Will Sam's Smarter Planet revolves in US?

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What you understand about this picture A SMARTER PLANET will be instrumented, interconnected, intelligent. People want it, We can do it..! Yes we can do It. As IBMer proud to say that we can do it what world needs with innovate..!

Hope you heard the news that IBM Investing in smarter infrastructure will create more than 9,49,000 new jobs in 2009. Sam presented the concept "Smarter Planet" 30 days back to Obama before he swear as official president.

Exactly 30 days later ....

President Barack Obama met with Sam (Samuel J. Palmisano Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer,IBM) and a dozen other CEOs at the White House today to discuss the economic stimulus package for the United States. As Americans live in a complete digital world, Sam put forward his views infront based on To re-ignite economic growth... To create not just jobs, but 21st century jobs… and To invest in ways that build the basis of future competitiveness for the U.S. He came up with a SMARTER PLANET. Here are some views and thoughts i would like to share with you regarding Sam's smart Plan "Smarter Planet"!

What is Smarter Planet ?

I believe in most aspects of smarter planet. In the past 100 years...human population has never grown so fast..all due to cheap energy (=OIL) The age of oil is almost over. Human race will need to adapt very very fast or very bad things will happen....wars, famine, insects, disease plague, etc. The overall goal of Smarter Planet is to use these finite resources in the most efficient manner...hopefully preventing those potentially very bad consequences.

Is there any process or technology to achieve those?

They are coming up with lot of systematic process with respect to industrial sectors like retail, finance,banking,pharma,supplychain...etc.

Though it has bunch of mechanisms to achieve, Here few things i am trying to put forward...

1)New Intelligence - Add monitoring, instrumentation and communication capabilities to things that normally do not traditionally have them. Example are putting simple transducers in the support pylons of a bridge. These transducers will report back to a central computer that can alert people about many things... too much snow and ice, too much wind moving the bridge, too many cars and trucks, traffic accident since the weigh is heavy but not changing..etc. All devices will be connected and share information intelligently.
2) Retail - Examples are to Integrate RFID technologies (Radio Frequency Identification) with personal identifiable new tech payment systems so you will be directed to a particular part of the store based on your past purchases or preferences...(e.g. no need to send You to women's clothing :-) ) Or allow your cell phone to be your payment system (like that is being done in Asia today) where you do not need cash money are other cards. The RFID tags will tell the stores computer when items are being stolen or they are out of stock...that will tell the supplier to deliver more. For milk, fruits and vegetables the RFID tag can tell YOU the customer how long before milk goes bad or is rotten.
3) Energy - Add monitoring, instrumentation, and communication to the electric power grid, the end point meters and to individual devices in a business or home. The electrical wires or grid can be used as a communication path for all these devices (like ethernet antennae) Devices can be remotely turned off if there is a big spike in demand. Also people can track the power consumption of things (Refrigerator, oven, heater/air conditioner, etc.) and if they are very inefficient than maybe you should buy a new one and recycle the old one. All of this monitoring can lead to overall more efficient energy usage for everyone (less waste, less CO2, less fuel) --> thus the smarter planet.
There are more and more of innovative planet technics like BroadBand, Infrastructure, Traffic ... etc..!
Sam encolsed the functionality of SMARTER PLANET. and the factors which are mandate to do.
here you go some of the reasons he put acrossed. (Source IBM)
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There is no reason to undertake projects simply for the sake of activity. Rather than simply stimulate, let’s seize this opportunity to transform our country’s infrastructure and economy… to create more and better jobs… and to develop new and more valuable skills.

This is all possible because this crisis coincides with important developments in technology and how it is being applied to solve real problems.
Our country must compete in a world that isn’t just getting smaller and “flatter,” but is also becoming smarter. Intelligence is being infused into the infrastructures, systems and processes that enable economies and societies to run.
And this phenomenon is inherently global. As you state so well, Mr. President, not only must we invest in our economy to be truly competitive, but our economy must engage the global economy in order to be successful.
Smarter infrastructure is by far our best path to creating these new, globally competitive jobs and to stimulating growth. Our research shows that a $30 billion stimulus investment in just three areas -- healthcare IT, smart electric grids and broadband -- could yield almost one million new jobs within one year.
This is possible because these kinds of smart infrastructure will have a significantly greater multiplier effect for our economy’s growth over the next decade. We needn’t simply repair what’s broken. Rather, we can prepare a smarter and more vibrant America for the 21st century.
So, I and my peers encourage all leaders in business and government to embrace your vision and to work with the Congress, so that we can quickly get on with the work at hand – to build a vibrant, globally competitive economy.
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President Obama responded, "But even as this plan puts Americans back to work, it will also make the critical investments in alternative energy, in safer roads, better health care and modern schools that will lay the foundation for long-term growth and prosperity, and will invest in broadband and emerging technologies, like the ones imagined and introduced to the world by people like Sam and so many of the CEOs here today, because that's how America will retain and regain its competitive edge in the 21st century."
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Hope it implements soon, And Fix the US Economy continuously and we have better IT growth in near future ...!
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HaPpY 60th Republic Day to My Dear Indians!!!

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Here comes our 60th Republic day
There are many discussions going on Google and surroundings regarding years of celebration whether it is 60th year or 59th year of republic india. Although India obtained its independence on August 15, 1947, the Constitution of India came into effect only on January 26, 1950.So we had completed 59 years and now we are entering into 60th year .So its time to celebrate 60 years of Republic India.
With 395 Articles and eight Schedules, the Indian Constitution is the largest written constitution in the world.
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Missing PM for the first time:
For the first time in history of india, our Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is missing the Republic Day celebrations this time.
When the nation celebrates the 60th Republic Day on Monday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be recuperating from a bypass surgery at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
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Some rare pictures of India on Republic day

Source: National Portal of India, Worthview portals.
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Our Country India has 31 states, 1618 languages, 6400 castes, 6 religions, 6 ethnic groups, 29 major festivals & 1 country! Be proud to be an Indian!... Great REPUBLIC... Happy Republic day !!

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Jobs @ NIC - Today is Lastday to Apply

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National Informatics Centre (NIC), a premier IT Organization of Government of India requries Graduates / Post Graduates for IT projects.

This Advertisement appeared in Employment News dated 03/01/2009. The Last Date of submission of Online Application is 23/01/2009 till midnight.

Here you go : http://recruitment.nic.in/

A New Era Dawns in U.S .. Lot Of Hopes, Expectations ... Barack Obama

Since three days, I have been noticing which ever site i surf an image appears at any corner. A Guy with Full of smiles with Black Blazer.... Now his Image Everywhere, He becomes Icon.. He is none other than....... Barack Obama

Its an historic day as United States has a first black as it President, Barack Obama has swore in as the 44th president of the United States at noon Yesterday. For More, surf Google :-)

I think now in everone's mind one question strikes as how IT impact in India? What polices he implements? How about US Economy Growth, Jobs...Etc.

I have a US Friend Mr.Frederick Gillespie who has US Citizen Aged 45 years and about 29 years career experince in Different Sectors working in IBM from past 20 years. I had a 15 minutes chat with him what US People are expecting from Barack Obama and How they want to be? Is there any impact interms of IT/ITes and Other segments. Here you go the Conversation which we had day before..!


Shankar: Hi Fred, Barack Obama is going to swear in another couple of mins, whats ur feelings?
Frederick: Hey Shankar, hopefully it will be good news for everyone and for the world.

Shankar: What are your Expectations ?
Frederick: well the US constitution provides most (if not all) of our freedom, Obama as the "Executive" leader just helps steer the "boat"the Ocean is the "freedom" and he will steer the boat to better waters...!

Shankar: In Detail, Can you say what Americans Expecting exactly...?
Frederick: we are expecting lot of things from him, mainly
1. No more torture

2. closing of Guantanamo Bay Prison

3. Pull out of Iraq

4. No new wars

5. Better international relations with other countries (like India)

6. Less listening to only rich people and rich corporations

7. Wealth coming back to the low and middle classes

8. I think he will do a lot with IT

Shankar: Any Impact to IT & IT interms of Outsourcing to India?

Frederick: Nothing much i can say, good for IBM and the other large multinationals..but could be bad for "homegrown" Indian IT like TCS, Wipro, Infosys. other issues with IT outsourcing maybe due to Satyam. some businesses might be scared of fraud in India :-(
And if IT is affected in India...it is due to the economic crisis..not any political reason..! I doubt that will affect the Indian outsourcing market. and it things don't improve but don't get much worse than Indian outsourcing could improve as businesses look to save money.

Shankar: Any Impact to other Sectors?
Frederick: impact could be in manufacturing sector. not just sending everything to China and or India to be manufactured, more about making things than IT. IT is different- that can make sense for outsourcing. But it is stupid to make a 100 lbs cast iron thing and ship it across the world to save a few rupees.
India, Russia, China - I step over these disks everyday in the street - having the iron made in India and shipped to North Carolina - we have an Iron foundry 15 km away - but they businessman say better to ship it from India - I say that is not smart...I have kids..the price might be better but the earth pays a steep price :-)

Shankar: With Respect to IBM any Impact?
Frederick: He will probably embrace Sam Palmisano's "Smarter Planet"Sam met with his advisors last week. Here is more info http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123180687062275609.html

Shankar: Any Policies, He is coming up with ?
Frederick: Energy Policy, more alternative sources, higher efficiency. less "old tech" less oil.

Shankar: Finally, will he Increase IT Jobs in US? How about impact on H1B Holders in coming year 2009-10?
Frederick: Not known if he increases US IT jobs. H1B should not be affected for now. fix the american economy. that is his main focus.
Shankar: Thanks Fred for sharing your opinions, Hope your expectations meets in forthcoming years under Barack Obama's driving. And I hope we do have a good time interms of IT especially in India...! Have a Nice Time..!!
Frederick: Thanks Shankar, Thank you & Viewers of your Blog... :-)


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Awesome Picturization - My Favourite Song "O... Saya" - From SlumDog Millionaire !!!

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If you have already watched "SlumDog Millionaire" Movie you will definitely say that A.R.Rahman Music score and Direction & ScreenPlay, Camera Work.. etc for this movie is Superb. if not watched, make an effort to do so right away !!!

Coming to Film Story, The story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" But when the show breaks for the night, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating; how could a street kid know so much? Jamal tells the story of his life in the slum where he and his brother grew up and how his real life tagged to that...!!!

* Actually for Story, The baseline is Vikas Swarup's Novel.
* Simon Beaufoy Screenplay - Awesome !!!
* Danny Boyle Direction - Fantastic !!!
* A.R.Rahman Music - Ultimate !!! - As per Hollywood standards. Especially BackGround music score Ultimate apart from Songs!!!
*This film Won 4 Golden Globe Awards and Another 26 wins & 35 nominations so far.

The best parts or scenes which I like most in that are the way Director presented the slum boys life style very natural and realistic through entire Film..!
* All Songs are very Good and My Favourite Song is the First One on screen, "O… Saya", that is used when the kids are playing cricket and while they're chased through the slums; - Awesome Music Score and Picturization Ultimate..!

I am sure it bags few more awards ..!

Here is the Song which i like much 'n' much. "O... Saya"

Astonishing Facts !!!

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Here Some of Facts which i have collected ...!
1) Longest English Word: Praetertranssubstantiationalistically has 37 letters.
2) Book Without Letter "e":
GADFY, written by Earnest Wright in 1939 is a 50,000+ word book, which doesn't contain a single word with 'e' in it.
3) Word without Vowel:
Rhythm Sky Fry Cry
4) Human Brain:
Organ of body which has no sensation when cut.
5) Crocodile:
Only animal & reptile which sheds tear while eating.
6) No of Alphabets, which SOUND AS WORDS:
They are
** **B* Bee *
** **C* Sea*
** **G* Zee*
** **I* Eye *
** **Q* Queue*
** **R* Are *
** **S* Yes *
** **T* Tea* **
** **U* You *
** **Y* Why
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Fascinating Animals, Birds, Trees:
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1)SNAILS have 14175 teeth laid along 135 rows on their tongue.
2)A BUTTERFLY has 12,000 eyes.
3)DOLPHINS sleep with 1 eye open.
4)A BLUE WHALE can eat as much as 3 tones of food everyday, but at the same time can live without food for 6 months.
5)The EARTH has over 12,00,000 species of animals, 3,00,000 species of plants & 1,00,000 other species.
6)The fierce DINOSAUR was TYRANNOSAURS which has sixty long & sharp teeth, used to attack & eat other dinosaurs.
7)DEMETRIO was a mammal like REPTILE with a snail on its back. This acted as a radiator to cool the body of the animal.
8)CASSOWARY is one of the dangerous BIRD, that can kill a man or animal by tearing off with its dagger like claw.
9)The SWAN has over 25,000 feathers in its body.
10)OSTRICH eats pebbles to help digestion by grinding up the ingested food.
11)POLAR BEAR can look clumsy & slow but during chase on ice, can reach 25 miles / hr of speed.
12)KIWIS are the only birds, which hunt by sense of smell.
13)ELEPHANT teeth can weigh as much as 9 pounds.
14)OWL is the only bird, which can rotate its head to 270 degrees.
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What are They :
1)If we say 'MUMMY', they come together & go apart when we say DADDY': LIPS
2)What goes up & never comes down : AGE
3)Patches over patches but no stitches: CABBAGE
4)What is that we cannot see, but is always before you : FUTURE
5)What goes up & down a hill, but never moves : ROAD
6)You can never wet it: SHADOW
7)What belongs to You, but used by your friends more often you do : YOUR NAME
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In 24 Hours Average Human:
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1)HEART beats 1,03,689 times.
2)LUNGS respire 23,045 times.
3)BLOOD flows 16,80,000 miles.
4)NAILS grow 0.00007 inches
5)HAIR grows 0.01715 inches
6)Take 2.9 pounds WATER (including all liquids)
7)Take of 3.25 pounds FOOD.
8)Breathe 438 cubic feet AIR.
9)Lose 85.60, BODY TEMPERATURE.
10)Produce 1.43 pints SWEAT.
11)Speak 4,800 WORDS.
12)During SLEEP move 25.4 times
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Oh! What A Service - Web Services !!!

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The information technology (IT) we use also must be able to adapt to shifting market demands. Evaluate it continually at all levels: is infrastructure such as servers and wiring appropriate? Can we use any publicly available software or must we develop proprietary, specialized applications? How functional are our company’s interfaces with its customers? None of these questions can we answer just once...!

Do you remember In our Acads, we Learned lot of concepts Like BASIC, PASCAL, dBase,FoxPro, Fortran, VB, C, C++, JAVA, COBOL, Oracle, Win 3.1, NOVELL, Windows XP, UNIX, LINUX.... Goes On !!!

Some Technologies/Products are still existing in IT Market, Some are outdated, Some Products we not even known when they entered and exited.Some are EverGreen...! When New Technology/Product enters into Market sets Standards in Industry and when it turns to survive for a long time and competete in real world it has to be either enahanced/Upgraded or need to release its new product.

I believe some of You heard the Term "WEB SERVICES" at any instance from past 6 years. When i heard it in first time I thought its a kind of Software/Product as XXXXXXX. But now I Often question Myself that why i did not pay attention to know more about it and its functionality. I should have known about it more. In My Recent trainings I have come acrossed it and known the importance of it. I have started surfing on Google how its works and what are the components of it.

We will get lot of definitions about WEB SERVICES and Architecture and flow of it. I am not going to describe technically anything about it. But to be theoritically what i understand is, when we're talking about a Web service, "we're talking about taking some kind of application or bunch of applications and being able to make them available to people using the Internet as the transport, as the communications mechanism between the application which is calling and the other application which is responding to the call and delivering information."

I can say defining web service is not a Easy Job, There are several sites which described about it, For reference ex: http://www.service-architecture.com/web-services/. It has Tremendous features, It works in any Property Foundational Applications with the help of repository SOAP and definitions WSDL and Registry UDDI.

For Example, If we have to make use of some functionalities/features (In Technical terms we call Methods) of One Technology which are defined at Other Technology. For this we Consider the cutting edge technologies such as JAVA/J2EE and .NET. IF we want to use the methods which is defined by JAVA/J2EE at .NET we have some services such as CORBA (Costly Oriented), EJB/JMS/RMI (Java Related Functionalities - Ruled Out). So feasible Solution is WEB SERVICES. Not only for reusablity but also for integration across platforms, reliable security... etc.

If a company wants to Integrate its funcitonal operations across its several business units. The WEB SERVICES is the ultimate solution to acheive it. And study says forthcoming IT MARKET is completely WEB SERVICES to achieve various requirements.

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How Long It Goes ???

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How Long It Goes ??? - My First Blog in This Year
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New Year brings with it new hopes and new opportunities for us to explore. Our aspirations connects to software solutions that help our companies more effectively meet their mission of positive global change. But IT sector poised for slowest growth, the New year will propel transformation in growth.

As per Study, The domestic Indian IT/ITeS market is expected to grow at just 13.4 per cent in 2009 — the slowest since 2003. But the forecast for the year suggests that important “structural changes, taking place on the back of a global economic meltdown, will propel a new ‘market order’ in the domestic Indian IT/ITeS industry.”

I can say that The 2008 crash is probably the most serious economic crisis we have faced after the Great Depression. Stock markets from around the world fell as much as 20% in a single week, dozens of banks either failed or were rescued by government and private institutions, and companies started laying off employees as a consequence of the reduced demand. We know how we entered into the crisis, but we don’t how, when, or how we will be getting out of it.

I can say 2009 shall herald the beginning of a new business cycle that will be marked by slow growth but would eventually be the basis of a new phase of growth. It is not only the end of another year, it is the end of a business cycle that began in 2003.

Some of the major product categories slated to grow at a higher rate than the average growth include desktop management , information systems outsourcing , network management and application management. Among IT solution categories, the faster growing would be virtualisation, unified communications, and business continuity services.

The economic slowdown is expected to accelerate this transformation, which would manifest itself in terms of “cost savings, productivity enhancement, and customer retention in the short run, giving way to new engagement and delivery models in the long run.” Noting that the outsourcing services market will move towards consolidation in favor of larger players in 2009, the forecast says: “Low-end volume services, because of increased competition, will find margins coming down and larger players will acquire their counterparts, while at the same time accelerating their movement towards business transformation services in 2009.”

In an analysis stated that, within the Most Admired Companies, the top 10 outperformed industry peers and the markets, giving average shareholder returns of 19.6 per cent, nearly three times the Standard and Poor’s average of 7.1 per cent, for the period 2004–2008.
I can say always do your own research and only invest with competent financial advice.

As a New Year Dawns, What companies will lead us forward? where we will stand? what about our Living Life Style? Nearly Half of the Companies Freezing or Decreasing Staffing Levels, Already few companies announced Base Salary Increases Getting Cut, Few Companies have started the HR Programs Hitting the Chopping Block, Companies Worry most about Top Talent Professionals, these all leads to a Worry about Job Security at most for a Silicon.

As we all know that markets have slumped, sales are not picking up, suddenly cash is evaporated from the market, We have to keep our JOB and balance the Personal, Professional and financial commitments and feel Secure. In order to continue we do not resist a transfer, travel, salary cut, extra-work load, extra time at office if needed.....!

I strongly believe what goes down will always go up, Markets will rebound ....! We will have lot of Opportunities to work. Hoping for Best.....!!!

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Before Posting it, I am Dedicating this Blog to My Friend/Room Partner Rajesh.K :-) for his motivation to write Blogs...! - Thanks Rajesh ...............!!!!