Prime Integrator : A Car with the Driver

This one revolves around the term of 'Prime Integrator' in the ICT (Information and Communications Technology) World.

Once during a Operator's Technology Day, all big vendors like HP, Oracle, IBM, Ericsson had come to present their Solutions, including my company.

All the vendors presented their Technology Solutions and concluded with a laud of Appreciation from the audience.

It was our turn now, and our CTO (Chief Technology Officer) went on the stage to present our Technology Landscape. To our surprise it went well ;), after all in these kind of events, its all about jargons n talking 30,000 feet above.

During the Q&A session, one of the Customer's Attendee asked a interesting Question.

Here's the verbatim.

Customer : "Dear ABC, in your Solution, you have shown the platform from HP, Database from Oracle and Application from Tech Mahindra, I wonder what Solution you are presenting to us"

All of us stunned and curious and what will our CTO reply to such a tricky question.

C.T.O : "Dear, thats a very good and valid question. I would like to answer that with a analogy.
If you see HP is providing a platform which is like a Car, Oracle is providing a carrier for the Car, Tech Mahindra is providing keyless access to the Car, but what is really lacking is a learnt and experienced driver to drive the car to your required destination. We are providing you the driver who shall ensure you that the car can be used the way you want. Yes we are the Prime Integrator's with a multi-vendor experience"

After this all we could see and hear were smiling faces and sounds of applaud.

Cheers !!

njoii.
~banji.

Forgot to replace INR with USD($) sign in Proposal

Our Customer once floated a RFP (Request for Proposal) and we were required to submit a proposal to  their requirement before the weekend.

Our team started to work in full force to prepare a Solution, do the costing and get our best to win this deal. One week's time was too less for that mammoth requirement but somehow we managed to get a solution and final proposal at the eleventh hour.

Our Sales Manager took a speedy run to the Customer's Office to submit the Proposal on Friday at last minute and upon submission heaved a sigh of relief.

We had a mini team dinner in appreciation of our high spirited team efforts. Next day (Saturday) our Sales Manager was reviewing the proposal and he was surprised to discover of a big typo in there where he had forgotten to replace INR with '$'(USD) sign. He was now tensed, the damage was done and nothing could be done until monday.

The next monday, Customer's SCM (Supply Chain Manager) called our Sales Manager to acknowledge that the price that we had quoted was 10 times higher than their expectation.

Our Sales Manager took a fall and didn't know whether to laugh or cry, simmering down he answered "Please return the proposal, if allowed we will resubmit a new one with same values in US Dollars as i had forgotten to replace INR with USD sign in our proposal template".

Listening to this, the SCM fainted.

LOL

njoii.
~banji

Fhag it !!

Life is full of fuck n shit.

Hating every second of it.

Don't wanna keep living it bit by bit.

So here my life, fhag it !!!

Do u hear my life, fhag it 

Do u hear my life, fhag it 

Gimme that kick, u fuck'n smoke.

take me to end, till i get broke.

Gimme that fuck'n high

curse me till i die.

So...

Do u hear my f'n life, fhag it 

Do u hear my f'n life, fhag it 

PS : Had written on 20th June 2012 

Randomness - Can we define Life as Random ?

I define life as Random. I will walk you through my dilemma and why I chose this definition for life.
Although, I am an ardent believer of Karma, and used to think our life moves the way we do our Karma.
Basically i believe we sow the seeds of our destiny. It has been true for me most of the times.

But does life really walk the way you want it to ?
Is the word 'most' as affirmative as 'always' ?

Have this thought "Why this is happening to me ? what have I done wrong ", comes to your mind when you are in one of those difficult phase of your life.
If yes, then you might agree with me.

Sometimes, even if you are driving the right way, anyone driving the wrong way can come and crash on you and change things upside down for you.
The same way now I believe, Destiny cannot be carved out simply by your Karma.
Life is essentially a mixture of your Karma and Luck. Ohh yeah Luck, i don't need to explain what it is, but your own life experience will suggest you.

Life is full of uncertainty and as it is rightly said "Change is the only constant in this world".
I believe it is ruled by a random nature of uncertainty, both welcomed and unwelcome'd by us.

Life cannot be truly defined and that is the reason I chose to define Life as Random. (the word random is defined as - "Lacking any definite plan or order or purpose; governed by or depending on chance")

Bottom line is to enjoy this random uncertain Life with a smile on your face, everyday and every moment and cherish them(good or bad) and praise the lord. :-)

njoii
~banji
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