Simplifying Management of Tomorrow’s Data Center:
Cisco Unified Computing System
Ed Bugnion, Vice President and CTO for Server Access and Virtualization at Cisco Systems, describes how Cloud Computing is the next evolutionary step for the Internet. He discusses how joint enablement efforts by Intel and Cisco help optimize computing and networking for cloud deployment, helping to ensure that the environment is balanced between processor, I/O, and memory resources.

Dirk Hohndel on Intel and The Linux Foundation
In this video, Dirk Hohndel, Chief Linux and Open Source Technologist at Intel, discusses the importance of standards organizations, like the Linux Foundation, which provide a neutral place for companies and individuals to work together on Open Source efforts. Dirk goes on to talk about Intel’s involvement in key standards organizations along with some thoughts on the future of Open Source at Intel.

Enabling Huge Clouds: The Xen Cloud Platform Project
Simon Crosby, CTO for Virtualization at Citrix Systems, talks about the continuing collaboration between Intel and Citrix to advance the Xen hypervisor and related tools. That work is currently helping to make large-scale Cloud Computing possible, both within the enterprise and in public clouds that are owned and operated by service providers that provide compute resources to customers.

Microsoft Building Blocks for the Cloud
Vijay Tewari, Principal Program Manager for Windows Server at Microsoft, talks about Microsoft’s offerings for Cloud Computing, particularly with regard to Microsoft Windows Server* 2008 R2 and Hyper-V*. Taking excellent advantage of the technologies built into the latest Intel® Xeon® processors, the Microsoft solution also offers management technology through Microsoft System Center*.

VMware’s Vision of Internal and Public Cloud Compatibility
Orran Krieger, a vCloud Architect at VMware, discusses VMware’s approach to Cloud Computing, which includes creating an external cloud environment that is compatible with the internal one. That vision includes the ability to eventually pass virtual machines back and forth between internal and external clouds. They are also working on making cloud management highly automatable, to simplify their operation.

Intel Virtualization Technology for Servers: A Closer Look Inside
This animated demo shows how the parts of Intel® Virtualization Technology work together to provide a multi-faceted set of hardware assists to enable next-generation virtualization. That reduces data center sprawl and energy costs while simplifying manageability and adding a host of other benefits to IT.

Chris Kenyon on Ubuntu* on Intel® Architecture
Chris Kenyon, VP of OEM Services and Alliances at Canonical, talks about the joint innovation underway between his company and the Moblin™ project, including Ubuntu Netbook Remix* and pre-installed Ubuntu on devices. He also discusses the rising use of the OS for desktop computing and the role of Ubuntu in the Intel-powered classmate PC project for education.

Intel Open Source Innovation
Intel Software and Services Group VP Doug Fisher discusses Intel’s innovation in the Open Source community helping companies power their operating environments by optimizing for Intel® Xeon® platforms.

Power, Performance and Open Source
Ram Peddibhotla, Director of Intel’s Open Source Technology Center, discusses Intel’s longstanding contribution to the Open Source community in all areas of the stack to take best advantage of the power, performance, and virtualization enhancements built into Intel® platforms.

Optimizing Open Source Citrix Xen* Code Base for Intelligent Performance
As the number one contributor to the Open Source Citrix Xen* code base, Intel collaborated with Citrix to optimize their software to take full advantage of the intelligent performance, virtualization, and energy efficiency built into Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series.

Novell and Intel Move Virtualization Forward with Open Source
Discover how Novell and Intel collaborate in open standards and Open Source projects such as the Linux* kernel and the Xen* hypervisor moving virtualization forward along with the user of non-proprietary architecture so that customers can avoid vendor lock-in, while lowering solutions costs.

Red Hat and Intel Collaborate to Empower Open Source Software
Find out how Red Hat and Intel collaborated on Open Source technologies providing a fully-optimized solution for servers powered by the Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series.

Robert Kasten on OpenSolaris Collaboration
Intel Senior Engineering Manager Robert Kasten talks about the collaboration between Intel and Sun in the OpenSolaris community to improve system performance, energy efficiency, driver support for desktops and mobile platforms used primarily by developers, virtualization capabilities, reliability, and more.

Dr. John Busch from Schooner Information Technology
President and CEO of Schooner Information Technology Dr. John Busch offers his perspective on trends for the future in data centers and appliances. He also talks in more detail about web 2.0 applications, Cloud Computing infrastructure, and the building blocks used to support those applications.

Ken Drachnik from Canonical on Landscape for Ubuntu* Systems Management
Ken Drachnik, Landscape Manager at Canonical, gives a quick overview of Ubuntu with some information about adoption on the desktop before diving into more details about Canonical’s Landscape product and how people use it to manage large deployments of Ubuntu desktops and servers.

Joseph Hill from Novell talking about Mono*
Joseph Hill, Project Manager for Mono at Novell provides an overview of Mono along with some updates about the Open Source project. He talks about how Mono can be used to develop and run cross-platform applications based on the .NET framework across Linux* and other operating systems.

Glynn Foster from Sun Discussing OpenSolaris*
Glynn Foster, OpenSolaris Product Manager at Sun Microsystems, talks about the release process for OpenSolaris that creates an operating system binary that people install. He also talks about OpenSolaris features that take advantage of Intel technologies, power management, virtualization, etc.

Developing Open Source Mobile Applications
Product Line Manager Sven Dummer from Wind River talks about developing Open Source mobile applications. He covers some interesting intellectual property issues that Open Source developers should be thinking about when developing applications for mobile devices.

Dynamic System Power Management
Paul S. Smith, Server Marketing Manager at Intel, details the new capabilities of the Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series in the area of automated energy efficiency.

Intel® Intelligent Power Node Manager
Intel Server Platform Manager Hongwei Yi demonstrates the business value of Intel Intelligent Power Node Manager on the Intel Xeon processor 5500 series, as a means of saving power and reducing total cost of ownership in the data center.

Intel® Chip Chat: Intel® QuickPath Architecture
Leslie Xu, a technology manager from Intel’s sever group, talks about Intel® QuickPath Architecture: Development history, capabilities, applications that benefit, and industry support.

Server Power Capping Technology
This animated tour through a next-generation data center shows how power-capping technology enables more servers to be deployed per rack, letting organizations get more value out of their existing data centers and even avoiding construction of new facilities.

OpenSolaris* on Intel® Xeon® Processors: Saving Power
Intel Software Engineering Manager David Stewart details some of the work that has yielded outstanding results in the area of energy efficiency in this segment from his series of videos on Intel’s work with OpenSolaris.

OpenSolaris & Intel: PowerTOP
One of the key ways that OpenSolaris and Solaris* make best use of computer hardware is to monitor and control power usage by means of the Open Source PowerTop utility. This capability, enabled by Intel, promises to help bring power use under control by optimizing the use of platform power-management capabilities.

Larry Kettler on Moblin™ Technology Entering the Market
Real-world products compatible with Moblin™ are reaching the market. Larry Kettler, Vice President of Business Development at Xandros, talks about how his company is capitalizing on the technology.

Brett Branch on Moblin™ In-Vehicle Infotainment
Adding rich features to vehicles is getting easier with Moblin™, as Brett Branch, Intel Senior Technical Marketing Engineer, discusses in this video. The opportunities are substantial and the benefits of Open Source development simplify the design challenge.

David Stewart Talking About Moblin™
Senior Manager of the Open Source Product Engineering Team at Intel talks about features of Moblin™ that help optimize the environment for the next generation of mobile devices, including fast boot, fast shutdown, user experience, graphics advancements, Web 2.0 integration, multimedia advances, and improved power usage.

Chris Lord Talking about the Moblin™ Web Browser
In this video from the Intel booth at OSCON, Chris Lord, Intel Engineer for Moblin, talks about the Moblin Web browser and some of the decisions and steps required to get the technologies used in Moblin (Clutter, etc.) to work with Mozilla browser technologies and applications for Moblin.

Paul Cooper Talking about the Moblin™ User Experience
In this video from OSCON, Paul Cooper, Moblin Apps and UI Engineering Manager at Intel, talks about the user experience on Moblin. The netbook as a mobile device with a smaller screen size, keyboard and trackpad provided particular challenges that had to be considered when designing the user experience for Moblin.

Dirk Hohndel, Moblin™ Chief Open Source Strategist
Dirk Hohndel, Intel Open Source Chief Technologist, sheds light on the technology roadmap that underlies the Moblin™ project. He reveals how the vision behind robust handheld devices and Open Source innovation were made for each other, leading to a sea change in the industry.

Moblin™ 2.1 for MIDs
This video demonstrates the Moblin™ MID user experience (UX). It provides a guided tour through the interface and latest functionality, including the extensive multi-tasking capabilities.

Aigo MID Demo
Industry expert “Chippy” finds that Aigo’s new mobile Internet device offers an impressive range of capabilities. Strengths include a slide-out QWERTY keyboard and good-quality mono speaker. It fits a lot of processing power and device features into its tiny form factor.

There’s More!
Moblin™ Zone constantly brings together the best videos available on technologies, software, and devices related to the Moblin™ project. Take a few minutes to explore what’s there, and you’ll come away with a richer understanding of how the world of mobile computing is changing.