Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Taming the Dragon

One of the most persistent – and valid – charges against the Indian state by strategic analysts, over the years, has been that it’s a ‘soft state’. According to them, India has borrowed generously from Mahatma Gandhi and transformed foreign policy into the art of turning the other cheek whenever there has been a diplomatic slap. The more adventurous and bellicose of these analysts want India to learn from Israel when it comes to an uncompromising and relentless pursuit of ‘national interests’. These pundits would have Indian troops chasing terrorists across the border into Pakistan Occupied Kashmir. Fortunately for India, that kind of jingoism has not replaced hard headed pragmatic diplomacy of the type practised over the last two decades. Along with the spectacular rise in the size and status of the Indian economy since 1991, pragmatic diplomacy, too, has earned many brownie points in the global arena.
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Source: IIPM Editorial, 2007

An IIPM and Management Guru Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri's Initiative

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Wednesday, September 05, 2007

Green is money!

Suddenly, the world looks like an enlightened place, where everyone has envisaged the importance of going green. While the moral responsibility to become environment friendly should be compelling enough, it is the moolah that is in fact driving the green spirits of global IT giants. In its quest to save cash (read billions of dollars) on energy costs, IBM has recently announced its decision to invest nearly $1 billion every year in Green Technologies.

Christened as “Project Green”, IBM has devised a 5 stage programme that helps IT companies save almost 42% of their data centre energy consumption. This implies that Unites States would be able to save 7,439 tonnes of carbon emissions every year on deployment of Project Green! IBM is presently rescuing Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), which is estimating an 80% reduction in its energy use by shifting to IBM ‘System p servers’. “We are providing clients, the IBM action plan to make their data centres fully utilised and energy efficient,” says Mike Daniels, senior VP, IBM Global Technology Services.
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Source: IIPM Editorial, 2007

An IIPM and Management Guru Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri's Initiative

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