tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39047550750602813152024-02-06T18:05:31.216-08:00Common Man Viewse2Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16540978614542936437noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904755075060281315.post-35114452967365460972012-09-03T06:04:00.001-07:002012-09-03T06:04:25.897-07:00Indian Top 10 Swiss Bank Holders<div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal">I am surprised to see this scanned copy on the website, which shows Top 10 Swiss Bank Account Holders.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">All of them are politicians and they are the elected members by people. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVxgLXU8FwCt3sdEV6iRzNIeSuj6TeVPzXLwcuCeJWoaxusqBaLDA_GYs8Fk4jp5D9w4hFS3iyrnUo99UEOUNG5p-S_yilTfH0_C6h4J1Q_5FYqVFAjE1DtMWxLYYq9Uan9LKDpugTsdMQ/s1600/image001-765898.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVxgLXU8FwCt3sdEV6iRzNIeSuj6TeVPzXLwcuCeJWoaxusqBaLDA_GYs8Fk4jp5D9w4hFS3iyrnUo99UEOUNG5p-S_yilTfH0_C6h4J1Q_5FYqVFAjE1DtMWxLYYq9Uan9LKDpugTsdMQ/s320/image001-765898.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5783935677038069234" /></a><br> <br> </span><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Source: <a href="http://www.aboutcorruption.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/385462_1975134353038_1683464893_1380893_1265533266_n.jpg"> http://www.aboutcorruption.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/385462_1975134353038_1683464893_1380893_1265533266_n.jpg</a><o:p></o:p></p> </div> e2Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16540978614542936437noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904755075060281315.post-40944557883407193992011-10-12T08:05:00.000-07:002011-10-12T08:07:06.150-07:00Steve Jobs Was A Jerk. Good For Him.<div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:6.75pt;line-height:36.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:31.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>Steve Jobs Was A Jerk. Good For Him.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>Interesting Article in Forbes. Thanks to Gene Marks Link to the original article (</span><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/quickerbettertech/2011/10/10/steve-jobs-was-a-jerk-good-for-him/">http://www.forbes.com/sites/quickerbettertech/2011/10/10/steve-jobs-was-a-jerk-good-for-him/</a>)<o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'>Note: The article was not written by me. I am only just sharing thoughts of Gene Marks<span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>In case you haven’t heard, Steve Jobs passed away last week.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width: 0px;outline-style: initial;outline-color: initial;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin: initial;background-clip: initial;word-wrap: break-word;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>The praise has been pouring in. And deservedly so. He was a genius. A man that made a tremendous impact on the world. During the week, I probably read thirty or forty blogs and columns about his life and accomplishments. I even wrote a<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gene-marks/how-steve-jobs-has-screwe_b_998449.html"><span style='color:#0F2D5F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>little homage to him</span></a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>myself in the Huffington Post. But I wasn’t learning as much about him as I had hoped. Sure, I learned about his story, his rise with Apple, the “wilderness years,” his triumphant return, the iProducts. But I wasn’t learning much about Steve Jobs the person. The boss.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:9.75pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#3C3C3C'><a href="http://www.forbes.com/pictures/eegi45lkhd/steve-jobs-most-important-products"><span class=numimages><b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;color:white;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:#069EEC;text-decoration:none'>11 images</span></b></span><span style='font-size:1.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9O2_HEqaq8_8YHR8GOKbNjakrCEm1PkQWDcNmhT_9YUsWD5JXQZptQZTwGUxe_WzlJ3oW7_LoB9jJ1k8D37KM4Xl4EC1xbpU-UdYAXcQivr5e5tbQUQngkFjru_0LRA95lK46P4W8Z63-/s1600/image001-726151.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9O2_HEqaq8_8YHR8GOKbNjakrCEm1PkQWDcNmhT_9YUsWD5JXQZptQZTwGUxe_WzlJ3oW7_LoB9jJ1k8D37KM4Xl4EC1xbpU-UdYAXcQivr5e5tbQUQngkFjru_0LRA95lK46P4W8Z63-/s320/image001-726151.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662622436778845202" /></a></span></a><a href="http://www.forbes.com/pictures/eegi45lkhd/steve-jobs-most-important-products"><span class=label><i><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'>Gallery:</span></i></span><span class=apple-converted-space><i><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'> </span></i></span><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Steve Jobs' Most Important Products</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:9.75pt;vertical-align:baseline'><a href="http://video.forbes.com/fvn/steve-jobs/tech-executives-say-thank-you-steve-jobs"><span style='font-size:1.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxCzXIPcJ8jcanMEykWt5D1lZt-AY9FWJx6kVXbmkVs-ltw6Y2R_XJeDyJCI_KIoW1RtL2QnseUZtS180NzL109hwsQ2n4d1-pgG6dzF8LlIjmRz7CSXwWXC-ys69FaVuhrRIESedJc_6q/s1600/image002-727768.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxCzXIPcJ8jcanMEykWt5D1lZt-AY9FWJx6kVXbmkVs-ltw6Y2R_XJeDyJCI_KIoW1RtL2QnseUZtS180NzL109hwsQ2n4d1-pgG6dzF8LlIjmRz7CSXwWXC-ys69FaVuhrRIESedJc_6q/s320/image002-727768.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662622444878117986" /></a></span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#3C3C3C'><a href="http://video.forbes.com/fvn/steve-jobs/tech-executives-say-thank-you-steve-jobs"><span class=label><i><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'>Video:</span></i></span><span class=apple-converted-space><i><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'> </span></i></span><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Tech Executives Say, 'Thank You Steve Jobs.'</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:9.75pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#3C3C3C'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:9.75pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#3C3C3C'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width: 0px;outline-style: initial;outline-color: initial;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin: initial;background-clip: initial;word-wrap: break-word;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>That is until I read<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://gawker.com/5847344/what-everyone-is-too-polite-to-say-about-steve-jobs"><span style='color:#0F2D5F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>this great piece</span></a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>from Ryan Tate. And I really began to learn something about Steve Jobs. Jobs wasn’t successful just because he was creative, brilliant and hardworking. There are a lot of creative, brilliant and hardworking people running technology businesses. Jobs had an extra little something going on that further separated him from his peers: He was a jerk. Good for him.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width: 0px;outline-style: initial;outline-color: initial;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin: initial;background-clip: initial;word-wrap: break-word;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>I am not creative or brilliant. I work hard. But I like my vacations, my time watching my kids play sports, the odd nap on a Sunday afternoon too. I don’t think I’m anywhere near as hard a worker as Jobs was. And I’m not a jerk like Jobs was. Which is the biggest reason why I’m just a moderately successful business guy, and not a super billionaire. That’s because being creative and hard working isn’t that uncommon. Being a jerk is.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width: 0px;outline-style: initial;outline-color: initial;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin: initial;background-clip: initial;word-wrap: break-word;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>Tate says that Jobs exercised censorship and authoritarianism. To put anything on an<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://www.apple.com/"><span style='color:#0F2D5F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Apple</span></a>device you needed Apple’s permission. “Apple’s devices have connected us to a world full of information,” he writes. “But they don’t permit a full expression of ideas. Indeed the people Apple supposedly serves – the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers – have been particularly put out by Jobs’ lockdown.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width: 0px;outline-style: initial;outline-color: initial;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin: initial;background-clip: initial;word-wrap: break-word;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>Jobs wasn’t about to let anyone use his products for activities that would negatively reflect on his company. He knew the risks of giving up control. He knew that people would accuse him of restricting free expression. He didn’t care. He was a jerk. My products are misused all the time. I have clients turning off internal controls, resetting security and converting contact management databases into inventory systems because it’s cheaper than buying a true inventory system. Because I’m not a jerk I say nothing. I just take the money. And in just about every case, these same clients have turned into non-clients. Because they inevitably ran into security and operational issues that turned their investment into a loss. And blamed me. I’ll never be as brilliant as Steve Jobs. But if I were to exercise a little more control over how our products are used (in other words: be a jerk more often) I may be a tad more successful.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width: 0px;outline-style: initial;outline-color: initial;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin: initial;background-clip: initial;word-wrap: break-word;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>“Inside Apple,” Tate continues, “there is a culture of fear and control around communication: Apple’s “Worldwide Loyalty Team” specializes in hunting down leakers, confiscating mobile phones and searching computers. In the creepiest example of Apple’s fascist tendencies, two of Apple’s private security agents searched the home of a San Francisco man and threatened him and his family with immigration trouble as part of a scramble for a missing iPhone prototype.” Wow, the Apple Gestapo. I love that too.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width: 0px;outline-style: initial;outline-color: initial;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin: initial;background-clip: initial;word-wrap: break-word;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>Jobs was all about control. He was a jerk about what and when information was disclosed. He attacked the press when they said bad things about his products. His lawyers ruthlessly went after reporters who disclosed proprietary information. Why? Because successful business leaders, particularly in the technology world, don’t like surprises. They determine and drive the discussion around their products and services. They know that the world is full of haters and copycats. To give a product or service, especially a new product or service, its fair chance you have to make sure it’s introduced to the market the way YOU want the market to see it. To exercise this kind of control over your fate, you have to be a jerk. Jobs was like the Gestapo…for the good of his company, his employees, his shareholders, his partners.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width: 0px;outline-style: initial;outline-color: initial;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin: initial;background-clip: initial;word-wrap: break-word;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>Oh, and for all of you spending your weekends “occupying” America against corporate greed and outsourcing of jobs to other countries you might want to consider this the next time you tweet each other: your beloved iPhone was likely made in China. And in an Apple factory that, according to Tate “regularly employed young teenagers and people below the legal work age of 16” who worked “grueling hours.” So besides the camera you’re using that was manufactured by Panasonic or the makeup you’re wearing that was made by Procter & Gamble (or any of the other products<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4wTOuEx1i1aMCugOHNMhebXtbMIbxhASEwcySKIQdkgjlxciKDkvRH2J1EY-Dk_Eb3FgLB6vsxcSGS3UrAfYjIIdn38w7Jgi8iO14_0Qer1Dd0b8Piz-a_gJAaRz0yqEEsAMypxmmg0I/s1600/image001.png"><span style='color:#0F2D5F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>shown in this picture of your friends and protestors</span></a>) your purchase of that iPhone from Apple contributed to the exact problems that you’re now rallying against. And your icon, the esteemed Jobs, oversaw this. Gee, what a jerk.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width: 0px;outline-style: initial;outline-color: initial;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin: initial;background-clip: initial;word-wrap: break-word;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>Was this wrong? If Apple broke laws then of course it was wrong. But I’m not going to fault Jobs for outsourcing work to other countries where production is cheaper. Some may call him a jerk for doing that. Some, like those “occupiers” would demand that he use Americans to make his products. But Job didn’t care. Like I mentioned before, his allegiance was to his customers, his employees, and his shareholders. As a businessman he would do whatever he needed to do to keep costs at a minimum. Long live the jerk.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>In his personal life, Jobs was no angel. According to Tate he “regularly belittled people, swore at them, and pressured them until they reached their breaking point. In the pursuit of greatness he cast aside politeness and empathy. He verbal abuse never stopped.” Sounds like a real jerk, doesn’t he? I wish I could be more like that.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width: 0px;outline-style: initial;outline-color: initial;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin: initial;background-clip: initial;word-wrap: break-word;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>Because I don’t have that kind of self confidence, that kind of leadership. I’m not so convinced that my way is the right way that I’m prepared to go to the mat like Jobs did so frequently. Clearly, he didn’t suffer fools very well. And the world is full of many, many fools and too few real geniuses. If Jobs didn’t behave that way would he have achieved so much? Would we all have benefited from his creations? Too many business owners, like me, coddle our people too much and avoid confrontations. We’re not being leaders. We want people to like us. Those that have the confidence to be jerks, like Jobs, are the ones that give themselves more opportunities to succeed. Of course there’s a limit to this behavior. But in the end, the markets appreciate results. And nice guys often do finish last.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width: 0px;outline-style: initial;outline-color: initial;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin: initial;background-clip: initial;word-wrap: break-word;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>One final thing about Jobs’ jerkiness: he’s accused of being uncharitable. “He has no public record of giving to charity,” writes Tate, despite accumulating $7 billion in wealth. “After closing Apple’s philanthropic programs in 1997 he never reinstated them, despite the company’s gusher of profits.” I can’t stand it when clients ask me to sponsor them in races or contribute to their charity golf outings. I usually do. But it annoys me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>For all I know, Steve Jobs left his entire fortune to charity. But I admire that during his life he was a jerk about charitable giving. But that doesn’t mean he wasn’t philanthropic. He was. Dan Pallotta explains<a href="http://blogs.hbr.org/pallotta/2011/09/steve-jobs-worlds-greatest-phi.html"><span style='color:#0F2D5F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>explains why:</span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:#0F2D5F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'> </span></span></a>“What’s important is how we use our time on this earth, not how conspicuously we give our money away. What’s important is the energy and courage we are willing to expend reversing entropy, battling cynicism, suffering and challenging mediocre minds, staring down those who would trample our dreams, taking a stand for magic, and advancing the potential of the human race.” I agree with that.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width: 0px;outline-style: initial;outline-color: initial;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin: initial;background-clip: initial;word-wrap: break-word;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>Steve Jobs was definitely a jerk. Good for him. I’ll never be a genius like him. But, for the benefit of my technology business (and all those who rely on it), I should be more of a jerk too.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width: 0px;outline-style: initial;outline-color: initial;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin: initial;background-clip: initial;word-wrap: break-word;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:18.0pt;vertical-align:baseline;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width: 0px;outline-style: initial;outline-color: initial;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin: initial;background-clip: initial;word-wrap: break-word;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial'><em><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Besides Forbes, Gene Marks writes weekly for</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space><i><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'> </span></i></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'><a href="http://boss.blogs.nytimes.com/author/gene-marks/"><em><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#0F2D5F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>The New York Times</span></em></a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>and<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>frequently for</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space><i><span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'> </span></i></span><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gene-marks/"><em><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#0F2D5F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>The Huffington Post</span></em></a><span class=apple-converted-space><i><span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'> </span></i></span><em><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>and</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space><i><span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'> </span></i></span><a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/bizjournals/search/results?q=%22gene+marks%22"><em><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#0F2D5F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>American City Business Journals</span></em></a><em><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>. He runs a ten person consulting firm outside of Philadelphia and can be followed on</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space><i><span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'> </span></i></span><a href="http://www.twitter.com/genemarks"><em><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#0F2D5F;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Twitter</span></em></a><em><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>.</span></em><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:9.75pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#3C3C3C'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIvBAmQ5UAEnqMTgMNn1iSm0_O6EExN2SVd2GaWxd58SK3KDoJ2n2M2Qlll6v014lWEkJWVH1_kFFyTdZI-j3GgLZTsHfuUIt9GOPvfScWx-VmPiMollDt3WjiUChu_A0IGyCFTHYkusd3/s1600/image003-729630.gif"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIvBAmQ5UAEnqMTgMNn1iSm0_O6EExN2SVd2GaWxd58SK3KDoJ2n2M2Qlll6v014lWEkJWVH1_kFFyTdZI-j3GgLZTsHfuUIt9GOPvfScWx-VmPiMollDt3WjiUChu_A0IGyCFTHYkusd3/s320/image003-729630.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662622451020118514" /></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#3C3C3C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div>e2Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16540978614542936437noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904755075060281315.post-18364128118884984862011-08-18T04:48:00.001-07:002011-08-18T04:48:43.970-07:00Smartphone Vendor Market Q2' 2011<div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;mso-line-height-alt:14.65pt'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'>Smartphone Vendor Market Q2' 2011<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:16.8pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#181818;background:white'>According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global smartphone shipments grew an impressive 76 percent annually to reach a record 110 million units in the second quarter of 2011. Both Apple and Samsung overtook long-time volume leader Nokia for the top two spots in our rankings.</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#181818;background:white'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:16.8pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#181818;background:white'>Alex Spektor, Senior Analyst at Strategy Analytics, said, “Global smartphone shipments grew a healthy 76 percent annually to reach a record 110 million units in Q2 2011. We had previously reported on Apple becoming the largest smartphone vendor in terms of revenue and profits. Now, just four years after the release of the original iPhone, Apple has become the world’s largest smartphone vendor by volume with 18 percent market share. Apple’s growth remained strong as it expanded distribution worldwide, particularly in China and Asia.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:16.8pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#181818;background:white'>Neil Mawston, Director at Strategy Analytics, added, “Samsung overtook Nokia to become the world’s second largest smartphone vendor in Q2 2011. Samsung’s shipments grew a huge 520 percent annually, for 17 percent global smartphone market share. Samsung’s Galaxy portfolio has proven popular, especially the high-tier S2 Android model.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:16.8pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#181818;background:white'>Tom Kang, Director at Strategy Analytics, added, “Having become the first ever vendor to ship 100 million smartphones in a single year during 2010, long-time leader Nokia has slipped two places in our rankings in Q2 2011. The vendor’s 15 percent global smartphone market share is less than half of what it was just one year earlier, as the industry awaits Nokia’s pending transition to Windows Phone 7.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=640 style='width:480.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td colspan=5 valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.65pt'><b><u>Exhibit 1: Global Smartphone Vendor Shipments and Market Share in Q2 2011</u></b><b><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan=5 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.65pt'> <span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td nowrap valign=bottom style='border:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.65pt'><b><span style='color:#0F243E'>Global Smartphone Vendor Shipments (Millions of Units)</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0F243E'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td colspan=2 valign=bottom style='border:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right;line-height:14.65pt'><b><span style='color:#0F243E'>Q2 '10</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0F243E'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td colspan=2 valign=bottom style='border:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right;line-height:14.65pt'><b><span style='color:#0F243E'>Q2 '11</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0F243E'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.65pt'><b><span style='color:#984806'>Apple</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#984806'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td nowrap valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right;line-height:14.65pt'><b>8.4</b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td><td nowrap valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right;line-height:14.65pt'><b>20.3</b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td></tr><tr><td valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.65pt'><b><span style='color:#984806'>Samsung</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#984806'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td nowrap valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right;line-height:14.65pt'><b>3.1</b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td><td nowrap valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right;line-height:14.65pt'><b>19.2</b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td></tr><tr><td valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.65pt'><b><span style='color:#984806'>Nokia</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#984806'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td nowrap valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right;line-height:14.65pt'><b>23.8</b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td><td nowrap valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right;line-height:14.65pt'><b>16.7</b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td></tr><tr><td valign=bottom style='border:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.65pt'><b><span style='color:#984806'>Others</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#984806'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td nowrap valign=bottom style='border:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right;line-height:14.65pt'><b>27.1</b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='border:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.65pt'><b> </b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td nowrap valign=bottom style='border:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right;line-height:14.65pt'><b>53.8</b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td style='border:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.65pt'> <span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=bottom style='border:none;border-bottom:double black 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.65pt'><b><span style='color:#984806'>Total</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td nowrap valign=bottom style='border:none;border-bottom:double black 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right;line-height:14.65pt'><b>62.4<o:p></o:p></b></p></td><td style='border:none;border-bottom:double black 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.65pt'><b> <o:p></o:p></b></p></td><td nowrap valign=bottom style='border:none;border-bottom:double black 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right;line-height:14.65pt'><b>110.0<o:p></o:p></b></p></td><td style='border:none;border-bottom:double black 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.65pt'> <span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td><td colspan=2 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td><td colspan=2 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.65pt'> <span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=bottom style='border:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.65pt'><b><span style='color:#0F243E'>Global Smartphone Vendor Marketshare %<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td colspan=2 valign=bottom style='border:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right;line-height:14.65pt'><b><span style='color:#0F243E'>Q2 '10<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td colspan=2 valign=bottom style='border:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right;line-height:14.65pt'><b><span style='color:#0F243E'>Q2 '11<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.65pt'><b><span style='color:#984806'>Apple<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td nowrap valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right;line-height:14.65pt'><b>13.5<o:p></o:p></b></p></td><td nowrap valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.65pt'><b>%<o:p></o:p></b></p></td><td nowrap valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right;line-height:14.65pt'><b>18.5<o:p></o:p></b></p></td><td nowrap valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.65pt'><b>%<o:p></o:p></b></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.65pt'><b><span style='color:#984806'>Samsung<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td nowrap valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right;line-height:14.65pt'><b>5.0<o:p></o:p></b></p></td><td nowrap valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.65pt'><b>%<o:p></o:p></b></p></td><td nowrap valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right;line-height:14.65pt'><b>17.5<o:p></o:p></b></p></td><td nowrap valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.65pt'><b>%<o:p></o:p></b></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.65pt'><b><span style='color:#984806'>Nokia<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td nowrap valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right;line-height:14.65pt'><b>38.1<o:p></o:p></b></p></td><td nowrap valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.65pt'><b>%<o:p></o:p></b></p></td><td nowrap valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right;line-height:14.65pt'><b>15.2<o:p></o:p></b></p></td><td nowrap valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.65pt'><b>%<o:p></o:p></b></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=bottom style='border:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.65pt'><b><span style='color:#984806'>Others<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td nowrap valign=bottom style='border:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right;line-height:14.65pt'><b>43.4<o:p></o:p></b></p></td><td nowrap valign=bottom style='border:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.65pt'><b>%<o:p></o:p></b></p></td><td nowrap valign=bottom style='border:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right;line-height:14.65pt'><b>48.9<o:p></o:p></b></p></td><td nowrap valign=bottom style='border:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.65pt'><b>%<o:p></o:p></b></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=bottom style='border:none;border-bottom:double black 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.65pt'><b><span style='color:#984806'>Total</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td nowrap valign=bottom style='border:none;border-bottom:double black 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right;line-height:14.65pt'><b>100.0<o:p></o:p></b></p></td><td nowrap valign=bottom style='border:none;border-bottom:double black 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.65pt'><b>%<o:p></o:p></b></p></td><td nowrap valign=bottom style='border:none;border-bottom:double black 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right;line-height:14.65pt'><b>100.0<o:p></o:p></b></p></td><td nowrap valign=bottom style='border:none;border-bottom:double black 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.65pt'><b>%<o:p></o:p></b></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td><td colspan=2 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td><td colspan=2 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.65pt'> <span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.65pt'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:red'>Growth Year-over-Year %<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td nowrap valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right;line-height:14.65pt'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#00B050'>50.4<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td nowrap valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.65pt'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#00B050'>%<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td nowrap valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right;line-height:14.65pt'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#00B050'>76.3<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td nowrap valign=bottom style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.65pt'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#00B050'>%<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:7.5pt;mso-line-height-alt:14.65pt'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'><a href="http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/SIG=111rl5r7c;_ylt=AlaxlysjmggnneBW6syTYY3jba9_;_ylu=X3oDMTFpajFlZnB1BHBvcwMxBHNlYwNuZXdzcHJvdmlkZXJjb250ZW50aW5mbwRzbGsDYnVzaW5lc3N3aXJl/**http%3A/www.businesswire.com/"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1A5488;text-decoration:none'><br></span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div>e2Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16540978614542936437noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904755075060281315.post-42155208790232296812010-05-07T04:41:00.000-07:002010-05-07T04:49:02.643-07:00Smartphones – A Overview of Operating SystemsThe smartphones has been the fastest growing category within the mobile phone space for the last couple of years. In 2009, a total of 172 million smartphones were sold which was a growth of 24% over 2008 (source: Gartner) whereas the mobile phone category was more or less flat in 2009 in the backdrop of severe recession. Analysts expect over 240 million Smartphones to be sold in 2010.<br />
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<b>What is a Smartphone?</b><br />
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Unfortunately, there is no one universal definition of Smartphones. Some analysts have defined it as phones using open operating system which means that Symbian, Windows and Android based phones qualify as Smartphones but then what about Apple iPhone and RIM that run on proprietary operating system? Some define it as phone that gives PC like functionality and for some, it is the one with most advanced mobile phone features and hence the feature set of smartphones keep changing. A few industry analysts define it at mobile phones running on operating system with standardized interface and that provide easy access to developers for application development.<br />
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Whatever is the definition, it is commonly accepted that Smartphones have strong email clients, third party applications of some kind, QWERTY hardware or software keyboard support, high-speed internet, powerful calendar, contact and organizational features and support for powerful processors and touch screens. The operating systems that can support the above feature requirements are Symbian, Windows, Android, iPhone OS, RIM, Maemo (Meego going forward with Maemo’s merger with Moblin) and Palm OS.<br />
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<b>Why does everybody want to win the Smartphone battle?</b><br />
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Smartphones are not even 10% of the total mobile phones but still all the handset players want to win this battle for the following reasons:<br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b><i>High ASP </i></b>-</span> The average selling price of a smart phone is almost 3 times that of a non-smartphone which means it has a higher impact on not only the value share but also on the profitability. Apple and RIM though have just 3% market share in the mobile devices but have over 50% share in industry profits which reflects the high profitability of the smartphones. <br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"><b><i>Thought leadership</i></b> -</span> Success in the smartphone business gives the device vendor the status of “Thought Leadership”. Any vendor having the “Though Leadership” benefits in the non-smartphone devices as well as the consumers want to buy the devices from the leading brands (in terms of “Thought Leadership”) even if they are not buying the devices that gave the vendor this status. This status is like the quality assurance certificate. <br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b>Future of mobile phones</b></i> –</span> The smartphone market is expected to expand significantly in future to almost 40% of the total device market by 2013 which means that no vendor can afford to ignore this market. <br />
<em><span style="color: #38761d;"><strong>Operators prefer Smartphones</strong></span></em> – The increasing popularity of iPhones has led to increased data usage on the mobile. This has enabled the carriers to maintain their ARPUs despite fall in voice tariffs. The data usage on smartphones is almost 3 times higher than a normal phone. 55% of iPhone users use mobile social networking and 80% use it for surfing web daily. The high data usage has led to the situation of data scarcity from data abundance and carriers love this situation. <br />
<strong>Who will win the battle?</strong><br />
Anybody who wins in the smartphone business has to win it on back of the operating system. <br />
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Symbian has been the market leader in the Smartphone segment of the market with 47% market share in 2009. However, Symbian is facing a stiff challenge from iPhone OS, Android and RIM OS and has lost market share in the recent few quarters. The figure alongside gives Smartphone market shares in 2009. Android though has only 3.9% market share in 2009 but is making the most noise in the smartphone segment.<br />
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Each operating system has its own positives and negatives and before we attempt to answer the question that who is going to win the battle, it is important to evaluate the pros and cons of top operating systems:<br />
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<b><span style="color: #990000;">Andriod:</span></b><br />
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This operating system has been developed by Google with the aim of not only to get a foothold in the lucrative mobile industry but also to change the way the mobile owners consume data on the net.<br />
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<i>Pros</i> – Open, free and supporting many devices. Great experience of Google’s web properties on the mobile like messaging<br />
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<i>Cons</i>- Fear of excessive fragmentation due to its open architecture and is also more susceptible to security threats<br />
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<b><span style="color: #990000;">iPhone OS:</span></b><br />
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This operating system has been developed by Apple and is a closed, proprietary operating system and is only for Apple devices, iPhone and iPod Touch. iPhones have been so popular that they are now being blamed for the increasing data congestion on the networks.<br />
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<i>Pros </i>- Single unified platform and its biggest asset is the application store<br />
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<i>Cons</i>- Proprietary and hence its dependence on one vendor is a risk. Application submission process is a cumbersome and Apple keeps a tight control on the 3rd party applications.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #990000;">Blackberry OS:</span></b><br />
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Blackberry OS is owned by Research in Motion (RIM) and is a proprietary operating system.<br />
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<i>Pros </i>- Strong in enterprise mobility segment and has created a perception amongst IT managers of being a much secured OS. Strong messaging service<br />
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<i>Cons</i>- Proprietary and hence its dependence on one vendor is a risk. Aged operating system and requires the special BES server. Lack of focus on consumer segment in the past limits the lure to potential developers. This operating system also suffers from lack of optimization on touchscreen devices and a bad web browser.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #990000;">Symbian:</span></b><br />
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Symbian is owned by Nokia and used by many other vendors like Samsung, LG and Sony Ericsson. It is market leader but is seen as an archaic operating system. However, it is still holding out with promise to launch Symbian 3 and 4 by the end of the year.<br />
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<i>Pros</i> - Largest installed base and hence the economies of scale. Backing of Nokia, the market leader helps Symbian maintain its market leadership.<br />
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<i>Cons</i>- Aged OS and not really optimized for touchscreen devices. It is virtually absent in the North American markets and is facing huge competition from Android, iPhone OS and Blackberry OS. Dependence on Nokia is a risk as many of the other vendors are shifting to Android.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #990000;">Windows Mobile:</span></b><br />
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This operating system has been developed by Microsoft and promises to mirror the PC experience on the smartphone. After continuous decline in market share in the past many quarters, Microsoft recently announced Windows Mobile Version 7 which has got rave reviews from analysts and handset vendors.<br />
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<i>Pros </i>- Backing of Microsoft which has virtual monopoly on personal computers. Microsoft’s ability to provide resources and its possible integration with its other hot properties like X-Box, Zune can ignite developer interest in this operating system.<br />
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<i>Cons</i>- Past failures to haunt version 7. Heavy operating system and hence requires higher hardware specifications. Last version had a bad user interface (UI) and web browser. I hope the new version has targeted the UI for improvement<br />
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There are many other operating systems like Maemo, LiMo, Samsung’s Bada that are trying to get a foothold in the lucrative smartphone business but only time will tell if they can manage to break into the top five operating systems.<br />
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I am not going to pass a verdict on which operating system will win but I will publish the results of the poll that I conducted on this site and no prizes for guessing the winner. The winner was Android with over 40% of votes. In the backdrop of its popularity and the confidence that the ecosystem players are putting in Android, it is not at all surprising that it is going to be the fastest growing operating system for next five years. In the recently concluded Mobile World Congress, Android managed to get the highest number of handset announcements. Though even iPhone OS is a wonderful operating system but its proprietary nature would limit its expansion.e2Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16540978614542936437noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904755075060281315.post-67381710186378186282010-01-07T20:12:00.000-08:002010-01-07T22:15:02.339-08:00YSR Death: Reliance -> KG basin -> Ambani brothers<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIhYHK3tx6Z9vf7ghl09A10RCC5kZ9eKkVraKIAhf6VkDMaXkACoIJbkd-vaC0beefX2s0i1EQRgrkHiUENNzyR_HCwljy5_lUlz-zcr1gugG2dO4zC30f6glHZZGvRvvrQvvLTh193mDt/s1600-h/untitled.bmp"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 274px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIhYHK3tx6Z9vf7ghl09A10RCC5kZ9eKkVraKIAhf6VkDMaXkACoIJbkd-vaC0beefX2s0i1EQRgrkHiUENNzyR_HCwljy5_lUlz-zcr1gugG2dO4zC30f6glHZZGvRvvrQvvLTh193mDt/s400/untitled.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424248594589122418" /></a><br /><br />After a long break for one year, Common Man Views launches again conspiracies. These are some facts about Y.S.Rajashekar Reddy(Late Cheif Minister of Andhra Pradesh) death.<br /><br />Before getting into conspiracy, let me tell you some identified facts from public<br /><br />Reliance Krishna Godavari gas (KG) basin gives more than Rs 25000 crores of revenue every year for the company.<br />The partnership in KG Basin includes Ambani brothers + Sonia Gandhi & Rahul Gandhi + Unknown Senior politician. <br /><br />YSR has also asked for a share of 10% in the project, for which Reliance brothers have rejected him. Even Sonia Gandhi also knew about partnership deals and YSR's proposal for share in the project. Later, some issues were raised due to the internal family conflicts, for which YSR commeneted that the property doesn't belong to Ambani's. <br /><br />YSR's murder plan wouldn't have been so easy for Ambani's without local support. Here come's the local vilian Ramaoji Rao (Owner of Eenadu TV, Eenadu Newspaper etc., Margadarshi Chit funds etc.)<br /><br />After death, even the blackbox (recording part in the helicopter) was sent to US to investigate the conversation in the black box (as if India doesn't have the technology/ can not do it ?).<br /><br />Later, Y.S.Jagan Mohan Reddy (son of Late Y.S.Rajasekhar Reddy) was suppressed from becoming Cheif Minister(CM) of Andhra Pradesh. If YS Jagan become's the CM, all the facts will be digged out, so they suppressed him.<br /><br />People behind YSR's death: Mukesh Ambani, Anil Ambani, Ramoji Rao, Sonia Gandhi (still more to be added in the list)<br />For all these things to happen, many thousands of crores are transferred across the group to suppress the whole issuee2Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16540978614542936437noreply@blogger.com76tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904755075060281315.post-12965190760712279582009-02-01T23:15:00.000-08:002009-02-02T03:35:36.257-08:001's greedy : 43622's suffer<span style="font-style:italic;">Note: All the information in this blog is based on some secondary news articles and primary inputs.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAohvnlQwaHVXN5O59irrNQGFKLkNOnBEPCWC_HZFvTVMq34c7dEevXUefVa9JLbRlA276ie7PRev7YAXoIqDsnMsDN2EpTlJijEW9J3ogYU4sjdCYyIGcltBfXl4eGDzumRrKAwKVNu6H/s1600-h/blog1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 234px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAohvnlQwaHVXN5O59irrNQGFKLkNOnBEPCWC_HZFvTVMq34c7dEevXUefVa9JLbRlA276ie7PRev7YAXoIqDsnMsDN2EpTlJijEW9J3ogYU4sjdCYyIGcltBfXl4eGDzumRrKAwKVNu6H/s400/blog1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298162111333352370" /></a><br /><br />By this time, everyone might have heard about Satyam scandal. I don't want to highlight the same things again. I am here again to give some inputs on some facts, that are not known to the public.<br /><br />The scandal has put a big question mark to all the IT corporates, Indian IT industry, State Government.<br /><br />This is a fact that every other company involves in some sort of transactions(similar to Satyam scandal), but not to such a huge amount. <br /><br />This scandal has put a big question mark on all the major IT companies of India. Even Wipro,Megasoft is banned by World Bank from all its contracts. There are many other roles involved in this scandal. <br /><br />1. AP Government ( Congress (Present) & Telugu Desam Party (Former))<br /><br />2. PWC partners<br /><br />3. Many of the Raju's family members<br /><br />All these discussions and transaction happen in seperate flat in Hyderabad, which is owned by R.R. <br /><br /><br />Raju's greedy is making 43,622 employees of Satyam suffer in this recession period. <br />The guy who use to spend 10000 rs for just his daily food is counting nuts behind bars.This has happened mainly due to the Raju's sons (Owner of Maytas).<br /><br />I really appreciate Satyam employees and their unity for the progress of the company at this stage. The people, once who were reluctant and were ashamed to say that they belong to Satyam are now shouting, that they are Satyamites.<br /><br />When one man can start up a company and bring to such a level, then i don't think it is difficult for 43,622 hands to re-build the demolished. <br /><br />The 7 new board members are working and struggling hard to retain the company image and brand. Atleast now, the public realises that it is only just one man's mistake and not the company. Finally the Tughluq term came to an end, and is open to the best rulers of the Indian economy.e2Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16540978614542936437noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904755075060281315.post-31094321707077450282009-01-07T01:11:00.000-08:002009-01-07T02:15:36.385-08:00Raju Resigns : Satyam Sinks: Tughluq Term Ends<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYNUhJmd0DA7xpXEjJ5jUpzTMf0px4qJ764_IBsuTDa3R8iz09bOHM-6mYVlvhAN4VSoq2-ZDwRVZolNGTEq8qJBwXkV9eGhSxjo8BBtLQF9_XaSrvFw7hdZm1NDNSC-bS-UZJaogwXK56/s1600-h/untitled.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYNUhJmd0DA7xpXEjJ5jUpzTMf0px4qJ764_IBsuTDa3R8iz09bOHM-6mYVlvhAN4VSoq2-ZDwRVZolNGTEq8qJBwXkV9eGhSxjo8BBtLQF9_XaSrvFw7hdZm1NDNSC-bS-UZJaogwXK56/s400/untitled.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288488095350100034" /></a><br /><br /><br />Todays news confirms that All the Common Man Views posts till date are <span style="font-weight:bold;">fact and True.<br /><span style="font-style:italic;"></span></span><br />Finally i can conclude that <br /><b><br />1. Satyam Computers is just a dot com bubble<br /><br />2. Satyam computers is invoved in many bribery cases, fraud cases<br /><br />3. Satyam computers doesn't have any corporate governance. All the awards given to Satyam computers can also be due to their excellence in bribery.<br /><br />4. Satyam Computers is just another Tughluq kingdom ruled by modern Tughluq<br /><br />It gives end to the Tughluq mode, Tughluq term, Tughluq rule<br /></b><br /><br />According to analysts, Satyam could face regulatory action in the US.<br /><br /><br />I don't want to explain much details, because Mr. Ramalinga Raju himself has told in his letter to SEBI. You can read it from the below link. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/9815991/Satyam-Computer-Services-Ltd-070109">Satyam Ramalinga Raju Letter to SEBI</a><br /><br />Major concern is about 50,000 employees and the biggest question why did Mr. RR did reveal the facts now, when he plans to quit Satyam Computers? Please put your comments. Even conradictions are always welcome.e2Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16540978614542936437noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904755075060281315.post-44759151345378576272008-12-31T14:27:00.000-08:002009-01-07T02:06:55.630-08:00Wish every one happy and prosperous new year<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKTZqUCs2pesrsUrWOOigcT2D0g1B8c_bx2zoNCDfGILOMGp7tpPp9CrPUxNJVnbVx6HgC0auK42IdYuI7urt1PvDMVRbC4ie9SRFkyO3hn0mMgUiUPtCvyPyvKb-JcPgW0Usni1EON2Xb/s1600-h/CW+happy+new+year.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 383px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKTZqUCs2pesrsUrWOOigcT2D0g1B8c_bx2zoNCDfGILOMGp7tpPp9CrPUxNJVnbVx6HgC0auK42IdYuI7urt1PvDMVRbC4ie9SRFkyO3hn0mMgUiUPtCvyPyvKb-JcPgW0Usni1EON2Xb/s400/CW+happy+new+year.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286085145897210898" /></a><br /><br />Common man wishes hapy new yeare2Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16540978614542936437noreply@blogger.com218tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904755075060281315.post-7238747124204595112008-12-29T02:08:00.000-08:002008-12-29T03:15:34.836-08:00Conspiracy: Satyam- Maytas deal Conspiracy<i>Note: Please read and post your comments. This blog is not to defame or demoralize any personality or any corporate. It is just telling the facts about a corporate/person/thing and analyzing them from a common man point of view.</i><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUnrPpcWt0Tt5voZmdYk0Sk0ljD-A7v5CmPlk31T0Dt6Qpc0MI9V3KRPcksNWjqSR3T9Zzwae8Oj7UsTS9o-Ti7X_F0R19qaoUoCPp0C4g5gDVSAekC3MjMM6gS74OQ3tAugk07pOSdzWD/s1600-h/Picture1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 273px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUnrPpcWt0Tt5voZmdYk0Sk0ljD-A7v5CmPlk31T0Dt6Qpc0MI9V3KRPcksNWjqSR3T9Zzwae8Oj7UsTS9o-Ti7X_F0R19qaoUoCPp0C4g5gDVSAekC3MjMM6gS74OQ3tAugk07pOSdzWD/s400/Picture1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285152453043942354" /></a><br /><br /><b>Everyone might have studied about Muhammad bin Tughluq and his activities in school days. Here we see a lively example i.e. Mr. R. R. I hope you know, whom I am talking about </b><br /><br />Satyam – Maytas: Both the companies are founded by Raju’s family. Satyam is founded by Mr. Ramalinga Raju and similarly Maytas (Observe that, if Satyam is reversed you get Maytas) is founded by his son.<br /><br />In the year 2008, Satyam was awarded “The Golden Peacock” award for the Best Corporate Governance. I doubt whether this is also achieved by bribery (like they did in World Bank Case- bribing Muhammad Mushin, VP of World Bank during his tenure). Every thing about Satyam is just a <b>“Question Mark?”</b> <br /><br />For the benefits of their family, Mr R.R took his own decision of acquiring the Maytas with out even concerning the non – promoters. The interesting fact is that Mr R.R and his family owns only 8% of stake in the company. With out concerning the other 91% investors, Mr R.R has taken the most hefty decision in his life. <br /><br />The reason why I am comparing him Muhammad bin Tughluq is “ Every one might have come across this story, Tughluq changes his capital city Delhi to Devagiri and again back to Delhi. In this process of changing capital, Tughluq lost many of his army men, wealth and his reputation. Finally, he was called “MAD MAN OF HISTORY”. Now consider the Satyam case, Mr R.R has taken the decision to acquire to Maytas and again took back the decision. But in the mean time, he has lost his share value, his reputation and more chances of loosing his post as Chairman. There are many more similarities among both of them. So Mr. R.R can be called as Tughluq of Modern IT.<br /><br />Tughluq remained forever in the books and thoughts of many humans because of his activities. In business terminology, we can say it as “Branding”; It is <b>Negative Branding</b>.<br />If there are any such thoughts for Mr. R.R, i don’t think this will be successful in the present modern IT world. ”Sorry Sir!, Better luck in the next history” <br /><br /><u><b>As a author, I tried to understand some facts about both companies and here are some details</u></b><br /> <br /><b>Maytas: </b><br /><br /><i>Metro Rail Project-</i> Maytas is a part of Hyderabad Metro Rail Project on a Public Private Partnership (PPP) platform.<br /><br />Generally the scenario is that, the government calls for bid and the tender is sanctioned for the least quoted. In this case, Maytas pays to the government Rs 30,311 crore spread over the concession period of 35 years. I came to hear that, Maytas has asked the government a land of 260 odd acres in Hyderabad as a return for this project. The required land is also given for the company for their Real Estate division.<br /><i><br />Government- No investment + only 260 acres of land <br />Maytas- Rs 30,311 crores + Project cost + Project maintenance<br /></i><br /><br /><i>Maytas Properties-</i><br />They invested a huge amount of money in Maytas Hill County ( a 300 acre project). Jubilee Hills Landmark Project (5.7 acre project), 75 acre SEZ, Maytas logistics infra projects at several locations.<br />By having a look at all these projects and the global real estate market condition, I think that Maytas is in serious trouble due to lack of funds. <br />So, here comes the father to rescue his son (Hollywood style, because it is global). He over valued the Maytas stocks and tried to rescue his son .Every father, wants his son to be successful person like him. It can be forgiven, if it was only among father and son. There are also common people, investors, whom they forgot for their personal benefits and profits.<br /><br />.......Share your thoughts, -Authore2Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16540978614542936437noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904755075060281315.post-84359357558989955292008-12-24T06:06:00.001-08:002008-12-24T06:07:26.614-08:00MERRY CHRISTMAS<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo2irb5YVGjWUREBawmBWHxNZt02CkhWXWMc3Dna90i7iglD8r0Q2HmdE5G7IrxXkLcdV95X2SRjZj9msEZWrqCR7aksTIXedPSt3EiDAllNFPJZDUfdHNisyHKyS9FTglYzpj5YEzu1NA/s1600-h/untitled.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 297px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo2irb5YVGjWUREBawmBWHxNZt02CkhWXWMc3Dna90i7iglD8r0Q2HmdE5G7IrxXkLcdV95X2SRjZj9msEZWrqCR7aksTIXedPSt3EiDAllNFPJZDUfdHNisyHKyS9FTglYzpj5YEzu1NA/s400/untitled.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283357931347961954" /></a>e2Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16540978614542936437noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904755075060281315.post-63125627990409097912008-12-16T03:58:00.001-08:002008-12-28T22:53:17.997-08:00Inside Facts: Satyam - FIFA<i> Disclaimer:</i> All information in this post is collected from secondary sources and a bit analysis done by me<br /><i>All the posts published till now, speak more about negative part of Satyam Computers. Now, Let me put some facts of Satyam, which i got from Secondary and primary sources. I hope, this can be helpful for any research companies.</i><br /><br /><b><u> Satyam - FIFA deal </b></u> Satyam Computers is the first Indian company to sign up as a FIFA World Cup Sponsor. According to the agreement, Satyam bagged the global rights for 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil and the two FIFA Confederations Cups which fall within the 2007-2014 period. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdkEUQqHAP7uGDzMbEo0QEJBFvap1_wyNf7of1KrmSrBCuyZpguFw99IB1uTb_2P3yq1nbbQ7CEHUemb-LvZPHZkPYIntDUaUerokFo8T8BZpYJEoVfMIGmFRO7JJW2eVoLGuW2jBeU01k/s1600-h/FIFA.bmp"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 303px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdkEUQqHAP7uGDzMbEo0QEJBFvap1_wyNf7of1KrmSrBCuyZpguFw99IB1uTb_2P3yq1nbbQ7CEHUemb-LvZPHZkPYIntDUaUerokFo8T8BZpYJEoVfMIGmFRO7JJW2eVoLGuW2jBeU01k/s400/FIFA.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280356449960255314" /></a><br /><br />Satyam was the fourth company after Anheuser-Busch, McDonald's and MTN to join the proposed six-member FIFA World Cup Sponsor line-up under FIFA's commercial hierarchy, which comprises six FIFA Partners, six FIFA World Cup Sponsors and six National Supporters. FIFA has already signed contracts with Adidas, Hyundai, Sony, Coca-Cola, Visa and Emirates Airline as FIFA Partners. In addition, FNB & Telkom SA are the two National Supporters of the 2010 FIFA World Cup so far.<br /><br /><b>What exactly is FIFA World Cup Sponsor? </b> A FIFA World Cup Sponsor's rights are limited to the FIFA World Cup on a global basis. They consist of the right to category exclusivity, brand association, select marketing assets and secondary media exposure.<br /><br /><b><u>Size of the deals: </b> </u> It is estimated to be around $200 million (approx). In includes all the contracts till 2010 world cup<br /><br /><b><u>Role of Satyam Computers: </u></b>The main role is developing the core <i>IT event management system</i> for FIFA and its service partner for IT, accommodation and hospitality - MATCH AG, as well as local organizing committees during the seven years of agreement.<br />The IT event management is said to have 14 pieces. Key to the whole system is the accreditation component, which will allow the right people at the right place at the right time. The event management system also handles ticketing, results, FIFA's live feeds, as well as FIFA's website. In addition to this, there is a<i>” transport system, a protocol system and volunteer management system”</i>. The volunteer management system is designed to help coordinate over 50 000 volunteers that will be aiding in the event<br />There will also IT help desk, which is designed for the volunteers and Satyam Technical people manning systems in the nine stadiums.<br /><br />Below are some pics that show Satyam logo branding strategies:<br /><i> For enlarging pics, click on them </i><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0dCkCHKIoVbOcOnEmFcmT41DO7zD9sg3KiXzto9zORLJWf24HPwZpGBrS7gJFwyOP1emsLlOq2bIvWDDUxyLW5NYGyGjl3pXT7K80Lad-s-GPmQFs3BOgEPu1oh-R7SQPraTpyRGDCqYR/s1600-h/image+to+be+posted.bmp"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 259px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0dCkCHKIoVbOcOnEmFcmT41DO7zD9sg3KiXzto9zORLJWf24HPwZpGBrS7gJFwyOP1emsLlOq2bIvWDDUxyLW5NYGyGjl3pXT7K80Lad-s-GPmQFs3BOgEPu1oh-R7SQPraTpyRGDCqYR/s400/image+to+be+posted.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280357213447661554" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCsWRdYRHXhc8ps-2PsIeCMWb5SCEW5IobkiIfXks4J53LwPD2MRGdUrQExCDYSQwopjiRV6kfQpQqkpowZ_guOYPLb4jegNpXFMa4qzWma5-K2ajJ2M3Une1OtpWWehKUHwVWC_K6uCO8/s1600-h/image+2+to+be+posted.bmp"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCsWRdYRHXhc8ps-2PsIeCMWb5SCEW5IobkiIfXks4J53LwPD2MRGdUrQExCDYSQwopjiRV6kfQpQqkpowZ_guOYPLb4jegNpXFMa4qzWma5-K2ajJ2M3Une1OtpWWehKUHwVWC_K6uCO8/s400/image+2+to+be+posted.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280357211807060098" /></a>e2Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16540978614542936437noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904755075060281315.post-68615200724363103002008-11-28T01:31:00.000-08:002008-11-28T04:49:38.750-08:00Inside Facts: Its a Silent Blast: SatyamDisclaimer: All the information is collected from Internet sources only and few analysis been done on that. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjN8xP-G3wpVud1oCOhN996qBd9HJdPxr51gVG5ZMgUenSPZeJnndQ6589VfJA5xZnyZhjnQwlAD3IJYAtnjXnZGadsZD74RrSxx9iKl_axzjg-vMjtej7KFlYqVGRv1xsuPG0MCtYKtHB/s1600-h/untitled.bmp"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 307px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjN8xP-G3wpVud1oCOhN996qBd9HJdPxr51gVG5ZMgUenSPZeJnndQ6589VfJA5xZnyZhjnQwlAD3IJYAtnjXnZGadsZD74RrSxx9iKl_axzjg-vMjtej7KFlYqVGRv1xsuPG0MCtYKtHB/s400/untitled.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273687493158757186" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">FEW original mails about SATYAM COMPUTERS from an Satyam employee and Satyam HR ( mails from EAHR/EASAP) </span><br /><br /><u> <b>Mail 1:</b> </u><br /><br />CC: SAP, EA<br />Few months back I was proud to be called Satyamite… now no more.<br />I was disparately waiting for the annual appraisal in month of July08, as it was circulated that on 30th June we would get the letter. Due to some unknown reason its postponed to 10th Aug08 (according to EA HR it was 10th Aug and 15th Aug according to SAP HR) and then later last week of Aug08. Now SAP HR has circulated the mail that letter will be given in month of Sep08 and payment would be done in Oct08.<br />Dear Raju, above thing shows how is the communication gap you have with you and your bunch of monkeys. I have totally lost the faith and trust in this organization and the management. The most awaited event for associates for their hard and sincere work after a year…..is their APPRISAL. You are playing with emotions of 35,000 associates and fooling their family by sending false mail and fake tentative dates.<br />As I have watched you and your team in all quarter results in television, it was said the best among the all IT companies. And you have said the Satyam growth is always intact with your guidelines. If you said was correct then what is the disaster happened that you are not able to give any final date about the appraisal and misleading all Associates.<br />All recognized IT companies in India have already given/announced the appraisals to their employees, what is the problem with you that even you can not give a final date (even it could be 31st October 08). Once 2 years back I attended induction program, there it was said that Satyam has plan to list in top 5 in Indian IT companies within years. It seems to me it will remain your sleeping dream only forever, if you do not make such things more transparent.<br />Do you think that by waiting another 2-3 months, some miracle will happen in Globe so that you will start making even more profit? You are waiting for what??? According to me you are just spoiling the faith and trust of all Satyam Associates for the sake of interest money of the appraisal.<br />Few months back I was proud to be called Satyamite… now no more.<br />Raju, Shame on you for making me loose my faith in this organization.<br />Sorry guys for sending mail through my other account, I am afraid of loosing my job if I use Satyam account.<br />Mail from SAP HR<br /><br /><u> <b>Mail 2:</b></u><br /><br />From: HR_SAP<br />Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 5:38 PM<br />To: SAP_Global<br />Cc: Balakumar_R; Jegapriyan_V<br />Subject: Appraisal Communication to Associates<br />Importance: High<br />Dear Associates,<br />This has reference to our earlier Communication and Plan to release Individual Salary Revision Letters by this Week. There have been challenges in discussing and concluding the Individual Revisions. HR and Business Leadership are actively engaged in this Assignment.<br />We regret that there is a delay, and we hope to release the Letters in time to catch September 08 pay Check payable in October 08.<br />Regards<br />HRSAP<br /><br /><u><b> Mail 3: </b></u><br /><br />From: HR_SAP<br />Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 8:30 PM<br />To: SAP_Global<br />Cc: Balakumar_R; Jegapriyan_V<br />Subject: Salary Revisions - Communication<br />Importance: High<br />Dear All,<br />We thank you for the patience that you have shown towards closure of the Salary Revisions Phase of Aspire 08. In the last Three Years, the Organization has been able to deliver what was promised in terms of adhering to the committed timelines for release of Revision Letters. There has been a delay this Year for reasons beyond our control.<br />HR would like to take this opportunity to clarify some doubts relating to Revision Phase:<br />• The Salary Revisions would be effective 1st July 08<br />• We expect to complete release of Revision Letters to the associates on or before 15th August, 08<br />• Based on the above, the Plan is to reflect the Revised Salary with arrears in the August Payroll<br />• We shall inform if any unforeseen delay were to occur in the above schedule<br />Looking forward to your continued support and understanding.<br />Regards,<br />HRSAP<br /><br /><u> <b>Mail 4:</b></u><br /><br />Mail From EAHR<br /><br />Dear Friends,<br />Due to various process related constraints, there is an unintended delay to finalize and release the revised C&B letters. We might complete this entire process by last week of August, 08 and till then look forward your cooperation. The exact date will be communicated to you very soon.<br />For any further feedback/clarifications, please get in touch with respective UHRs of your circles.<br />Regards<br />Dr. D Sravan Kumar<br />Head - myHR<br />HCU - Enterprise Applications<br />Satyam Computer Services Ltd.<br /><br /><u><b> Mail 5:</b> </u><br /><br />From: Sravan_Dasoju<br />Sent: 16 July 2008 15:57<br />To: EA<br />Subject: Appraisal Process & Salary Revisions<br />Dear Friends,<br />At the upfront, let me thank you for your patience towards closure of the performance appraisals & salary revision process.<br />In the last three years, the organization has been able to deliver what was promised in terms of adhering to the committed timelines for release of revision letters. There has been a slight delay this year for reasons beyond our control.<br />Let me take this opportunity to clarify some doubts relating to revisions which have been raised:<br />• The salary revisions are with effect 1st July, 08.<br />• We expect to release the letters to the associates on or before 10th Aug, 08<br />• Based on the completion of revisions and issuing the letters, the plan is to reflect the revised salary with arrears in the August salary. Should there be any unforeseen delay, we will advise you accordingly<br />Please do keep in touch with your HR leads for any further updates.<br />Looking forward to your continued support and understanding.<br />Regards<br />Dr. D Sravan Kumar<br />Head - myHR<br />HCU - Enterprise Applications<br />Satyam Computer Services Ltd.<br /><br /><b><i> These are supporting facts for my previous posts. Some of them might contradict. Today these mails can prove everything. Apart from that you can even verify the employees Balakumar_R, Jegapriyan_V . They are still part of Satyam Computers.</b></i><br /><br /><b> the question arises is, IS SATYAM ANOTHER DOT COM BUBBLE </b><br /><b> Check out for the next post. It will be the biggest blast </b><br /><br />source of information: http://www.workexp.com/2008/11/01/anonymus-mail-to-sap-circle-of-satyam/e2Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16540978614542936437noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904755075060281315.post-66555737293101489682008-11-06T09:20:00.000-08:002008-11-09T21:34:50.649-08:00Strategy: Satyam Sacks Scapegoats !!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2DPt2tBxBYVstaj2ddU2qwLmZnuT7p837L4FfpMuq82lWSfZYqsfYLVqf0KsikYAb4E8F858wW1fNUY-skzphrIRbYR0b95tJUIwyb85yR6x0GMeIqdZFxR4vnltaky3HSwjWMPuxd1-v/s1600-h/untitled.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 321px; height: 138px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2DPt2tBxBYVstaj2ddU2qwLmZnuT7p837L4FfpMuq82lWSfZYqsfYLVqf0KsikYAb4E8F858wW1fNUY-skzphrIRbYR0b95tJUIwyb85yR6x0GMeIqdZFxR4vnltaky3HSwjWMPuxd1-v/s400/untitled.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265608226534287842" /></a><br /><i>All the information provided is from articles, opinions, reviews </i><br /><br /><br />Here comes the news from Chennai, Satyam has terminated over 30 project associates for alleging fake bills by them.<br /><br /><b><u>From the company point of view : </u></b><br />These employees are relocated from Hyderabad to Chennai. All these project associates are said to have made foul play in the company by submitting fake bills, when they were relocated from Hyderabad to Chennai. <br /><b><u> From the Project Associates</u></b><br />1. According to associates, Satyam Company is asking to prove the validity of one and half year old bill. <br />2. Their Salaries are withheld by the company and their profiles are deleted from the company records.<br />3. Even the employees are not given a chance to resign<br />4. One employee said "We had used packers and movers a year and half back and how can we prove that we used their service? Satyam management is not willing to listen to us," <br />5. The bills in question relate to nearly Rs 3,000 incurred by the associates after their transfer last year. The associates insist that they were entitled for this amount and even this was not reimbursed by the company.<br />6. They are made scapegoats with unnecessary reasons. The number of employees to be sacked will increase to 400. <i><b>So other370 scapegoats be aware, you might be sacked for any reason (prepare for the worst).</i></b><br /><br /><b><i> Generally in such big MNCs, we see employees submitting fake bills. But I don’t think it will lead to such a disaster. To maintain good corporate governance, Satyam has completely changed the scenario. </b> </i><br /><b> I think there are not many days left for Satyam to be acquired. </b>e2Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16540978614542936437noreply@blogger.com63tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904755075060281315.post-66554756130583195542008-10-31T12:30:00.000-07:002008-11-06T08:22:12.990-08:00Call it Rumors or Reviews but they are Facts : Sad Satyam<i>All the information provided below is based on the opinions.</i><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX_SCwr0LHKzo5H8JgmBm7z84F-38P1lzdh81a3PlIr2TBi8Zf8Pg2tXOPFgOW04hs8WhB1RMEMvfSKXYXoksy-qIa3ltmNnNru0FHjA8w5Y9ARjb8k7S3E5_GnjfJB32w3fzPz3v6KYQh/s1600-h/Untitled.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 328px; height: 302px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX_SCwr0LHKzo5H8JgmBm7z84F-38P1lzdh81a3PlIr2TBi8Zf8Pg2tXOPFgOW04hs8WhB1RMEMvfSKXYXoksy-qIa3ltmNnNru0FHjA8w5Y9ARjb8k7S3E5_GnjfJB32w3fzPz3v6KYQh/s400/Untitled.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263436972765721362" /></a><br /><br /><b><br />Some people call it rumors and some call it as opinions.But here are few facts from the Satyam employees. </b><br />These are few of the reviews and opinions shared by the employees of Satyam<br /><br /><b> Satyam Associate, Bangalore</b><br /><i>SATYAM may not be good company at all, because RR is not taking much interest in that compaNy because of his less stake in the company. They have already started cost cutting measures, and soon start job cutting also as a measure to cut cost with less business.</i> !! Be careful !!<br /><br /><b> Satyam Business Development Manager, Chennai</b><br /><i>I have been with satyam for last 1 yr. its my personal experience n advise tht try to go with other company. Its the worst organisation i have seen in my 5yrs of carrier(4 yrs with couple of TOP MNCs).I think its not a gud place for talented ppl.Satyam again strated to play with its employees emotion, expectation,hiding the fact,cheating etc.As u may aware of current yr annual appraisal. If u go back to 2-3 yrs, there was a time when no one was ready to join due to its bad image in the market.It will come again very soon. Best wishes for ur bright career.</i><br /><br /><b> ADMS Employee, Hyderabad</b><br /><i>as a satyamite,i feel shamed to say this....its simple "W-O-R-S-T" . <br />No directional procedures followed in Satyam. Joining in satyam is getting back to "bonded labour era".. forget everything....Every manager has ego and bossism to drive his own rule.</i><br /><br />Around two years back, Satyam was having an image of encouraging back door jobs (bribing the managers, HR people). And now Satyam is adding few more recognitions from employees. Better Be aware of it!!e2Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16540978614542936437noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904755075060281315.post-71298188925768397802008-10-24T03:07:00.000-07:002008-10-24T03:47:16.965-07:00Its time for Diwali Celebrations..दिवालि के पावन अवसर पर आप सब को हार्दिक शुभकामनाऎ<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuFgLMO9ik3LrI3hF_1rFG5DLdygiWGh8z4rc4aOOBdHVRZFDjUW7hNHNUMyq5x5r9QNStneQitTvNKL9K_P6fhgE-Y_y2nn8cASZMRFQkPl2GrXp4U1w2RTTYq0UKPMfDzoWQaUkLu24i/s1600-h/happy-diwali-graphics4.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 367px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuFgLMO9ik3LrI3hF_1rFG5DLdygiWGh8z4rc4aOOBdHVRZFDjUW7hNHNUMyq5x5r9QNStneQitTvNKL9K_P6fhgE-Y_y2nn8cASZMRFQkPl2GrXp4U1w2RTTYq0UKPMfDzoWQaUkLu24i/s400/happy-diwali-graphics4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260670113283194178" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Happy Diwali...హ్యపీ ధీపవలి..ডিwঅলির্ শুভএcচ জনcচি..ಃಯಪ್ಪ್ಯ್ ದೀಪವಲಿ..</span>e2Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16540978614542936437noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904755075060281315.post-21595877577926338182008-10-23T00:24:00.000-07:002008-10-23T06:21:38.479-07:00Salary Hike..Money..पैसा..డబ్బు..টক..ದುಡ್ಡು.. காஸு..etc.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijCjh506EluOSwCcyS9o8kApa5TN519P3i8tY99z5L5RRgAWiwGsed2IKho0QdxHMHTPXaOeDQ_X7flJnuFjcSmnyPzJfNoBDQ2m8qr0GVxiO98u7SwCZUUQ2wdK9EUEj670hcxdoJ93WJ/s1600-h/untitled.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 139px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijCjh506EluOSwCcyS9o8kApa5TN519P3i8tY99z5L5RRgAWiwGsed2IKho0QdxHMHTPXaOeDQ_X7flJnuFjcSmnyPzJfNoBDQ2m8qr0GVxiO98u7SwCZUUQ2wdK9EUEj670hcxdoJ93WJ/s400/untitled.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260330363041978578" /></a><br /><br /><br />After talking about Pink Slip n layoffs..next thing is <span style="font-style:italic;">Salary Hike</span>.The next thing in the Newspapers was <span style="font-style:italic;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Cut </span>in Salary Hike</span><br /><br />Due to the economic crisis in US, people in India are struggling. Because Indian companies rely on them. (Its known fact)<br /><br />Salary hikes in all the companies have been brought down this year. Few companies didn't even give the hikes. Instead of giving hikes, they started laying off employees. <br /><br /><u><b>Satyam</b></u> Average hikes are expected to be about 11-12% for India-based employees compared with last years’ 16.5-18%. These hikes were supposed to happen in August (was told that they can expect 14- 15%), but even now they haven't done it.<br /><br /><u><b>TCS</b></u> announced a 10% salary hike for this fiscal, compared with 10-13% in the previous year<br /><br /><u><b>Infosys Technologies</b></u> offered a 11-13%increase against 12-15% a year ago. <br /><br /><u><b>Wipro</b></u> which normally announces salary hikes for India-based employees in the September quarter, expects raises to be in the range of 8-9%.<br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><br />People say that it will get more worse during the month of December. If it is so, what will be the situation of employees.At the same time, all these MNCs wants their employees to work for 14- 15 hrs daily. Since, there is no job security, people are forced to do. Till when, we have to face this situation :(..Wait n Watch </span>e2Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16540978614542936437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904755075060281315.post-24185872135028549272008-10-21T00:07:00.000-07:002008-10-22T02:25:49.672-07:00Pink Colour chosen by Big corporates instead of fashion in the form of Pink Slip<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXJCErDMEsQ5BQ5yXsCAEltBZo6a74YccD3_D5rpCNpUl2D3V0teDerzOPGabmW7Q_p1CZ74vLNsrXqOjwmT1nG86eYhP6a1dtBwWfBwYONjKuVTzaETdGNRab3Zk0GKRdefPzLeoA-NoB/s1600-h/untitled.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXJCErDMEsQ5BQ5yXsCAEltBZo6a74YccD3_D5rpCNpUl2D3V0teDerzOPGabmW7Q_p1CZ74vLNsrXqOjwmT1nG86eYhP6a1dtBwWfBwYONjKuVTzaETdGNRab3Zk0GKRdefPzLeoA-NoB/s400/untitled.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259507886644109634" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"> <br> <br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br> <br><br><br>For the past one month, If you are reading Newspaper or watching TV, then you might have come across the word "Pink Slip" and that too along with many big MNC's like Satyam, Wipro, Infosys, TCS and recently now Jet Airways, Kingfisher Airlines. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Few articles:<span style="font-style:italic;"></span></span><br />12/ Sep/2008 <u><b><a href="http://infotech.indiatimes.com/articleshow/3476295.cms">Satyam fires 400 employees</a></b></u><br />Hyderabad-based company has reportedly given pink slips to some 400 engineers and associates at its Hyderabad, Pune and Visakhapatnam centres. <br /><br />9/ Sep/2008 <u><b><a href="http://www.workexp.com/2008/09/09/wipro-gives-pink-slip-to-1000/">Wipro gives pink slip to 1,000</a></b></u><br />Wipro Technologies has put about 4-5 per cent of its workforce, about 2,400-3,000 employees, under the scanner for non-performance. Company sources reveal that about 1,000 employees have been asked to leave.<br /><br />No idea, what exactly this Pink Slip means and where did this concept come from. This led to write this post about Pink Slip. My next thind to do was Google about Pink Slip. Infact there is a Lingerie company by "Pink Slip" [:P] (Search Pink Slip in Google, 3r result is Pink Slip Lingerie fashion...)<br /><br />According to Wiki, Pink slip refers to the American practice, by a personnel department, of including a discharge notice (printed on pink paper) in an employee's pay envelope to notify the worker of his or her termination of employment or layoff. <br />The term is first recorded in 1906; originally the color of the paper had no particular significance. <br /><br />In the <span style="font-style:italic;">UK and Ireland</span> the equivalent of a pink slip is a <span style="font-weight:bold;">P45</span>, in <span style="font-style:italic;">Belgium</span> the equivalent is known as a <span style="font-weight:bold;">C4</span>.<br /><br />These Pink Slip was associated with Indian IT MNC's and now with Airlines. So, which is going to be the next successor of Airlines..Lets wait and see<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz-6YOOaKARzCm1lRMt_MknDqxYJUVr8pBQiw9YP_SJjQ50PZ87DXSYh_0ApjlQ_luSn6-TMzjB6aKxaLWgto3Ho6njyZeqlsZ5XzI0rezPmWLcLrmJz5cKDJFqahZQg7_jJvvZMD_84ua/s1600-h/images.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz-6YOOaKARzCm1lRMt_MknDqxYJUVr8pBQiw9YP_SJjQ50PZ87DXSYh_0ApjlQ_luSn6-TMzjB6aKxaLWgto3Ho6njyZeqlsZ5XzI0rezPmWLcLrmJz5cKDJFqahZQg7_jJvvZMD_84ua/s400/images.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259546610895890338" /></a>e2Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16540978614542936437noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904755075060281315.post-29283423217896810172008-10-19T11:27:00.000-07:002008-10-19T12:53:56.507-07:00Upaid Systems claims Fraud N Forgery on Satyam Computers<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHc5gqJLZXPftnH4itEh6BW34S5mOWTu2luW-AWQFNoDGgXd_JgENjvKKBK-Xevw80knS5tqSEyCVmJanQEXen02Oi8kmKdTbBU8Amwi6vhxILoR1eVAnw1knERVYS6prIblw95po2TTGx/s1600-h/sty-upaid.bmp"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHc5gqJLZXPftnH4itEh6BW34S5mOWTu2luW-AWQFNoDGgXd_JgENjvKKBK-Xevw80knS5tqSEyCVmJanQEXen02Oi8kmKdTbBU8Amwi6vhxILoR1eVAnw1knERVYS6prIblw95po2TTGx/s400/sty-upaid.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258955189708975746" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Abstract</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1996 </span>- Upaid developed the idea of converting any telephone into a de facto pay-phone by using a pre-paid account and a caller personal identification number. Software development was outsourced to Satyam<br /> <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1997 </span>- Reached a ‘short and relatively informal memorandum of understanding’<br /> <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1998 </span>- Upaid applied for US patent<br />Had to demonstrate 'unity of ownership' of the IP rights in its invention<br />Satyam normally transfers such rights in the products it creates for its customers, but there was no formal agreement to that effect in this instance<br />MOU was silent<br />Parties finalised an Assignment Agreement transferring Satyam's IP to Upaid for a cash consideration. This agreement referred also to a Service Agreement, for which negotiations had begun contemporaneously but which were concluded only in 1999.<br /> <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">2002</span> - Ended relationship<br />Settlement agreement superseded all previous agreements; exclusive jurisdiction of English courts<br /> <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">2005</span> - Patent infringement proceedings in Texas against Verizon, qualcomm<br />Upaid lost case due to allegedly forged documents by Satyam<br /> <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">April 2007</span> - Case filed by Upaid in Texas against Satyam<br />Pertaining to forged documents provided by Satyam<br /> <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sept 2007 </span>- Satyam – High court injunction in London<br />Counter Argument:<br />1) Upaid’s claims against it in Texas were in breach of the Settlement Agreement, which compromised all such claims<br />2) The exclusive jurisdiction clause in the Settlement Agreement meant the claims had to be brought before English courts<br /> <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">June 2008</span> ruling - Case need not be heard in England, can be heard in Texas<br /> <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">2009 </span>- Case to be heard by Texas Jury<br /><br /><b>In 1996, Upaid was a very small client in terms of project revenue for Satyam computers (i.e 8- 10 million only). But now Upaid says that the amount of losses borne because of the patent, are above USD 1 billion dollars right now. How is Satyam going to handle this situation</b><br /><br /><U><span style="font-weight:bold;">DETAIL STUDY FROM OTHER SOURCES</span></U><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">BACKGROUND</span><br />Indian IT companies (like Satyam, Infosys and Wipro) operate on a ‘services’ model - where products are created for and on behalf of other clients (such as Upaid). Thus, it is the client who owns the IP rights. When statistics of IP ownership in the Indian IT sector emerge and there is criticism (especially in domestic media) of the near-absence of such ownership, it is usually because of a lack of understanding of the fundamentals of the service model.<br /><br />This model stays afloat because of the assurance of a continuous revenue stream, and an abundance of comparatively cheap IT skills. It is little surprise then that IT in India appears to have entrenched itself in a risk-averse ethic, creating an environment that discourages innovation.<br /><br />So companies like Satyam continue to remain predominantly 'service' providers, with insignificant IPR of their own, even though their engineers develop most of the software. Given such a situation, at the very least, service-providers should ensure that their terms of reference are reasonably lucid and straightforward. The case at hand seems to have come about because of poor drafing of, or indeed the absence of proper agreements for, IP rights Assignment and general Service Agreements between Satyam and Upaid, its client company. The dispute might have been entirely avoided if there had been some foresight in the timing and drafting of agreements by both parties.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">The Case</span><br /><br />Upaid, a UK-based IT company, is a mobile payments specialist. In 1996, Upaid developed the idea of converting any telephone into a de facto pay-phone by using a pre-paid account and a caller personal identification number. <span style="font-style:italic;">Software development was outsourced to Satyam </span>and,<u> in 1997, they reached a ‘short and relatively informal memorandum of understanding’.</u><br /><br />In 1998, when Upaid went about applying for a US patent on this product, it had to demonstrate 'unity of ownership' of the IP rights in its invention. Satyam normally transfers such rights in the products it creates for its customers, but there was no formal agreement to that effect in this instance. The judgment says that the Memorandum of Understanding ‘dealt only briefly with the ownership of inventions and was silent as to any intellectual property rights’. To meet the requirements of the US Patent and Trademark Office, the parties finalised an Assignment Agreement transferring Satyam's IP to Upaid for a cash consideration. This agreement referred also to a Service Agreement, for which negotiations had begun contemporaneously but which were concluded only in 1999.<br /><br />The 1999 Service Agreement, which related to a dedicated unit at Satyam working exclusively on Upaid products, retrospectively dated the commencement of activities to September 1998 (around the time the Assignment Agreement was concluded), suggesting that the two Agreements were to be read together. The Service Agreement also contained a clause that provided for the rights to revert to Satyam in the event of non-payment for services rendered.<br /><br />All was well for some time. Satyam acquired a quarter of Upaid in a debt-equity exchange. But by 2002 their relationship had deteriorated: Upaid complained about Satyam's quality of work; Satyam said it had not been paid and that the IP rights should revert to it; there were issues about Satyam’s representation on the Upaid Board; and there were allegations of IP infringement from both sides.<br /><br />Wisdom having dawned, eventually, by the end of 2002, Satyam and Upaid finalised a Settlement Agreement under the exclusive jurisdiction of English courts. This was expressed to supersede all previous agreements.<br /><br />But there was more trouble to come. In 2005, Upaid began patent infringement proceedings in Texas against two other parties, and sought Satyam's assistance in its defence. There followed an interlude involving allegations of forgery by the Texan defendants and consequential allegations of forgery by Upaid. The alleged forgeries threatened the validity of the original Upaid patent that had been applied for in 1998. Eventually, Upaid claims, it had to settle the Texas case on unfavourable terms because of Satyam’s conduct.<br /><br />Presumably still smarting from the result of its last lawsuit, Upaid then applied to the Texas courts inter alia for damages for Satyam's alleged fraud, and for a consequent alleged breach of the Assignment Agreement of 1999.<br /><br />In the latest round, the English case brought by Satyam, an injunction was sought by Satyam. It argued that either Upaid's claims against it in Texas were in breach of the Settlement Agreement, which compromised all such claims or that the exclusive jurisdiction clause in the Settlement Agreement meant the claims had to be brought before English courts.<br /><br />The Commercial Court for England and Wales eventually refused the injunction and held that the Settlement Agreement did not deprive Upaid of future rights to sue for breach of assignment or for alleged fraud in relation to that agreement. After a lengthy discussion on the jurisdiction issue and conflict of laws generally, the court decided that the claims for damages did not concern the validity of the patent itself and there was no clause in the agreement that required these particular claims to be necessarily litigated in England.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Update till now</span><br />Now Satyam has to return to Texas to tackle the old Upaid lawsuit. At least, it should have learnt from this not to enter into MoUs that are ‘short and relatively informal’, without assessing the costs and risks of future litigation.e2Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16540978614542936437noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904755075060281315.post-67786331590035134422008-10-16T14:53:00.001-07:002008-10-16T15:51:37.884-07:00World Bank shows the EXIT door to Satyam Computers<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiaKrpOTXt02yTM0cjrvQ8IhkmeBtXOrO9oIkmbDen0DJhfcB-J0XbJ_Fw_IKm9mh6EJP28t3yVJFmRDbEbEXogVOA-0_D_dBZXxCR1QzhF9enf7Nd6i3-cAXSWwJMVRlMPFgpHFBu6Wox/s1600-h/satyam-+wb.bmp"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 20px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiaKrpOTXt02yTM0cjrvQ8IhkmeBtXOrO9oIkmbDen0DJhfcB-J0XbJ_Fw_IKm9mh6EJP28t3yVJFmRDbEbEXogVOA-0_D_dBZXxCR1QzhF9enf7Nd6i3-cAXSWwJMVRlMPFgpHFBu6Wox/s400/satyam-+wb.bmp" border="30" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257874092814270818" /></a><br /><br /><br><br><br><br><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Recently there were lot of rumors in the market regarding Satyam Computers and World Bank deal. This topic motivated me to create this blog to make an analysis on this rumors. I hope this blog will not stop @ this topic. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">About the deal </span><br /><br /><u>June 2003:</u><br />World Bank made a deal with Satyam Computers for a period of 3-5 years, where the bank will outsource $10 million worth of application development to the Hyderabad based IT firm every year<br />The World Bank-Satyam Offshore Development Center in Chennai was started with 150 dedicated staff strength, which is considered on par with 110 World Bank country offices around the world. According to the deal, Satyam delivered ERP,Java & .Net solutions(i.e. Extend Document Management and Integrated Messaging System) and the contract is for offshore services with provision for onsite projects. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Reason for the termination of the deal</span><br /><br />Major breach of the bank's treasury network in Washington was discovered in <u>April 2008</u>. The World Bank's Treasury manages $70 billion in assets for 25 clients including the central banks of some countries. It carries out substantial collaborations with the world's finance ministers on public wealth and debt management, runs an active bond-trading desk in Washington, and does everything from currency trading to capital markets financings.<br /><br />After a forensic analysis of the treasury breach, bank investigators discovered that spy software was covertly installed on workstations inside the bank's Washington headquarters, by one or more contractors from Satyam Computer Services.<br /><br />The software installed operates through a method known as keystroke logging enables every character typed on a keyboard to be transmitted to a unknown location via the Internet.<br /><br />Once this was discovered, World bank officials immediately shut off all the links between Washington and Chennai, where Satayam use to operate the bank;s sole offshore computer center, which is said to be responsible for all financial and human resources information<br /><br />Satyam is banned from any future projects with the bank.<br />This was the statements commented by World Bank Senior Executive <span style="font-style:italic;">“I want them off the premises now," -Zoellick.</span> <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">After the termination</span><br /><br />Satyam Computers comments that the story was wrong and was riddled with falsehoods and errors. “The story cites misinformation from unattributed sources and leaked e-mails that are taken out of context,” .<br />“Like other public and private institutions, the World Bank has repeatedly experienced hacking attacks on its computer systems and is constantly updating its security to defeat these,”.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Satyam has lost its brand value. Future of Satyam with this kind of reputation cannot be assured. It might loose many other existing clients and will be a difficult task to attract new clients. Considering the present industry scenario, Satyam might get more worst compared to the other IT firms</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">The information in the blog might not be true. This is analysis of information collected from many sources and news articles </span>e2Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16540978614542936437noreply@blogger.com2