Project Sputnik - Driving Innovation at a large company
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Project Sputnik aims to innovate within a large company by engaging the community and changing perceptions towards high-end offerings with a focus on Linux-based products. The plan includes developing a minimum viable product and incorporating user feedback, ultimately creating a client-to-cloud platform for developers. Initial reviews indicate strong market reception, positioning Dell as a leader in open-source laptops.
Project Sputnik - Driving Innovation at a large company
- 1. Project Sputnik Driving Innovation at a Large Company Barton George Office of the CTO @barton808
- 2. Office of the CTO - EnterpriseSlide 2 of 42 Question: How to stay relevant?
- 3. Office of the CTO - EnterpriseSlide 3 of 42 Photo source: marissa anderson http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Question: How to stay relevant?
- 4. Office of the CTO - EnterpriseSlide 4 of 42 +
- 5. Office of the CTO - EnterpriseSlide 5 of 42 + Impractical
- 6. Office of the CTO - EnterpriseSlide 6 of 42 Dell Innovation Fund+ +
- 7. Office of the CTO - EnterpriseSlide 7 of 42 • What: High end offering • How: Open/Involve the community* • Why: Change perceptions The Plan *Share and give back to the community
- 8. Office of the CTO - EnterpriseSlide 8 of 42 Let’s see if it will fly $40,000 Photo source (jar): Pictures of Money; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ +
- 9. Office of the CTO - EnterpriseSlide 9 of 42 Photo source (map): Giles Clark; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Don’t embarrass ourselves Three intrepid alpha cosmonauts Three large web cos Let the hacking begin
- 10. Office of the CTO - EnterpriseSlide 10 of 42 Why “Sputnik”?
- 11. Office of the CTO - EnterpriseSlide 11 of 42 Going Public Unique visitors to bartongeorge.io
- 12. Office of the CTO - EnterpriseSlide 12 of 42 1. Rough plan 2. Rough image 3. Request Photo source: Takumi Tsutayak; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Going Public Unique visitors to bartongeorge.io Minimum Viable Product
- 13. Office of the CTO - EnterpriseSlide 13 of 42 1. Rough plan 2. Rough image 3. Request Photo source: Takumi Tsutayak; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Going Public Unique visitors to bartongeorge.io 70,000 Minimum Viable Product
- 14. Office of the CTO - EnterpriseSlide 14 of 42 1. Don’t make it more expensive than Windows 2. Make it work with the vanilla image 3. At least 8GB of RAM 4. No Windows Preinstalled 5. No CD/DVD 6. ProSupport Gathering Feedback IdeaStorm Kicked off
- 15. Office of the CTO - EnterpriseSlide 15 of 42 More cosmonauts (6,000! -> Tipping point) Bring on the Beta
- 16. Office of the CTO - EnterpriseSlide 16 of 42 Photo source (globe): Jason Bachman; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Photo source (map): Geoforma; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Bring on the Beta Oops
- 17. Office of the CTO - EnterpriseSlide 17 of 42 8 Months after green light Launch
- 18. Office of the CTO - EnterpriseSlide 18 of 42 Plug in to the machine…
- 19. Office of the CTO - EnterpriseSlide 19 of 42 But stay process light wherever you can MVP* for Executive-sponsor update *Minimum Viable Presentation
- 20. Office of the CTO - EnterpriseSlide 20 of 42 The Team –Small but Scrappy (none of us full time) Jared Linux server engineering Barton Project Lead Mario Linux architect Amit Linux architect Amber Linux program Mgr
- 21. Office of the CTO - EnterpriseSlide 21 of 42 Cloud back end • Joyent • OpenStack private • EC2 • Rackspace • Simulate entire app environment on client in Linux containers then deploy to cloud via cloud launcher Our Dream for Project Sputnik: Micro cloud Client Profile library on Github • Community assembled language stacks that are configured on the users client via the profile tool (built on chef scripts) A Client-to-Cloud Platform for Developers
- 22. Office of the CTO - EnterpriseSlide 22 of 42 Cloud back end • Joyent • OpenStack private • EC2 • Rackspace • Simulate entire app environment on client in Linux containers then deploy to cloud via cloud launcher Micro cloud Client Profile library on Github • Community assembled language stacks that are configured on the users client via the profile tool (built on chef scripts) Our Dream for Project Sputnik: A Client-to-Cloud Platform for Developers
- 23. Office of the CTO - EnterpriseSlide 23 of 42 How the System was Received It just works: Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition Linux Ultrabook review “Dell's substantial investment in making a functional Linux Ultrabook pays off..” - Lee Hutchinson The Dell XPS 13 Developers Edition With Ubuntu "Excellent Ubuntu performance out of the box…Using the laptop was a dream." — John Biggs Dell's Sputnik - Git what you want “Dell is on the right track with their profile thinking. To me, this could be a game-changer in the computer manufacturer race." —Mike Hendrickson Dude, Dell’s Building an Open Source Laptop “The opportunity to skip the customization process should be of interest to CIOs, because it will help them eliminate costs and speed up the development process.” - Clint Boulton
- 24. Office of the CTO - EnterpriseSlide 24 of 42 How the System has been Received
- 25. Office of the CTO - EnterpriseSlide 25 of 42 Recent Reviews (last few weeks) “Ok, I didn’t see that coming. Dell building a better Macbook Pro than Apple ” “Dell continues to build the best out-of-the box Linux and open-source laptops” Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13360339
- 26. Office of the CTO - EnterpriseSlide 26 of 42 Recent Reviews “Ok, I didn’t see that coming. Dell building a better Macbook Pro than Apple ” “Dell continues to build the best out-of-the box Linux and open-source laptops” 175,731 views (As of August 24, 2017) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvsgTJbIWNo
- 27. Office of the CTO - EnterpriseSlide 27 of 42 Do you know this guy?
- 28. Office of the CTO - EnterpriseSlide 28 of 42 People just want to be heard Not all trolls mean to troll Not all Trolls mean to Troll
- 29. Office of the CTO - EnterpriseSlide 29 of 42 Cloud back end • Joyent • OpenStack private • EC2 • Rackspace • Simulate entire app environment on client in Linux containers then deploy to cloud via cloud launcher Remember Our Dream? Micro cloud Client Profile library on Github • Community assembled language stacks that are configured on the users client via the profile tool (built on chef scripts)
- 30. Office of the CTO - EnterpriseSlide 30 of 42 Serendipity
- 31. Office of the CTO - EnterpriseSlide 31 of 42 Jared Dominguez Expanding the line after hours
- 32. Office of the CTO - EnterpriseSlide 32 of 42 The Beast gen 2 +1Beauty, 6th gen Today’s line up
- 33. Office of the CTO - EnterpriseSlide 33 of 42 $40,000 Photo source (jar): Pictures of Money; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Oh, by the way
- 34. Office of the CTO - EnterpriseSlide 34 of 42 $10s of millions $40,000 Photo source (jar): Pictures of Money; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Photo source (briefcase): thethreesisters; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Oh, by the way
- 35. Office of the CTO - EnterpriseSlide 35 of 42 Photo source: Randen Pederson; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/; I added thought bubbles •Explore •Create What did we learn?
- 36. Office of the CTO - EnterpriseSlide 36 of 42 You need someone high up to go to bat for you You must be ever vigilant What did we learn? 1. Get a Champion (be a champion)
- 37. Office of the CTO - EnterpriseSlide 37 of 42 2. Leverage, execute Doesn’t matter if it’s not your idea, delivery is what counts What did we learn?
- 38. Office of the CTO - EnterpriseSlide 38 of 42 3. Start small Don’t over promise, err on the side of caution What did we learn?
- 39. Office of the CTO - EnterpriseSlide 39 of 42 4. Be Human, be transparent Speak directly and with empathy Own it when you screw up or fail to deliver What did we learn?
- 40. Office of the CTO - EnterpriseSlide 40 of 42 5. Develop a transition plan Or risk staying a perpetual startup What did we learn?
- 41. Office of the CTO - EnterpriseSlide 41 of 42 Thank You! • www.dell.com/developers or www.dell.com/sputnik • www.bartongeorge.io • Twitter: @barton808 • #ProjectSputnik
- 42. Office of the CTO - EnterpriseSlide 42 of 42 Questions?
Editor's Notes
- #10: Posted on May The install image available for Sputnik contains drivers/patches for Hardware enablement a basic offering of key tools and utilities (see the complete list at the end of this entry) coming soon, a software management tool to go out to a github repository to pull down various developer profiles. Issues addressed - An issue with brightness - The Wifi hotkey - The touchpad and multi touch support The first two have been resolved but the last one re the touchpad is still at large. The issue is a bit of a pain particularly the lack of palm rejection support which can cause your cursor to jump by mistake
- #11: Posted on May The install image available for Sputnik contains drivers/patches for Hardware enablement a basic offering of key tools and utilities (see the complete list at the end of this entry) coming soon, a software management tool to go out to a github repository to pull down various developer profiles. Issues addressed - An issue with brightness - The Wifi hotkey - The touchpad and multi touch support The first two have been resolved but the last one re the touchpad is still at large. The issue is a bit of a pain particularly the lack of palm rejection support which can cause your cursor to jump by mistake
- #13: June 20, 2012 – Touchpad driver: The biggest draw back in these initial weeks has been the lack of multi-touch support in the touchpad. For some this has been annoying, for others this has been such a pain that they have put their system aside until the driver becomes available. I’m happy to say that as of a few hours ago, a fully open source driver is now publicly available. A big thanks to Kamal from Canonical, Mario on the Dell side for driving this, and the vendor Cypress for doing the work! July 2 Beta program announced, July 18 announced at OSCON that it would be a real product in the Fall
- #19: Eirik Solheim Internet Troll? http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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- #34: June 20, 2012 – Touchpad driver: The biggest draw back in these initial weeks has been the lack of multi-touch support in the touchpad. For some this has been annoying, for others this has been such a pain that they have put their system aside until the driver becomes available. I’m happy to say that as of a few hours ago, a fully open source driver is now publicly available. A big thanks to Kamal from Canonical, Mario on the Dell side for driving this, and the vendor Cypress for doing the work! July 2 Beta program announced, July 18 announced at OSCON that it would be a real product in the Fall
- #35: Aug 27, 2012 – Announced Beta cosmonauts chosen. “We had hoped to make the beta program worldwide, but after digging in we found that the resources needed to execute on it turned out to be more than our little Dell/Canonical team could handle. As a result we have decided to narrow our Beta effort to the United States”