<<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…
WebP pronounced as “weppy” is a new image format for web by Google that gives you a file size reduction by an average of 39.8% percent, without affecting its quality. To make Internet more faster and loading pages in lesser time, Google plans use this new image format. As 65 % of web traffic comprises of images, WebP can potentially make the web faster. The WebP format works with Google’s Chrome browser. And since it is an open-source project, others…
Drawing from some of the most pivotal points in his life, Steve Jobs, chief executive officer and co-founder of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, urged graduates to pursue their dreams and see the opportunities in life’s setbacks — including death itself — at the university’s 114th Commencement on June 12, 2005. Here is the video and transcript for this address – You’ve got to find what you love.
