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"Google\u2019s Eric Schmidt made an appearance at the Gartner Symposium in Orlando, Fla., on Monday, coinciding with the announcement of his new book. Though Schmidt did a thorough job of explaining and promoting Google\u2019s various concerns, from software to innovation, during the 45-minute discussion, the highlight of the talk came when he focused his attention on Apple\u2019s iPhone.\nAsked about the question of security as it relates to the Android platform versus Apple\u2019s iOS on the iPhone, Schmidt said, \u201CNot secure? It\u2019s more secure than the iPhone.\u201D Schmidt\u2019s reaction drew a bit of laughter from the audience, but he quickly moved to explain his perspective on the matter.\nSee also: Beyond Barrel Roll: 10 Hidden Google Tricks\n\u201COne of the complaints that the other phone vendors have made is a fragmentation argument, and that\u2019s an easy one for them to make, but it\u2019s in fact not true \u2026 We have an agreement with all of the key vendors, especially Samsung, to keep the app stores the same, so they\u2019re all compatible.\u201D\nHowever, that compatibility argument does not directly address the issue of security, a point that one of the interviewers honed in on by reframing the question of security on the Android platform.\nSchmidt responded by saying, \u201CThe architecture I\u2019m describing, you don\u2019t need to lock down that phone the way you had to lock down the PC \u2026 Remember the whole model that we used to talk about a lot 10 years ago was that the cost of locking down that PC, to prevent all that activity, was far more than the cost of the PC, Windows products or anything else \u2026 It was huge problem. You don\u2019t have this problem anymore in the mobile world.\u201D\nEven that answer can\u2019t be considered a direct explanation of exactly why Schmidt believes the Android platform is more secure than the iPhone\u2019s iOS operating system. But the comments did offer some additional context on how Google views its mobile future \u2014 that is, an open ecosystem versus Apple\u2019s closed model.\nRounding out the discussion, Schmidt gave something of a preview of his next book by offering a few management insights.\n\u201CThe traditional management model, where the manager sits in the corner office, knows everything, directs everything and so forth is a flawed model, at least where technology is concerned, because the technology comes from the bottom up,\u201D said Schmidt. \u201CWhat usually happens is there are people inside your firm that know everything we\u2019re talking about, and no one\u2019s ever asked them to talk to [management] about it \u2026\"\nAs for Google\u2019s specific role in the technology industry with regards to management and the future of innovation, Schmidt said, \u201CThe constraints of successful companies are always really themselves \u2014 their ability to imagine the future, deploy it, get the people. There are plenty of other things we'd like to work on. We don\u2019t have the personnel, the ideas. We\u2019re waiting for the people to show up.\u201D\nBONUS: 10 Great Behind-the-Scenes Glimpses of Google\n\n\n10 Great Behind-the-Scenes Glimpses of Google\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1. Life at the Googleplex\nThis official Google vid offers a tour of Google HQ (a.k.a. the \"Googleplex\") in 200 seconds. Most interesting snippet of info? There are more than 200 dogs on campus on any given day. Woof!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2. Google - Best Place to Work 2007\nOffering a behind-the-scenes glimpse into Google from an NBC news report's perspective, this clip was shot just after Google had been named America's best place to work by Fortune back in 2007.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3. Google's New Zurich office\nGoogle's Zurich office is up there as one of the top premises in terms of wackiness. Here, Web User Magazine has a little nose around -- be sure to keep watching to the end for a quick look at the old fashioned library room.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4. Inside Google's New York Office\nThe New York offices look just as sweet as Google's Silicon Valley headquarters. The building in the Big Apple has the second largest footprint of any NYC structure -- so big that the Googlers get round on scooters, leaving them in special scooter \"parking bays.\" Watch out for the LEGO wall and really cool floor map.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5. Inside Google Australia\nThere aren't a lot of revelations in this Aussie clip (the usual colorful offices, look at all the food and oooh, there's a ping pong table) but it goes some way to show that Google manages to keep its wacky office set up even 7,000 miles around the globe.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6. Google Office - Madison, WI\nWhile it's hardly Google's most famous office, the Madison, Wisconsin location adds a good dose of the usual Google zaniness and manages to incorporate some of the building's history into its decor -- truly a unique workspace for all those lucky Googlers.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n7. Google Chicago Headquarters Tour\nWGN News gets a tour of Google's premises in the windy city where we find out just how those \"Recent Searches\" displays in Google's lobbies remain so smut-free.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8. Google's Chicago Games Room\nAnd -- as we didn't see this in the previous tour -- here's a look at the cool game room within the Chicago complex. It's like your dream lounge, but with more geeks.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n9. Google in St. Petersburg  \nAn insider look at a Google office in Russia transcends any language barriers, although what's with all the soft toys?\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10. Google Container Data Center Tour\nGoogle isn't just about the colorful offices and crazy fun. It's also about the million or so servers that keep us Googling. Here Google opens the door to a data center in a somewhat dry video that will no doubt be fascinating to anyone in the industry!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage: YouTube, Gartner"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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