FIT TO BE A SONATIAN!! Request your REFERRAL SUPPORT for a WALK-IN EVENT

GET YOUR MATE WHO IS TECHNICALLY FIT, CULTURALLY FIT & FIT TO BE A SONATIAN!! Request your REFERRAL SUPPORT for a WALK-IN EVENT Date : 05th February, 2011 Time : 09.30 AM to 01.00 PM The event for Java requirements would be held at Sonata RMR, Bangalore and Sonata Hyderabad and the event for the .Net requirements would be held only at Sonata RMR, Bangalore. Please ensure that the candidate mentions the name and EMP Id of the referring employee on his / her resume The candidates need to carry identity cards of their current company and the latest pay slip. Requirement Details Java Tech Leads Primary Skills ·                     6+ years of Java, J2EE experience ·                     Strong knowledge in architecture, design patterns, OOAD,UML     ·                     Experience in JBOSS portal, Web 2.0 style development ·                     Experience in Spring frame work ·                     Experience in Web services, XML, SOAP, REST, JMS, jBPM,                Drools,   Hibernate, EJB 3.0, Java 1.5 ·                     Knowledge in JSF, Rich Faces ·                     Ability to lead a team and provide technical solutions Preferred skills ·                     Experience in Travel domain ·                     Reporting tools like Jasper, JFree Chart, Flex, Flash ·                     Certified Java programmer/ Web Component Developer Qualification B.E / B. Tech  /MCA/ BSc (CS) / MSc (CS) / Grad+GNIIT Location Bangalore / Hyderabad Senior Java Developer Primary Skills ·                     5-6 years of Java, J2EE experience ·                     Strong knowledge in design patterns, OOAD and UML ·                     Experience in JBOSS portal, Web 2.0 style development ·                     Experience in Spring frame work ·                     Knowledge in JSF, Rich Faces ·                     Experience in Web services, XML, SOAP, REST, JMS, jBPM,             Drools, Hibernate, EJB 3.0, Java 1.5 Preferred skills ·                     Experience in Travel domain ·                     Reporting tools like Jasper, JFree Chart, Flex, Flash ·                     Certified Java programmer/ Web Component Developer Qualification B.E / B. Tech  /MCA/ BSc (CS) / MSc (CS) / Grad+GNIIT Location Bangalore / Hyderabad .Net Designer Primary Skills ·                     Excellent understanding of .NET 3.5 (C#, WCF, Silverlight) ·                     Excellent understanding of OOP & OOD ·                     Very Good skillset in HTML/JavaScript/ASP.NET ·                     Must have prior experience Design and development of Web                  applications in .NET ·                     Must have at least one project experience using Silverlight or WPF ·                     Should be able to participate in Requirement Analysis and Design                 independently      ·                     Excellent verbal and written communication skills Preferred skills ·                     MS CRM 4.0 ·                     Meticulate technical documentation and software development             process experience ·                     MVVM and/or Prism Framework experience ·                     Performance Optimization and Designing for Scalability ·                     Prior BizTalk experience Qualification B.E / B. Tech  /MCA/ BSc (CS) / MSc (CS) / Grad+GNIIT Location Bangalore Experience 7 years of experience .Net Developer Primary Skills ·                     .NET 3.5 , WCF,SQL Server 2008 Preferred skills ·                     WPF, Silver light, SSRS, SSIS Qualification B.E / B. Tech  /MCA/ BSc (CS) / MSc (CS) / Grad+GNIIT Location Bangalore Experience 3 to 6 years of experience
HR-RMG Sonata Software Limited

Warm Regards,

Bibin Mathew

Sonata Software Limited

www.sonata-software.com

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85 Year old American-Scottish reverts to Islam, Why?


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Opera 11.01 is a security and stability upgrade

Opera 11.01 is a security and stability upgrade

Opera recommends all users to upgrade to Opera 11.01 to take advantage of these improvements. Please visit the Opera desktop changelogs if you want more information on the update.
New features in Opera 11
Extensions allow you to add new functionality to Opera easily.
Tab stacking helps you keep your tabs organized.
Pinned tabs now take up less space and are neatly grouped to the left of your tabs.
Visual mouse gestures help you learn how to control Opera with mouse movements.
An enhanced address field makes it easy to stay safe on the Web.
Mail panel upgrades give you greater control over your email in Opera.
Search predictions from Google harness the power of Opera's integrated search.
A new bookmarks bar gives you easy access to your bookmarks and replaces the personal bar.
Speed improvements bring Opera ahead of other browsers in many benchmarks.
HTML5 server-sent events and Web Sockets enhance Opera's support for new web standards.
Auto-update now makes sure you have the latest extensions and Opera Unite apps.
You can now set plug-ins to load only on demand to significantly speed up browsing.
Opera's installer is smaller and streamlined for a faster, easier installation.

Learn how to use these new features.

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How to unlock PDF files

 

Certain PDF files (like bank statements, credit card bills and phone bills) are not only password protected, but also locked to prevent any changes. 

You may have the password to open the file, but you can't modify the PDF or open it in an editor. To unlock these PDF files, just go to www.pdfunlock.com and upload the file.

If it is password protected, the website will ask you for the password to open the file. Then, all you have to do is click 'unlock'- and you'll be able to download an unlocked version (without security) of the same file.

Apart from the removal of the inbuilt security, the file is untouched. 

Read more: How to unlock PDF files - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/personal-tech/how-to/How-to-unlock-PDF-files/articleshow/7305591.cms#ixzz1CgaYe7AY

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Facebook boosts security, adds HTTPS

                                                    

Facebook's decision to make full-session encryption a default setting for all users will remove the burden from those that are less aware of Wi-Fi hackers

Read more: Facebook boosts security, adds HTTPS - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/news/internet/Facebook-boosts-security-adds-HTTPS/articleshow/7395269.cms#ixzz1CgVAOApvHOUSTON: In order to stay safe and protect users from getting hacked, the popular social networking site Facebook is rolling out a new set of security features.

Facebook, with over 500-million members, has added the ability for users to login and surf the site using a more secure encrypted connection, known as HTTPS.

The encryption is the same used on shopping and banking websites to secure connections, and was previously used on Facebook when passwords are checked.

"Starting today we'll provide you with the ability to experience Facebook entirely over HTTPS. You should consider enabling this option if you frequently use Facebook from public Internet access points found at coffee shops, airports, libraries or schools," the company said in a blog post.

Facebook noted that the site may function more slowly using HTTPS, and some features, including many third-party applications, don't currently support HTTPS.

In addition to the added encryption, Facebook said it will now also offer "social authentification," a unique form of the traditional "captcha" coding that will ask a user to identify Facebook friends from their photos.

The two new security features promise to prevent Wi-Fi hackers from fraudulently accessing accounts. Facebook already uses HTTPS when users log into an external site through Facebook Connect.

Your password, which gets sent back to Facebook from the third party site, remains encrypted. This will now be extended to user activity within the site itself.

IT experts can already overcome internet security issues by adding third-party security measures and forcing an encrypted connection. However, Facebook's decision to make full-session encryption a default setting for all users will remove the burden from those that are less aware of Wi-Fi hackers.

Facebook uses captchas to authenticate users when they log in from a country that is not associated with their account. However, this is now being replaced in favour of a new photo-matching system. Users will be faced with three photos of one of their Facebook friends, and will have to correctly identify them from a list of six friends' names.

"Hackers halfway across the world might know your password, but they don't know who your friends are," says Facebook engineer Alex Rice. Rice admits inevitable drawbacks to the new security measures.

Page loading speed will take a hit under HTTPS and many third-party apps are not HTTPS enabled. Social network users that that collect friends by the thousand may also have difficulty identifying photos of friends at random, and friends who have cartoons or 'lookalikes' tagged under their name could be unidentifiable.

HTTP settings will not change automatically, so users can opt in or out of the new feature.

Read more: Facebook boosts security, adds HTTPS - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/news/internet/Facebook-boosts-security-adds-HTTPS/articleshow/7395269.cms#ixzz1CgV1cSPl

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IBM to offer $1,000 stock bounus to India staff

IBM to offer $1,000 stock to India staff

Read more: IBM to offer $1,000 stock bounus to India staff - The Times of India http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/jobs/ibm-to-offer-1000-esops-to-india-staff/articleshow/7393865.cms#ixzz1CgMowHr7BANGALORE: Coming out of recession, nearly 100,000 IBM India employees are set to receive a $1,000 stock bonus each before June 16, the day when the Big Blue celebrates its hundred years of existence, in a move that will force other multinational and Indian tech firms to dole out more incentives to check attrition.

Sam Palmisano , chairman of IBM, is expected to visit Bangalore during the second week of February and trigger the company's centenary celebrations by addressing employees apart from holding other meetings with IBM's customers and scientists at Bangalore-based Indian Institute of Science, at least three people who have been invited to attend these meetings confirmed to ET last week.

In a year when TCS, Infosys and Wipro are preparing to fight the talent war, IBM's latest move to retain and woo new staff is expected to force many others to explore stock-based incentives apart from other perks. As these tech firms prepare to cope with rising demand for outsourcing, India has become the battleground to hire the most and retain the best performers.

"Hundreds of thousands of IBMers, virtually all across the globe except those at the executive level will receive these stock bonuses," confirmed an IBM India spokesman.

IBM does not break out country-level employee numbers, but company insiders and experts tracking IBM said it employs nearly 1,28,000 staff in India. In India, barring the top 40 executives, all those on IBM rolls will get this bonus. In an email message to IBM staff across the globe this month, Palmisano said only non-executive IBM staff will be eligible for this bonus.

"Our long-term success is the product of the work, innovation and superior execution of more than 400,000 IBMers."

"In recognition of this, I am delighted to announce that all non-executive IBMers who performed consistently over the 2010 roadmap period will receive a grant of $1,000 of IBM stock, where permitted, which will vest at the end of the next roadmap, in 2015," Palmisano said in his email on January 21.

The eligible IBM employees will be offered what is called restrictive stock unit (RSU), an agreement under which the employees will be promised returns on the stocks awarded without actually owning them.

For instance, IBM's $1,000 stock bonus will translate into around 7-8 stock units each valued at around $159 on the NYSE as on Friday last week. And given that IBM's shares have more than doubled over the past five years, these employees are looking forward to reaping rich dividends.

"Working for a company that's been around for hundred years is itself a bonus, but this is a great gesture, and it looks like nobody will be left out," said an IBM India employee based in Bangalore.

Not all of IBM's India staff will be eligible for this incentive, as the company has laid down several criteria.
"Only those who are IBM employees as of December 31, 2010, are eligible — full-timers and part-timers included," the spokesman added.

Also, since these stock incentives will not vest until 2015, anybody quitting the company before June 16 of 2015 will lose the eligibility.

IBM employees at wholly-owned subsidiaries will be included. While most of IBM's 400,000 global workforce are eligible for this perk, the company's Indian operations, which now employs more staff than even the US, will be the single biggest beneficiary. In many ways, IBM's India operations have helped the company bring down cost of delivering services to top outsourcing customers such as ABN Amro and JP Morgan .

For the full year, IBM reported revenues of almost $100 billion and a record-free cash flow of $16.3 billion. Palmisano, according to people familiar with the company's strategy, attributes a lot of this growth to the company's operations in India.

"In 2010, we achieved record profit and free cash flow, and delivered $99.9 billion in revenue, up 4% at constant currency, excluding the divested product lifecycle management (PLM) operations. Our pre-tax income was $20 billion — up 9%. Net income rose 10%. We generated $16.3 billion of free cash flow, up $1.2 billion, excluding Global Financing receivables. Gross profit margin rose for the seventh straight year. And earnings per share were $11.52, an increase of 15 percent, and the eighth consecutive year of double-digit EPS growth," Palmisano said in his email to employees.

IBM's latest bounty for its staff is set to trigger a rethink among Indian tech firms already planning promotions and other incentives to keep their payroll intact.

Coming out of last year's recession when these tech firms trimmed their payroll and tightened perks to cope with the crisis, the top three software exporters alone plan to add nearly 100,000 new staff in 2011, much higher than just 20,000 they added last year.

While TCS, the country's biggest software exporter plans to double the number of promotions this year, both Infosys and Wipro are set to dole out at least 100% variable pay along with double-digit salary hikes to their staff in 2011. For the first time since 2005-2007 when the industry offered 13-15% salary hikes, double-digit wage inflation is set to make a comeback next year.

Read more: IBM to offer $1,000 stock bounus to India staff - The Times of India http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/jobs/ibm-to-offer-1000-esops-to-india-staff/articleshow/7393865.cms#ixzz1CgMYmn2B

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Android beats Nokia's Symbian

 

Google's Android dethroned Nokia's Symbian as the most popular smartphone OS in the last quarter of 2010

HELSINKI: Google's Android dethroned Nokia's Symbian as the most popular smartphone platform in the last quarter of 2010, ending a reign that began with the birth of the industry 10 years ago.

Research firm Canalys said that the phone makers sold a total of 32.9 million Android-equipped phones in the last quarter, compared with Symbian's total sales of 31 million. The landmark piles pressure on Nokia as it struggles to reassert itself at the top end of the mobile handsets market.

Following Apple's 2007 entrance into smartphones, Google rolled out its opensource Android operating system, which has become the standard for smaller phone makers.

Hit models from Samsung Electronics, HTC and LG Electronics helped Android in the quarter, while Symbian suffered from troubles of its owner and main user, Nokia.

"We have seen some strong products from a number of vendors," said Canalys analyst Tim Shepherd.

Read more: Android beats Nokia's Symbian - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/personal-tech/computing/Android-beats-Nokias-Symbian/articleshow/7397515.cms#ixzz1CgBaXdf5

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