I had written this in 2006 as President's message for the tenth year celerations of Pallavi of the Capital District.
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It is said “you are judged by the company you keep”. It is indeed a matter of great honor and immense pleasure to be associated with the Pallavi community and partake in its activities and growth.
On the grand celebration of the tenth anniversary I congratulate each one of you, because, I believe that your untiring support has nourished Pallavi’s growth, which we all cherish today. From a small group of about five people, Pallavi has had a phenomenal healthy growth.
I have been very fortunate to work with Prof.M.Raghavachari who is our founder President, the past President Prof.M.Krishnamoorthy, my Guru Shri. P.N.Krishnamurthy and many others.
The rich experience, vision and guidance of the founding members coupled with the energy, enthusiasm and entrepreneurship of the newer members has, beyond doubt, been the key factors of success in these ten years.
Over these years it has been increasingly difficult to bring quality artistes to the Capital District, especially after September 11th, 2001. Nevertheless, Pallavi has not been deterred by any such factors nor has compromised on quality. Going the extra mile, innovative ideas have been introduced in planning the concerts. The tenth year especially has seen a great amount of variety – Nadaswaram, Thyagaraja Vaibhavam with slide show, Bharatanatyam, Leading Hindustani concerts, Programs for kids, Composers Day, etc.
Attributed to the extensive brain-storming we do at our board meetings, we have been very successful in managing finance. We, sure, have had times when it has been very hard to break-even. But, we face it with the conviction that you are there for us.
We all need to look beyond the obvious in increasing our membership base. There may be so many people out there who are willing and waiting to participate in a big way. Therefore, on this grand occasion, I appeal to you to pass the word around and encourage new people to come forward, become members and reap the benefits. I also appeal to you that we are constantly in need of physical help for various purposes. Therefore we need a large number of volunteers to come forward.
From the bottom of my heart, I deeply thank Prof. M.Raghavachari for this invaluable opportunity and guidance, the esteemed members of the Pallavi Board and all of members and music lovers who have stood with us through thick and thin.
Remember! We all are bees and Pallavi is our beehive. Let us work together and gather honey, I mean musical experience. Well; in our case we only sing and not sting!
Sincerely,
Thiyagarajan Subramanian
President, Pallavi of the Capital District.
Friday, July 17, 2009
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
TOOL-SET TSUNAMI
Imagine this happening to you daily. You walk into your cozy office (facing the beach?) when a huge tsunami hits you through the tall windows and you do not get wet. You are not even hurt physically. You are inundated not with water, but with all kinds of software tools!!! It is the tool-set tsunami that just struck you, thanks to the ocean called Enterprise Business Intelligence.
As the world knows, BI is a newer perspective to what businesses are already familiar with. Back in the heydays of FORTRAN and COBOL, businesses have had the 'slice and dice' analysis, not knowing it by that name.
To the mature business user, most often, the tool-set is merely a matter of convenience. The very fact that today's business users somehow get classified into one of 'explorers' or 'farmers', and the constant pressure upon them to deliver, puts them into juxtaposition with using a flood of tool-sets.
I always like to call it the 'tool-set tsunami'. There is an ocean of tool-sets and let’s not forget that the ocean by itself does not cause the tsunami. There are other important factors.
To many of us who remember the first few papers and books about Data warehousing, the word ‘business catalog’ would sound familiar. It was expected to be an important by-product of the Data Warehouse. Simply stated, it is akin to ‘corporate yellow pages’, well classified and organized information about ‘where is what’ in the company. This was soon christened as ‘metadata’. The word metadata has since undergone all kinds of hardships, so to speak.
In spite of every ardent effort to capture and churn out information, even to this day, we still see ‘islands and voids of information’. What has gone wrong or what hasn’t happened right?
While many of the BI tools make a tall claim about ‘automatic metadata capture’, we still see many companies struggling to get information. In many cases it is a dismal display of daily affairs. Some of us would have read about a company that closed down an entire ‘line of product’ because one of the flagship products sold to one of their top 3 customers contained a module that failed. It was later traced out that that module was in the ‘scrap’ list.
Garbage-In-Garbage-Out always holds high probably starting with Charles Babbage and going down the lane through Nano-computing and beyond. At least his difference engine could be blamed for lack of ‘steam power’!
Setting up an analysis infrastructure therefore does not mean effective BI, much the same as the companies that failed because they all thought that having a web site means e-business.
Scientists and technocrats have time and again proved that tsunamis can be converted into useful tidal energy.
In closing, I beseech that, if done right for your business, the BI quality that you get free of cost not only staves you off from the ‘tool-set tsunami’ but also becomes a great source of corporate power.
As the world knows, BI is a newer perspective to what businesses are already familiar with. Back in the heydays of FORTRAN and COBOL, businesses have had the 'slice and dice' analysis, not knowing it by that name.
To the mature business user, most often, the tool-set is merely a matter of convenience. The very fact that today's business users somehow get classified into one of 'explorers' or 'farmers', and the constant pressure upon them to deliver, puts them into juxtaposition with using a flood of tool-sets.
I always like to call it the 'tool-set tsunami'. There is an ocean of tool-sets and let’s not forget that the ocean by itself does not cause the tsunami. There are other important factors.
To many of us who remember the first few papers and books about Data warehousing, the word ‘business catalog’ would sound familiar. It was expected to be an important by-product of the Data Warehouse. Simply stated, it is akin to ‘corporate yellow pages’, well classified and organized information about ‘where is what’ in the company. This was soon christened as ‘metadata’. The word metadata has since undergone all kinds of hardships, so to speak.
In spite of every ardent effort to capture and churn out information, even to this day, we still see ‘islands and voids of information’. What has gone wrong or what hasn’t happened right?
While many of the BI tools make a tall claim about ‘automatic metadata capture’, we still see many companies struggling to get information. In many cases it is a dismal display of daily affairs. Some of us would have read about a company that closed down an entire ‘line of product’ because one of the flagship products sold to one of their top 3 customers contained a module that failed. It was later traced out that that module was in the ‘scrap’ list.
Garbage-In-Garbage-Out always holds high probably starting with Charles Babbage and going down the lane through Nano-computing and beyond. At least his difference engine could be blamed for lack of ‘steam power’!
Setting up an analysis infrastructure therefore does not mean effective BI, much the same as the companies that failed because they all thought that having a web site means e-business.
Scientists and technocrats have time and again proved that tsunamis can be converted into useful tidal energy.
In closing, I beseech that, if done right for your business, the BI quality that you get free of cost not only staves you off from the ‘tool-set tsunami’ but also becomes a great source of corporate power.
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