From the CTO Desk - September 10 - 15, 2012

In this week edition, we covered a bunch!! Here are the highlights!!

1. World's First Laptop!!
2. Amazing Facts About Google Maps!!
3. Cloud Computing – Cool Tidbits!!
4. HTML5 – Offline & Storage
5. Cogzidel’s 4th Anniversary!!
6. This is what we call it as TEAM WORK!!
7. Star(s) of the week!!! - Featuring Janmejoy, Nagaraj & Deepak
8. Team of the week!!!

Hope you will enjoy this weeks edition.

Stay tuned!!

Regards,
Sam K

Transcript

1. From  the  CTO  Desk September 10 – 15, 2012
2. World’s  First  Laptop!! Bill Moggridge, a top British industrial designer created the 1st laptop in 1979. The world 1st laptop Grid Compass (shown above) was initially used by the US Military before it went to hit the retail market. Bill has died on September 11, 2012 after losing a battle against cancer. May his soul rest in peace L Please take a moment to pray for his soul who is one of the pioneers in Mobile Computing…
3. Amazing  Facts  About  Google  Maps!! How much data has Google Maps accumulated so far?! • Google maps has over 20 petabytes of satellite + aerial + street level imagery data, which is equal to approximately 21 million gigabytes (GB) !! How often the maps images are getting updated?! • Averagely, aerial & satellite images are updated every 2 weeks. • Street View images are updated as quickly as possible, though Google wasn't able to offer specific schedules, due to its dependence on factors such as weather, driving conditions, etc. Does Google blurs every individual face captured in the Street View?! • In a effort to protect people privacy, Google employs automatic face & license plate blurring technology to blur the individual face • There is also an option available for users for requesting additional blurring What type of camera is used for Street View? • The Street View camera systems have 15 lenses & can produce photos at about 65 megapixel resolution!! That’s really cool J
4. Cloud  Computing  –  Cool  Tidbits!! By 2015, the Internet will connect 2.5 Billion people & more than 15 billion devices!! Wow! That’s a real big number J More than 2% of electricity in the U.S. is consumed by datacenters!! Did you know that for every 600 smartphones or 120 tablets, a new server is added to the cloud?! 90% of Microsoft’s 2011 R&D budget was spent on cloud computing strategy & products 64% of the companies have reduced waste & has low energy consumption levels after shifting to Cloud Computing. 65%  of  the  US  companies  shifted  to  cloud  in  2011 80%  of  the  companies  have  experienced  immense  progress   just  within  half  year  i.e.  just  6  months  after  moving  to  cloud. About  14%  of  the  companies  have  downsized  their  IT  after   cloud  adoption Half  of  the  U.S.  government  IT  workers  say  that  they  have   moved  their  work  to  the  cloud
5. HTML5  –  Offline  &  Storage HTML5 introduced many storage APIs that let you store a large amount of data locally in your users' browsers.. Because of this, Web Apps can start faster & work even if there is no internet connection!! Like cookies, this data persists even after you navigate away from the web site, close your browser tab, exit your browser etc., This is indeed a very cool feature… Unlike cookies, offline data is never transmitted to the remote web server (unless you go out of your way to send it manually). Unlike all previous attempts at providing persistent local storage, it is implemented natively in web browsers, so it is available even when third-party browser plugins are not.
6. Cogzidel’s  4th  Anniversary!! We all had a blast at Cogzidel’s 4th Anniversary Celebrations at Madurai!! Couple of highlights from the event.. •  Our VP Sales Balakrishnan has been inducted to Board of Directors & also titled as Co-founder of the company! •  SenthilGanesh has been promoted as Operations Manager •  Lot of fun filled team games were played & our CEO Anand’s team snatched championship! •  Our COO Major Karthik did a fantastic job of organizing the event & the entertainment!! We can’t forget your Billa 3 Teaser Major!! •  You can go to hVp://Y.me/1jf7ZIkCl    for  viewing  those  Cherishing   moments!!
7. This  is  what  we  call  it  as  TEAM  WORK!! Last week, we had a couple of Hackathon Online Test session @ our Chennai Centre & boy it was a fun n memorable ride!!! Session went for 3 hours at a stretch… The kind of unity they showed & demonstrated has made us to see & feel them as a one strong team called Cogzians J Everybody jumped in & collaborated like a breeze & we ended up the Hackathon Session in flying colors!! Thanks to Senthil Kumar, Assistant Manager - Sales for being instrumental to the Big Collaboration drive!!
8. Star(s)  of  the  week!!! Janmejoy  –  Mobile  Developer,  Cogzidel     Janme’s  2  magical  words  ‘iPhone  Orienta<on’  which  he   u5ered  during  a  SCRUM  session  had  helped  our  CSS   Developer  A.D.Karthik  to  solve  a  cri@cal  4  day  UI   challenge!!     It  was  rightly  said  that  ‘Solu@on  is  right  behind  you’  as   Janme  sat  right  behind  Karthik  J     Thanks  Janme!  You  &  SCRUM  rocked!!   Nagaraj,  Team  Leader  &  Deepak,  Core  Leader,   Cogzidel     Kudos  to  Cobra  King  Nagaraj  &  Deespark!  for  their   sheer  spirit  &  approach  towards  hun@ng  down  the   malware  that  resided  in  one  of  our  Premium   Client’s  websites.       Good  Job  Folks!!      
9. Team  of  the  week!!! 3 Cheers for our QAQC Team who rocked with back-to-back Online Software Testing Certifications & came out with flying colors!! We are now Elance & oDesk Certified Software Testing Professionals!! Elance •  Score – 8 out of 10 •  Ranked in Top 10% oDesk •  Score – 3.6 out of 5 •  Ranked in Top 10% Prestigio Folks!! Thumbs Up! In the Photo – From Left to Right – Shiva, Ranga, Sathya, Kanmani & Anitha
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