Suprising facts about FB

While everyone knows the basics about the service’s Harvard dorm room origins, Here now dig deep to find out more interesting snippets of info.

• Al Pacino’s Face Was on the Original Facebook Homepage

• One Early Facebook Function Was a File Sharing Service

• The First “Work Networks” Included Apple and Microsoft

• Facebook’s Hidden Easter Eggs

•  The Meaning of the Term Poke Has Never Been Defined

• The Average Facebook User Has 130 Friends

• There’s an App to See What’s on the Facebook Cafe Menu

• Mark Zuckerberg Calls Himself a “Harvard Graduate”

• California is Huge on Facebook

• A Facebook Employee Hoodie Sold for $4,000 on eBay

pivot

pivoting ????? sounds new or sounds old am pretty much sure all of us DO NOT knw the true power of  "PIVOTING'. infact when d is question was questioned on us hardly ne one was able ta answer n believe me der were about 65 students who were gr8 technology freaks! so i hope u find this post interesting and useful coz even if you do nt find it useful NOW  , u ll be using a lot of PIVOTING once u get EMPLOYED (pivoting helps you ta finish your job with gr8ter efficiency n yaaay tats one way ta impress ur boss !)

so b4 we go n learn how pivoting is done lets look on what it is ???

SO HEY WHAT IS PIVOTING ??

The pivot transformation operator enables you to transform a single row of attributes into multiple rows in an efficient manner.

TRANSLATION (LOL)

so pivoting is a mechanism  by  which u can get the information you need from huge collection of  data by jus few intelligent clicks n  manipulation of rows :)

SO WHEN TO DO PIVOTING????

so lets suppose you have a record which has about 100 coloums but just looking at the first 20 data records, you can see the data is boring. It’s enough to make you roll your eyes and fall asleep.

so here when your problem is just to anwer questions related to the table of data and you want to represent them in a easy to understand manner you go for PIVOTING.

ll post how to pivot soon ( sorry yaar bc with semester exams :))

save ur dear kitty

every one wants to jot down their precious moment of their life especially moments which made them laugh, cry n learn somethin , ppl like me write diaries jus for the thrill of reading it after several years coz its so much fun ta laugh at your own stupidiy  .... n it always brings back a smile on your face even on your worse day :) sure v share our secrect with tat one special persona bt aint some things just persoanl to u . and sometimes u cannot jus make others understand what your enduring -- so tats exactly "what" cals out for diary writing :)
thanks ta TIM( TIMOTHY- FATHER OF INTERNET) that u can very wel keep your diary away from your nosy siblings, dracula mom , srutinizing dads and peeping toms :)

SO WHAT IS AN ONLINE DIARY ??

• online journals are safe, personal.
• they are loaded with features (free or paid)
• u can always make ur diary entries public n private :)
• and the best part is you wont be wasting precious paper

POPULAR ONLINE JOURNALS 

DIARY LAND

i ve bn using this since 9th grade,this is a great site for a starters.You can always use diary land has a blog site as wel. they provide the tools that let you keep an online diary or blog, and read and connect with other people depending on ur privacy settings.

•    Everything is simple and fast
  - Complete control over who can and can't see your blog
  - Complete control over what your blog looks like
  

http://members.diaryland.com/edit/welcome.phtml

LIVE JOURNAL

live journal can be blog , diary or any kind of personal web space. you can rant , blog or customize it with templates to make it a journal .You can also fiddle with the privacy settings for every entry you post.

• it is the most popular online journal
• it can be private for friends only or public too
• ders a wide range of journal styles to choose from
• you can always customize your entry according to your mood

http://www.livejournal.com/

PENZU

this is the closest possible online version of a real diary infact the virtual interface is so excellent that it has got a rich brown,ragged old diary kinda look with few pages sticking out paper clips stuck and ink split over:):)

and glimpses of photographs n other stuffs stuck in odd angles.

• you can create an avatar
• lock your journal 
• create multiple pages
• tag your entries
• and share the via email or link
• infact this is so great that the site wil allso send you email reminders at your set frequency to remind you to write.

http://penzu.com/


so i hope you found this helpful ;) n start jottin down your sweet memories :)

Business Intelligence

Business intelligence is the methodology of getting the right information to the right decision makers at the right time. It is a computer based technique used for digging, spotting and analysing business data. BI leads to fact based decision making and single version of the truth.
Usually a software company collects huge bunch of data from its business operations and it uses a wide variety of tools to analyse and process this data, using multiple tools makes it difficult to retrieve and analyse data in a timely manner. A BI tool replaces the usage of multiple tools. The BI tool usually takes raw data of the organisation as the input and provides useful and relevant details for the organisation in the form of graphs and reports that makes sense and can be used by the decision makers and analysers to understand and interpret the given information.
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE SOFTWARE
Business intelligence software is often referred to as business intelligence tools (BI tools) representing a number of software applications that integrate to provide the means to report, analyze and then present the data. Business intelligence software is also designed to use data that is stored by the business in any type of data storage system or data warehouse.
The types of tools that make up a business intelligence software application solution generally include tools for Spreadsheets, Operational Dashboards, Data Mining, Reporting, Search (query), Analytics Processing (OLAP), Content Viewer, and other components of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. Often, business intelligence software may also integrate tools designed for specific verticals, such as retail, healthcare or education.
Business intelligence software applications can be deployed in a number of ways, with the following being the most common options:
 Cloud Computing (cloud) Implementation: private cloud, hybrid cloud or a public cloud.
 On-Premise Instalment: deployed in-house using owned or leased equipment.
 SaaS (hosted on-demand): hosted by the application service provider (ASP).

The advantages gained by implementing business intelligence are:
1. Enhanced reaction and sensitivity of the organization towards the customers
2. Identification of customer demands
3. Capability to respond to market transformations
4. Improved optimality within operations
5. Effective use and saving of wealth
6. Intricate study assisting for future prospects
7. Optimum utilization of organizational resource

Some of the tools available in the market are

1. Oracle enterprise BI server
2. Microsoft BI platform
3. IBM cognos series 8
4. Sap business object enterprise
5. Mirco strategy