Enterprise Content Integration strategy: Wachovia's case study

http://gilbane.com/case_studies_pdf/CTW_Wachovia_Final.pdf
This explains the challenges faced by Wachovia during enterprise content integration and the benefits thereof to the business units.
Aptly said by the analyst, today's large enterprises host multiple disparate content sources. If these are integrated to provide a seamless access to users, it enables them to service customers faster, focus more on business decisions and improves collective competitiveness of business user community.
This example also shows how IS acts a service provider to business units in creating "acquisition ready" systems and how these units can achieve ROI by investing in IS initiatives.

Content Technology Works (CTW) does a great job of sharing enterprise best practices in the area of enterprise content management. Though this whitepaper is backdated, it concisely describes the enterprise content integration strategy. The situation, factors and road map to solution is put together very well. It includes couple of layer diagrams to drive the point.

Wachovia’s CAS: Harnessing the Value of Multiple Content Repositories Across a Large Enterprise
http://gilbane.com/case_studies_pdf/CTW_Wachovia_Final.pdf

"Manmohana" by Jitesh Lakhwani from animated 'Little Krishna'

Very well animated and sung by Jitesh Lakhwani. One can find it from below link. Looking forward to a malayalam and sanskrit versions of this movie. The animation movies have come a long way in India.

'Little Krishna' episodes and movies of same nature are fun filled experience for kids and grown-ups alike.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J7x3Wdeb10

Usthad Hotel(2012)

Rating 3.95/5
Malayalam

"Usthad Hotel" is amongst  my top 3 malayalam movies of 2012. It scores a notch better than "Run Baby Run"(2012).  It's a  story that encourages the youth to succeed by identifying their innate competencies [cooking in this case]. This film also captures the relationship between a grandfather(Tilakan) and grandson(Salman Dulquer) in unique way.  It shows the passage of worldly wisdom from older generation to younger one in this modern society. Though generations pass-by the success mantras have not changed; in new form the old techniques are still useful. This is knowledge wasnt understood well by first generation, but was captured well with hands-on practice by new generation. The films also carries several important social messages including work for betterment of socially destitute.

Tilakan's(late) presence is the unquestionable cornerstone of success in this film. Acting in one of his last movies before he died in late 2012. The mannerisms of small hotel owner and expressions of  in depth worldly wisdom gained over years of experience in cooking is well captured.
The newcomer Salman Dulquer, plays a good role. He's promising young actor but would have to add more acting skills else would quickly be dubbed as repeater. The character  inspite of being a Swiss trained chef needed to work tirelessly at grassroots amongst poorest in India. Salman was seen working hard towards it, much to the liking of audience :-)
Overall good music (expect one song) and a Kozhikode muslim community flavour to it, making this one of the best Malayalam films of 2012.
 

Run Baby Run(2012)

Rating 3.9/5
Malayalam

"Run Baby Run" is amongst my top 3 Malayalam movies in 2012. With an excellent plot in hand, this movie keeps developing it at a fast pace as the story moves on, providing a near thriller experience to the viewer. Good film direction and acting by both lead roles viz. Mohanlal and Amala Paul. This film depicts the sensational journalism of todays TV news media and the cut throat competition amongst field reporters. The greed for money and fame causes the resporters and associated professionals to double-cross each other to the extent of falling into traps of vested black characters whom they were originally reporting on.

Read "Linear Algebra Demystified - Edition 3 by David McMahon"

Read this book recently, to refresh the dive into improving quantitative analaytical skills.  After a sabbatical for over a decade,  this was a refreshing excercise. Few weeks back, I'd decided  to started with whatever I could lay my hands on first,  found this from local library and completed this as a week long project. In this book the examples are laid out very well  and I got to learn some new concepts as well. Will solve the complete question bank when i get time in future.

Linear Algebra Demystified - by David McMahon

TOGAF 9 Certified for Enterprise Architecture!!

I'm TOGAF 9 Certified now. Waiting for this day for past 4 years, finally the dogged efforts of past 6 months have come very handy in succeeding. As a TOGAF practitioner, it's my firm belief that
Enterprises always evolve and migrate through series of milestones during its maturity cycle. Very excited about the upcoming Enterprise Architecture oppurtunities to demonstrate the maturity curve and be part of successful Enterprises..
http://www.opengroup.org/togaf9/cert/

Liked "Agile Engineering Practices by Neal Ford"

 
http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920020271.do#

The "Agile Engineering Practices by Neal Ford" is a good primer into agile methodology and kickstarts you right into it. Its a marathon 7 hr video, spread across chapters and laid out very well. I liked this workshop as it complements with other reading material on Agile methodologies.