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Humorsphere – laugh out loud #1

<<Meant for my friends who can read & understand Hindi>> This blog post is not meant to offend anybody and neither is it reflection of my thinking. Through this post, I am putting together the laughter pills that I received over last few years from my friend. I am taking the liberty to post the ones I liked the most. I hope these pills flex your facial, jaw and throat muscles for a while. If you don’t like them, just…

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Compose a golden diary of life

“Those who wake up each morning with work to accomplish and a mission to fulfill are the happiest people of all. SGI members are like this. For us each day is one of supreme purpose and satisfaction. For us each day is New Year’s Day. Please exert yourselves vigorously with the determination to live each day to the fullest, so that you may compose a golden diary of life.” – Daisaku Ikeda

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Big Data Analytic Analogy

A century ago if you wanted to be wealthy, you’d mine for natural resources from out of the soil, build a factory, build things and then sell them. If you took that same model and applied it to the current digital era, then you mine your data for information, the datacenter is your factory, the data scientists are your workers, and you sell the information to your customers—internal and/or external—and leveraging the intelligence towards operational and financial gains.

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Quote Unquote …. from here & there

Folks, if you are married or going to get married, you must read them. These one liners are so funny that I could not resist collecting and consolidating them. They are not meant to offend anybody and neither are they reflection of my thinking. I hope they flex your facial, jaw and throat muscles for a while. If you don’t like them, just ignore this as another blog post! 1. A good wife always forgives her husband when she’s wrong. 2.…

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IBM BPM 7.5 – There is something for everyone!

IBM integrated their WebSphere BPM offerings and released a new product – IBM Business Process Manager (BPM) 7.5 late last week and. Here I was sitting with one of my BPM clients at lunch table earlier this week browsing the lunch menu, my client suddenly asked – What is this new product from IBM for business process management? Will I have to migrate to new BPM and how will my existing entitlements change post this upgrade? Continue Reading ….

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Suniyee Santa Banta ko

<<Meant for my friends who can read and understand Hindi>> gag #1 Banta to Airhostess “Aap ki surat meri biwi se milti hai” Airhostess ne zordar thappad banta ke muh pe mara. Banta : “Kamaal hai! Aadat bhi milti hai. gag #2 Ambani: If i start driving my car @ sunrise, i won’t be able to cover even half of my estate by sunset. Santa: Even i had such a useless car, but i sold it !!!! gag #3 Santa…

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Chargeback for internal IT services- What are the options?

The use of chargeback to fund internally provided services is a basic part of management culture and tradition.  It provides a predicable revenue stream for your IT organization. Here are some key chargeback mechanisms that you may want to consider depending on your business organization needs Transaction Based Pricing – In this model service consumers are charged based on number of business transactions.  This approach is very easy to understand from business perspective but it is difficult to correlate IT…

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Cloud Computing Partner Classification-What type are you?

IBM enhanced its IBM WebSphere business integration software portfolio in early May 2010 after acquiring announced Cast Iron Systems.  In Q3 2010, IBM reiterated its commitment towards its global ecosystems of business partners by launching first of its kind cloud computing lab in Hursley, United Kingdom.  IBM partners can access IBM’s cloud technologies to develop and test new cloud services from IBM’s network of 38 Innovation Centers worldwide. Guess what? IBM has also classified its Cloud partners into six different…

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