August 26, 2009

Cutting Cost? You must read this

Okay it’s been some time I wanted to write about this. Last year when I was working with a large organization the first initiative they took up as a part of cost cutting initiatives was they reduced the thickness of the tissue paper used in the loo. Then they removed employees (LOL)

Just looking at the crazy ideas people are getting these days, I thought I shall share all such nonsense to the world and might be who is crazy but did not get these ideas can implement them.

1.    Remove tissue paper from bathrooms.
2.    Remove the soap solution at the wash basins
3.    Use cheap paper in the loo or if you think your guys only wash, remove the paper
4.    Do not put any glasses next to the water purifiers. Ask people to get their own bottles to fill. If you want to be kind, just put one glass and place a poster saying, “This glass is washed twice everyday”
5.    Don’t use coir or soft carpet. Use a plastic one. It can be cleaned easily. The cost of carpet shampoo can be avoided.
6.    Switch on only every other alternate light. Switch off the remaining.
7.    Switch off the AC during lunch hour.
8.    Charge for four wheeler parking space. This way all employees shall get only two wheelers or use public transport and reduce the carbon footprint 
9.    Switch off the coolers; just let them function only as purifiers.
10.    Cut the size of the coffee cups.
11.    Install the coffee machines very far from the employees’ work spaces. So they get frustrated to walk till them and stop having coffee.
12.    Rent some space in front of the office for a chaiwala who sells cigarettes etc. so people would prefer going out for a smoke and then have tea there.
13.    Also you would get some rent.
14.    Call those guys who place TVs in offices for advertising purposes. Ask them to start their business in all common areas and they would pay you for it.
15.    Rent small office spaces in cafeterias to people who would like to sell clothing or some fancy stuff etc.
Technical
1.    Install printer, don’t give paper. Keep the paper with the manager
2.    Allow Google access to only employees who are on a project
3.    Remove dialing outside number access to all employees, except managers or above
4.    Do not provide any stationery to the employees.
5.    Give the manager one diary yearly, enough

If I get to find or hear any other nasty things in this domain I shall post it.
Have fun guys.

August 12, 2009

Acquisitions for expanding business

I think by now its official. Mphasis is acquiring AIG Systems and Solutions India Pvt Ltd. Mphasis is trying to expand its customer base by leaps and bounds by this acquisition as AIGSS has many clients across AIG with the highest revenue generator being AIG Corporate systems. 
And to tell you, AIGSS had to roll out a lot of young heads to compensate some numbers. 

June 29, 2009

Blame the software???

Yesterday my brother was narrating what happened at his workplace. Before that; he is working for an MNC which serves a large international clientele.

Last month his account was credited with salary which was more than his CTC. He assumed it was the variable pay or some extra pay for working on weekends. Later he enquired and to a surprise many employees got excess salary. Before everyone could even think of celebrating the company sent a mailer saying due to some wrong calculations everyone got credited excess salary and the same shall be deducted next month.

This is how companies are being managed. What quality can be delivered by such people to the clients???

May 29, 2009

Identity Governance - A good (Q & A)

Identity Governance - Buyer's Guide

Sailpoint has recently released the Identity Governance Buyer's guide. Try and give a read ...

April 20, 2009

Data Cleanliness

White spaces; these things are quite irritating. Its been quite sometime that we are struggling everyday with these camouflaged spaces in the query outputs. I thought its worth mentioning to my readers and IAM implementors, please do check for these as most of the places you implement you may encounter these and can create quite a mess. 
These things never showup for a naked eye but they are always there. Keep checking :-)

April 16, 2009

Touchscreen Conference Phone

This is a very cool phone. Read it here

March 27, 2009

March 20, 2009

Is the SUN setting?

I still can believe if its true that IBM would acquire SUN Microsystems one of the world's best companies. I am a technology guy, do not understand much of these business gimmics, however is it for this that someone struggles so hard to make a brand help the world by their open source products etc and then shrink the company and sell if off???
Its harldy a few years back SUN was more than $30B company and now its hardly $3B, why? Is it someone's strategy to bring SUN down and buy them? What is the problem? Or is it that SUN's strategy of business has flaws?
I wonder if tomorrow IBM or whoever would ...
1. Sell the SUN Identity Suite/JES?
2. What will happen to SUN PS?
3. What will happen to the Open Source initiatives?
At least as a person who loves the products and as someone who respects SUN, I would not appreciate this. The management should have taken enough steps to keep the brand up and glowing, rather selling the shop.

February 16, 2009

SBI - No one can beat them

The guys who wrote the software should really be appreciated.

February 13, 2009

FaceBook Privacy Tips

My hundredth post :-)

A good article; with tips to secure your facebook profile.

January 6, 2009

Looking for Java Developers with 2+

My Company is looking for Java Developers with 2+ years of experience. Mail your resumes to me incase you are interested.

December 31, 2008

December 18, 2008

Typealyzer Report on my Blog

I was going thro Mark's Blog and found this interesting. This tool tries to provide a view of the author's thought process. I have got the following results.

A gist of what it said regarding my blog:

ESTJ - The Guardians

The organizing and efficient type. They are especially attuned to setting goals and managing available resources to get the job done. Once they´ve made up their mind on something, it can be quite difficult to convince otherwise. They listen to hard facts and can have a hard time accepting new or innovative ways of doing things.

The Guardians are often happy working in highly structured work environments where everyone knows the rules of the job. They respect authority and are loyal team players.

December 3, 2008

Adding Value by Jackson Shaw

Friends, a wonderful article.

November 13, 2008

Aligning CobiT® 4.1, ITIL ® V3 and ISO/IEC 27002 for Business Benefit

A good read ... download now and read it.

LDAP Search Filter

Search Tip: To retrieve all the users from a Domain who belong to a specific group use this query.

(&(objectclass=person)(memberOf=fulldn))

For two groups:
(&(objectclass=person)(|(memberOf=fulldn1)(memberOf=fulldn2)))

Use the same tip for multiple groups.

October 31, 2008

A must read - "Sun Loses Co-Founder to Start-Up"

The first few lines may not be of interest for many, however the entire article is an awesome read. Go ahead and read it.

October 23, 2008

One does - Remaining follow

If I am not wrong, the concept of Compliance manager was first started by Aveksa. Unfortunately they were a little late to the market and in the mean while Sailpoint already pitched in. Now we have one more big player ... guess who ....... its none other than Sun Microsystems.

They recently launched their Compliance Manager product. I think I will be able to do a comparative study soon and publish to my blog readers.