WolframAlpha…A Sneakpeak Review

WolframAlpha….Sounds bit unusual but fancy right? its another product from Wolfram Research.

The revolution in internet computations. Originally claimed as The Computational Engine rather than conventional text and image search engines, Wolframalpha is a mathematical, trignometrical, analytical, geometrical and a lot of engines combined together to perform a powerful computation in few milliseconds to produce even graphical results.

Its a boon to engineering students and mathematical learners to verify their equations and graphs.

Even the third world countries can make use of it to teach their children effectively and efficiently.

Just have a look at it.

The Five years of fabulous Firefox!!!

Phoenix…Firebird….and finally Firefox was born on November 9, 2004!

Eventhough i missed out to wish “Happy Birthday” to the brainchild of Blake Ross. I remember the days when i eagerly read a coverstory on Mr.Ross in LFY journal in my college library. I wondered how a 19 year old could create a Browser and an email client.

This year, Firefox has made an advancement by conquering the major share of ~45% in Browser Usage Market. This could be a victory for the great Mozilla Foundation, which spreads how powerful open standards are. My roommates wonder why i am using Openoffice, Firefox etc…instead of pirated version of Microsoft Office and IE [Eventhough i use Windows...because my machine is not so powerful to hold another OS and i share my system with my friend:-P].

Hope the rest of years will also be a successful journey for Firefox, as it has already beaten IE, Safari, Chrome etc…and on it’s fifth year, it became unprecedented king of browsers.

Congrats and thank you Blake….

The Practical Guide Series

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After 2 years of my career path…

It was October 8, 2007. The venue was CCR, Chennai – The Mighty Satyam Computer Services Ltd.’s tall stood near Nandanam Signal near The Park Sheraton. It was the first day of my career. The Induction in The Deccan Plaza, Opening up of bank accounts, Formal talk by great leaders who heads many IBUs now…were held.

After 2 years, today…after a small get together, when i look back my days…Many have changed, the people, their characteristics, the company, the leaders etc…etc…The once funfilled batch have become very dry…Many running for Walkins, Many struggling to crack CAT, Many attending the CAT classes and so and so…I feel only few were satisfied with my company…Are they demotivated? definitely not…

When i entered chennai i got X Rs as annual package, and so far nothing was changed in my salary except a few thousands. but what about inflation?

I remember that i had a quality unlimited food for Rs 22 on those days [Before 2 years], Chapathi 6 Rs. Dosa 6 Rs. and the price tag now is,

Meals – 32 Rs.
Chapathi – 10 Rs.
Paratha – 20 Rs [Previously 12 Rs]
Dosa – 9 Rs.

So, in order to meet up the needs, you have to climb up the ladder. Thats why people are hunting the jobs like anything…in chennai.

I really wonder about a company which have presence in Coimbatore is offering X rs in Chennai for certain role and X+Y Rs for same role in coimbatore…

It’s time for me to rethink about my decision after a week…

Mahindra Satyam Family Day – Celebrations

It was on October 2, 2009 evening, the crowd started flowing in. The stalls were open in CMS [Chennai Marg Square] Location of Mahindra Satyam. Stalls ranged from Bangles Shop, Parrot Astrology to Photo Exhibition. I haven’t visited every stall as i had work till that morning from previous day and i came late to office during evening as my shift was from 5:00 PM – 2:00 AM.

There was snacks shops from vada, pav etc… For kids, there were lot of items to enjoy right from tall people who tied some sticks inside their foot and rose upto half the coconut tree and started to walk in the premises. and they were professional walkers…Poikal Kudirai aattam was there…and a lot to name here.

There was a Magic show from Tirunelveli Raja…which was thoroughly enjoyed by Kids as well as the families of MSat.

Kids enjoying the Magic Show during MSat Family Day

It’s again a memorable day for MSat as the lost celebrations were slowly returning. We miss our old friends and colleagues whom we befriended here at the same place an year ago. Eventhough the attendees were in a large number, it didn’t outplaced the yester year’s crowd.

The Bold Pink Kid, Who sung, danced and participated in Magic Show

The Pink Kid whom i mentioned in the above photograph, has really rocked the stage. First i saw her on the stage when the magician called a kid who should be a bold girl. After the show with some scary magics which she never fear for, she came up again with a fantastic and sentimental song from Autograph, “Ovvoru Pookalume” and again she came up to stage for “Vaala Meenukkum ” song for a extremely fantastic dance along with Deepika, An Associate of Satyam.

I couldn’t click some of the rare photos as i didn’t noticed my battery for the camera was already drown.

Vincy Joseph presented the show very well, and for the people who know Vincy, i don’t have to tell or Praise about her. She’s an extremely talented and elegant lady who can influence anybody as she makes a strong presence in all minds in a very professional way.

I shall notice all Big People of MSat Chennai yesterday along with their families. SAP Global Head, GM’s Global Delivery Head, GM’s Global Head, Chevron Global Head and many were there along with their kids and families.

Eventhough everything was arrange perfectly, something was missing yesterday. That’s the Josh we had as Satyam Computer Services during yesteryear’s celebrations.

Anyway the ship is meant for sailing and it’s doing so forth…

Some snaps i clicked yesterday…forgive me..i had a very bad camera yesterday…:-)

During the Magic Show

The Pink Kid

The Stage

Finally, Vincy managed to get some very young babies who have just forgotten the smell of Milk. They started to sing and speak on the stage. The lights were set off as those kids shouldn’t get afraid. One kid started to cry when the Mic he hold was asked to return. It was really fantastic to watch as the parents had tougher time in returning the mic given to those kids. Some were singing, some were singing Rhymes, some were speaking something, some started to run in the stage joyously….Hope i should be here until the next year’s celebrations.

Our AIC…A Day in her Life during 2006!!!

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF ANUPAMA BUGATHA, 39, Assistant Vice President (Manufacturing)

After dropping her two kids at school, Anupama Bugatha is at Satyam’s Chennai office by 9 a.m. Straightaway, she ploughs through the 50-odd e-mails waiting for her in her in-box. That done, Bugatha gets on the phone to talk to her accounts department for some invoices that need to be raised. It’s the beginning of the month and she is busy billing customers for the work done the previous month. Some of her colleagues from the onsite team are here today and she goes into a quick meeting with them. It’s an action-packed day, and Bugatha is having a good time. One reason why she joined Satyam via Sundaram-Clayton (two years) and TCS (six) was that, back in 1998, “it was a smaller organisation that was growing rapidly and one that would offer enough opportunities for growth”. And grow she has. From a project leader back then to an Assistant Vice President in the manufacturing vertical, with 150 people reporting to her. A computer science student, Bugatha now works more like a venture capitalist, responsible for multiplying ’shareholder’ wealth. As you must have guessed, she, as the ‘VC’, has five CEOs reporting to her. Their five units are among the 1,500 entities that are run like independent businesses with their own P&L accounts. But Bugatha wants to go farther. She is currently pursuing an MBA programme sponsored by her employer. So, by half-past seven in the evening, she’s walking out of the office door, but there may be a call or two to handle later in the evening. And going by her purposeful strides, you can tell that she’s eager to get back to work.

Importantly for Satyam, all its people initiatives seem to be making a difference. “I think the one thing we have achieved at Satyam now is making the entire set of people in the company aware of the business fundamentals. The focus has today shifted from a culture of manning a project to owning a project,” says A.S. Murthy, Director and Senior VP (Leadership Development Group). This is accomplished partly by an in-house handbook called ‘SatyamWay’, which forms the welcome kit for new employees and explains Satyam’s business fundamentals, and its aspirations and goals. The Leadership Development Group was created in April this year to give greater focus to leadership development. Murthy, who was earlier heading HR, was made its head and reports directly to Chairman Raju.

Like Hari points out, “It is important to generate business leaders at a pace that matches the business growth (which is 30 per cent per annum)”. Globally, he says, the industry tends to have only 50 per cent of the business leaders it needs at any given point. Satyam’s attempts at creating 1,500 business leaders, then, seems like a good strategy. Retaining them will require an even better strategy.

http://archives.digitaltoday.in/businesstoday/20061105/cover8.html