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Guest Steve Helvie Panelists Eric Berry | Justin Dorfman | Richard Littauer Show Notes Hello and welcome to Sustain! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source for the long haul. Our guest today is exceptional in many ways, so you don’t want to miss this episode!  On this episode,  we have Steve Helvie, VP of Channel Development for the Open Compute Project (OCP).  He helps to educate organizations on the benefits of open hardware designs and the value of “community-driven” engineering for the data center.  Today, Steve tells us how the Open Compute Project started, how he got involved, how it generates revenue, what open hardware is, and the challenges he sees with open hardware.  We also learn why Europe is always at the forefront of regulations when it comes to sustainability and designs.  Download this episode now to find out much more!   [00:00:39] Eric, Richard, and Justin tell us about their backgrounds since Steve was curious.  [00:03:26] Steve tells us his background, what he does at Open Compute Project, and explains more about open hardware.  [00:06:41] Steve mentions there are 200 projects in the Open Compute Project and Richard wonders what the minimum entry is, what you need to be one of these projects, and how much money is needed to think about having open hardware in his company.   [00:12:04] Justin asks for Steve’s insight on a supply chain attack when it comes to hardware and how does the OCP fix it. [00:14:56] Steve talks about sustainability with “save the earth and save money,” and how Europe is always at the forefront of regulations when it comes to sustainability and designs. [00:17:00] Steve had mentioned that he’s invested in helping people have hardware and run hardware better for their own companies, and Richard sees this to be at ends with Cloud Native, so he asks Steve to talk about how he sees that conflict.  [00:18:13] Richard wonders if Steve is helping to improve Uber’s private cloud and partially the public cloud by allowing them to do work with OCP and with other managers, how has that not led towards a non-sustainable earth and how does he reckon with that conflict.  [00:20:51] In talking about refreshing hardware, Justin tells us about a book he read called _Flash Boys. _He also tells us about how he talked to an ex-Googler when GCP was getting built, who told him that Google was importing thirty tons of hard drives every single day and asks Steve if this is a normal thing. [00:22:43] Richard wonders if a large amount of Steve’s clients are Crypto. [00:23:37] Eric brings up Steve’s background and wonders if he had an a-ha moment or was there a point in time where he thought this is bigger than just hardware.   [00:26:00] Steve tells us besides memberships, how the OCP generates revenue.  He talks about having to switch to virtual summits during COVID. The guys all chat about if they’ve seen memberships and activities increasing in the last year since going virtual. Steve shares a staggering number of virtual attendees at his recent event.  [00:30:37] Richard wonders what challenges Steve sees for the entire field of open hardware. Steve mentions a great course he took on Open Source Technology Management that’s worth checking out provided by Brandeis University.  [00:35:29] Find out where you can follow Steve online.  Quotes [00:08:02] “There is such a huge fear that someone’s going to take my designs and copy them.” [00:08:28] “So, what big companies like, in any company really, is they like a dual sourcing strategy.”     [00:08:40] “They like that one skew, give me consistency across the board that I can deploy in Asia, Europe, or America, but give me multiple suppliers that mitigates my supply chain risk.” [00:10:48] “The types of companies that are looking at Open Compute are companies that have an open source mindset, they have a Cloud Native mindset where software is going to define everything.” [00:11:26] “And that’s the point of when that happens in industries you start to see this customer poll.  It’s happening now in Telcos. Fintech gets it, gaming gets it, traditional banking, traditional healthcare, insurance companies do not get it yet, but they will. It’s going to come.” [00:14:32] “So, there’s this second user economy or what we call circular economy that’s happening now within what Google, Microsoft, Facebook, all the Hyperscalers  now have a second use plan because they need to for sustainability.” [00:15:03] “What’s happening in Europe is you have Europe is always at the forefront of regulations when it comes to sustainability and designs.”   [00:15:21] “There are heat reuse out of data center initiatives.  For example, the Netherlands, you cannot build a new data center in the Netherlands unless you have a heat reuse.” [00:19:11] “So, the only part that I can see that’s redeeming about this fact is that OCP designs use a lot less energy between 30-50% less energy than a normal standard server.” [00:19:53] “We have large enterprises that are taking the hardware coming out of these Hyperscale Data Centers that oftentimes is less than three years old.” [00:20:02] “A lot of these Hyperscalers don’t even keep their hardware for more than three years and they’re out if it. That still has a lot of life for if I’m a small and medium sized business in anywhere else in the world, they can still use that hardware for five years.”  [00:34:28] “Open software, you can crank through it, iterations, sprints. Open hardware, it’s very dependent on chip cycles, product cycles, and yeah, it’s a lot of hurry up and wait in hardware.” Spotlight    [00:36:32] Eric’s spotlight is Gitpod.   [00:38:30] Justin’s spotlights are Episodes 1-16 of Sustain the podcast are back home and Orbit.   [00:38:59] Richard’s spotlight is Strange Parts.   [00:39:21] Steve’s spotlight is Jason Mauck and his podcast called Mauck Me.  Links  Steve Helvie Twitter Steve Helvie Linkedin Steve@opencompute.org Open Compute Project Open Compute Project Membership Tiers Open Compute Project Open System Firmware Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt by Michael Lewis Committing To Cloud Native podcast-Google Cloud, Hay-doop, Mars Rover, AWS and more with Miles Ward of SADA-Episode 3 Brandeis University-Certificate in Open Source Technology Management micro courses Sustain podcast-What OpenUK Does with Amanda Brock and Andrew Katz-Episode 49 Gitpod Sustain podcast-Episodes 1-5 Sustain podcast-Episodes 6-16 Orbit Strange Parts Jason Mauck Twitter Mauck Me podcast  Credits  Produced by Richard Littauer Edited by Paul M. Bahr at Peachtree Sound Show notes by DeAnn Bahr at Peachtree Sound Special Guest: Steve Helvie.Support Sustain

<h4>Guest</h4> Steve Helvie <h4>Panelists</h4> Eric Berry | Justin Dorfman | Richard Littauer <h4>Show Notes</h4> Hello and welcome to Sustain! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source for the long haul. Our guest today is exceptional in many ways, so you don’t want to miss this episode! On this episode, we have Steve Helvie, VP of Channel Development for the Open Compute Project (OCP). He helps to educate organizations on the benefits of open hardware designs and the value of “community-driven” engineering for the data center. Today, Steve tells us how the Open Compute Project started, how he got involved, how it generates revenue, what open hardware is, and the challenges he sees with open hardware. We also learn why Europe is always at the forefront of regulations when it comes to sustainability and designs. Download this episode now to find out much more! [00:00:39] Eric, Richard, and Justin tell us about their backgrounds since Steve was curious. [00:03:26] Steve tells us his background, what he does at Open Compute Project, and explains more about open hardware. [00:06:41] Steve mentions there are 200 projects in the Open Compute Project and Richard wonders what the minimum entry is, what you need to be one of these projects, and how much money is needed to think about having open hardware in his company. [00:12:04] Justin asks for Steve’s insight on a supply chain attack when it comes to hardware and how does the OCP fix it. [00:14:56] Steve talks about sustainability with “save the earth and save money,” and how Europe is always at the forefront of regulations when it comes to sustainability and designs. [00:17:00] Steve had mentioned that he’s invested in helping people have hardware and run hardware better for their own companies, and Richard sees this to be at ends with Cloud Native, so he asks Steve to talk about how he sees that conflict. [00:18:13] Richard wonders if Steve is helping to improve Uber’s private cloud and partially the public cloud by allowing them to do work with OCP and with other managers, how has that not led towards a non-sustainable earth and how does he reckon with that conflict. [00:20:51] In talking about refreshing hardware, Justin tells us about a book he read called _Flash Boys. _He also tells us about how he talked to an ex-Googler when GCP was getting built, who told him that Google was importing thirty tons of hard drives every single day and asks Steve if this is a normal thing. [00:22:43] Richard wonders if a large amount of Steve’s clients are Crypto. [00:23:37] Eric brings up Steve’s background and wonders if he had an a-ha moment or was there a point in time where he thought this is bigger than just hardware. [00:26:00] Steve tells us besides memberships, how the OCP generates revenue. He talks about having to switch to virtual summits during COVID. The guys all chat about if they’ve seen memberships and activities increasing in the last year since going virtual. Steve shares a staggering number of virtual attendees at his recent event. [00:30:37] Richard wonders what challenges Steve sees for the entire field of open hardware. Steve mentions a great course he took on Open Source Technology Management that’s worth checking out provided by Brandeis University. [00:35:29] Find out where you can follow Steve online. <h4>Quotes</h4> [00:08:02] “There is such a huge fear that someone’s going to take my designs and copy them.” [00:08:28] “So, what big companies like, in any company really, is they like a dual sourcing strategy.” [00:08:40] “They like that one skew, give me consistency across the board that I can deploy in Asia, Europe, or America, but give me multiple suppliers that mitigates my supply chain risk.” [00:10:48] “The types of companies that are looking at Open Compute are companies that have an open source mindset, they have a Cloud Native mindset where software is going to define everything.” [00:11:26] “And that’s the point of when that happens in industries you start to see this customer poll. It’s happening now in Telcos. Fintech gets it, gaming gets it, traditional banking, traditional healthcare, insurance companies do not get it yet, but they will. It’s going to come.” [00:14:32] “So, there’s this second user economy or what we call circular economy that’s happening now within what Google, Microsoft, Facebook, all the Hyperscalers now have a second use plan because they need to for sustainability.” [00:15:03] “What’s happening in Europe is you have Europe is always at the forefront of regulations when it comes to sustainability and designs.” [00:15:21] “There are heat reuse out of data center initiatives. For example, the Netherlands, you cannot build a new data center in the Netherlands unless you have a heat reuse.” [00:19:11] “So, the only part that I can see that’s redeeming about this fact is that OCP designs use a lot less energy between 30-50% less energy than a normal standard server.” [00:19:53] “We have large enterprises that are taking the hardware coming out of these Hyperscale Data Centers that oftentimes is less than three years old.” [00:20:02] “A lot of these Hyperscalers don’t even keep their hardware for more than three years and they’re out if it. That still has a lot of life for if I’m a small and medium sized business in anywhere else in the world, they can still use that hardware for five years.” [00:34:28] “Open software, you can crank through it, iterations, sprints. Open hardware, it’s very dependent on chip cycles, product cycles, and yeah, it’s a lot of hurry up and wait in hardware.” <h4>Spotlight</h4> <ul> <li> [00:36:32] Eric’s spotlight is Gitpod.</li> <li> [00:38:30] Justin’s spotlights are Episodes 1-16 of Sustain the podcast are back home and Orbit. </li> <li> [00:38:59] Richard’s spotlight is Strange Parts.</li> <li> [00:39:21] Steve’s spotlight is Jason Mauck and his podcast called Mauck Me.</li> </ul> <h4>Links</h4> <ul> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/stevehelvie" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Steve Helvie Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-helvie-37935712" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Steve Helvie Linkedin</a></li> <li><a href="mailto:steve@opencompute.org" rel="nofollow">Steve@opencompute.org</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.opencompute.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Open Compute Project</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.opencompute.org/membership" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Open Compute Project Membership Tiers</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.opencompute.org/projects/open-system-firmware" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Open Compute Project Open System Firmware</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Flash-Boys-Wall-Street-Revolt/dp/0393351599" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt by Michael Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="https://podcast.curiefense.io/3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Committing To Cloud Native podcast-Google Cloud, Hay-doop, Mars Rover, AWS and more with Miles Ward of SADA-Episode 3</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.brandeis.edu/gps/professional-development/micro-courses/ostm/index.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brandeis University-Certificate in Open Source Technology Management micro courses</a></li> <li><a href="https://podcast.sustainoss.org/49" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sustain podcast-What OpenUK Does with Amanda Brock and Andrew Katz-Episode 49</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.gitpod.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gitpod</a></li> <li><a href="https://podcast.sustainoss.org/page/7" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sustain podcast-Episodes 1-5</a></li> <li><a href="https://podcast.sustainoss.org/page/6" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sustain podcast-Episodes 6-16</a></li> <li><a href="https://orbit.love/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Orbit</a></li> <li><a href="https://strangeparts.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Strange Parts</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/jasonmauck1?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jason Mauck Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="https://mauckme.podbean.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mauck Me podcast</a></li> </ul> <h4>Credits</h4> <ul> <li>Produced by <a href="https://www.burntfen.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Richard Littauer</a></li> <li>Edited by Paul M. Bahr at <a href="https://www.peachtreesound.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Peachtree Sound</a></li> <li>Show notes by DeAnn Bahr at <a href="https://www.peachtreesound.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Peachtree Sound</a></li> </ul>Special Guest: Steve Helvie.<a href="https://opencollective.com/sustain-podcast" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support Sustain</a>

Episode 82: Steve Helvie and the Open Compute Project

Creating Ecosystems around open source standards and the Commons is a challenging task that has been taken strategically by many of the dominating brands of our times - such as Google with Android.    For this reason, we wanted to feature one iconic project on the podcast that we often use as a yardstick when debating opportunities to develop truly open ecosystem strategies: the Open Compute Project Foundation, initiated by Facebook in 2011.    Details on what OCP is and does will be shared directly during the podcast by our guests: Steve Helvie, VP of Channel, and Archna Haylock, Community Director at OCP.    In his role, Steve helps to educate organizations on the benefits of open source hardware designs and the value of “community-driven” engineering for the data center. Archna, on the other hand, is responsible for the global community, and involved directly in its governance processes.    In this inspiring conversation - we touch upon the topics of innovation, collaboration and industry change - and our two guests show how openness can provide solutions to an increasing set of global challenges. We explore what’s needed for organizations to collaborate in an open source way, how to view competitors in the ecosystem, and how the definition of a data centre has changed through emerging needs for circularity and sustainability. Remember that you can always find transcripts and key highlights of the episode on our Medium publication: https://platformdesigntoolkit.com/podcast-S2E15-Steve-Helvie-Archna-Haylock    To find out more about Archna’s and Steve’s work:   &gt; Archna’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/archnahaylock &gt; Archna’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArchnaOCP  &gt; Steve’s LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/steve-helvie-37935712 &gt; Steve’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/stevehelvie &gt; Website: https://www.opencompute.org/   Other references and mentions:   &gt; Boundaryless Whitepaper, New Foundations of Platform-Ecosystem Thinking — Designing Products and Organizations for a changing world, 2020: https://platformdesigntoolkit.com/DOWNLOAD-NF   &gt; Building Complex Organizations through Simple Constraints: Zappos — with John Bunch: https://stories.platformdesigntoolkit.com/building-complex-organizations-through-simple-constraints-zappos-with-john-bunch-a2aaa916663e   &gt; Open Networking Foundation: https://opennetworking.org/    &gt; Telecom Infra Project (TIP): https://telecominfraproject.com/    &gt; The Linux Foundation: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/   &gt; IEEE: https://www.ieee.org/   &gt; Mozilla, Open Source Archetypes: A framework For  Purposeful Open Source, 2018: https://blog.mozilla.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/MZOTS_OS_Archetypes_report_ext_scr.pdf   &gt; GAIA-X: https://data-infrastructure.eu/   &gt; OpenUK: https://openuk.uk/   &gt; Future of Sustainable Data Alliance: https://futureofsustainabledata.com/   &gt; OCP Future Technologies Symposium: https://www.opencompute.org/summit/ocp-future-technologies-symposium   &gt; Kubernetes:https://kubernetes.io/    Find out more about the show and the research at Boundaryless at www.platformdesigntoolkit.com/podcast   Thanks for the ad-hoc music to Liosound / Walter Mobilio. Find his portfolio here: www.platformdesigntoolkit.com/music   Recorded on 7 April 2021.

Creating Ecosystems around open source standards and the Commons is a challenging task that has been taken strategically by many of the dominating brands of our times - such as Google with Android.  For this reason, we wanted to feature one iconic project on the podcast that we often use as a yardstick when debating opportunities to develop truly open ecosystem strategies: the Open Compute Project Foundation, initiated by Facebook in 2011.  Details on what OCP is and does will be shared directly during the podcast by our guests: Steve Helvie, VP of Channel, and Archna Haylock, Community Director at OCP.  In his role, Steve helps to educate organizations on the benefits of open source hardware designs and the value of “community-driven” engineering for the data center. Archna, on the other hand, is responsible for the global community, and involved directly in its governance processes.  In this inspiring conversation - we touch upon the topics of innovation, collaboration and industry change - and our two guests show how openness can provide solutions to an increasing set of global challenges. We explore what’s needed for organizations to collaborate in an open source way, how to view competitors in the ecosystem, and how the definition of a data centre has changed through emerging needs for circularity and sustainability. Remember that you can always find transcripts and key highlights of the episode on our Medium publication: <a href="https://platformdesigntoolkit.com/podcast-S2E15-Steve-Helvie-Archna-Haylock" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://platformdesigntoolkit.com/podcast-S2E15-Steve-Helvie-Archna-Haylock</a> To find out more about Archna’s and Steve’s work: &gt; Archna’s LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/archnahaylock" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/archnahaylock</a> &gt; Archna’s Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ArchnaOCP" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/ArchnaOCP</a> &gt; Steve’s LinkedIn: <a href="https://uk.linkedin.com/in/steve-helvie-37935712" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://uk.linkedin.com/in/steve-helvie-37935712</a> &gt; Steve’s Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/stevehelvie" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/stevehelvie</a> &gt; Website: <a href="https://www.opencompute.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.opencompute.org/</a> Other references and mentions: &gt; Boundaryless Whitepaper, New Foundations of Platform-Ecosystem Thinking — Designing Products and Organizations for a changing world,<a href="https://platformdesigntoolkit.com/DOWNLOAD-NF" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> 2020: https://platformdesigntoolkit.com/DOWNLOAD-NF</a> &gt; Building Complex Organizations through Simple Constraints: Zappos — with John Bunch: <a href="https://stories.platformdesigntoolkit.com/building-complex-organizations-through-simple-constraints-zappos-with-john-bunch-a2aaa916663e" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://stories.platformdesigntoolkit.com/building-complex-organizations-through-simple-constraints-zappos-with-john-bunch-a2aaa916663e</a> &gt; Open Networking Foundation: <a href="https://opennetworking.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://opennetworking.org/</a> &gt; Telecom Infra Project (TIP): <a href="https://telecominfraproject.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://telecominfraproject.com/</a> &gt; The Linux Foundation: <a href="https://www.linuxfoundation.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linuxfoundation.org/</a> &gt; IEEE: <a href="https://www.ieee.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ieee.org/</a> &gt; Mozilla, Open Source Archetypes: A framework For  Purposeful Open Source, 2018: <a href="https://blog.mozilla.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/MZOTS_OS_Archetypes_report_ext_scr.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://blog.mozilla.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/MZOTS_OS_Archetypes_report_ext_scr.pdf</a> &gt; GAIA-X: <a href="https://data-infrastructure.eu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://data-infrastructure.eu/</a> &gt; OpenUK: <a href="https://openuk.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://openuk.uk/</a> &gt; Future of Sustainable Data Alliance: <a href="https://futureofsustainabledata.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://futureofsustainabledata.com/</a> &gt; OCP Future Technologies Symposium: <a href="https://www.opencompute.org/summit/ocp-future-technologies-symposium" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.opencompute.org/summit/ocp-future-technologies-symposium</a> &gt; Kubernetes:<a href="https://kubernetes.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://kubernetes.io/</a> Find out more about the show and the research at Boundaryless at<a href="http://www.platformdesigntoolkit.com/podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> www.platformdesigntoolkit.com/podcast</a> Thanks for the ad-hoc music to Liosound / Walter Mobilio. Find his portfolio here:<a href="http://www.platformdesigntoolkit.com/music" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> www.platformdesigntoolkit.com/music</a> Recorded on 7 April 2021.

S2 Ep. 15 Archna Haylock and Steve Helvie – Open Ecosystem Strategies: Catalyzing Change in Industries

Facebook was rapidly outgrowing its infrastructure in 2009. Classic data center design was not up to the task of the rapid influx of new users and data, photos, and streaming video hitting Facebook’s servers. A small team of engineers spent the next two years designing a data center from the ground up to be cheaper, more energy efficient, and more ergonomic for the engineers who worked within. That data center design was open sourced in 2011. Intel, Rackspace, and Goldman Sachs were the first three large organizations to join Facebook in the Open Compute Project, an effort to bring the benefits of open source collaboration to data centers. Steve Helvie works on the Open Compute Project and he joins the show to describe how the project has evolved in the last six years–how it has affected data center design and the implications for the future. The post Open Compute Project with Steve Helvie appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

Facebook was rapidly outgrowing its infrastructure in 2009. Classic data center design was not up to the task of the rapid influx of new users and data, photos, and streaming video hitting Facebook’s servers. A small team of engineers spent the next two years designing a data center from the ground up to be cheaper, more energy efficient, and more ergonomic for the engineers who worked within. That data center design was open sourced in 2011. Intel, Rackspace, and Goldman Sachs were the first three large organizations to join Facebook in the Open Compute Project, an effort to bring the benefits of open source collaboration to data centers. Steve Helvie works on the Open Compute Project and he joins the show to describe how the project has evolved in the last six years–how it has affected data center design and the implications for the future. The post <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2017/08/14/open-compute-project-with-steve-helvie/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Open Compute Project with Steve Helvie</a> appeared first on <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Software Engineering Daily</a>.

Open Compute Project with Steve Helvie