Tag: open source
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OSCON: The Project Sputnik story & giveaway
Last week, Dell was out in force in Portland, Oregon, representing at OSCON. We had a booth and gave a few talks. The talk that Cote and I delivered covered the story behind the Project Sputnik: Connecting the client to the cloud – The Sputnik Story : Give it away, give it away, give it…
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Shuttleworth raves about Dell XPS13 developer edition
At the OpenStack summit last month we caught up with Ubuntu and Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth. Below is a quick snippet taken from our chat with Mark where he talks about the Dell XPS 13 developer edition aka Project Sputnik. Mark dubs the system “freakin’ awesome” and the “environment of choice for anyone doing web…
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Sputnik satellite sited in Portland Oregon
Last week, during the OpenStack Summit that was held in Portland, Oregon, a 55 year-old soviet satellite was spotted a various indoor locations. Rumor has it that the satellite was named after a project at Dell to create a developer client-to-cloud platform. Extra-credit reading Sputnik Laptop and Why Dell Supports OpenStack – SiliconAngle Pau for now…
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Ars Technica provides detailed review of Dell XPS 13 developer edition
If you’re thinking about getting a Dell XPS 13 developer edition you might want to check out the comprehensive review published by Ars Technica this weekend: “It just works: Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition Linux Ultrabook review — Dell’s substantial investment in making a functional Linux Ultrabook pays off.” Here is the summary intro: In an…
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Talking about Project Sputnik and the importance of Devs to Dell
At Dell World I was interviewed about Project Sputnik, the resulting XPS 13 Developer Edition we launched and the importance of developers. Here’s the interview (notice my fashion forward blue Dell shirt 😉 Extra-credit reading Dell World Triples Attendance, Rewards Attendees with Prizes & Expanded Online Experience Pau for now…
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Sputnik has landed! Introducing the Dell XPS 13 Laptop, Developer Edition
A little over six months ago we announced a scrappy skunkworks project to pilot a developer solution based on Ubuntu 12.04LTS and our sleek XPS 13 laptop. Thanks to the amazing feedback and support we have received from the community, today we are announcing the availability of the resulting official product – the Dell XPS…
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OSCON: Project Sputnik Explained + Coverage recap
The week before last I had a fantastic time at OSCON, seeing old friends and making new ones. As always, the hallway track was the one I found most enlightening. On the second day we announced that project Sputnik would be going from project to product in the fall and got a fantastic response (see…
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Announcing project Sputnik Beta program
Last week project Sputnik got an official presence on dell.com. While the project is still a skunk works effort rather than a product, we are rapidly gaining traction within the company. If you’re not familiar with project Sputnik, its a laptop pilot targeted at developers and based on Dell’s XPS13 ultrabook and Ubuntu 12.04LTS. The new…
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Sputnik…Wow!!
We knew that project Sputnik, the idea of creating a developer laptop based on Dell’s XPS13 ultrabook and Ubuntu 12.04LTS, would have appeal but we never could have anticipated the response we’ve gotten. To put it into perspective, the most cumulative views I’ve had of a blog entry before Sputnik was 2,700. My post introducing…
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Redmonk on Developers and Project Sputnik
Today at the Ubuntu Cloud Summit here in Oakland I grabbed sometime with Redmonk analyst Stephen O’Grady. It was Stephen who originally brought up the idea of creating a Dell laptop running Ubuntu targeted at developers. I talked to Stephen about how he would characterize today’s world of developers and what he feels project Sputnik…
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Talking about Project Sputnik
Last Friday Cote and I took a break from the mad rush getting ready for today’s Sputnik announce and grabbed a conference room to record a short video. Below we discuss the project, how it came about, what its goals are and where it could go from here. -> Weigh in on Dell IdeaStorm: Project…
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Introducing Project Sputnik: Developer laptop
-> Update 2/18/2013: Sputnik 2 is here: Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition goes 1080p and lands in Europe -> Update 11/29/2012: Sputnik has landed! Introducing the Dell XPS 13 Laptop, Developer Edition Today I am very excited, I finally get to talk about project Sputnik! In a nutshell, drumroll please, here it is: Made possible by an internal…
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EnterpriseDB’s new Postgres cloud database
A little while ago, EnterpriseDBs VP of Biz Dev, Sean Doherty popped in for a visit. While he was here I got him to tell me what EnterpriseDB, the certified professional distribution of the PostgreSQL open source DB, has been up to and fill me in on their new cloud database. Some of the ground…
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Dell Officially Launches Web|Tech vertical — the 100 second overview
Last month I mentioned that Dell was launching a Web|Tech vertical targeted at those companies who use the internet as their primary platform. Well, a couple of weeks ago at our annual sales kick off (FRS) we debuted our six new commercial verticals to our sales teams from around the world. At the show, which…
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The World of Web and Developers, getting to know it better
A couple years back, on the Public side of the house, Dell set up specific marketing teams to focus on customer needs in three areas: Healthcare, Government and Education. This vertical approach turned out to be a great way to get to better know our customers and their pain points and ultimately meet their needs. Based…
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Mark Shuttleworth part two: Developers, DevOps & the Cloud
As I mentioned in my last entry, Mark Shuttleworth of Ubuntu fame stopped by Dell this morning on his way back from CES. Between meetings Mark and I did a couple of quick videos. Here is the second of the two. Whereas the first focused on the client, this one focuses on the Cloud and…