his current experience in the US and South Asia.
John Sculley
Former CEO of Apple and Former President of Pepsi Cola
I checked out the schedule and there are some good talks on the list.
I am curious though what John Sculley will present especially since John is presenting on topics that I spend time on - Cloud, IOT, and Big Data. I haven’t talked to John since I think 1995 when I was at Microsoft and had a trip to NYC and was working on publishing technologies. It’s so long ago I can’t remember what John and I talked about or how the meeting got set up. All I know I remember is I was in NYC and had 1/2 hr meeting with John. John Sculley was at Apple 1983 - 1993. I was at Apple from 1985 - 1992.
According to wikipedia John now lives in West Palm Beach. At least he has a short commute to the conference in Boca Raton.
Reading data center news can be tedious to jump from one website to another. What I find more useful using google news and go search for “data center”. here is a link you can use https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&authuser=0&q=data+center&oq=data+center
I find I can use this link once every two or three days and click on the <next> button to see what is older or less popular, but I rarely find myself using this link everyday.
Amazon launches in FireTV to connect to its cloud of content.
What is a bit ironic is looking at this list. Where is Sony and Microsoft who are in game console wars. FireTv has games.
20 years ago I was working on Microsoft’s set top box effort targeting cable providers and that is where i worked with Satya Nadella. The idea was right just a bit too early and the wrong device paradigm. Microsoft bought WebTV and wasn’t able to build on it.
Now Amazon, Apple, and Google are in a battle for the device connected to your TV.
I use Amazon Prime all the time and placed my order for a FireTV to give it a try. It is so small I may take it on a trip with me next week.
