ForeThought - RCV Innovations

In my experience.. Most large software infrastructure product deployments run into the path of becoming non-standard implementations. IT decision makers are faced with a barrage of requests for customisation even after initial deployment of the product. The pressure of these requests drive even the very seasoned managers in to a trap of massive customisation. These changes end up in the installation without objective evaluation of real and percieved business value and their impact. This is worse..if the changes are executed during the roll-out or right after.... The resulting deployment is vulnerable and may result in: 1. Lack of Stability 2. Complication in Upgrade path 3. Less security The Support issues around such implementation cause undue stress on the staff. The other side of the coin is an arguement about the importance of functionality for improving efficiency and user experience. A Tight control on the finalization of requirements during pilot phase, A Disciplined approach to...

AVDL V1.0 CAP V1.0 DITA V1.0 DocBook V4.1 DSML V2.0 ebXML CPPA V2.0 ebXML MSG V2.0 ebXML RIM V2.0 ebXML RIM V3.0 ebXML RS V2.0 ebXML RS V3.0 OpenDocument V1.0 SAML V1.0 SAML V1.1 and SAML V2.0 SPML V1.0 UBL V1.0 UBL NDR V1.0 UDDI V2 and UDDI V3.0.2 WSDM-MOWS V1.0 WSDM-MUWS V1.0 WS-Reliability V1.1 WSRP V1.0 WSS SAML and REL Profiles WSS V1.0 XACML V1.0 and XACML V2.0 XCBF V1.1 Little did you know we had so many dielects in speaking of business....the technology around this dielects is rapidly maturing....Although basic transactions remain same...novel business processes are being woven around the data created using these dielects... Frameworks are being built to leverage the intelligence that can be derived from these processes....Buzzwords like Business Process Monitoring(BPM), Corporate Process Monitoring(CPM) are used to describe this conv...

Hurricane Katrina Demonstrated the how complex - reasonably prepared organizations... who modelled the the scenarios and designed reponses to the impending disasters failed to execute their DR plans effectively. The Systems and underlying Infrastructure failed miserably... the preparations did seem to have taken into consideration that the Infrastructure like Roads,Transportation, Power and Communication Systems would themselves be vulnerable for catastrophic failure... There was little or no forethought in relocating and concentrating people in locations like the Dome and the convention center.. straining the already fragile and vulnerable infrastructure... The countermeasures were less-than-perfect...It was impossible to reach most parts of disaster stricken areas by road or communicate over the phone. It is said that FEMA/Department of Homeland security did not inform the public about a Simple emergency hurricane readiness kit...like they did after September 11.... There was little ...

ForeThought Real world is full of people. We have phone books,yellow pages, maps and postal addresses to get to them. Real world is governed by laws, rules and norms. Digital world is full of devices and devices only(severs, desktops, appliances, gadgets etc..) In the digital world, We have DNS, IP Addresses/SMTP mail address, Routers/gateways. All of these methods are still rudimentery to lookup and locate attributes, features and functions of devices. Most devices serve a useful purpose. some of them are misused to inflict pain and damage in the digital world. Clear knowledge attributes, features and functions of devices can hel in reducing the risk and help us in responding to misuse of these devices. An idea of a Global Directory Service -- for locating Devices worldwide....These devices are attributed to People, Resources and Services.... This type of service can help in Asset tracking, Monitoring, Communications, Incident response, forensics and Da...

ForeThought Consolidatation is one of the Buzzword used to rationalize spending money on new Infrastructure products and technologies. The Arguments almmost always centers around reducing the management costs(both in terms of people and infrastructure). While I agree on this premise for consolidation, I have my reservations on the effectiveness of the exercise If it is not performed with a holistic approach. There are often independent consolidation projects for: Datacenter Consolidation Server Consolidation Storage Consolidation Network Redesign/Consolidation Database consolidation Application Server consolidation There are lot of cycles spent on justification, discovery, redesign, implementation and testing of each of the above initiatives. Some times the conclusions from each of the exercise is contrary to each other. A Storage consolidation effort does not gel well with Database consolidation etc. etc....

I have come to India after 3 years... The India I knew is fast disappearing... Lazy Irany Hotel Chai breaks... Street corner hangouts on a stationary bike... Those spontenous galli cricket sessions... The little twinkles of happiness are bieng repalced by.... Fast paced Cafe Coffee Day's.... Bowling Alleys...and Bars Life has suddenly found a fast lane in my home town hyderabad.... Looks like most kids out of college end up earning more than my father earned after 20 years of Government service... Good Dinner outing with the family runs into half the person's salary... Its easy to buy car or a home(with a loan)... and there is lot of peer pressure to do so.... We have yet to realize and embrace the magic mantra to a fulfilling life... Simple Living and High Thinking... Its never too late for introspection...analysis and eventual change... Lets look at Changing from Consumerist Habits ( more soaps, more tooth pastes/tooth brushes, mor...

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Buzzwords of Yesterday: RAID, NAS, SAN, DASD, HSM, Networked Storage Buzzwords of Tommorow: iSCSI, SATA, SAS, ILM, Utility Storage, Storage Grids, Storage Security

Enterprise Achitecture(EA) has been ever evolving discipline.   The evolution was almost always tied to the then prevelent management concepts and technology trends.   The correllation of  management ideas, technologies and enterprise architecture is not new.   However understanding these topics in the current context and applying the resultant ideas to emerging enterprise-wide challenges can be a valuable exercise.     Early days of Automation were inspired by Scientic Management concepts of F.W. Taylor. They were focussed on the following:   1. Clear Delienation fo Responsibility 2. Separation of planning from operations 3. Incentive schemes for workers 4. Management by execption 5. Task Specialization   These concepts took over 60 years( F.W.Taylor -- 1881 ) to be fully incoporated in automated systems.   Eary Mainframe...

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I work for a highly successful emerging global corporation. I am intrigued by  the challenges  architecting and managing global scale Information Infrastructure.   In my view,  long term viability such an infrastructure is based on the folllowing factors:   SIMPLE ideas SECURE implementation STABLE maintanance SCALABLE Approach