permissionless leverage

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.

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.…

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 ….

IT sales has been always fascinating for me because of the bonus component. However Dilbert seems to have a different view. Do you agree? IT Sales: The Dilbert Way Image Courtesy: Dilbert

<<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…

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…

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…

I have had opportunity to conduct interviews on behalf of my company for over a year now. Most of my colleagues who have been on the interview panel have asked me why I spend lot of time asking candidates about tasks and jobs that they failed at. Well this is what helps me differentiating between the good and the best candidate. I call this technique ‘Survivor Bias’ – an important statistical principle that can greatly affect the future of my…

Big Blue continued its annual tradition and released technology predictions after surveying its 3,000 researchers to find five ideas expected to take root within five years. The list includes (not in order of my preference though!) Air-powered batteries – Rechargeable batteries that could use the air we breathe to react with energy-dense metal, eliminating a key inhibitor to longer lasting batteries. 3D-enabled Smartphone – Will use special cameras that could be placed in cell phones in order to enable real-time…

Role change @job is probably the most awaited thing for any employee who has put in his mind, heart and soul to meet his targets. So it was for me few weeks back till I received a C&B letter mentioning my new job role. I was all excited about it till my wild imagination got entangled with the phrase “Get ready for the greater accountability”. Once again it is time for me to re-calibrate myself to ensure I live up…