Social Media Class Project – Pharrell Williams – Happy [Great Lakes Institute of Management]
This #HappySong Video is a class project and I gave my students a target of 5000 views. They smashed that number in less than a day. Now, with over 18,000, they have even overtaken Stanford University. Super proud.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXrp9GYmY1Q
planting climbers, creepers and plants
This Saturday and Sunday (29 & 30th), we are planting many varieties of climbers, creepers and plants at our Farm. You are welcome to join in. If you are interested in farm design or Farm planning, this will be of interest to you. We have a quaint little farm house for stay.
Interview with Dr.Kiran Seth, Founder of SPIC-MACAY
Dr.Kiran Seth is an amazing person. He helped build SPIC MACAY, India’s largest non-profit group to promote Indian Classcal art. (SPIC MACAY = The Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical Music And Culture Amongst Youth). All this while still being a full-time professor at IIT Delhi. Here is an interesting short conversation.
SPIC-MACAY getting inaugurated today at Great Lakes Institute of Management
The official chapter of SPIC-MACAY is getting inaugurated today at Great Lakes Institute of Management, where I teach. Brings back memories of my association with the group during my college days.
IBM Invests US$1Billion to Develop ‘Platform-as-a-Service’
IBM today announced a unique new development environment and capabilities-as-a-service to help clients and developers speed the adoption of “hybrid” clouds, which have the potential to usher in a new era of innovation across the enterprise. As part of its initiative, IBM has invested more than $1 billion for software cloud development and is launching new capabilities running on SoftLayer.
With today’s news, IBM is addressing three fundamental issues to help speed the adoption of hybrid clouds.
1) Enabling enterprise developers for the cloud: According to Evans Data, there are more than 18 million software developers worldwide yet less than 25 percent are developing for the cloud today. As the industry moves to the cloud era, millions of developers are looking to access tools and services that will enable them to leverage this fast-emerging opportunity.
2) Integrating across enterprise environments: Enterprises are looking to innovate and drive significant value in a new era of hybrid clouds, which link systems of engagement — built on mobile and social technologies and where consumers are engaging with organizations — with systems of record where data and transactions are processed.
3) An open ecosystem and platform for development that accelerates innovation and fosters growth: Developers are looking for a dynamic application development environment to support the cloud era. A new development platform should be open and flexible and make it easier for corporate developers and independent companies alike to create applications and connect them to existing computing systems.