THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY REVOLUTION.

____FOR YOUR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROJECT BUILDING, IMPLEMENTATION,etc LOG ON TO :- www.metro-consulting-group.com/ A WHOLLY USA BASED COMPANY INCORPORATED IN USA DOING BUSINESS SOLELY IN USA SINCE 2003. INFORMATION STARVED WORLD WAS AT THE MERCY OF THE OLD AGED GRAND PARENTS AND THE CHURCH TO KNOW VARIOUS ASPECTS OF LIFE AND ABOUT WORLD MATTERS. IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY THE BOOKS IN THE FORM OF ENCYCLOPEDIA GATHERED INFORMATION TO FEED KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION TO THE STARVED PUBLIC. INTERNET AND COMPUTER WITH WHIRLWIND SPEED SATISFIED THIS STARVATION AND HUNGER FOR KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION. Internet and Technology. Item Worldwide in US $ Asia Pacific. (in US $) 1. IT Spending 800 Billion 80 Billion 2. Internet Commerce 1.5 Trillion 180 Billion 3. Telecom Services Revenue 900 Billion 120 Billion In Nos In Nos 4. No. of Cell Phones 1.5 Billion 800 Million 5. No. of PCs 900 Million 400 Million 6. No. of Internet Users 900 Million 550 Million 7. Mobile Internet Users 200 Million 25 Million 1. “Give me enough medals, I will win you the wars.” Napolean Bonaparte 2. “On the horns of a dilemma? Grab dilemma by the horns.” 3. “One chance in I.T. industry is an eternity.” The ‘Time’ magazine in the first issue of January 1983, conferred, “Man of the year” honor to “the Machine of the year “the PC, Personal Computer.” The same week, Internet was launched in USA. The personal computer and the Internet allowed a gateway to world “ information, never envisioned 23 years ago. It changed the way, we did business, the way we bought; the way we sold; and the way we were getting entertained. Now after 23 years, we have digital world creation “ we have reached there almost. Many billions worth product sales await, not to mention services. Several things happened that every home have a digital TV. This led to video and web-conferencing by us all. We got a few new generations of cell phones and hand-held computers (palm computers) combined with widespread broadband wireless. The advancement proved very interesting and lively. Let us examine the chronological sequence of events. 1. Radio and telephone we know had changed our life. 2. Tape recorder had a leading edge in the year 1946. It was regarded with awe, on par with today’s web-phones. Tokyo Tusin Kogyo (now Sony) had done it. In USA, Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing (now 3M) made magnetic tape that recorded sound and were in their way to making the tape recorder. Tokyo Tusin were fumbling with the idea of using plastic to make magnetic tape for recording but it was scarce in Japan. Tokyo Tusin (Sony) oxidized oxalic ferrite which when burnt turned into Ferrous Oxide. They had the recorder. Only the tape was the problem which got solved. History is a story of winners. History is written by winners. Brain is a muscle like any other muscle in the body. It can be trained, taught, worked upon and improved; charged, recharged, over-charged, pressurized, taxed, burdened, used, reused, over-used in order to bring it to a level of perfection. Rigorous exercise to the brain cells has caused wonderful results. For example, let us begin with a simple illustration. You want to remember the name of a place you have visited. It has disappeared. You do not find it, howsoever you try to remember it. Do not worry. When you are free, devote it ten minutes; for remembering name of the place you’ve visited. Sit tight, only exert your brain cells to remember it; do not allow any other thoughts to enter the mind. Ten minutes are over. Leave it. Resume your normal activity. The sub-conscious mind is already working on it and like a lightening; the name of the place you wanted would appear in your memory screen, within 24 hours. Computer is an improved version of our brain. Computer knows how the mind works; how the mind forgets etc, etc. computers are intended to assist the mind of a human being anticipating his follies, his short-comings; 3. Intel introduced world’s first microprocessor in 1971. 4. French company ‘Micral’ introduced first commercial microcomputer, (personal computers were so termed then) and priced it at US $ 1400/- per piece. 5. USA made computer kit hit market in 1976. 6. Apple, IBM sold one million computers in a year. There is no question PC has become the most valuable business tool; rather a significant media tool for individuals. The number of PC makers vaulted from two-dozen in 1980 to 100 in 1982 and total sales of computers of 2 billion to 5 billion pcs. Stories of fortune and failure are many and often dramatic. Gary Kildall made the first computer operating system; but was outwitted by bill Gates and his Microsoft struck technical deal of the century; licensing disk operating system (DOS for short) for use in IBM personal computer. The Time magazine (article aforesaid mentioned) 20 years ago, predicted there would be 80 million pieces of computers worldwide by the year 2000. That projection was 520 millions pieces short; as worldwide sale ran into 600 million pieces of computers. 7. Next step in the digital revolution was the wide spread use of TV digital sets and advanced cell phones and hand held systems from Nokia. 8. Digital cards. Digital reforms. Digital signature. Digital business. Digital customers. Digital bank. Digital currency. E-Bank, E-Economy, E-Business have revolutionized our way of life. 9. It took Marconi radio 40 years to reach 40 million customers. It took Internet 6 years to reach 400 million customers. USA, England, Canada have made full proof laws to make E-commerce a success. They have created a huge force of commandos to combat any emergency at the hands of hackers and unwanted elements. Records are kept of what is coming and what’s going. Careful scrutiny of the records is a must for every nation. 10. Sign of recovery is evident in the Asia Pacific side with the Information Technology market grew by 12% this year on account of infrastructure upgrade and market is expected to grow by 12% over the past year in constant US $ terms and will be worth USA $80 billion by the end of the year 2016. 11. Hardware segment PCs low and mid-range servers and LAN hardware rebound, compared to their low profile in 2002. Converged hand held phones and such devices and network-attached storage rapidly grew. Digital imaging; printing is on a rise. Wireless LANs gained significant traction in enterprises. 12. Growth in software was driven via modular implementation and by software that simplifies operations. Resource optimization, virtualisation and need for enhanced security; business community drove market growth. Focus was more on smaller projects. Top companies rode wave of cost cutting and emerged on the global scene as a formidable challenge. 13. Tele-communications services in the country continued its growth momentum driven by more and more deregulation and bent-up demand, in other countries. 14. VOIP services gained traction and were seriously evaluated by organizations. 15. Broadband continued to proliferate driven by lower prices, competition and exploding online gaming phenomenon in the country. The industry entered a new decade of growth. 16. Tele-communication services grew up to 12% over the past year despite global melt down in this sector. Wireless LANs gained traction continued demand from enterprises segment as well as proliferation of hot spots drove growth in this year. 17. Top companies such as TCS, Infosys, Vipro L&T, computer services emerged as key global players riding on the global wave of cost cutting. 18. Network storage market in the country crossed US $ 10 billion. 19. Linux gained acceptance in enterprises and will sit into the space dominated by Unix. 20. Online gaming emerged as a major application that drove demand from broadband services. 21. Merger of handset converged handheld device. Market witnessed mass emergence and adoption and grew by 88% in terms of shipments over past year. 22. By the end of the year digital images captured per day by scanners, cameras and devices surpassed number of images captured on film; but the industry will still center on film. 23. Focus on business continuity and security solutions escalated given the threat of terrorism, virus, and cyber war, cyber terrorism.  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

MENACE OF TALKING ON CELL PHONE WHILE DRIVING A VEHICLE.

PLEASE IMPLEMENT THE LAW RIGOROUSLY AND SAVE LIVES OF FELLOW TRAVELERS. Hand-held phones be banned while driving takes effect. The people have experienced miracles in the area of communication. The world is now like a small cyber-village. With the coming of car-phones and cell-phones, and I-phones, people’s life has become easy and comfortable. We see around us the good use of these sophisticated items for our well-being and convenience. 2.The abuse of cell-phones, i-phones has also come to the fore-front. The communication facility has made our world a better place to live. Every motorist, lorry-driver, other vehicles drivers are seen with such phones in conversation while the vehicle is in motion. This has caused to divert his attention from his eye on the road, as his mind is engaged in a conversation and he can not easily see the things happening in front of him because of his engagement in conversation while the vehicle is in motion.. This has jeopardized lives of fellow vehicles and their drivers and other passengers travelling on the road It is agreed that the authorities have banned such use of phones while driving takes effect. The drivers have to have a sense of awakening and responsibility towards passengers and other passing vehicles along with him on the road. The conversing driver is bound to get distracted and such phone conversation will have an impact of distraction in his driving.

BANK SCAMS.

BANK SCAMS. DURING THE PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS FROM JUNE TO DECEMBER 2014, THE BANK OF BARODA KAROL BAG BRANCH NEW-DELHI ALONE SENT BY HAVALA TRANSECTIONS WORTH 2000 CRORES OF INR. ILLEGAL TRANSFER OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE. IN THE GUISE OF CORPORATE TRANSECTIONS. BANK-SCAMS HAS TURNED OUT TO BE A HOT-FAVORITE FOR SCAMMERS. An unprecedented type of Bank Crisis is in the offing. Our Country is passing through a very serious Bank-Crisis worse than any Country in the world has ever witnessed or experienced. Every nook and corner of the village town and the city was gifted with a co-operative bank in the country. Banks were nationalized with a stroke of Pen in l969. The Bank sour loans scam has threatened the economic and financial Stability of the country. Loans were distributed as if they were a donation or a gift, or a charity. It has turned sour. They are not recovered. Nationalized Banks, Other important banks and Co-operative Banks run into Scams of millions and billions. Banks have been struggling with bad loan problem. Nobody speaks. Nobody wants to say the figure. All know. All murmur but keep quiet. If the economy faltered it could get worse. It is reliably learnt that more than half the loans have not been recovered. They are classified as non-performing and lost. Big banks are struggling with bad loans; small co-operative banks throughout the length and breath of the country are struggling to hide their faces avoiding contact. Co-operative banks disbursed huge loans to non-existent parties with fictitious guarantors. This is an understatement. They have funneled huge sums of money into state enterprises because of political pressure and or personal ties to the borrowers. The Bank Managers wanted to protect their jobs and their face in the local community and went on carrying out the wishes of Board of Directors. The Directors do not want to take the blame. They toss the blame on the Managers. Government has to promulgate an Ordinance on lines of MISA and send all of them first of all in jail behind the Bars. The Government will have to recapitalize the system. It may help for a while. It can not stop the hemorrhaging from bad non- collectable loans and by the end of theYear average capital adequacy ratio may fall around five percent, that is below the Eight percent of the global standard. Accountability is a powerful weapon. Use it. The bureaucrats shudder with name of accountability. The period of slogans is over.

THE ACCOUNTABILITY.

ACCOUNTABILITY IS AN AXE TO CUT-SHORT THE ADMINISTRATION. THE ACCOUNTABILITY.” 1. “Fate of 400 million people of the Country can not be left in hands of incompetent Rulers.” 2. “Population of the Country will cross a billion mark by end of this century.” 3. “Fifty percent of the population of the Country will die out of hunger and drought without food and water in the next twenty years.” =Sir Winston Churchill. Cabs are yellow and Crows are black everywhere. Our Country has remained a safe haven for Smugglers, drug-traffickers and tax-dodgers swindlers money launders and so on. If caught, all you have to do is to flutter few hundred-rupee bills and you are off the hook. In name of incentive for export etc, Export Oriented Units have crossed the limit in committing mal-practice. As per trade reports, as openly talked in inner circles, a merchant exporter took away home net fifteen crores with connivance of the Officers by taking an EOU unit. To us a sum of fifteen crores seems large, in the eyes of Government a sum of 1500 crores loss of revenue from EOUs is peanuts. Other raw material is quality yarns on lines of Japan yarn. There are agencies supplying the same in required quantity. All get enough of quality yarns without any duty paid on it. More and more processing units to process textile fabrics are coming up. Folding house, non-power units-in short all of them have made their arrangements with the local staff and pay one tenth of the duty and have not to worry. On a gate pass ten trips are considered a normal way of doing business. Odd and very high rates of duty have forced the trade to make their own arrangements to survive. Ready Printed Bill Books with fictitious name address phone number etc. of merchants is available in bookshops. Every-thing is streamlined standardized and accepted as normal way of life. Government loses millions and billions by way of duty evasion. Only forty percent of the duty is realized. In all other excise items same practice is adopted. Political climate of the country is responsible to allow the trade to cut corners to such a great extent. In no other country of the world such a helpless and hopeless situation exists. Since Independence we have received Billions of Aid, Grant Subsidy and Loans and help from International Agencies. The income from Excise duty and Customs has come more than the fixed targets for the last 50 years. Advalorem rates of duty were introduced to earn more revenue. For 50 years, the Government has widened the excise duty and customs net by enhancing duty rates. Revenue income has skyrocketed. Duty on newer items was introduced in every budget. The result is nothing is left now. It is time for the Government to take such measures that people would take interest in the activities of the state rather than being idle spectators to the methods of the state. Taxes were reviewed every year. Taxes have to be reviewed once in Five years for sake of stability and uniformity. Our Country would have been number one rich country in the world. We joined the wrong block. We did not adopt policy of free market and competition. We burnt bridges with group of progressive nations. Rich in natural resources, blessed with strong family ties, and hard working people, we were destined to be a recognized nation in the world arena. These hopes have been tarnished by political corruption, civil unrest and faulty Government policies. Our Country is a sleeping Giant. Many countries of the world want to let sleeping giant sleep. But now this is not so. The sleeping giant has been aroused. Le Voix de la Populi. It is the Court of Last Resort. Voice of the People is FINAL. The Government will have to answer. We were in sound slumber for the last fifty years. The Government will have to publish a list of all aid help grant subsidy loans received and an account thereof as to how much of it was spent where and how much of it had lapsed unused. We have been repaying loans and interest on loans by which others had benefited. By now we would have been one of the wealthiest countries in the world. By now we would have been moving in our private Helicopters. The Choppers would have taken place of cars automobiles. Most of us would own his own chopper. Car automobiles enabled us to move anywhere at our sweet will. Choppers will now replace cars etc. Airplanes have replaced the railways. Air-journey has challenged existence of railways. Choppers need to be modernized in point of view of low price safety and quality.

GIANT HEARTED SINGLE MAN HAS BUILT BIG BUSINESS HOUSE.

BIG BUSINESS HOUSE OF INDIA OWES ITS ROOT TO THE ONE GIANT OF A MAN WHO HAD A MIDAS TOUCH. WHATEVER HE TOUCHED IT TURNED INTO GOLD. AT THE RELEVANT TIME HE ARRANGED TO PROVIDE JAPAN HIGH QUALITY ART-SILK YARN TO THE ART-SILK YARN POWER LOOM WEAVERS AND THEN PROCESSED SUCH ART-SILK GREY FABRICS WOVEN FROM ART-SILK LOOM WEAVERS WITH THE SPECIAL QUALITY JAPANESE YARN IN HIS PROCESSING HOUSE RELIANCE PROCESSORS AT THE GIDC NARODA SHED,AHMEDABAD. THE BRAND NAME GIVEN WAS VIMAL FABRICS. VIMAL FABRICS GOT SO POPULAR BECAUSE OF ITS QUALITY THAT THE 65 GIANTS OF TEXTILE COMPOSITE MILLS HAD TO LOOK DOWN IN SHAME THAT A PROCESSING HOOUSE LOCATED IN A GIDC SHED HAD CAPTURED THE MARKET AND THEY WERE MADE SORRY SPECTATORS TO WATCH THEIR QUALITY FABRICS REJECTED BY THE CONSUMERS. Merchant of India- Dhirubhai. Dhirubhai had all Easy Answers as he was a very practical man. Dhirubhai studied and mastered the method of working in the country. It is good when going is good. It is better when going is bad. Dhirubhai accepted this fact in his business life and going was better. In the year 1960, he started a processing house in Naroda industry zone. He had installed power looms under his management to weave art silk fabrics. He supplied best Japan Yarn for weaving art silk fabrics to these power looms. Such woven art silk cloth waBIG BUSINESS HOUSE OF INDIA OWES ITSs processed at Naroda processing house named Reliance Processors. For the First time in 1960 in the history of Textile Mills that a processing house put into market a quality, eye-catching cloth Vimal brand on par with Japan Fabrics. High quality cloth was put into market by a little known Vimal Brand. The 65 Textile Mills had a time to hide their face and the blame game began for their poor quality of fabrics manufactured by their famous Composite Mills. Customers started making inquiries and Vimal brand fabrics made a place in the hearts of public. Dhirubhai was an owner of a processing house at the relevant time. He made an application to Mill Owner’s Association for a membership of the association. His application for membership of Mill Owners Association was turned down by the Association on the plea that the association was open to membership to Mill Owners and not a Processing House. He was a processor and not a Mill Owner. Thereafter Dhirubhai bought a closed mill at Patan and eventually became a member. After being a member of Mill Owners Association, he made history. For a moment he did not stop to look back. T.A. Pai put huge funds at his disposal. He installed a yarn processing unit at Patal Ganga at Ratnagiri and the rest is history. He was harassed by Nasli Wadia of Bombay Dyeing but nothing succeeds like success.

YEAR 2016. THE CHINA THREAT.

YEAR 2016. CHINA THREAT. CHINA HAS THE MIGHT. MIGHT PREVAILS. MIGHT IS RIGHT. CHINA HAS FORMED A GROUP OF ARTIFICIAL ISLANDS IN THE PACIFIC. CHINA HAS TURNED OUT TO A ROLE OF POLICE COP ON THE SEA-WAYS. TOKYO TO CHILIE IS THE 12000 MILES LONGEST PACIFIC OCEAN SEA-ROUTE. THIS IS THE BUSIEST SEA-ROUTE OF ALL AND HAS THE HIGHEST TRAFFIC PLYING FROM CHILIE TO TOKYO OR FROM TOKYO TO CHILIE. SUEZ CANAL, CAPE OF GOOD- HOPE ARE SMALLER IN COMPARISON TO THIS SEA-ROUTE. CHINA CAN BLOCK ANY SHIP, ANY TRAFFIC AT ITS SWEET WILL. CHINA CAN DICTATE WORLD TRADE ON HIS OWN TERMS. THIS GROWING POWER OF CHINA NEEDS TO BE CURBED. Make Beggar thy Neighbour. This is the policy of China. China has adopted this policy. China has encircled India by increased influence in Nepal Bhutan SriLanka Pakistan and to some extent in Burma and neighbouring countries. All are in the awe of China. China is the biggest threat to every country. China has prepared itself to grab India and neighbouring countries.. China is slowly but steadily and cautiously doing its work. China wants to completely destroy existing area-map. It wants a red map. We pose a threat to their Might and China does not like it. We are immature in the field of politics. We have lost on all political issues in the world-court and the UNO. We lost Kashmir issue. We lost Chhad Bet issue. We lost Sir creek issue. No country takes us seriously. We can be bought and brought to do as they say. This is our image. The leaders wet their pants when they talk with Chinese counterpart. A petty Chinese official summoned and our consul ran to meet him at midnight. The leaders rely on oral assurances of the Chinese. The Chinese have shown no change in their plans. Every mischief is prolonged. There is no stoppage. On our side we have declared everything is safe and sound and don’t worry. We sleep because China has said they are not a threat to us. The political parties are busy for grabbing whatever came to their hands. There are no patriot leaders. There is no unity. There is no accountability.