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It takes much more than just an education in engineering to be an engineer today. Now engineers face an age which demands socially responsible engineering on a whole new level. Authors Greg Papadopoulos and David Douglas call that the era of the Citizen Engineer.
Citizen Engineer: Engage, Communicate, Lead
In a preview to the upcoming book, Greg speaks to the Silicon Valley Leaders Symposium about the concept of Citizen Engineer.
Forbes.com: CIOs and the Citizen Engineer
Greg is interviewed by Forbes reporter Taylor Buley about how CIOs can embrace and encourage the concepts of Citizen Engineer within their own organizations.
Greg Papadopoulus on Citizen Engineers
With so many public policy questions rooted in science and technology, Greg Papadopoulos argues that engineers need to be in the public square as well as the lab.
On a live call and podcast Greg and Dave discuss Citizen Engineer with the student social responsibility group Net Impact.
It's been called "utility computing," "grid computing," and by its popular name today, "cloud computing." Whatever it is called, Sun has been innovating in the technology for a good part of the past decade. Hear Greg's vision for what it means to businesses in the future.
Forbes.com: IT Trends in 2009
In the second part of an interview with Forbes reporter Taylor Buley, Greg describes where IT customers are spending their money and trends he sees for the remainder of 2009. Hear his thoughts on the strength in storage, and efficiencies in technology including open source, virtualization, and cloud computing.
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In the News
InformationWeek: Q&A: Sun's CTO Talks About Cloud Computing
InformationWeek features an interview with Greg discussing cloud computing, open source, and open storage against a backdrop of an economy that's acting as a huge accelerant.
Financial Times: "Engineers Need to Get the Message Across"
Policy discussions about alternative energy, online privacy, infrastructure and global well-being are essentially conversations about innovation, its impact on society and its ability to solve -- not blunt, but truly solve -- the challenges we face. Leading this dialogue, however, should be engineers who are working on the front lines of innovation, not politicians or business leaders sitting alone in conference rooms. Read more about Greg's thoughts on this timely and important topic.
The Mercury News Interview: Greg Papadopoulos and David Douglas
Engineering isn't just engineering anymore. In the 21st century, according to "Citizen Engineer," an upcoming book by Greg and Dave Douglas, members of the engineering profession must confront issues of environmental sustainability, intellectual property, economics and their own responsibilities as citizens of a global community.
eWeek: Sun CTO: Recession Fueling Interest in Cloud Computing, Virtualization
The global recession is forcing enterprises to look at such technologies as cloud computing, virtualization and green IT to find ways to cut costs and increase efficiencies in their data centers, according to Sun CTO Greg Papadopoulos.It's now up to vendors like Sun and groups like AFCOM to give data center administrators the information they need on cloud computing to make the right decisions. As the recession deepens, demand for cloud computing and other technologies will continue to grow.
Data Center Management: Greg Papadopoulus Sees a New Dawn
According to Greg, this is a magical time for engineering. Engineers, including computer engineers and IT types of all stripes have a pivotal role in shaping technology and how we use it. At the datacenter level, the influence of technology will be seen in terms of its strategic importance to the company.
London Business School Business Strategy Review: "Redshift: A Radical Change in the Fabric of Computing"
Some companies are boosting their computing power to massive scales. Should your company? That depends on whether your company's needs are blueshifting or redshifting. Greg explains why these new business terms could define your company's future.
GigaOM: The Invisible Hand of Web Architecture
"You all 'get' software-as-a-service so I don't have to sell it to you. Here's one conclusion - there is a danger of doing the proprietary systems thing all over again. That could hold back the market in a fundamental way."
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Innovation Matters
Innovation Matters: Dean Nelson on "What's Cool in the Datacenters"
Power, space and cooling are quickly becoming significant issues for the contemporary datacenter. In this episode of Innovation Matters, learn how Sun increased storage capacity by 244%, increased computing power by 456% and cut energy costs by 60%by dramatically rethinking datacenter design.
Eco Innovation: Real World Savings, the Virtual World Tour
For an out of this world look at the latest in eco innovation, check out Greg (or at least his well-muscled avatar) and his expert side-kick Dean Nelson giving a Second Life tour of Sun's revolutionary POD datacenter design. You'll also hear details of the radical cost and energy efficiencies this design made possible.
Showcase
As CIOs focus more on IT as a competitive weapon, what issues are they overcoming to support business goals? Greg discusses the answer with CIO publisher Gary Beach.
Greg Papadopoulos leads a panel of industry luminaries from Google, Cisco, Yahoo and Second Life about the next killer application and the innovative culture of Silicon Valley.
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Greg Explains Project Blackbox Innovations
What is it, and how does it work? Greg takes you a step back, asks why you need datacenters in the first place, and walks through the many innovations powering Project Blackbox.
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