Iterate your KNOWledge Iteration - 2; August 2015Top 10 Strategic !Technology Trends for 2015. !i++
Iterate your KNOWledge Iteration - 2; August 2015Rise of smart machines, ubiquitous access and software-defined architectures will reshape IT,Gartner saysGartnerdefines its Strategic Technology Trends as those technologies that have the most potentialto drive great change in the enterprise IT arena in the next three years.Indeed this year’s crop hasthat potential as trends like software-defined networks and 3D printing take center stage inGartner’s list.“You need to be looking at linking to customers in new and unique ways; what technologies set thefoundation to enable these moves,” said Gartner vice president David Cearley. IT will be dealingwith everything from virtual technologies to intelligent machines and analytics data everywhere, hesaid. “And in the end all things run through a completely secure environment.”Computing everywhere Cearley says the trend is notjust about applications but rather wearable systems, intelligent screenson walls and the like. Microsoft, Google and Apple will fight over multiple aspects of this technology.You will see more and more sensors that will generate even more data and IT will have to know howto exploit this—think new ways to track users and their interactions with your company—in aneffective, positive way.The Internet of things!Yes this one is getting old it seems, but there’s more to it than the hype. Here IT will have to manageall of these devices and develop effective business models to take advantage of them. Cearley saidIT needs to get new projects going and to embrace the “maker culture” so people in theirorganizations can come up with new solutions to problems.3D Printing!Another item that has been on the Gartner list for a couple years. But things are changing rapidly inthis environment. Cearley says 3D printing has hit a tipping point in terms of the materials that canbe used and price points of machines. It enables cost reduction in many cases. IT needs to look at3D printing and think about how it can make your company more agile. Advanced, Pervasive and Invisible Analytics!Security analytics are the heart of next generation security models. Cearley said IT needs to look atbuilding data reservoirs that can tie together multiple repositories which can let IT see all manner ofnew information – such as data usage patterns and what he called “meaningful anomalies” it canact on quickly.!i++
Iterate your KNOWledge Iteration - 2; August 2015Context-Rich Systems !This one has been a Gartner favorite for a long time – and with good reason. The use of systemsthat utilize “situational and environmental information about people, places and things” in order toprovide a service, is definitely on the rise. IT needs to look at creating ever more intelligent userinterfaces linking lots of different apps and data.Smart Machines This one is happening rapidly.Cearley pointed to IBM’s Watson, which is “learning” to fight cancer,and a mining company – Rio Tinto—which is using automated trucks in its mines. Virtual sages,digital assistants and other special service software agents will about in this world, he said.Cloud/Client Computing !This trend was on last year’s list as well but Gartner says the need to develop native apps in thecloud versus migrating existing apps is the current issue.So$ware-Defined Applications and In%astructure In order to get to the agility new environments demand we cannot have hard codes and predefinednetworks, Cearley said. IT needs to be able construct dynamic relationships. Software Definedtechnologies help on that scale.Web-Scale IT!This trend remains pretty much the same as last year. Gartner says Web-scale IT is a pattern ofglobal-class computing technologies that deliver the capabilities of large cloud service providers.The likes of Amazon, Google and others are re-inventing the way IT services can be delivered. Stillrequires a cultural IT shift to be successRisk-Based Security and Self-protection!Cearley said all roads to the digital future success lead through security. Trends here includebuilding applications that are self-protecting.! -Sabari Priya,III Year IT. i++
Iterate your KNOWledge Iteration - 2; August 2015! What you need to !! know about Bitcoin.!i++
Iterate your KNOWledge Iteration - 2; August 2015!!What is Bitcoin?!Bitcoin is a new currency that was created in 2009 by an unknown person using the alias SatoshiNakamoto. Transactions are made with no middle men – meaning, no banks! There are notransaction fees and no need to give your real name. More merchants are beginning to accept them:You can buy webhosting services, pizza or even manicures.!How it started?!Satoshi Nakamoto stuck around cryptography forums and an incipient Bitcoin message board,responding with excitement to anyone who expressed interest — but almost no one was there. Itwas, at this point, that the technology got its savior from an unlikely place: a small dorm room inHelsinki. When Martti Malmi found Bitcoin in the spring of 2009, he was in his second year at theHelsinki University of Technology. Lanky, with birdlike features, Martti shied away from socialcontact. He was happiest in his room with his computer, writing code, which he had learned to do atage 12, or hammering away at enemies in online games, while listening to heavy metal music onheadphones.During his college years, Martti had become fascinated by the rise in Scandinavia of the PirateParty, which promoted technology over political engagement as the way to move society. Napsterand other music-sharing services hadn’t waited for politics to reform copyright law; they forced theworld to change. As Martti pondered these ideas, he began wondering whether money might be thenext thing vulnerable to technological disruption. After a brief spasm of random web searches,Martti had found his way to the primitive website at Bitcoin.org.\"I WOULD LIKE TO HELP WITH BITCOIN.\"!In his first email to Satoshi Nakamoto, in May 2009, Martti had offered his services:\"I WOULD LIKE TO HELP WITH BITCOIN, IF THERE’S SOMETHING I CAN DO,\" HE WROTE.!Before reaching out to Satoshi, Martti had written about Bitcoin on anti-state.org, a forum dedicatedto the possibility of an anarchist society organized only by the market. Using the screen nameTrickster, Martti gave a brief description of the Bitcoin idea and asked for thoughts:\"WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS? I’M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE THOUGHT OF SOMETHING PRACTICALTHAT COULD TRULY BRING US CLOSER TO FREEDOM IN OUR LIFETIME :-)\"!!!i++
Iterate your KNOWledge Iteration - 2; August 2015!Martti included a link to this post in his first email to Satoshi, and Satoshi quickly read it andresponded.\"YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF BITCOIN IS SPOT ON,\" SATOSHI WROTE BACK.!A primer to explain Bitcoin to the world Satoshi quickly gave Martti practical suggestions for how hecould help the project. The most important was the simplest: to leave his computer on with theBitcoin program running. Five months after Bitcoin was launched, it was still not possible to trustthat someone somewhere was running the Bitcoin program.As to the more complicatedprogramming needs, Satoshi told Martti that there was \"not much that’s easy right now.\" But,Satoshi added, the Bitcoin website did need introductory material for beginners and Martti seemedlike the right person for the job.!Why Bitcoins?!Bitcoins can be used to buy merchandise anonymously. In addition, international payments are easyand cheap because bitcoins are not tied to any country or subject to regulation. Small businessesi++
Iterate your KNOWledge Iteration - 2; August 2015may like them because there are no credit card fees. Some people just buy bitcoins as aninvestment, hoping that they’ll go up in value.!Acquiring Bitcoins!!Buy on an ExchangeSeveral marketplaces called “bitcoin exchanges” allow people to buy or sell bitcoins using differentcurrencies. Mt. Gox is the largest bitcoin exchange.!TransfersPeople can send bitcoins to each other using mobile apps or their computers. It’s similar to sendingcash digitally.!Owning BitcoinsBitcoins are stored in a “digital wallet,” which exists either in the cloud or on a user’s computer. Thewallet is a kind of virtual bank account that allows users to send or receive bitcoins, pay for goodsor save their money. Unlike bank accounts, bitcoin wallets are not insured by the FDIC.!AnonymityThough each bitcoin transaction is recorded in a public log, names of buyers and sellers are neverrevealed – only their wallet IDs. While that keeps bitcoin users’ transactions private, it also lets thembuy or sell anything without easily tracing it back to them. That’s why it has become the currency ofchoice for people online buying drugs or other illicit activities.! - Kirthika. H, III Year IT.i++
Iterate your KNOWledge Iteration - 2; August 2015Emotional Robots.i++
Iterate your KNOWledge Iteration - 2; August 2015\" Pepper\" the humanoid robot is so hot that he sold out within a minute, according to his Japanesecreator, SoftBank Robotics Corp. Only 1,000 models were available for the consumer launch onSaturday in Japan. The base price was set at ¥198,000 (Rs 1.92 lakhs). The world's first emotionalrobot, Pepper; A robot with emotional capabilities hugs a girl at DARPA Robotics Challenge on June5, 2015. Standing just under four feet tall, and weighing 61 pounds, Pepper is designed to reademotions as well as recognize tones of voice and facial expressions in order to interact withhumans. But most of all, \"he tries to make you happy,\" Kaname Hayashi, Softbank's projectmanager, told CNN last year. With his array of cameras, touch sensors, accelerometer and othersensors in his \"endocrine-type multi-layer neural network,\" Pepper has the ability to read you aswell as develop his own. He isn't a work robot, but more of an emotional companion for people.Pepper has his own evolving emotions which \"are influenced by people's facial expressions andwords, as well as his surroundings,\" accordingto SoftBank. \" Pepper is at ease when he is with people heknows, happy when praised and scared whenthe lights go down.\"Developers admit that the robot may makemistakes, but says Pepper will learn and growover time through his own emotional engineand collective wisdom gained throughcollected cloud data.The Business side of Pepper!Two days prior to Peppers initial limited release, SoftBank announced a new partnership with theApple manufacturer Foxconn and the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, which each agreed toinvest ¥14.5 billion (over Rs.756 thousand crores) for 20 percent shares in SoftBank RoboticsHolding. Softbank is willing to sell Pepper at a loss for the first four years, but expect the robot tobring in profits by the fifth year and become a major force in revenues 20 to 30 years in the future.Company officials stated that they want to keep Pepper affordable, and compared the price of therobot to that of a pet dog in Japan, according to a press event held last week. SoftBank also plansto launch \"Pepper for Biz\" in the fall, making the robot available for businesses and will announcedetails in July. Pepper has already been used to sell Nestle coffee machines in Japanese stores.Interested in buying your own Pepper robot? SoftBank have releasing information about additionalsales on their website last month.! - Rekha. M.D, II Year IT.i++
Iterate your KNOWledge Iteration - 2; August 2015Open Source Hardware.!i++
Iterate your KNOWledge Iteration - 2; August 2015Open-source hardware (OSH) consists of physical artefacts of technology designed and offered bythe open design movement. Both free and open source software (FOSS) as well as open-sourcehardware is created by this open-source culture movement and applies a like concept to a variety ofcomponents. It is sometimes, thus, referred to as FOSH (free and open source hardware). The termusually means that information about the hardware is easily discerned so that others can make it -coupling it closely to the maker movement. Hardware design (i.e. mechanical drawings, schematics,bills of material, PCB layout data, HDL source code and integrated circuit layout data), in addition tothe software that drives the hardware, are all released under free/liber terms. The original sharergains feedback and potentially improvements on the design from the FOSH community. There isnow significant evidence that such sharing creates enormous economic value.Licenses!Rather than creating a new license, some open-source hardware projects simply use existing, freeand open source software licenses. These licenses may not accord well with patent law. Additionally, several new licenses have been proposed. These licenses are designed to addressissues specific to hardware designs. In these licenses, many of the fundamental principlesexpressed in open-source software (OSS) licenses have been \"ported\" to their counterparthardware projects. Organizations Development The Arduina Diecimila!i++
Iterate your KNOWledge Iteration - 2; August 2015The OSHW (Open Source Hardware) logo Silkscreened on an unpopulated PCB Extensivediscussion has taken place on ways to make open-source hardware as accessible as open sourcesoftware. Discussions focus on multiple areas, such as the level at which open-source hardware isdefined, ways to collaborate in hardware development, as well as a model for sustainabledevelopment by making open source appropriate technology In addition there has beenconsiderable work to produce open-source hardware for scientific hardware using a combination ofopen-source electronics and 3-d printing. One of the major differences between developing open-source software and developing open-source hardware is that hardware results in tangible outputs, which cost money to prototype andmanufacture. While open-source hardware faces challenges in minimizing cost and reducingfinancial risks for individual project developers, some community members have proposed modelsto address these needs. Given this, there are initiatives to develop sustainable community fundingmechanisms, such as the Open Source Hardware Central Bank.Development:!The OSHW (Open Source Hardware) logo silkscreened on an unpopulated PCB.Despite superficial similarities to software license, most hardware licenses are fundamentallydifferent: by nature, they typically rely more heavily patent law than on copyright law. Whereas acopyright license may control the distribution of the source code or design documents, a patentlicense may control the use and manufacturing of the physical device built from the designdocuments. This distinction is explicitly mentioned in the preamble of the TAPR Open hardwarelicense:\"... THOSE WHO BENEFIT FROM AN OHL DESIGN MAY NOT BRING LAWSUITS CLAIMING THAT DESIGNINFRINGES THEIR PATENTS OR OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.\" —TAPR Open Hardware License.RYF certification:!The free software foundation \"Respects your freedom\" (RYF) computer hardware productcertification program encourages the creation and sale of hardware that respects users' freedomand privacy, and aims to ensure that users have control over their devices. ! -Kowsalya. T, III year ITi++
Iterate your KNOWledge Iteration - 2; August 2015Apple Music Review, Should you !subscribe? ! ! !!!! ! ! !i++
Iterate your KNOWledge Iteration - 2; August 2015You can count on one finger the number of companies in the world that could launch a new musicstreaming service and expect to become a major player overnight. That company is Apple andtoday it duly obliged by launching Apple Music - the long-awaited music app that integratessubscription-based streaming capabilities with the playback of existing songs in your iTunes library.So you no longer need to buy an album on iTunes in order to listen to it on your iPhone inside stockapps, you can simply pay $9.99/£9.99 per month and stream as much music as you like directly intoyour head, preferably via the ears. And you can do it from inside the Music app on your iPhone,iPad and iPod touch, or with iTunes on your PC or Mac. (An Android app will be available later in theyear - an app which is definitely still in development and definitely isn't being intentionally held backby Apple for, you know, reasons - don't be so cynical.)Apple Music also offers extensive music discovery channels including round-the-clock radio station'Beats 1' featuring renowned radio DJs like Zane Lowe, as well as social features that aim to putartists and bands closer to their fans. It's all exciting stuff. The best thing about all this? Apple isgiving everyone three months access to Apple Music as a free trial. That's a killer feature that givesApple Music a good shot of quickly establishing a respectable subscriber base.A cha!enge for Apple\"The launch of Apple Music is an enormous moment for the music business, not just because Applehas been such a major player over the last 15 years but also because it's taken Apple so long to gethere. After all - music streaming is not a new thing.Spotify launched, if you can believe it, seven years ago now. It has 75 million active users aroundthe world including 20 million paying subscribers who have collectively created over 1.5 billioni++
Iterate your KNOWledge Iteration - 2; August 2015playlists. That's not a temporary deal - Spotify is here to stay and Apple has its work cut out for it ifit wants to be the number one. But as we'll see, Apple's strategy is as self-serving, insular andcrafty as usual, with its goal not necessarily to be the number one on the planet from the off, butrather to be a unique and reliable service that can be used in future to sell more iPhones and iPadswhile becoming a profitable service in its own right.The basics of Apple Music\"Apple Music costs Rs.120 per month for an individual customer in India and $9.99/£9.99 in US andUK respectively per month for a standard dose of all-you-can-eat music streaming or Rs.190 inIndia and $14.99 in the US for a family package which gives access for up to six people. Thatpricing is the same as most of Apple Music's competitors, but the family plan is a nice addition andoffers real value for money. Sound quality is possibly one area of contention, though, because whileTidal pushing towards CD-quality music at 1441kbps, Apple Music streams tunes at a fairly pitiful256kbps, and in the MP3 format as well. Even Spotify and Google are able to stream 320kbps inOGG, a far more accomplished method of music delivery. Come on, Apple, we've moved past256kbps MP3's by now. You can even connect with artists directly and like or comment on theirposts through Connect in Apple Music.!!i++
Iterate your KNOWledge Iteration - 2; August 2015!Focus on music discovery\"The Apple Music library is 30 million tracks strong and growing - that's not quite as high as thenumber of tracks available in iTunes but on a par with Spotify and Google Music which are, lets faceit, its biggest rivals. Any music that you have in your own personal library that perhaps isn't availableto stream you can upload to iCloud and have them seamlessly integrated with the other tracks thatare natively available. You're currently limited to 25,000 but that will increase to 100,000 when iOS 9 launches. The servicehas taken a leaf out of the Tidal playbook by offering playlists created by real, living, breathing (weassume), human music experts and initial signs are positive.And the whole service is underpinned by Beats 1, a real internet radio station in the truest sense. It'snot an auto-generated playlist based on your personal tastes, though Apple has done a good jobwith those as well, but a full-blown DJ-hosted 24-hour radio station hosted by Zane Lowe andothers, designed to help you discover what Apple wants to call \"new music\". Whether \"new music\"to Apple means giving exposure to the new stars of future or simply being the first to play existingsuperstar's latest deep sustained booming sounds remains to be seen.Final Verdict (Should you subscribe?)\"• Apple has put music discovery at the very heart of this service and I think it works. For those people out there who like music but don't know what to listen to, Apple Music could be a dream come true. I don't usually like to be told what to listen to, but I'm looking forward to testing its effectiveness - does Apple know my music taste better than I do? We'll soon see.• Beats 1 is a backwards idea but I think it's going to really work. Only Apple could pull off a global radio station like this, and while I can't imagine myself listening to it very often - or, let's be honest, ever - a lot of people will.• Sound quality is disappointing. I won't labour the point here but in an age where we're pushing for high res music, 256kpbs MP3 just doesn't cut it. It's noticeably inferior to other services when listening with a decent pair of headphones. Sorry Apple, it's not good enough - particularly as you, of all companies, can do a lot better.So to sum up my experience with Apple Music I'd say that I am impressed. For iPhone, iPad or Macowners, it'll be a revelation and I suspect that the more time you spend with Apple Music, the moreyou fall in love with it. Even Windows users can use Apple music with an update to their iTunes.Android users will be able to enjoy Apple Music from this fall. For the price amount you pay everymonth (Rs.120 for an individual user), it's more than worth it.! - The Editorial Team.i++
OFF - TOPICPlease, no matter how we advance technologically, please don'tabandon the book. There is nothing in our material world morebeautiful than the book. - Patti Smith
Iterate your KNOWledge Iteration - 2; August 2015! Emotional Quotient.!i++
Iterate your KNOWledge Iteration - 2; August 2015EQ is your \"Emotional Quotient\". Actually EQ is the measure of how well you manageyour emotions and thereby your own self. Everyone has an EQ just like we have an IQ.The difference between EQ and IQ is that IQ may only help you to acquire a job, but toget promoted it's the work of your EQ-Emotional Quotient. Self Management and EQ areclosely related, because they go hand in hand. People who have good levels of EQprogress smoothly without many hurdles. It includes knowing to recognize yourlimitations and adjusting your life to accommodate them, at the same time living life tothe full extent. People having good levels of EQ exhibit the fo!owing common attributes: \" •Maintaining the right poise and temperament in good times and bad times andbeing affirmative but not aggressive. •For example, the skillful explanation to your boss on a delicate issue of how youare grappling in maintaining work-life balance, and why you cannot do an extra time thisweek •Or maybe like telling politely no to a friend's invitation to a party in a manner thatdoesn't hurt the friendshipGetting Initiated: Some good news! Emotional Quotient is not static it can be improved upon and built up.For this all you need is just be aware of the various emotions. There's no better time toget started than right now. Knowledge and awareness of emotions is more than half thejob done. Keeping a diary at your side and maintaining a log of how you feel on whatyou do, can prove to be effective in being in control to begin with. !!!!!!!!All your emotionsi++
Iterate your KNOWledge Iteration - 2; August 2015can be put in their proper places if the following five main components governing youremotional swings are in turn managed which are:1. Impulse control.2. Self-esteem. 3. Self-motivation.4. Mood management. 5. People skills. These include- motivating yourself and working with persistence; maintaining hope inthe face of frustration; exhibiting empathy and compassion; interacting smoothly; andmanaging your relationships effectively. Such emotional skills matter immensely - inmarriage and family, in career and the workplace, for health and contentment. Managingyour feelings well is what self management is all about. !i++
Iterate your KNOWledge Iteration - 2; August 2015To sum it a! up:\"So managing your emotions on the whole shall take control of your life and you will beactive in your own recovery and find solutions from your own self. Apply the five goldenpoints and, managing your feelings will be much easier than you think it is. In a nutshellwith progress you will have a keen sense of emotional management where you will beable to know when and where to base decisions upon them. !!! SOME GOOD NEWS!!! Emotional Quotient is not static it can be improved upon and built up.! -Mrs.M.LEELA, Asst Prof IT!!!!i++
Iterate your KNOWledge Iteration - 2; August 2015Your days are filled with a constant stream of decisions. Some decisions are minor, like what to eat.Others are more difficult, like deciding between job or higher studies. With so many decisions takingup each day, learning to prioritize them and make them effectively is essential to your success and!happiness.!They Turn Sma! Decisions into Routines …\"Successful people use to work around their decision fatigue by turning the smaller decisions into!routines. Doing so frees up mental resources for more complex decisions.!… and Make Big Decisions in the Morning. \"Another great way to beat decision fatigue is to save small decisions for after work (when decision!fatigue is greatest) and to tackle complex decisions in the morning, when your mind is fresh.!They Pay Attention to Their Emotions\"There’s an old saying: “Don’t make permanent decisions based on temporary emotions,” and it is !true. Successful people recognize their emotions to take objective and rational decisions.!They Evaluate Their Options Objectively\"When wrapped up in a decision, successful people weigh their options against a pre-determined set !of criteria because they know that this makes decision-making easier and more effective.They Sleep on It …\"!Sleeping on your decision ensures that you have clarity of thought when you approach it the nextday. When you act too quickly, you tend to react, but when you give more focus and time to your !decision, you expose important facets of it that you didn’t see before.They Use Exercise to Recharge\"!The stress of a major decision naturally produces cortisol which triggers the fight-or-flight response. !The exercise improves the functioning of the brain regions responsible for decision-making.!!!i++
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