A Data Center that fits in the Overhead Bin
Jimmy Pike is the director of systems architecture for the Data Center Solutions group here at Dell and self-proclaimed “head geek.” Using a tool case with its insides stripped out, part of an old...
View ArticleChocolate covered servers?
Is that a heat sink under the Laffy Taffy? There was a great article about Dell’s Data Center Solutions group that came out a couple of weeks ago. The article, entitled “Willy Wonka and the Dell...
View ArticleBack to the Future with Light Weight Servers
Light weight servers have been gathering steam recently. Targeted at focused markets like hosting and Web 2.0 they feature the old school architecture of placing one CPU per server and running one...
View ArticleDCS’s Chief Geek takes us on a tour of his mini Home Lab
Dell’s Data Center Solutions (DCS) group has some pretty colorful folks. One of the more interesting members is Jimmy Pike, the man IDG New’s James Niccolai refered to as the “Willy Wonka of servers.”...
View ArticleAll the best ideas begin on a cocktail napkin — DCS turns 5
A little over a week ago, Dell’s Data Center Solutions (DCS) group marked its fifth birthday. As Timothy Prickett Morgan explains in his article subtitled, “Five years old, and growing like a weed”:...
View ArticleIntel and ARM systems in same chassis and managed remotely
Last week I was out in the Bay Area attending the Open Compute (OCP) Summit. The event was packed and full of energy. My employer Dell was a platinum sponsor and we were showing off some pretty cool...
View ArticleApp Think Tank: The persistently, ubiquitously connected to the network era
The third short video from the Dell Services Think Tank features the always enlightening and entertaining Jimmy Pike. Jimmy, who is a Senior Fellow at Dell and was once called the Willy Wonka of...
View ArticleApp Think Tank: Cloud vs. hyperscale
This is the final video clip from the Dell Services Application think tank held earlier this year. Today’s clip features the always enlightening and entertaining Jimmy Pike. Jimmy, who is a Senior...
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