Rebel Without a Cause

Took a break from the mundane.. found old alma-mater stuff.. box in the attic.. came across old DVD collection.. pulled out East of Eden & Giant and relished them over the imperious afternoon.. reminiscent of the days influenced by James dean, the who, Led Zeppelin.. Yell Rebel!.. typical teenager, caught at the crossroads where no one understand you..

Coming to the movies..East of Eden, Paul Osborn's adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel of the same name is one of Kazan's (On the Waterfront, A Streetcar Named Desire) richest films and James Dean's first significant role, part of his short but resplendent career and is arguably his best performance. The film aptly depicts the interaction between Dean and his father (played by Raymond Massey) as the quintessential generational conflict. Dean's performance in the film portends his role as Jim Stark in Rebel Without A Cause. Both characters are angst-ridden, protagonists and misunderstood outcasts, desperately craving approval from a father figure. It can also be interpreted as Kazan's updated re-telling of the Biblical story of rival brothers, Cain and Abel and a paradise lost. All characters do justice to the movie. Julie Harris as Abra is great and Jo van Fleet as Kate (Dean's mother in the film) won the Academy award for best actress in a supporting role.

Giant, I remember having watched before in my early teens, has Dean play a supporting role to legendary actors Elizabeth Taylor and Rock Hudson, and standing on his own with remarkable grace and ease. His role in Giant is in quite contrary to his earlier roles as Jim Stark and Cal Trask, typical teenage rebel in his earlier films. Here he plays Jett Rink, an oil rich Texan and his effort is great as he seamlessly portrays both the young energetic and an older version of his character with ease. In one scene, Dean dyed his hair gray and shaved some of it off to give himself a receding hairline. Giant was Dean's last film due to his untimely demise in car crash in 55.

Dean's enduring fame, popularity and iconic status lies on these three films with his death at an early age cementing his legendary status.

De-duplication will find many takers

In storage trends that will gain momentum in 2010 are virtualization, de-duplication and the introduction of energy-effcient features. Deduplication will gain prominence as a feature, rather than a standalone technology. Majority of enterprises still have not deployed de-duplication, but will leverage easier deployments next year as it becomes built into most storage offerings – everything from back-up software, to primary storage, to replication and archiving software.

As more enterprises reap the benefits of de-duplication and the gap it bridges with information management, the primary issue will become management of storage resources. As a result, enterprises will look to vendors to deploy simplifed and cross-platform de-duplication management that save time and money.

In 2009, organizations began to shift from implementing ‘green’ technologies primarily for cost reduction purposes, to a more balanced awareness, of also improving the organization’s environmental standing. In 2010, these two drivers will push most enterprise organizations to implement a ‘green’ strategy. IT decision makers are increasingly justifying green IT solutions by more than cost and IT effciency benefts.
In line data deduplication capabilities reduce storage capacity at a time when most midmarket IT organizations are struggling to keep pace with rapidly growing amounts of data.
(http://www.thectoforum.com/content/de-duplication-will-find-many-takers-nec)

India's 1st Nuclear Submarine, INS Arihant

India today reached a milestone when PM Dr. Manmohan Singh and his wife Madam Gursharan Kaur launched the country's first indigenous nuclear-powered submarine 'INS Arihant' for sea trials for two years before being commissioned into full service. With the launch of the submarine India join's the exclusive club of US, Russia, China, France and the UK with similar capabilities.

INS Arihant has been built under the Advanced Technology Vessels (ATV) program by the Shipbuilding Centre (SBC) Visakhapatnam. This is tremendous achievement... to see the fruitful culmination of efforts over the last two  decades. 

It gives me a great feeling...immense pride for having been associated with this prestigious project... Recalling  those days of numerous technical discussions, solution architecting, countless interactions amongst all involved on technology aspects from CAD/CAM/CAE to Universal Virtual Prototyping, from PLM to use of Digital Mock-Up and Virtual Reality technology, to systems, network, workflows...

It was great being part of the team and at the forefront of having provided technology solutions for ATV Project.  

Great feeling to have contributed....

Cheers!

Integrated Solutions Helps Technology Integration

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Focus & Discipline

In these times, there is too much time, too much energy spend on discussing the business environment, state of economy, recession, downturn and its impact on business. Underneath this all, I believe is a basic simple "To Do" approach. To successfully get through volatile times, one does not require cumbersome strategies, wizardry or any ability to foresee the future, but what is needed is to keep the bigger picture in mind, focus on your goals and maintain a disciplined approach, through both good times and bad. Staying on course is the common sense strategy that will help yield desired results with the least strain.

The Times They Are A-Changin'

Come gather 'round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You'll be drenched to the bone.
If your time to you
Is worth savin'
Then you better start swimmin'
Or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin'.
Finally could sync with Sandeep this time around. Many a trips and overlapping schedules...The grossly delayed luncheon was refreshing. Heard Gn'R/Sweet Child O' Mine in the cab to Changi Airport, a first time exp. no surprise that it was playin' on the FM..
Cheers!

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HA servers provide customers with top-of-the-class reliability, availability and scalability and deliver record fastest TPC-E performance, superior fault-tolerant functions to ensure business continuity. The chipset incorporated, is engineered to offer ECC protection for data paths and memory, making it easy to restore system operation without downtime and the servers offer advanced management features, providing remote monitoring and control, proactive alerting, and error logging, besides other features.

(http://www.cxotoday.com/story/nec-launches-scalable-ha-servers-for-india/)