Clouds on Earth - Cloud Computing World Forum India 2011

"The Clouds have come down to Earth ". Shree Parthasarathy, Sr. Director - Enterprise Risk Services, Deloitte, who chaired the conference, quipped, as he kick started Cloud Computing World Forum India 2011. He may have well added, "They are everywhere". With 1100 registered attendees, it was a Cloud jamboree, with enthusiasm reaching stratospheric levels, amidst cloudy perceptions, driven by marketing on steroids. Every product is cloud-centric, hovering around the tag-cloud of benefits that every cloud vendor promises to reinvent IT for the future. No wonder Cloud pundits have declared, 'Its official:'Cloud Computing' is meaningless.'

Ravi Pandey, Senior Research Analyst, Information & Communication Technology Practice, Frost & Sullivan, probed into the reasons behind the palpable excitement towards Cloud offerings. "Cloud computing market is expected to grow at CAGR of 52 % in 5 years", he predicted, based on the results from the study conducted by Frost & Sullivan. Enterprise Cloud penetration in India would surge by 46% in 2016, he further added. With 85% of Cloud spending in India on SaaS, he highlighted that Non ICT Infrastructure, Collaboration, Federation would be the key drivers

The Great Truth

My Physics guru and a very dear friend of mine, T.S. Ananthu sent me an essay titled, "The Great Truth", a few weeks ago. He is a scientist and eminent Gandhian worker who has written extensively on various aspects of Gandhi’s approach to society and life, particularly ecology and farming. He is a trustee of Navadarshanam, living an earth reverent life at the Navadarshanam integrated settlement in Bangalore.

This article is a piece of gem, weaving threads of wisdom from scientists, ecologists and other remarkable men who stood for everything that's noble and honourable in human beings. This article shows how great scientists have also had the ecological bent of mind. Check out Einstein's quote on bees below and you would know what I am talking about. Of course, it is worth introspecting our inclination to compartmentalize and create labels such as Science, Ecology while the great truth has always been one unified, organic whole; Life, to put it simply.  

Can subscription economy help us build a sustainable world?

The Industrial Age is dead. We are witnessing the biggest paradigm shift happening from the wasteful, hierarchy-driven, industrial model towards a new paradigm, driven by digital technologies and empowered by networks.   These are challenging times.  We are waking up to the biggest challenge of our times: How do we re-boot the operating system of our civilization ? We have already crossed nine planetary boundaries that humanity needs to respect and maintain in order to avoid catastrophic environmental changes. 


What is subscription economy?

Subscriptions are everywhere. Be it the online services we consume, or the computing power enterprises are embracing fervently, we are witnessing a disruptive shift in the way businesses operate.