SMAC – Social, Mobility, Analytics & Cloud - in a Layman's language

SMAC – Social, Mobility, Analytics & Cloud

 (OR ;-) Senses of Motions of world Available & Captured)

World is evolving quite fast.

When I realized the existence of a computer it was called PC – personal computer.  Only one in my whole family had it.  I was so excited to just watch it from far.

I started learning the subject by coding in DOS.

I was able to pass my exams by rehearsing  PASCAL / COBOL code.

Studied hard to write code to just to say “Hi buddy” in “C”.

Also learned that I can save all my contacts in Excel than on small book bought on street side at the beginning of every near.  Books were sold along with a free new-year calendar on those days.

I upgraded myself by learning Oracle.

I tried to refresh my knowledge with the then buzz word ERP

Later found that you have to connect different data to different models and analyse it.  So I understood the benefits of DWH (Data WareHouse).

However thanks to the internet, thanks to the connectivity, thanks to IT companies who send our brothers and sisters to different parts of the world, we are all provoked to find means & ways to reach out to them thru different applications.

All in all there is no limit.  This is also now proved by giving the name of Cloud to it.

Every news channel talks about SMAC.  Newspaper has one dedicated page to give us update on technologies like SMAC.  Companies are shifting to top gear and becoming aggressive on SMAC technologies.  Small companies are budding to tell the world that they are SMEs in SMAC.  Children aged anywhere between 10 – 17 years are coding to design games for SMAC.  My 1+ year old niece is an expert in iPad again part of SMAC.  My 5 & 6 year old niece & nephew are downloading their favorite games in my mobile themselves – SMAC?.  Recent addition is my technologically innocent parents who want to see their grandchildren, sister’s grandchildren, far away relatives in their cell phone – again SMAC?

I wondered then what is SMAC?  I am not a techie.  I know something but always my understanding was in Cloud ;-). 

As per my study and understanding, below is what SMAC is, mostly from a layman’s language.  Hope it gives some idea for all non-techies like me.

(I am open to learn.  So if any of my techie friends feel they can add or remove certain things I would be deeply gratified).

•     Foto uploading to Facebook
•     Telling the truth thru Twitter
•     Googling on friends with Google +
•     Linking the contacts thru Lindkedin
•     Pinning your interest thru Pinterest
•     Is all Social 

• Doing the same thru your handsend / mobile
• Need not have to go to office to reply to a mail
• Want to book movie tickets from whereever you are?
• Want to order cake online?
• Is done thru Mobile – Mobility

• Analyse the type of items your customers are looking in web.
• Note down the items they keep ordering for
• Track customer purchases from their web browser to mobile bookings to mall purchases
•  Get realtime suggestions on supply chain management thru these analysis
• Gap analysis on business that can be done thru mobile or web or on the brick & mortar store
• All these and more are done via Analytics

• You are doing marketing thru websites
• Your branding is done on mobile
• You party on a Friday with colleagues you want to take a photo and share with all
• You join cycling group and publicise it to the whole world of yours
• You want to sell your stuff just click, post and get the money transferred to your account
• For every occasion starting from your first Sandwich preparation to celebration of a festival to proposal to ditching to one more proposal etc - all on the net.
• You would have hardly spoken to a relative but would have liked the status update on social website hourly
• Typhoon Haiyan in Philippines gets aid from all over the world
• Voting of Super Singer is done from every corner of this universe
• Sachin’s farewell is a breaking news not just in Indian news channel but all over the world
• Literally all these information storage cannot be done on one PC or one room equivalent server.  You really need more than that.

That is Cloud – Companies specialised in providing storage and related service from any corner of the word which you would not have visited also

In Short,

SMAC is

Friends we need to be ready for the next buzz word.  It can move from SMAC to SWAC also (as big companies are moving to watches with android applications).  Instead of Mobile, we might start encountering these in Watches also J

Hey by the way don’t forget – Bo & Yana

Happy Knowledge Refreshing :-)

Hey Recruiter - Did you know this about you!!!!

Hey Recruiter - Did you know this about you!!!!

• You have capability to read a resume thoroughly. 

• You have strength to match the profile with requirement in less than a minute’s time.

• You can predict the right source for right requirements.

• You can sense the further suitability of a candidate for your requirements in just one call.

• You have the calibre to interview most of them irrespective of their background or your background.

• You understand market trends better than anybody else.

• You know which branding activity suits you best.

• Your eyes are strong enough to judge the candidate’s feedback even before their interview starts.

• Your common-sense is great enough to identify the right panel for the right candidate.

• Your knowledge on the requirement is so good that you easily predict the ageing of the requirement.

• You have the capability to feel what is running in candidates mind during interview process.

• You are not from technology background but still can gauge the technical understanding of your candidates.

• Your communication skills are so strong that you decide what to tell whom and when.

• You are obviously creative because of your creative way of reaching out to the right resource.

• You can easily point out the validity of information provided by your candidates.

• You know the salary structures of most of your target companies.

• You know which designation means what in each of the organizations.

• You can gauge the candidates joining in just one interaction with prospective.

• Your networking skills are so strong that your handset is filled with contact numbers from security guard to CEO.

• Your skills on technologies are so strong that you can easily be criticise the social website on their strengths and weaknesses.

• You are not master of all but definitely jack of all.

• You know the approximate take home salary of any offers.

You are the best and your profession is the ultimate.

Recruiter or Recruit-her ;-)................

Funny / Interesting situations in recruitment…..

(This is only for fun and not to be taken otherwise ;-))

Scene 1:

Recruiter: Hi Bheem, how are you? Can you tell me about yourself?

Bheem: “My name is Bheem, I am from ………………..”

It like “Basanti tera naam kya hai”……

Scene 2:

Recruiter: “How many siblings you have Mr.Bheem”

Bheem: “Two, one brother, one sister”

Recruiter:”What is your brother doing”

Bheem: “I don’t have brother”

Recruiter: “You said one brother and one sister about your siblings”

Bheem: “I am that one brother and my sister is house wife”

Scene 3:

Recruiter: “How much are you expecting”

Bheem: “25…”

Recruiter: “TWENTY FIVE??? THANK YOU FOR COMING. WE CANT PAY.  GOOD BYE”

Bheem : “25 percentage sir….”

Scene 4:

Recruiter: “What is your expectation interms of role?”

Bheem: “I want to move to CDO role”

Recruiter: “I will get in touch with you when my CDO resigns sir”

Bheem: “Moving to CDO is my long term aspiration, but here I am looking at Senior software engineer role”

Scene 5:

Recruiter: “Where are you working”

Bheem: “iGate”

Recruiter: “Where is iGate located” (in Bangalore)

Bheem: “It is next to Infosys” (for those who are not in Bangalore, iGate is in whitefield and Infosys is in Electronics city, two different corners)

Scene 6:

Recruiter: “Where are you working?”

Bheem: “Confidential”

Recruiter: “Who is your client”

Bheem: “Confidential”

Recruiter: “confidential? Ok. What is your name?”

Bheem: “Confidential”

Recruiter: “Uff, your result is also confidential.  You can leave for the day Mr.Confidential”

Scene 7:

Recruiter: “What is your salary expectation?”

Bheem: “I have an offer from MNC1 for 5 lacs, MNC 2 for 6 lacs, MNC 3 for 8 lacs”

Recruiter: “oh is it.  But my question was not on how many offers and what are they.  My question is what is your salary expectation from our company”

Bheem: “Company Standards”

Recruiter: “Our company standard is 4 lacs would you join”

Bheem: (Smiles) “That’s why I told you about all my offers”

Scene 8:

Recruiter: “What is your salary expectation”

Bheem: “My husband wants to talk to you”

Recruiter: “Hey I don’t want his salary expectation.  I am talking to you and I want your salary expectation”

Scene 9:

Recruiter: “Explain me about your onsite exposure”

Phone rings

Bheem: “Sorry for the phone, you delayed taking my interview and now I am having one more telephonic interview.  Please give me 20 minutes time I will come back after taking this interview”

Scene 10:

Recruiter: “Why should we offer you a job in our company”

Bheem: “I can contribute immensely in watching the organization grow”

Recruiter: “We want contributors and not spectators ;-)”

Scene 11:

A hefty Bheem comes to interview.  He would have weighed anywhere around 100 kgs….

Recruiter: “Why are you looking for change”

Hefty Bheem: “For personal growth sir”

Recruiter: “I personally suggest you not to grow beyond this ;-)”

Scene 12:

Bheem as a fresher in interview…..

Recruiter: “What do you know about this company?”

Fresher Bheem: “Company started in 1998, 200 employees, 30 clients, etc, etc, etc and it goes upto for 15 minutes”

Recruiter: “What about their USP”

Fresher Bheem: “Sorry sir, I don’t know”

Recruiter: “How can you come for interview without knowing much about the company?  We have to keep you on hold.  I advise you go through in detail about the company and then attend interview”

Bheem as a 2 year experienced in interview……

Recruiter: “What do you know about this company?”

Experienced Bheem: “I heard good about this company so applied”

Recruiter: “Good.  Yes you heard it right.  We are a growing company with …………..” (Goes on for 30 minutes)

Experienced Bheem: “Do share the salary breakup, I will think through and get back”

Scene 13:

Recruiter: “Bheem we like your candidature and would like to go ahead and make an offer”

Bheem: “Thank you recruiter.  I would accept but then why can’t you recruit-her too ;-)”

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Is this The Heaven on Earth!!!!!!!!!!!!

Is this The Heaven on Earth!!!!!!!!!!!

Calender turned to nineteen....

Clock ticked to 6 fifteen.....

Weather was pleasant.....

Traffic was at its nascent.....

Started to say 'Good bye' to friends.....

Simultaneously excitement started go north-ends....

But all the planning and efforts were worth......

As I was blessed to see The Heaven on Earth...............

Yes I was blessed to see The Heaven on Earth.......

Right from school days we have been told to share the best with all.  So in this small effort from my end, I would definitely like to share this wonderful experience with you all.  This experience I am sharing because I want you all to be part of this Heaven in many more such events in the coming years to come.

For a change I decided to watch this event than spending time at Malls.  To be frank, visiting malls at times is frustrating. 

The Event I am referring to here is the final day of "Bangalore Ganesh Utsava" where the Lord was taken with full respect in a procession to immersion.

Oh Lord, I cannot ask for more than this.  I know this is your blessing on me.  You gifted me this wonderful evening.  Thank you so much.

Friends, I had too many thoughts in my mind whether to go or not.  I started to search for excuses to avoid going.  Good I did not go by my mind but went by my heart.  I had this dream of making it to this final day of procession from many years from the time I came to know about such events.  

Yes, finally I could make it.  On the way to this Heaven, I was very very hungry too.  My hunger started to make me feel dizzy.  I used the mobile battery concept or hey mobile battery manufacturers used this concept?  If there are hardly any charge in the mobile, you switch it off and on it when in need.  Like wise, I closed my eyes while in auto to make sure that I get some energy.  I had plans to eat after reaching the place as DVG road is good eat-out option too for road-side chats ;-).  But in that excitement of seeing the procession I did not give more importance to my hunger.  However, for my pleasant surprise the organizers as part of this celebration were distributing Laddus.  Infact I got 2 to 3 laddus. They are very generous.

I went there but there was no sign of procession.  However I could see our Khakhi friends - the police being deployed in a group here and there.  That gave me confidence that the procession is on.  But I wondered if the procession is over or yet to start.  So checked with one of the Khakhi friend and he in a friendly manner told me that the procession started but yet to reach the place where we were at that time. Infact he told my auto guy to take me to the base place where the procession would start.  We went there but the procession had already left the base place.  So we with the knowledge of some short-cuts available around reached the place where the all excitement started.   Yes my dream came true.  Road was half full with audiences.  However few local shop owners offered to me to stand in an elevated place where I can get a better view.  That is the 2nd friendly treatment I experienced.  

Here came The Team who enthralled the audience to make it a successful gala event.  I would say as a spectator this is the best "Team" event I have ever seen. All owned their respective role and complemented each other in executing their job.

Team here I would like to mention are "The organizers, The performers, The police officials, The traffic controllers,  The local shop owners, etc".  I am sorry if I missed anyone here.  Organizers would ideally comprise of everyone ;-)......

I being the pro in photography got best options I found my real happiness here.  The organizers saw me struggling to get the photos and they made way for me to take fotos of whatever I wanted.  They helped me, encouraged me and made my day.

I love Ganesha Chaturthi - a famous festival in India.  I love this because it brings unity among Indians. You will get to see Ganesha idols from small to medium to large to XL to XXXXXL also and all based on the fund raising capability of the group.  However size doesn't matter.  What matters is the fun you have in the whole event from money collection to place finalizing to buying ganesha to organizing prasada everyday to organizing events on each day to buying gifts for participants and finally till the immersion.  It is like Ganesha Festival Development Life Cycle.

• Veda Prayana: The way anything in India starts with a prayer, even the procession started with a group of priests who were reciting the Veda as seen here.  When you actually need a complete piece of mind if you agree, listening to veda prayana is actually a way of stress buster.  Gives peace of mind.  This is my feeling though.............

• Nadaswaraman: Nadaswaram is considered to be very auspicious in India in most of the festivals or celebrations especially in South side.  After prayer is the sound of these beats which served like a great starter for this great evening. 

• Dollu Kunitha: Famously known as Dollu Dance.  Dollu are the instruments these artists are carrying.  Their beats can beat the great pop music also.  Just listen to it, even if you are not a dancer your will start dancing.  Without your knowledge your legs will start moving to the tune of these beats.  I can bet on you that your legs will respond to these beats faster than any other beats ;-).  So excitement mounted further.  Enjoyed their beats to the fullest as I could cherish this treat on ear and eyes by standing very near to them.

• I dont know the name of below performers but they cannot be discounted.  If you see even the crowd could not resist to be part of this dance.  Every body from colleage goers to elder generation started to participate in this dance group.  It was indeed a great treat to eye.  Imagine you are standing there and everybody in the crowd started to just vanish and appear in great spirits dancing and competing with these performers.  Oh man I can't ask for more :-)......................

• Kamsale Dance: Kamsale  is a unique folk art performed by the devotees of God Mahadeshwara. Kamsale is a brass made musical instrument. Its origin is traced to the Mythological period.  They are our traditional entertainers which is a mandatory performance in any of such events.  These boys were simply amazing. They are playing the kamsale in different forms.  They are keeping the music at its best and simultaneously doing different performances like a gymnastic performer. They formed different designs.  They were very innovative in their group formation and their formation was decided on the spot and based on the increasing spirit.  This further made me feel that this is the best time in my life.  Life is good. Place where I am staying is too good.  I can't ask for anything more.  Choice is ours interms of getting the refreshment.  Either you go on a expensive trip outside or be part of such events.  Given an option, I would go for this than the other.  When you are midst of such rich culture then why go in search of other places.  Let us first cover these unlimited feast to your eyes and then explore new things.

• Chande Drummers: Here I am running out of words.  These boys were simply amazing.  They danced, they played the best tunes and they forced the crowd to dance.  We had no choice but to stick our eyes on them for one of the best performance.  They were with full energy.  They did not perform this just for the sake of it.  They enjoyed doing this.  They looked more excited than anybody else. When you do anything with full spirit you will surely give THE BEST in you.  And that is what we got watching them perform.  They were ultimate by all means.

• Kangeelu Kunitha: It is another form of dance where the performers were dressed like tribals with the lead in front to lead them.  I don't know the meaning of Kangeelu or could not get from the net.  But as shown below in this pic, they had their own USP to attract the crowd and children especially.  Children enjoyed seeing them and dancing too.

Here comes the "Show Man" sorry our lord is the Show Man here.  Thalaiva Rajanikanth in few of his films says that "Respect should come on its own than asking for it".  Lord did not ask for all these but he deserved all these and much more.  Why not........ You may argue that Lord is not there.  But in times of low / depression whom do you reach out for gaining the strength or confidence.  It is this same Lord.  So if not in person thru these idols or prayers he is there for us to give us the confidence or faith in life to go on.  He deserves this grand respect.  

He was welcomed by these colorful umbrellas on both the sides of road giving that extract color to this occasion.  

Eagerly waiting audience: Here comes few of captured eagerly waiting audience.  There were many but as you know I myself was engrossed watching the heaven so could not capture all the audience.  Definitely I should mention here that all the people on the road waiting to see the procession were extremely decent.  I did not experience even a single indecent incident here.  So one more reason for my friends and family out there to come without any negative thought.  Please do come and just experience the wonderful heaven which I experienced.

Yes the moment has come.  Here comes "The Show Man - Lord Ganesha"  

Reason for all these fun.  Reason for this great get-to-gether of community.  Reason for humanity still residing. 

Thank you Lord for everything.  I really saw/felt/experienced/cherished 

Your Heaven on My Earth.

 Thank you god.  Please do come again and come fast.  Eagerly waiting to see you again.

Last but not the least - Thank you "Shree Vinayaka Yuvaka Sangha, Basavanagudi" for a very well organized event.  Everything was perfect.  You have taken care of all the minutest things in making it a super success.

Thank You & happy cherishing each and every moment of your life.

Life is beautiful.