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Dear
Friends,
This year the monsoon looks like the most positive thing in India. The unabated downpours that we have witnessed this monsoon hopefully will also result in a great economic boom for the country.
The expensive dollar continues to pose a challenge and CIOs are hopeful that they will not have to review their IT plans. We met our first quarter target and hope to stay on target.
Cloud is generating a lot of interest and this quarter we are reaching out with more Cloud centric solutions. You will see us more at your office with innovative solutions encompassing the Cloud.
And finally, hope you enjoy this issue as much as you did the last. We look forward to your continued patronage and participation in the quiz which is aptly based on the Monsoon Theme.
Sincerely,
C.E.O |
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| The growing 'Internet of Things' |
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The adoption of RFID (radio-frequency
identification) and related technologies
was the basis of a trend was first
recognized as "expanding the frontiers
of automation." But these methods
are rudimentary compared with
what emerges when assets themselves
become elements of an information
system, with the ability to capture,
compute, communicate, and collaborate
around information-something that
has come to be known as the "Internet
of Things."
Embedded with sensors, actuators,
and communications capabilities,
such objects will soon be able
to absorb and transmit information
on a massive scale and, in some
cases, to adapt and react to changes
in the environment automatically.
These "smart" assets can make
processes more efficient, give
products new capabilities, and
spark novel business models.
Auto insurers in Europe and the
United States are testing these
waters with offers to install
sensors in customers' vehicles.
The result is new pricing models
that base charges for risk on
driving behavior rather than on
a driver's demographic characteristics.
Luxury-auto manufacturers are
equipping vehicles with networked
sensors that can automatically
take evasive action when accidents
are about to happen. In medicine,
sensors embedded in or worn by
patients continuously report changes
in health conditions to physicians,
who can adjust treatments when
necessary. Sensors in manufacturing
lines for products as diverse
as computer chips and pulp and
paper take detailed readings on
process conditions and automatically
make adjustments to reduce waste,
downtime, and costly human interventions.
Podcast: Kristopher
Pister, professor of electrical
engineering and computer sciences
at the University of California,
Berkeley, tells why a new generation
of sensors and location technologies
will endow the Internet of Things
with much greater intelligence.
Download
the podcast
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Private Social Networks |
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Corporate communication traditionally
has been one-way. Thanks to
the popularity of social networks,
now organizations are realizing
its power within corporate environments
for interactive communication.
Private Social Networks encourage
employees to interact with peers
as well as colleagues in a friendly
and fast manner. Instead of
writing mail, or making a phone
call, the asynchronous mode
of chatting and posting updates
is gaining ground. The rich
media options such as image,
video and music sharing is making
this interaction more fruitful.
These social networks can have
various purposes and benefits.
The most obvious would be to
increase the social interaction
within the organizations. The
next benefit is the discovery
of talent and development of
cross-functional teams that
emerge based on the interest,
skills and experience of the
members. It is not just the
HR department that is realizing
the potential of private social
network, but also every department
in the company finds a new use
to work better and faster.
Swan already has a private
social network that has made
formal email communication redundant.
The network has been devised
by its sister-company emQube.
Yammer, Jive and Chatter are
the other cloud-based services
although a little pricey as
the number of users increase.
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Q: How many programmers does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None. It's a hardware problem.
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There was once a young man who, in his youth, professed his desire to become a great writer.
When asked to define "great" he said, "I want to write stuff that the whole
world will read, stuff that people will react to on a truly emotional level,
stuff that will make them scream, cry, howl in pain and anger!"
He now works for Microsoft, writing error messages.
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My kids love going to the Web, and they keep track of their passwords by writing them on Post-it notes.
I noticed their Disney password was "MickeyMinnieGoofyPluto," and asked why it was so long.
"Because," my son explained, "they say it has to have at least four characters."
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