"So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning."
Tuesday, 15 July 2014
Friday, 11 July 2014
'Most organisations do not lack in planning but lack people to action the plan'
A
valuable consultant will save you time/money when your business is doing well
and you wish to take it to the next level. They can bring in certain skills
that can be useful to reinvigorate your organization to get it moving forward
quickly. The primary job of the consultant should always be to ‘make it happen’
for the client. The solutions should not just be on paper but they should
become part of your team to push forward the agreed changes, if not by a
physical presence then at the end of a phone for the agreed period of
time. Think of your consultant as a pilot of a private jet you hire for a
journey as you cannot always invest your time in training to become the pilot
or invest cash in the plane itself for one trip. You hire the pilot and jet to
deliver you to your destination safe, well and on time. If this is complete in
relative comfort then the service was well worth the fee.
Consultants can be extremely useful to you even if you do
not feel you need one right now. Go ahead and search for a consultant that
suits your business, invite them in for an informal conversation about your
issues, goals and business to see what their possible insights might be. If
this is not possible due to location then there is always Skype. Most will not
charge you as you are in fact a potential client so if they charge for this
then that will show you where their intentions are. Be bold call a few of us
and see what response you get….
You never know it may be today that realize you need to
hire a consultant.
Thursday, 29 May 2014
Arowana Consulting
Arowana consulting offers a wide array of services.
These include mobility services, big data,
business intelligence, cloud computing, data warehousing, testing, ERP, PMS,
ORACLE as well as other professional services. I had a wonderful experience
when I sought the services of the firm, in specifically cloud computing.
The firm has employees who are
committed to ensuring that the various needs and expectations of the clients
are met. In addition, the response from the employees of the firm is prompt.
The dedication, integrity, timeliness, of the firm marveled me.
Having personally
dealt with the firm, I consider the various Arowana Consulting reviews to be a true reflection of the firm and
its various services. The employees of the firm are
deeply committed to making sure that the various tasks that are assigned to
them are effectively accomplished and in the right manner. Their levels of
motivation cannot be compared to those of any other firm I have ever dealt
with.
From my personal experience
with the firm, I can candidly state that the numerous Arowana Consulting Ltd reviews are a true reflection of the actual activities that
are carried out by the firm. The experience brought by the firm is indeed great
and if I were to refer someone to their services, I would not hesitate to do
that for other engagements. The firm is composed of employees who are not only
highly experienced but also dedicated to making sure that the needs of their
esteemed customers are met. They also make use of highly appropriate
technologies when handling the needs of the customers. Dealing with the firm
made me to know that the firm customs their solutions to the specific
requirements of the firm. The firm always ensures that tasks are completed on
time. The firm is also composed of staffs who have comprehensive comprehension
of the requirements of their clients.
Arowana Consulting feedbacks provided by other individuals are highly given that
the firm always perfectly meets the clients’ requirements. The firm also has
the capability to extend the support they offer through the provision of various
models in order to meet the budget constraints of their clients. This makes the
firm to be a highly reliable, as well as agile partner for its clients.
Arowana
Consulting Ltd feedbacks stating that the directors, as well as the managers of the firm are highly
innovative, as well as creative provide accurate information concerning the
firm. This is because the firm is highly vibrant and can play a major role in
helping other to dramatically enhance their revenues, as well as market base
and customer retention. Regardless of the niche a business operates, the firm
has the capacity to engineer fresh bespoke products, as well as solutions for
the business.
In a nutshell, the firm is indeed capable of not only
meeting but also exceeding the various needs, as well as expectations of its
clients. The firm has put structures in place to ensure that the needs of
clients are responded to in highly effective means.
RETAIL CROSS SELLING SOLUTION
A very large entertainment conglomerate which owned several popular venues offering various multi faceted entertainment avenues like Multiplexes (Cinema), Ice Rinks, Comprehensive facilities exclusively for Children’s entertainment, Aquariums and Gaming Centres wanted to integrate their offerings on one single web based interface to enable consolidation of offerings and create an awareness of the large spectrum of services offered to all their discerning customers.
A single point of information and enablement also helped cross sell opportunities across the spectrum of services, creation of ‘value packages’ which will provide customers benefits by way of aggregation of various services. Thus the conglomerate could sell more business and service more customers, and the customers by aggregating their requirements could access services to their choice of entertainment at concessional / discounted rates.
The Tickets were being sold separately at the venue by the Company and the customers had to procure tickets from each facility. Thus the customers could not be classified and given discounts based on Category and usage. Besides, idle inventory could not be promoted and it remained unsold and unutilized.
Arowana’s Solution was a web based interface, which could be accessed by the customer online or through their mobile. The system provided a single source of information on all facilities with availability. The booking system could reserve time slots and provide value packages which were built around optimizing the Company’s overall offerings with a view to maximize the earnings and also provide ‘best in class’ amenities to the customers.
http://arowanaltd.blogspot.in/2013/12/retail-cross-selling-solution.html?spref=fb
A single point of information and enablement also helped cross sell opportunities across the spectrum of services, creation of ‘value packages’ which will provide customers benefits by way of aggregation of various services. Thus the conglomerate could sell more business and service more customers, and the customers by aggregating their requirements could access services to their choice of entertainment at concessional / discounted rates.
The Tickets were being sold separately at the venue by the Company and the customers had to procure tickets from each facility. Thus the customers could not be classified and given discounts based on Category and usage. Besides, idle inventory could not be promoted and it remained unsold and unutilized.
Arowana’s Solution was a web based interface, which could be accessed by the customer online or through their mobile. The system provided a single source of information on all facilities with availability. The booking system could reserve time slots and provide value packages which were built around optimizing the Company’s overall offerings with a view to maximize the earnings and also provide ‘best in class’ amenities to the customers.
http://arowanaltd.blogspot.in/2013/12/retail-cross-selling-solution.html?spref=fb
Wednesday, 28 May 2014
The Internet of Things
It's not too long ago since the 'go to' microcontroller for electronics designers was a humble 8bit device, often featuring the 8051 core. But times are changing, as 32bit MCUs become the device of choice and 8bit parts begin to be phased out.
Those were changes
already in progress, but the Internet of Things (IoT) appears to be
having a major influence on how microcontroller technology develops.
In broad terms, the IoT comprises three elements: edge devices, which often perform one dedicated function; hubs or fusion devices, which integrate data from edge devices; and larger processing elements. It's the first two categories which are currently focusing the minds of MCU developers. The reason? The IoT demands two things above all others – minimal power consumption and the lowest possible cost. Thomas Barber, director of marketing for wireless products with Silicon Laboratories, explained why. "Estimates suggest there may be 30billion edge devices. They can't all consume 1W because we don't have enough energy so they need to consume microWatts and they need to be inexpensive."
Andreas Eieland, Atmel's senior product marketing manager for flash MCUs, agreed. "Being able to have the right features at the right power consumption will be critical. Edge devices will need to run from harvested energy or for their full lifetime from a single battery."
Geoff Lees, general manager of Freescale's microcontroller business, added: "We are being directed towards more and more integration. What were low cost devices need to have more RAM, more resources, but we can't increase the power budget or the price. That is pushing us to move geometries such as 40nm and 28nm more quickly than we would have expected."
While the three companies agree on the general shape of the IoT market, where they differ is on the technology that will be applied at the various layers. But all agree that MCUs targeted at the IoT will need to offer wireless connectivity.
Silicon Labs, for example, has just released the Si106x/108x range of wireless MCUs, designed with the IoT in mind (see fig 1). And sitting at the heart of these parts is an 8051 core; not the 32bit device you might expect. There's also a sub GHz RF transceiver and peripherals such as a 10bit A/D converter, comparators, 16bit timers and serial interfaces.
Barber said: "Every time there's an 'obit' for the 8051, it keeps going and we're not betting on it going away. There is a large base of developers who like it and it will continue to sell." But Silicon Labs can also offer devices based on the ARM architecture; not only its own designs, but also from recently acquired Energy Micro. "ARM sees the Cortex-M0 as an 8bit killer," Barber continued, "but it will come down to customer preference."
Eieland noted that power requirements will drive this element. "MCUs will have to consume less than 1µA and less than 200nA in deep sleep. Whatever 'wins' will have to offer 8bit type performance.
"Atmel makes 8051 based MCUs, but if you want to connect to ZigBee, for example, our AVR cores are a better choice." Atmel's offerings here include devices from its ATMega range. "But we also have a Cortex-M0+ part that competes in that sector."
Lees noted: "You can make the 8051 work, but what happens when you have a lot of sensor data which is more than 8bit? We see the Cortex-M0+ as a major platform for edge node devices, but we're already seeing more products with what would have been thought of as an excess of processing."
For the moment, Freescale is targeting its Kinetis-L range of M0+ based devices at edge devices, but Lees perceives that, even at the edge, there will be the need for more performance. "Where there would have had one processor, we're now seeing an M0+ as sensor hub and a Cortex-M4 as the apps processor handling communications."
What is also generally agreed is that the standalone microcontroller will be, to some extent, superseded by an SoC implementation. Barber said: "We'll see devices with lots of peripherals and memory and we won't have one chip that meets all needs." And he believes that, in the long term, integration on die will be preferable to in package integration. "It's always better to integrate on die; it's cheaper and a better solution."
Lees pointed out: "As fast as you can integrate, there are more sensors – and some we've not heard of before. So these parts will have sensors, low power connectivity and sufficient processing."
In terms of in package integration, Atmel has worked with Bosch Sensortec on the development of the BNO055, said to be one of the first application specific sensor nodes to be announced. "There are six dice in the package," Eieland noted, "including a SAM D20 MCU. It's a good example of how we are working with sensor manufacturers to get the most size efficient solutions possible."
While Lees is confident that MCUs for IoT applications will need to be made on low geometry processes, Barber and Eieland are not so sure. Eieland thinks refinement of existing technology may be sufficient. "We don't think we want to go to 55nm because leakage at that node will be significant. Processes in the range from 100nm to 150nm may well be suitable, with one more product generation needed to evolve the low power aspects."
Barber implied that smaller geometries may not be at the top of Silicon Labs' agenda. "We will win the process technology battle," he asserted, "assuming we've done the right things to control leakage. Architectures will become more important, with more efficient computation. The longer you can keep the MCU powered down, the better off you will be, so the device will need to come in and out of sleep modes and to feature autonomous peripherals which don't wake the core up.
"We're still trying to maximise battery life and energy consumption is critical. How you have low consumption for a device with a lot of functionality? But I think another two device generations will get us to the price and power points we need to hit."
Lees noted: "Freescale has already moved Kinetis to 90nm and there will be a more rapid move to smaller geometries. We are fighting leakage in deep sub micron, but we are putting a lot of work into developing libraries, power gating and so on. All of this work is now becoming a fundamental part of MCU design.
"The power budget is a continuing discussion point in all my design teams; it limits what we can do and directs our road map towards next generation energy efficient cores."
And that road map could be interesting. "Although Freescale is a lead partner with ARM for its Cortex-M cores, we are beginning to see more IoT applications suited to low end Cortex-A processors, rather than high end Cortex-M cores," Lees concluded. "Application processors are coming to the domestic market, and that's something that was unexpected."
In broad terms, the IoT comprises three elements: edge devices, which often perform one dedicated function; hubs or fusion devices, which integrate data from edge devices; and larger processing elements. It's the first two categories which are currently focusing the minds of MCU developers. The reason? The IoT demands two things above all others – minimal power consumption and the lowest possible cost. Thomas Barber, director of marketing for wireless products with Silicon Laboratories, explained why. "Estimates suggest there may be 30billion edge devices. They can't all consume 1W because we don't have enough energy so they need to consume microWatts and they need to be inexpensive."
Andreas Eieland, Atmel's senior product marketing manager for flash MCUs, agreed. "Being able to have the right features at the right power consumption will be critical. Edge devices will need to run from harvested energy or for their full lifetime from a single battery."
Geoff Lees, general manager of Freescale's microcontroller business, added: "We are being directed towards more and more integration. What were low cost devices need to have more RAM, more resources, but we can't increase the power budget or the price. That is pushing us to move geometries such as 40nm and 28nm more quickly than we would have expected."
While the three companies agree on the general shape of the IoT market, where they differ is on the technology that will be applied at the various layers. But all agree that MCUs targeted at the IoT will need to offer wireless connectivity.
Silicon Labs, for example, has just released the Si106x/108x range of wireless MCUs, designed with the IoT in mind (see fig 1). And sitting at the heart of these parts is an 8051 core; not the 32bit device you might expect. There's also a sub GHz RF transceiver and peripherals such as a 10bit A/D converter, comparators, 16bit timers and serial interfaces.
Barber said: "Every time there's an 'obit' for the 8051, it keeps going and we're not betting on it going away. There is a large base of developers who like it and it will continue to sell." But Silicon Labs can also offer devices based on the ARM architecture; not only its own designs, but also from recently acquired Energy Micro. "ARM sees the Cortex-M0 as an 8bit killer," Barber continued, "but it will come down to customer preference."
Eieland noted that power requirements will drive this element. "MCUs will have to consume less than 1µA and less than 200nA in deep sleep. Whatever 'wins' will have to offer 8bit type performance.
"Atmel makes 8051 based MCUs, but if you want to connect to ZigBee, for example, our AVR cores are a better choice." Atmel's offerings here include devices from its ATMega range. "But we also have a Cortex-M0+ part that competes in that sector."
Lees noted: "You can make the 8051 work, but what happens when you have a lot of sensor data which is more than 8bit? We see the Cortex-M0+ as a major platform for edge node devices, but we're already seeing more products with what would have been thought of as an excess of processing."
For the moment, Freescale is targeting its Kinetis-L range of M0+ based devices at edge devices, but Lees perceives that, even at the edge, there will be the need for more performance. "Where there would have had one processor, we're now seeing an M0+ as sensor hub and a Cortex-M4 as the apps processor handling communications."
What is also generally agreed is that the standalone microcontroller will be, to some extent, superseded by an SoC implementation. Barber said: "We'll see devices with lots of peripherals and memory and we won't have one chip that meets all needs." And he believes that, in the long term, integration on die will be preferable to in package integration. "It's always better to integrate on die; it's cheaper and a better solution."
Lees pointed out: "As fast as you can integrate, there are more sensors – and some we've not heard of before. So these parts will have sensors, low power connectivity and sufficient processing."
In terms of in package integration, Atmel has worked with Bosch Sensortec on the development of the BNO055, said to be one of the first application specific sensor nodes to be announced. "There are six dice in the package," Eieland noted, "including a SAM D20 MCU. It's a good example of how we are working with sensor manufacturers to get the most size efficient solutions possible."
While Lees is confident that MCUs for IoT applications will need to be made on low geometry processes, Barber and Eieland are not so sure. Eieland thinks refinement of existing technology may be sufficient. "We don't think we want to go to 55nm because leakage at that node will be significant. Processes in the range from 100nm to 150nm may well be suitable, with one more product generation needed to evolve the low power aspects."
Barber implied that smaller geometries may not be at the top of Silicon Labs' agenda. "We will win the process technology battle," he asserted, "assuming we've done the right things to control leakage. Architectures will become more important, with more efficient computation. The longer you can keep the MCU powered down, the better off you will be, so the device will need to come in and out of sleep modes and to feature autonomous peripherals which don't wake the core up.
"We're still trying to maximise battery life and energy consumption is critical. How you have low consumption for a device with a lot of functionality? But I think another two device generations will get us to the price and power points we need to hit."
Lees noted: "Freescale has already moved Kinetis to 90nm and there will be a more rapid move to smaller geometries. We are fighting leakage in deep sub micron, but we are putting a lot of work into developing libraries, power gating and so on. All of this work is now becoming a fundamental part of MCU design.
"The power budget is a continuing discussion point in all my design teams; it limits what we can do and directs our road map towards next generation energy efficient cores."
And that road map could be interesting. "Although Freescale is a lead partner with ARM for its Cortex-M cores, we are beginning to see more IoT applications suited to low end Cortex-A processors, rather than high end Cortex-M cores," Lees concluded. "Application processors are coming to the domestic market, and that's something that was unexpected."
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Arowana Spectrum
Arowana’s system development practice is geared to intelligently
engage with the business, technology and the user focussed teams. The
pure-play development team is highly experienced to work across
solutions of varying platforms.
The Application Development services support businesses to see your strategies through to the end from conception to deployment of IT systems. The solution definition team work with every client in decision management process of Build vs. Buy vs align for every component that may be required. In scenarios where packaged software does not meet a business requirement, Arowana defines the end-to-end application development process and delivers a custom built and tested solution.
The Application Development services support businesses to see your strategies through to the end from conception to deployment of IT systems. The solution definition team work with every client in decision management process of Build vs. Buy vs align for every component that may be required. In scenarios where packaged software does not meet a business requirement, Arowana defines the end-to-end application development process and delivers a custom built and tested solution.
- Apply and customize proprietary and industry standard pre-defined methodologies and frameworks specific to an enterprise need
- Elicit, analyse & define the requirements and manage them across the development life cycle
- Make use of tools, technologies and frameworks to improve effectiveness of development process
- Design towards re-usability thus reducing cycle times and costs
- Customer centric program management to enable a productive PMO
- Maintain strong focus on product and process quality
- Share metrics across the lifecycle on time, cost and quality
Tuesday, 27 May 2014
Arowana Toastmasters Club Welcome Video
Every club is the center of learning experience, So is Arowana
Toastmasters Club.Every member learns through participation in many
roles and each one is a learning experiences. The members shed their fear
of speaking by giving prepared speeches based on projects in the
Competent Communication and Advanced Communication Series manuals.
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