Mr. LS Subramanian is a thought leader, writer, speaker and advises banks, financial exchanges, hospitals, manufacturing conglomerates, micro finance institutions in information technology, cyber security, and cloud computing.
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Cloud Migration the next Y2K for Indian IT Companies
It has been a rough patch for Indian IT companies as they struggle to transform themselves in a recessionary world where the old methods of providing bodies for service has changed to service delivery with compensation based on successful completion of projects.
The Indian IT industry grew on one great phenomenon of fixing the challenging Y2k problem way back in the years 1999 to 2000. This allowed Indian technology professionals to support and deliver skills to keep the business running into a expected catastrophe in the year 2000 (Y2K).
I was in the USA in the months of December 1999 and January 2000 on a holiday and remember the New Year of 2000 being brought in with bated breath. It was a new decade where programmers had forgotten that the century would end when they created digital solutions. Luckily the new year rolled out with no major glitches because of the century transition.
Y2K was the catalyst for the growth of the Indian Industry supported by savvy marketing and cost positioning and mass training in the cities of Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Mumbai.
A reality check shows there are many Asian and European countries who are able to provide cost effective and innovative technology solutions and they are clawing away the market share of Indian IT Companies.
About a decade ago a new technology emerged known as cloud computing which was proved and tested by the layman by use of social applications like Twitter, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Animoto, YouTube and Amazon Web Services whose success was driven by the lay consumer and today the Business is ready to adopt the cloud as its preferred computing platform.
The challenge for businesses is to migrate their legacy application to the cloud and also replace some of the legacy applications with newer and more agile solutions available on the cloud which support mobility.
Business need consulting for a cloud strategy and a migration plan, but more importantly they will need IT skills for Cloud Migration..
The ability of Indian IT companies to handle complex projects in time and cost with talented technology professionals is the elixir to take the Business to the cloud.
Indian IT companies need to quickly get ready for this next big opportunity of Cloud Migration which will put them back on their feet and into a double digit growth trajectory ?
Is the same enthusiasm and leadership available in the Indian IT companies toady as in Y2K to drive this opportunity ?
Will Indian IT companies to do their jig in the cloud and relive their glory days ?
Are they listening ?
Are they Ready of this opportunity?
Or is the writing on the wall for the decline of the Indian IT industry unwilling to adapt to a changing world fueled by Cloud Computing ?
The Indian IT industry grew on one great phenomenon of fixing the challenging Y2k problem way back in the years 1999 to 2000. This allowed Indian technology professionals to support and deliver skills to keep the business running into a expected catastrophe in the year 2000 (Y2K).
I was in the USA in the months of December 1999 and January 2000 on a holiday and remember the New Year of 2000 being brought in with bated breath. It was a new decade where programmers had forgotten that the century would end when they created digital solutions. Luckily the new year rolled out with no major glitches because of the century transition.
Y2K was the catalyst for the growth of the Indian Industry supported by savvy marketing and cost positioning and mass training in the cities of Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Mumbai.
A reality check shows there are many Asian and European countries who are able to provide cost effective and innovative technology solutions and they are clawing away the market share of Indian IT Companies.
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| Y2k Cheered the Indian IT Industry to double digit growth, Cloud Migration can do the same ! Photo - Thanks to Mr. Ajay Gopal - Big Data Specialist. |
About a decade ago a new technology emerged known as cloud computing which was proved and tested by the layman by use of social applications like Twitter, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Animoto, YouTube and Amazon Web Services whose success was driven by the lay consumer and today the Business is ready to adopt the cloud as its preferred computing platform.
The challenge for businesses is to migrate their legacy application to the cloud and also replace some of the legacy applications with newer and more agile solutions available on the cloud which support mobility.
Business need consulting for a cloud strategy and a migration plan, but more importantly they will need IT skills for Cloud Migration..
The ability of Indian IT companies to handle complex projects in time and cost with talented technology professionals is the elixir to take the Business to the cloud.
Indian IT companies need to quickly get ready for this next big opportunity of Cloud Migration which will put them back on their feet and into a double digit growth trajectory ?
Is the same enthusiasm and leadership available in the Indian IT companies toady as in Y2K to drive this opportunity ?
Will Indian IT companies to do their jig in the cloud and relive their glory days ?
Are they listening ?
Are they Ready of this opportunity?
Or is the writing on the wall for the decline of the Indian IT industry unwilling to adapt to a changing world fueled by Cloud Computing ?
Friday, January 18, 2013
Alcoholic Anonymous
This post is dedicated to my relative who recently passed away and devoted most of his adult life to Alcoholic Anonymous.
He was an alcoholic himself who with the help and support of his wife was able to overcome the disease and lived sober to cure others of this dreaded disease.
Nobody wants to accept that one is an alcoholic, relatives and friends push alcoholism under the carpet and ignore to recognize it as a disease.
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Alcoholism is a tunnel with darkness @ the end.[/caption]
Who is an alcoholic, the Medical Dictionary -( http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/alcoholism) defines alcoholism as :
Alcoholism or alcohol dependence is defined by the American Medical Association (AMA) as "a primary, chronic disease with genetic, psychosocial, and environmental factors influencing its development and manifestations."
A complex definition, but in simple terms anyone who craves for a drink at any time of the day and cannot limit oneself to moderate consumption of alcohol is an alcoholic.
Alcoholism is gender neutral and both Men and Women succumb to the disease, many famous personalities have faded into sunset with a glass of alcohol as a companion to revile in their days of glory and adulation.
Alcoholism destroys the alcoholic, their family, relationships, career and much more. It also brings in economic hardship and a sometime leads to a path of crime and other related activities to keep the habit alive and creates a sense of gloom and hopelessness.
Alcoholic Anonymous is the foremost group of sobered/former alcoholics and their families who help other alcoholics to give up their dependence on alcohol and help themselves to be liberated them from alcoholism.
If you have any friend or a family member who is an alcoholic do make sure that you contact your local Alcoholic Anonymous (AA) Chapter so that they can help the alcoholic.
First recognize that alcoholism is a problem and then act on it, you will be saving a life a family a career and much more.
Here are some useful links about AA.
http://www.aa.org
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoholics_Anonymous
http://alcoholism.about.com/cs/12steps/a/aa030315a.htm
Please share this post with your friends and family, there is always someone who needs help, love and care.
P.S. : I am not a teetotaler.
He was an alcoholic himself who with the help and support of his wife was able to overcome the disease and lived sober to cure others of this dreaded disease.
Nobody wants to accept that one is an alcoholic, relatives and friends push alcoholism under the carpet and ignore to recognize it as a disease.
[caption id="attachment_327" align="aligncenter" width="300"]
Alcoholism is a tunnel with darkness @ the end.[/caption]Who is an alcoholic, the Medical Dictionary -( http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/alcoholism) defines alcoholism as :
Alcoholism or alcohol dependence is defined by the American Medical Association (AMA) as "a primary, chronic disease with genetic, psychosocial, and environmental factors influencing its development and manifestations."
A complex definition, but in simple terms anyone who craves for a drink at any time of the day and cannot limit oneself to moderate consumption of alcohol is an alcoholic.
Alcoholism is gender neutral and both Men and Women succumb to the disease, many famous personalities have faded into sunset with a glass of alcohol as a companion to revile in their days of glory and adulation.
Alcoholism destroys the alcoholic, their family, relationships, career and much more. It also brings in economic hardship and a sometime leads to a path of crime and other related activities to keep the habit alive and creates a sense of gloom and hopelessness.
Alcoholic Anonymous is the foremost group of sobered/former alcoholics and their families who help other alcoholics to give up their dependence on alcohol and help themselves to be liberated them from alcoholism.
If you have any friend or a family member who is an alcoholic do make sure that you contact your local Alcoholic Anonymous (AA) Chapter so that they can help the alcoholic.
First recognize that alcoholism is a problem and then act on it, you will be saving a life a family a career and much more.
Here are some useful links about AA.
http://www.aa.org
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoholics_Anonymous
http://alcoholism.about.com/cs/12steps/a/aa030315a.htm
Please share this post with your friends and family, there is always someone who needs help, love and care.
P.S. : I am not a teetotaler.
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