Towards Cost Effective Data Centers

Data Centers are sub organizations within an IT organization and form an integral part of e-enabled services infrastructure. Their effectiveness is essential for effectiveness of overall IT organization leading to efficient and effective delivery of e-services. Data Center organizations aim for Organizational Effectiveness. Many factors and measures can contribute to Organizational Effectiveness of Data Centers. This paper presents some of the findings from a research study on “Select aspects of Organizational Effectiveness of Data Centers”. As an outcome of this study, amongst other measures, Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) was derived as a critical measure for effective Data Centers. Lower TCO leads to cost effective Data Centers, leading to overall effectiveness. In this paper, we briefly introduce various measures of Data Centers’ Organizational Effectiveness and present a detailed analysis of Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) as a key measure of Data Centers’ Organizational Effectiveness. We also present various factors contributing to reduced TCO and a comparison between the factors contributing to TCO for Government and Corporate Data Centers

India: diálogos múltiples

The paper explores the origin of the dialogue form in India and its roots in traditional knowledge, discusses the meaning of dialogue and its role in the making of India today, and notes that longitudinal thinking could prove an effective mechanism for discussing and understanding differences. Dialogues when suspended may escalate conflict to irreversible levels, yet India’s multiple diversities have managed to co-exist because a unity has been created through this tradition of dialoguing, and its success as a nation, at various levels, has lied in its ability to adapt its rich tradition of dialoguing to contemporary [email protected] trabajo discute el origen del diálogo en India y sus raíces en el conocimiento tradicional, discute el significado del diálogo y su rol en la construcción de India hoy, y señala que el pensamiento longitudinal puede resultar un mecanismo efectivo para discutir y entender las diferencias. La falta de diálogo puede incrementar los conflictos a niveles irreversibles; sin embargo, las múltiples diversidades de India han logrado coexistir porque usando esta tradición de diálogo se ha creado una unidad, y su éxito como nación, en varios niveles, ha radicado en su capacidad de adaptar su tradición a los retos contemporáneos

Patent Activity by Patent Agents in India

142-148Post TRIPS and WTO India’s journey to intellectual property compliance has not been an easy one. In particular patent reform has been triggered by panel rulings against India in the dispute settlement body that articulate the ambivalent approach followed by the government. ¹ As there is some evidence of the tumultuous activity at the government level², it is worthwhile to examine patent activity effectively taking place. A patent is granted by the national patent office as patent law is territorial in its application while the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) administers Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) provides for the filing of a single international patent application which has the same effect as national applications filed in several designated countries. Patent activity may be examined in a number of ways: Study of industry that is involved in patenting, information from the patent office, etc. In this paper, an analysis of the activity of patent agents’ has been undertaken to determine the extent and type of patent activity taking place in the country