There are some companies you appreciate, there are some you dislike, and there are some whom you adore in one area but don’t exactly want to praise in other contexts.

Google is one such company. While its search is arguably a must-use, it is not exactly hot when it comes to browsers. And now, it is taking up the ‘the browser is the operating system’ concept too seriously and creating its own OS, called Chrome.

It is perhaps not at all surprising that both the browser and the OS have the same name. And it is also not surprising to hear that “Google Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight operating system that will initially be targeted at net books,” as Sundar Pichai, VP (product management) and Linus Upson, engineering director, wrote in a blog posting.

This is a throwback to the days of the dot-com, when companies like Netscape and Oracle came up with concepts like the NC or the network computer, which shares some parallels with the Google Chrome OS, at least conceptually.

Of course, we have to say one thing in the intervening ten years, bandwidth has improved considerably, so the idea may hold some water today, which means that one cannot just dismiss Google’s initiative.

But, anytime one discusses something like the OS, we have to remember that lay users don’t use an operating system or a computer they use applications like word processors and spread sheets. And to users like you and me, the browser is just one of the applications we use to get our work done.

Granted, some of the applications we use today are bloated, and we could get work done more efficiently if they were more streamlined and loaded faster. But this said, the fastest connection is always bound to be to the hard disk of your own PC, followed by the local server and the Web. Even with broadband, your hard disk is still the fastest way to get things done.

It is always hard in the IT field to dethrone the current champion because people have got used to doing things in a particular way.

Even in these of high-end connectivity and broadband, people are comfortable with having a powerful PC with both a fat pipe to the Internet and an even fatter hard disk containing data and programs that can be accessed without recourse to the Web.

And since this is what people are comfortable with, we can safely say that, while Google’s Chrome OS is definitely a welcome idea, its chances of dethroning Microsoft are extremely small.

Unemployed? Not to worry, here is some news which I’d like to share, surprisingly stressing on the optimism of the IT sector.

Placement agency says Indians will fill the demand of global IT infrastructure management services, which will be outsourced to India.

For those who think the IT industry is fast loosing its sheen as a prospective employer, there’s some good news. Experts say that offshore IT infrastructure management services will turn the present gloom to boom.

“The recent trend in the knowledge services sector has given India the epithet of the ‘back office’ of the world.
Now, a new thrust by the Indian software services players in the IT infrastructure management space could see India becoming the nerve centre of the world’s networks. But to support the same, it needs the right talent pool,” said Dr Uma Ganesh, CEO, Global Talent Track.

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The potential in the infrastructure management outsourcing space is close to the total IT space addressed by the India payers. Said Sudin Apte, country manager, Forrester Research, said, “The total IT services space that Indian players have addressed is close to $138 billion. Mainframe-related outsourcing is a $29 billion market. Network-related outsourcing is a $7 billion market, while the desktop outsourcing market is an $18 billion market. Add to this the distributed environment related outsourcing market, estimated to be close to $57 billion. If you sum up the numbers, you would see that it comes to $111 billion, close to the same market size Indian players have been addressing over the years with falling margins.”

This opportunity will translate into creating various jobs across functions like data centre managers and technical support executives, informed Dr Ganesh.

She said that due to increasing incidences that threatened the security of various applications, security professionals are in great demand. “After recent attempts to hack various online applications, there is a heightened sense of security. Adding to it is the complexity of applications that is increasing day by day, as large numbers of users are using the same applications, which were once created for a limited number of users.

This has resulted in pressure on the database, which is stored in one system,” she said.

Dr Ganesh added, “Professionals in public sector banking, insurance and e-governance specialists are also in demand.”

~*~Types Of Girls~*~ Girls explained in IT terms :

HARD DISK GIRLS:
she remembers everything, FOREVER

RAM GIRLS:
she forgets about you, the moment you turn her off

WINDOW GIRLS:
everyone knows that she can’t do a thing right, but no one can live
without her.

SCREENSAVER GIRLS:
She is good for nothing but at least she is fun

INTERNET GIRLS:
Difficult to access

SERVER GIRLS:
Always busy when you need her.

MULTIMEDIA GIRLS:
She makes horrible things look beautiful

CD-ROM GIRLS:
She is always faster and faster.

EMAIL GIRLS:
Every ten things she says, eight are nonsense .

VIRUS GIRLS:
Also known as “wife” when you are not expecting her, she comes, installs herself and uses all your resources. If you try to uninstall her you will lose something, if don’t try to uninstall her you will lose everything…