February 2014 – kiruba.com

Posted February 25, 2014

IBM Invests US$1Billion to Develop ‘Platform-as-a-Service’

IBM today announced a unique new development environment and capabilities-as-a-service to help clients and developers speed the adoption of “hybrid” clouds, which have the potential [...]

By Kiruba

In Conferences, Technology

Posted February 25, 2014

IBM Acquires NoSQL Database Startup Cloudant.

IBM today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Boston, MA-based Cloudant, Inc., a privately held database-as-a-service (DBaaS) provider that enables developers to easily and quickly create [...]

By Kiruba

In Complaint

Posted February 19, 2014

Squirm with Embarrassment – Chennai Airport

Every time I land at the Chennai Airport, I squirm with embarrassment. This filth is what you see right in front of the arrival gate. Worse, it’s right next to the police booth. The [...]

By Kiruba

In Social Media

Posted February 17, 2014

Social media Week Bangalore

“Will Social Media be a Game Changer in the 2014 Elections?” That’s the topic I will be debating tomorrow at Social Media Week, Bangalore. My fellow panelists are Prithvi Reddy, [...]

By Kiruba

In Conferences, Unconferences

Posted February 15, 2014

Amazing way to network – Speed Dating

As a big supporter of Unconferences, I was super thrilled to see ‘Speed-Dating’ (or Match-Making) introduced in a traditional two day conference. At GlobalLocal, the Publishing [...]