TravelMay 20, 2009 10:08 am

Mysore - Abode of Royal Wodeyars

At a distance of 120 Kms from Bangalore lies the abode of untold grandeur and glory. Mysore,the capital city of the Wodeyars has always enchanted its admirers with its quaint charm,rich heritage, magnificent palaces,beautifully laid-out gardens, imposing buildings,broad shady avenues and sacred temples. There’s an old world charm about the city that reaches out and leaves no one untouched.

The Maharaja’s Palace is one of the important sights in Mysore. Built in Indo-Saracenic style with domes, turrets, arches and colonnades,the Palace is a treasure house of exquisite carvings and works of art from all over the world. Intricately carved doors open on to luxuriously furnished rooms. The majestic Durbar Hall has an ornate ceiling and many sculpted pillars. The magnificent jewel studded golden throne of the Wodeyars is displayed here during the Dasera festival. Illuminated on Sundays and public holidays ,the palace presents a spectacle of breathtaking beauty.

Wodeyars of Mysore

 

 

 Nalmadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar conducting Court

 

 Golden Footwear of wodeyar

 

 Golden Lamps

 

History of Maharajas of Mysore http://www.mysoresamachar.com/maharajasofmysore.htm

Books - Splendours of Mysore http://www.vikramsampath.com/royalmysore_release_mysore.html

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Competitive Intelligence and Marketing Strategy 8:14 am

CI - Know your Competitors!

As the world becomes more competitive and as organisations have adopted globalization, its crucial to be aware of your own strengths and weaknesses more so of your competitor to stay ahead. Organizations who have a sound strategy to  stay ahead at all times must have a well-performing radar system in order to analyse their competitors and market developments/movements, market trends,etc and to be able to identify relevant opportunities or threats on time.Competitive Intelligence is the art of always staying one step ahead of the competition.Competitive Intelligence (CI) is both a process and a product. The process of collecting, storing and analyzing information about the competitive arena results in the actionable output of intelligence ascertained by the needs prescribed by an organization.

Competitive Intelligence is the action of gathering, analyzing, and applying information about products, domain constituents, customers, and competitors for the short term and long term planning needs of an organization.CI involves Planning, Data Collection, Analysis, Communication, decision and feedback

The Ten CI Commandments 

  1. Management must support and stay behind CI and act as a mentor
  2. Keep it Simple and Smart
  3. Search for what already exists. First discover and then invent or Re-invent
  4. Store all content on a central repository for use or reuse latter
  5. Start from scratch and quickly bring out the good results
  6. First be pragmatic in approach and then boost the strategic components
  7. Get involved with Field from day one
  8. Define our clear competencies/ responsibilities
  9. Communicate
  10. Feedback

http://www.scip.org/

http://www.quantum3.co.za/CI%20Glossary.htm

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IT Management 5:47 am

Data Center

A Data center or datacenter (or datacentre), also called a server farm, is a facility used to house computer systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems.It generally includes redundant or backup power supplies, redundant data communications connections, environmental controls (e.g., air conditioning, fire suppression) and security devices.Check out some of the best Data Center products on Networkworld.com

Article http://www.networkworld.com/supp/2008/ndc6/102008-ndc-products-to-watch.html

 

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IT Management 3:17 am

Automating IT

IT automation is the buzz in today’s IT and Data Center Management. To be consistent in all situations in every time in every possible manner is the "Mantra". And it’s that consistency that then drives consistent levels of service and ensures that you’re meeting the commitments you’ve made in service level agreements to the clients.

Automation enables us to get IT delvered more faster , better and cheaper. Every vendor on the planet is trying in some way to achieve that. Automation is not something that anybody has decided to build a marketing campaign around, yet it is the wave/hype cycle of the future. It’s the only way that IT can continue to increase its value to the organization.

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