My Personal Blog - Sarada Ramani

Here is the invite for the Cloud Computing Workshop organized by ITSME Association on 7th December 2010 Tuesday Today the two most widely used industry buzz word are Social Media and Cloud computing. Our Association having understood the need of the hour, had organized the Seminar on how to use Social media for our benefit, we now have pleasure in announcing the One day Workshop on Cloud Computing – starting with the basics of Cloud computing to understand different platforms available for development to hands on demo of building a business application for the cloud, we will end the day with talking to people who have already done it PROGRAMME DETAILS 0900 - 0930 Registration 0930 - 1030 Cloud Computing - The basics Mr.Dorai Thodla, President, Imorph Technologies 1030 - 1115 Detailed analysis of various Platforms Mr.Prasanna, Director Product Engg Orangescape Technologies 1115 - 1130 TEA BREAK 1130 - 1245 Building a Cloud Application on GAE -Hands on Mr.Shrikrishna Shrin, F...

I just didnt want to write this week at all, as having started with a very positive write up, whatever was unfolding in the political arena was making me sick and was draining out the positive spirit.  But the comment by Uma about how as ordinary people tend to slog and slog with just hope, made me to finally write this one.  When a building collapses or a cinema hall catches fire or a small time employee takes a bribe, immediately, we see the headlines that the owner or the employee is arrested.  Of course, after the initial news item, I dont know whether they are convicted or let loose or their case doesn't see the light of the day - that is another matter.  Here we see politicians indulging in creating wealth.( the amount that is talked about is so much mind blowing) So what happens when it comes to light, the concerned person resigns, it becomes the news for one week analyzing what happened, etc and then the next story catches the public eye and this become...

Last week I was in Bangalore attending the NASSCOM Product Conclave.  What a climate it was -  filled with hope and positiveness - so many people coming into Entrepreneurship (of course, many were youngsters).  While there were quite a lot of B2B, B2C applications, there were also some new things that are being created too.  The whole 2 days was filled with a a sense of great feeling of having arrived and also wanting to Succeed. Following these 2 days of energy upliftment, Saturday once again was another occasion, which lifted up the spirit of wanting to Go forward with all Hope & Positiveness.  This was brought out by the 2 young achievers Meera Krishnan & Raj shankar , Founders of Ichiban Consultants , releasing their maiden book " Entrepreneurship: A life of commas, Not full Stops!" - being focused to their goal. The 3rd one was reading an article in " Aval Vikatan " - a publication by Vikatan group for the women - Determination thy name is V...

It is a defining moment for Myanmar when Suu Kyi was released on Saturday evening for the first time since 2003 being in jail and later under house arrest for the last 15 years since 1989.  What a determined Lady this person is.  The Woman of this Century definitely .  Especially having to overcome the personal problem of not being able to be with her Cancer ridden husband during his last moments.  The Government refused the visa for the husband and she was warned that she cannot enter the country, if she were to leave to be with her husband.  This woman, chose to be in Myanmar, placing the nation's interest over her personal need.   A through and through Patriot indeed.  Myanmar is really blessed to have this lady as her daughter. May she live long and see that proper democracy is restored in Myanmar.   For me Myanmar always invokes a sense of patriotism, as I know that there were a lot of Indians who got killed during the fight against th...

While you get a value out of a life changing program, you will also be give to a Noble Cause.  What a way to do Self Help.  Attend the Born to Win program by Only success , you will also be part of the efforts of the Fund raiser for our Rotary Club of Chennai Thiruvanmiyur.  Here are the details in the link: http://onlysuccess.net/immortal/ Please help yourselves and help us to serve the society In service to the society A humble Rotarian

 A sales figure of 92 crores  in a day !!!!  Good strategy and implemntation done to avoid loss of customers  - WOW is what everybody will say when they read the headlines and how I wish it was my organization sales that was being talked about like this. But wait a minute, this sales is not something that I am proud to be writing about, but most concerned.  It is the Government sales during Diwali - Not the Handicrafts, not the textiles or Crackers or Food grains.  It is the sales done by TASMAC, the chain that sells liquor.  And the TV Channel touts it as an achievement by the Government.  Where are we heading.   Should my government earn by this method.  I would rather pay higher state tax, but not this way please.  How many households had to sacrifice their diwali bonus towards something some imporatant than this sales..  What misery it would be to see your beloved consuming this much of increased quantity and make the...

Yes this person is definitely flying high  on the clouds - but his feet are firmly on the ground.  I am talking about none other than Suresh Sambandam, CEO of Orangescape which is offering Platform as a Service for the companies which want to go to the cloud.  Every time, I meet him or talk to him, I am amassed at the simplicity of this person while what he has achieved in life is of Himalayan proposition. His is a story worth talking about how Determination & hardwork can lift you High in life.   A person who admits that he wasnt even a college graduate, but was forced to get into Real Estate business along with his father when he was young, has made his company get featured amongst the likes of Amazon, google, Microsoft etc when it comes to Cloud offering.  What a way to go. I thought I was one of those few people for whom technology was daunting - but he also confesses that he was also afraid of technology initially, but got interested while he was lea...

I liked the Open letter written by Mr Som Mittal, President of Nasscom in yesterdays Economic Times addressed to the visiting President of US, Mr Barack Obama. I am reproducing the entire write up which got published in Economic Times of 4th November 2010. Dear Mr President, For years now, America has stood for and exported to the world, all the technologies and free-market axioms that created this increasingly flat, global economic playing field. You have a domestic constituency to serve, but you also have inherited a larger role of global leadership. America’s success is important for the world economy including India. Your vis It to India indicates the need for enhancing strategic partnership between the two economies. It is necessary for political leadership in our two countries to develop a long-term strategic vision and nurture it. There could not be reasons more compelling for the two nations to work towards a strategic partnership based on the commercial rela...