Dear all, The 24th issue (Volume 2. issue 8) of CSI eNewsletter dt. 1st Jul 2011 is ready and can be accessed at http://www.csi-chennai.org/csi-enl/csi-enl-2011-07-01.pdf and also at the CSI KM Portal http://www.csi-india.org/web/csi/enewsletter For the archives of this newsletter, pl. visit http://www.csi-chennai.org/csi-enl/csi-enl-archives.htm or at http://www.csi-india.org/web/csi/archives You are free to forward this mail to your contacts who may like the information presented in the mail. Pl. note that the next issue dt. 1st Aug 2011 will be delayed. With regards HR Mohan Chairman, Div IV, CSI & eNewsletter Committee, IEEE CS & PCS Madras http://infoforuse.blogspot.com/ Contents ======= -- Seven principles for selecting software packages -- Trojans in India’s Cyber Security -- 5 Myths About the “Information Age” -- Improving Software Usability: A Manager's Guide -- Critical Communications for Business -- Moving from Legacy Systems to Cloud Computing -- An open cloud -- TLC for Teachers -- Nine gotchas to heed before diving in cloud development -- Video: Information Technology Opportunities in the Energy Sector -- Video: The Future of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence -- Why there's no Nobel Prize in Computing -- Webcast: A Common Sense Approach to Windows 7 migration -- The green IT stars of 2010 -- The hottest IT skills are non-certified -- 11 ways to promote infographics -- 7 Shortcuts to Losing Your Data (and Probably Your Job) -- Selecting a Programming Language -- Announcements -- ICT Events -- ICT News: Voices & Views -- ICT News: Government, Compliance -- ICT News: IT Manpower, Staffing & Top Moves -- ICT News: Company News: Tie-ups, Joint Ventures, New Initiatives -- Book: Personality Development and Soft Skills -- Book: Fundamentals of Ethics for Scientists and Engineers -- Book: Enterprise Multiplatform Auditing -- Book: Developing Analytical Skills -- Book: Information Systems Security -- Book: Game Design Foundations -- About the CSI-eNewsletter -- Contributions to CSI-eNewsletter -- eNewsletter Committee InfoQuiz–2011-07-01 (EIGHT Prizes to Win – SIX Books & TWO Awards of Rs. 500/-) ========================================== 1. Name the ATM card aimed to target no frills account holders in collaboration with banks being launched by The National Payment Corporation of India Ltd. 2. Name the cloud service recently launched by Apple Inc. 3. Identify the company whose tagline is “Work. Online” 4. Name the Japanese supercomputer which has overtaken the China’s Tianhe-1A supercomputer as the world’s fastest computer as per Top 500 list released on 20th Jun 2011. 5. Infosys was started with an initial investment of Rs. ------ Email your answers by 20th Jul 2011 to csi.infoquiz@gmail.com with subject “infoquiz-2011-07-01”. Please provide your name, designation, company/institution, full postal address (to send the prize) and the contact phone nos. after the answers. The first person to answer correctly and one randomly selected lucky winner will be awarded Rs. 500/= each by SRA Systems (www.srasys.com). Oxford University Press (www.oup.co.in), Shroff Publishers & Distributors Pvt Ltd (www.shroffpublishers.com), Wiley India Pvt Ltd (www.wileyindia.com) and Jones and Bartlett India Pvt Ltd (www.jblearning.com) will present the books which are briefly reviewed above. In all, there will be EIGHT prizes – TWO cash prizes of Rs. 500/- each and SIX prizes of one book each. Answers along with the winner info will be published in the next issue. Answers & Winners of InfoQuiz-2011-06-01 =============================== Paul Allen, False, Wipro, K.V. Kamath, Kaspersky Labs Awards of Rs. 500/= each from SRA Systems: Mr. J. Jerald Inico from Chennai and Mr. Abhishek Pandey from Visakapatnam. Two books from Oxford University Press: “Online Marketing: A customer led approach” to Ms. Yogita Randive from Pune & “Quality Management” to Ms. Geethalakshmi Balaji from Chennai. Two books from Shroff Publishers & Distributors Pvt Ltd: “The Art of Creative Destruction - Illustrated Software Testing & Test Automation” to Ms. Sweta K. Mittal from Ahmedabad & “Break Your Negative Attitude” to Ms. S. Ameena from Dharmavaram. One book from Wiley India Pvt Ltd: “Cyber Security: Understanding Cyber Crimes, Computer Forensics and Legal Perspectives” to Mr. B. Sundaram from Chennai. One from Infycareer Pvt Ltd: “Road to Success - Project Management & PMP” to Ms. Manjusha Gupta from Mumbai. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.