Pawan Kujur

Deccan Chronicle, Los Angeles, October 30, 2008 Looking for growth in new markets where it is increasingly being bypassed, Microsoft said this week that late next year it would begin offering a new "cloud" operating system that would manage the relationship between software inside the computer and on the Web, where data and services are becoming increasingly centralised. The company needs a new kind of operating system for a new computing world populated not by a single style of desktop computer, but by dozens of different kinds of Internet-connected appliances ranging from smartphones to mini-laptops called netbooks. More of those devices use programmes that reside on a remote servers rather than on the device itself. The servers, in the so-called cloud, deliver what are called Web services, which can be anything from customer relationship software or a Facebook game. Microsoft is a late entrant into a market that is crowded by a range of players offering every flavour of cl

The following is the philosophy of Charles Schultz, the creator of the "Peanuts" comic strip. You don't have to actually answer the questions. Just read the e-mail straight through, and you'll get the point. 1. Name the five wealthiest people in the world. 2. Name the last five Heisman trophy winners. 3. Name the last five winners of the Miss America Contest. 4. Name ten people who have won the Nobel or Pulitzer Prize. 5. Name the last half dozen Academy Award winners for best actor and actress. 6. Name the last decade's worth of World Series winners. How did you do? The point is, none of us remember the headliners of yesterday. They are not second-rate achievers. They are the best in their fields.. But the applause dies. Awards tarnish. Achievements are forgotten. Accolades and certificates are buried with their owners. Here's another quiz. See how you do on this one: 1. List a few teachers who aided your journey through sch

The Financial Express - October 20, 2008 It is increasingly clear that the impact of the financial sector crisis in the US is spilling into the real economy and it is not unreasonable to forecast a longish recession in the US, given the severity of the meltdown. The impact of a protracted slowdown in the US will be felt abroad as well especially by its major trading partners. India will certainly be affected—the US is one of our major trade and investment partners. Also, unlike the slowdown, which followed the burst dotcom bubble that only impacted the technology sector, the impact of the present economic downturn would be felt across a wide range of sectors including IT, gems and jewellery and other merchandise exports. Any slowdown in the US hits Indian IT badly—60% of India’s exports of IT/ITES are to the US. And around 60% of the companies operating in the IT/ITES sector have been working for American financial corporations like Goldman Sachs, Washington Mutual, Citigroup, Bank of