Dear all, The CSI eNewsletter of May 2013 (combined issue) can be accessed at http://www.csi-chennai.org/csi-enl/csi-enl-2013-05-01.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. =============================================== Primer on CSI History – An Appeal As Computer Society of India (CSI) will be turning 50 in 2015, a series of Golden Jubilee events/activities are planned in the coming two years. There is a proposal to have a curtain raiser in Jun/Jul 2013 at Delhi. In this context, a primer on "CSI History” -- highlighting the significant milestones of CSI from its inception is being brought out. To facilitate the compilation/preparation of this primer, inputs are requested from members and all who have been associated with CSI at various capacities at the chapter, regional, national and international levels. Kindly provide us with all possible information relevant to this primer as write-ups, documents, publications, photographs and in all other forms at your earliest. While soft copies of the inputs can be sent to by email to csi.history@gmail.com the hard copies (documents/publications/photos/) may pl. be sent to: Director – Education, Computer Society of India, Education Directorate, CIT Campus, IV Cross Road, Taramani, Chennai – 600 113. Ph: +91-44-2254 1102 / 1103 / 2874. After use, they will be returned back to you if desired. We request your immediate support in this activity as the lead-time for the primer preparation is quite short. =============================================== With regards HR Mohan Editor -- CSI eNewsletter http://infoforuse.blogspot.com/ Contents ======= -- The first 20 years of Wired: 1993-2013 -- How to advance your IT career in one simple step -- OK, so stick with Windows XP: But how big a risk do you run -- 12 Must-Do PC Tasks -- Mastering digital business -- The 21st Century Data Center Special Feature -- Best Readings in Green Communications -- How Green is Your IT? -- A Computer Weekly buyer’s guide to green computing -- Green computing energy efficiency guide -- How Mobility Is Changing the Enterprise -- CIO Playbook: How Mobility Can Transform Your Business -- Big data: What’s your plan? -- The coming era of ‘on-demand’ marketing -- Five routes to innovative problem solving -- Wi-Fi Network Technology Technical View -- 40 Gigabit Ethernet: The Migration Begins -- MOOCs and the Meta Campus -- Video: 7 Skills students need for their future -- Video: The World in 2030 -- Video: Eric Schmidt on disruptive technologies -- MBA Exam Questions through the Ages -- Announcements -- ICT Events -- ICT News: Voices & Views -- ICT News: Telecom, Govt, Policy, Compliance -- ICT News: IT Manpower, Staffing & Top Moves -- ICT News: Company News: Tie-ups, Joint Ventures, New Initiatives -- Book: Quick Test Professional: covers QTP 9.2, 9.5, 10.00 and 11.00 (TMH) -- Book: Android Design Patterns: Interaction Design Solutions for Developers (Wiley India) -- Book: Know Your English (Vol. 2): Words Frequently Confused (Universities Press) -- Book: Introduction to Soft Computing: Neuro-Fuzzy and Genetic Algorithms (Pearson Education) -- Book: Cloud Enterprise Architecture (CRC Press) -- About the CSI-eNewsletter -- Contributions to CSI-eNewsletter -- Volunteers to CSI-eNewsletter InfoQuiz–2013-05-01 =============== (SEVEN Prizes to Win – TWO Prizes of Rs. 500/- each and FIVE books) 1. What is Bitcoin 2. MariaDB is an open source database developed based on ------ 3. The combination of Smartphone and Tablet in a single device is known as ------ 4. Angry Birds : Pigs = Angry Anna : ------ 5. Graph Search, recently introduced by Facebook considers FOUR core points and they are: People, Places, Photos and ------ Email your answers by 10th Jun 2013 to csi.infoquiz@gmail.com with subject “infoquiz-2013-05-01”. Please provide your name, designation, company/institution, full postal address (to send the prize) and the contact phone nos. after the answers. There are SEVEN prizes to win. TWO prizes of Rs. 500/= each by SRA Systems (www.srasys.com). FIVE prizes will be in the form of books which are briefly reviewed in this edition of the newsletter. They are being offered by Tata McGraw Hill Education Pvt. Ltd (www.tmhshop.com/), Wiley India Pvt. Ltd (www.wileyindia.com), Universities Press (www.universitiespress.com), Pearson Education (http://www.pearsoned.co.in), and CRC Press (www.crcpress.com). Answers along with the winners’ info will be published in the next issue. Answers & Winners of InfoQuiz-2013-04-01 Yahoo!, Azim Premji, Calligraphy, Variety, BlackBerry Rs. 500/= from SRA Systems: Karan Dev (Delhi) & K. Shivani (Anantapur) Rs. 500/= from VictoryMind Edu Services: M. Bhuvaneshwari (Bangalore) & S. Rajini (Coimbatore) Book from Tata McGraw Hill Education Pvt Ltd: B. Suraj Aravind (Visakapatnam) Book from Wiley India Pvt Ltd: Nivedita Kulkarni (Pune) Books from Universities Press: Anurag Jagetiya (Bhilwara) & TK Gireesh Kumar (Hyderabad) Book from Springer: Maruthupandi Kathiresan (Chennai) Book from CRC Press: M. Prasanth (Chennai) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.