State of Play Review – Folks, Go for It

What’s not to like about State of Play. All ye naysaying cretins, speak out now or forever hold your tongue. A fine thriller set at the intersection of Washington politics, investigative journalism, murder, extra-marital romance and an evil defense contractor, State of Play is the must watch movie of this season. Featuring a solid screenplay […]

McKinsey Throws Cold Water on Cloud Computing

Like client-server computing in the early 1990s, Java in the mid-1990s and e-business in the late 1990s, cloud computing is the buzz IT phrase of this era. Hailed as the panacea for all IT ailments starting from ballooning IT infrastructure costs to the shortage of talented IT workers, cloud computing is supposed to take us to the […]

Word of the Day – Myrmidon

Myrmidon, a synonym for hireling or loyal follower, comes to English from Greek. The original myrmidons were followers of King Achilles (he of the Achilles heel) in the Trojan war. Myrmidon is often used in a pejorative way to refer to a follower who obeys orders without asking any questions. Example: The BJP’s myrmidons would think […]

Nikesh Arora is Google’s New Global Sales & Business Development Chief; Google Keeps Printing $$ in Q1

Nikesh Arora is search giant Google’s new worldwide sales and business development chief and the top ranking desi at the company. Nikesh, who was previously chief of Google’s International Operations, replaces Omid Kordestani who has taken on a new role as Senior Advisor, Office of the CEO and Founders. Google said today that in his new […]