Dear all, The CSI eNewsletter for Mar & Apr 2013 (combined issue) can be accessed at http://www.csi-chennai.org/csi-enl/csi-enl-2013-04-01.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 Organization of the Future, and it’s Impact on IT -- The legal and commercial risks and issues to consider when managing emails -- Google Apps v. Office 365 summary: Which is better -- 10 considerations for BYOD cost/benefit analysis -- What Is Crowdfunding And How Does It Benefit The Economy -- Scientists use 3-D printing to help grow an ear -- Video: India 3.0 IT And Education -- Internet freedom in a world of states -- What ails India inc’s executives? -- Inspiring interview with Dr. Vinton G Cerf, Father of Internet -- eBook: Definitive Guide to Next-Generation Threat Protection -- Apple fan launches new blog, YouTube channel -- Virtual learning spaces -- 7 Innovative Solutions to CAPTCHA User Attention -- Webinar: Information Optimization and the Disruptive Power of Big Data -- Video: Insight Into Depression – Sadhguru (11 min 30 secs) -- Evaluating Agile and Scrum with Other Software Methodologies -- Priming Kanban -- Top 40 CRM Vendor report -- Researchers achieve breakthrough in spin storage -- The CS Cloud Computing Special Technical Community (CS CCSTC) -- Video: IT and Masses in India -- Mark Twain Awards for Travel support -- Cicero's philosophy -- 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: Estimating Software Costs (TMH) -- Book: Internet Marketing: An Hour A Day (Wiley India) -- Book: Know Your English (Vol. 1): Idioms and their stories (Universities Press): -- Book: Listening Skills (Universities Press) -- Book: Semantic Web Services (Springer) -- Book: The Art of Agile Practice: A Composite Approach for Projects and Organizations (CRC Press) -- About the CSI-eNewsletter -- Contributions to CSI-eNewsletter Volunteers to CSI-eNewsletter: CSI eNewsletter is looking for volunteers to take up compiling information, editing and managing the newsletter generation and distribution. Those interested may please email their interest along with their profile to the editor at hrmohan.csi@gmail.com InfoQuiz–2013-04-01 ================ (TEN Prizes to Win – FOUR Prizes of Rs. 500/- each and SIX books) 1. “Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web” is now known as ------. 2. Name the 1st Indian to sign up for the Giving Pledge, a forum of wealthy people to pledge for Philanthropy 3. Which course taken by Steve Jobs helped him to excel in his products at Apple? 4. Three Vs of BIG DATA are Volume, Velocity, and ------ 5. RIM (Research In Motion), the company which makes BlackBerry range of smart phones has been renamed as ------ Email your answers by 30th Apr 2013 to csi.infoquiz@gmail.com with subject “infoquiz-2013-04-01”. Please provide your name, designation, company/institution, full postal address (to send the prize) and the contact phone nos. after the answers. There are TEN prizes to win. TWO prizes of Rs. 500/= each by SRA Systems (www.srasys.com) and TWO prizes of Rs. 500/= each by VictoryMind Educare Services. SIX 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), Springer (www.springer.com), and CRC Press (www.crcpress.com). Answers along with the winners’ info will be published in the next issue. Answers & Winners of InfoQuiz-2013-02-01 ========================== 5th Feb 2013, MIT (JSTOR), Google, Graph Search, Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud Rs. 500/= from SRA Systems: P. Spandana (Anantapur) & T. Sai Sahitya (Eluru) Rs. 500/= from VictoryMind Edu Services: Liny Varghese (Kochi) & P. Thirumurthy (Coimbatore) Book from Tata McGraw Hill Education Pvt Ltd: Arti Ahirwar (Gwalior) Book from Wiley India Pvt Ltd: I.Kirubha Shangari (Coimbatore) Book from Pearson: V. Priya (Chennai) Book from SPD: Ishuita Sen Gupta (Moradabad) Book from Universities Press: Sumit Kumar Manna (Kolkata) Book from Springer: A. Ramesh Kumar (Chennai) Book from CRC Press: G.R Srivathsan (Chennai) Book from Wiley: Manju Mittal (Pune) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.