Have you noticed that a whole lot of solar is suddenly going on with regard to the data center? For example, the famous Googleplex has a 1.6 MW solar array, Intel has installed a 100 kW array in its Oregon campus as well as a 10 kW plant at a New Mexico manufacturing plant, and a company known as i/o Data Centers is erecting a 4.5 MW collection of photovoltaic (PV) panels on its roof in Phoenix.I've personally come across a couple of data centers in recent months that had installed or were about to install solar.

The theme of this edition Milagrow World SME Conference is “My Way, My Vision - from Giant Ideas to Giant Corporations”.In line with the above aspirational theme, an exclusive ses sion on paper presentation have been planned at this conference. The idea behind the session is for industry and academia to present new ideas, original research and emerging paradigms. The last date for submission is over (see deadlines here) and we are happy to share that there has been a tremendous response to the call for abstracts.

National bank for agriculture and rural development (NABARD) has come up with a scheme which can help farmers to protect themselves against exploitation by moneylenders and middlemen.NABARD has provided the basic format of the plan to all the listed commercial banks, regional rural banks (RRBs), state co-operative agriculture and rural development banks, and asked to build their own schemes keeping in lines with the format.

The 5th edition of India's most exciting Annual networking event for entrepreneurs and investors TiE-ISB Connect 2009 will feature 30 top Venture Capital Firms with a focus on sharing new ways to engage VC's. The event will also feature 3 exciting new tracks highlighting issues 'starting a new venture and raising funds through the seed to the growth stage of the company. The event (www.tie-isbconnect.com) will be held on October 22nd and 23rd, 2009 at Hotel Marriott Hyderabad.

I just picked up this recent post from Helen Dunnett (disclaimer: she is a client of ZN and we think she is great) on some feedback she received from various audiences in political communication when approaching the internet as a core communication tool.  Over the past year she has been sharing her experience and enthusiam about the web and it’s power to transform communication with her rapidly growing network.just have a view how will be Google in 2084

This Website is designed and developed by Sreelakshmi Suresh, an 8 year old, 4th standard student of this School. She is the 'Youngest Web Designer Girl of the World. She has got 18 International Awards for Best Web Designing and Presentation. Her new website is about Kerala, www.stateofkerala.in

Imagine a small device that you wear on a necklace that takes photos every few seconds of whatever is around you, and records sound all day long. It has GPS and the ability to wirelessly upload the data to the cloud, where everything is date/time and geo stamped and the sound files are automatically transcribed and indexed. Photos of people, of course, would be automatically identified and tagged as well.

Ms.D Purandeswari, Honorable Minister of State for Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource & Development, Government of India, and a host of many others bureaucrats alongwith prominent people from national and international agencies were present for the inauguration

Novartis India offers 38 top University students hands-on experience with the multifaceted world of pharmaceuticals and biotechnology and direct contact with experts in the field

-- Three winning students to participate in the International Novartis Biotechnology Leadership Camp taking place at the Novartis Institute of BioMedical Research, Cambridge, USA in October 2009