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Thursday
Top Ten Reviews
When ever Iam in need of a software program, my immediate search would be in the Top Ten Review web site. Mostly I get very good researched software reviews and no wonder I always rely on Top Ten Verdict :-)
The Best Free Anti-Virus
I tried many free and paid Anti-Virus Programs. This Avast Anti-Virus program is totally unique and stand apart from various other programs in terms of efficiency and trouble free. Try it once and You would find the difference.
KPMG Predictive Index
From Economic Times:-
KPMG, Wipro, Essar, Igate-Patni use KPMG Predictive Index, Neural Network, Engagement Hypothesis, Five C and Three Circle Tool to predict employee's exit, engagement
BANGALORE: Consulting firm KPMG has recently created a crystal ball. Called the KPMG Predictive Index, it can foretell when an employee will resign. A typical warning sign: A senior manager asks his secretary to check if his stocks have matured, or wants to know how much leave he has left. The secretary logs in to check, and this alerts the Index that the employee's query could be to check his waiting period before he joins the competitor.
"The tool is right seven out of 10 times for junior employees, eight out of 10 times for middle management and nine out of 10 times for the top brass," says Ganesh Shermon, people and practice head for KPMG. Artificial intelligence has been in use for the past three years and nearly 15 companies from the information technology to the telecom and retail sectors have asked KPMG to implement it.
Most companies would give an arm and a leg for a sure-shot way to predict whether an employee will stay or go. The reasoning is that with a competitive market making it possible for employees to hold multiple offer letters, intensive training efforts and investments are often laid to waste. "All other methods are useless. Exit interviews, for example, never reveal the truth because no one wants to ruin their relationship with the company" adds Shermon.
ALERT TO SIGNALS
As statistical tools gain in sophistication, algorithms and business intelligence can now predict an employee's exit even before he puts in his papers. Some of these have alert signals. A green alert on an employee shows he is satisfied, an amber one means he needs help and red one gets the manager to drop everything and sort out thorny issues. The idea is always to spot the weak link before it snaps - and this could either be in the form of a spouse getting a transfer or a loan repayment. Developed by firms like SAP, IBM and Oracle, these tools are considered to be the next step in workforce management.
Analytics tools can also predict customer behaviour, buying patterns, the number of promotions that will be rolled out in the next few years in a company, or even the consequences of retirement.
IT company Wipro, which is battling a high attrition of 23%, has implemented Neural Network, which uses artificial intelligence to map out disgruntled employees over the past two quarters. The Network contains data relating to thousands of employees, and includes their profiles, salary levels, appraisals and projects they have worked upon. Along with the existing workforce, profiles of employees who have left the company and their reasons for doing so are also part of the tool's learning process.
Although the tool does not detect the reason, it sends a red alert to the manager, who then kicks off methods to salvage another departure. "We know we are on the right track because attrition in the group under red alert is twice that outside the group, which proves we have zeroed in on the right people," says Saurabh Govil, senior VP at Wipro Technologies.
KPMG, Wipro, Essar, Igate-Patni use KPMG Predictive Index, Neural Network, Engagement Hypothesis, Five C and Three Circle Tool to predict employee's exit, engagement
BANGALORE: Consulting firm KPMG has recently created a crystal ball. Called the KPMG Predictive Index, it can foretell when an employee will resign. A typical warning sign: A senior manager asks his secretary to check if his stocks have matured, or wants to know how much leave he has left. The secretary logs in to check, and this alerts the Index that the employee's query could be to check his waiting period before he joins the competitor.
"The tool is right seven out of 10 times for junior employees, eight out of 10 times for middle management and nine out of 10 times for the top brass," says Ganesh Shermon, people and practice head for KPMG. Artificial intelligence has been in use for the past three years and nearly 15 companies from the information technology to the telecom and retail sectors have asked KPMG to implement it.
Most companies would give an arm and a leg for a sure-shot way to predict whether an employee will stay or go. The reasoning is that with a competitive market making it possible for employees to hold multiple offer letters, intensive training efforts and investments are often laid to waste. "All other methods are useless. Exit interviews, for example, never reveal the truth because no one wants to ruin their relationship with the company" adds Shermon.
ALERT TO SIGNALS
As statistical tools gain in sophistication, algorithms and business intelligence can now predict an employee's exit even before he puts in his papers. Some of these have alert signals. A green alert on an employee shows he is satisfied, an amber one means he needs help and red one gets the manager to drop everything and sort out thorny issues. The idea is always to spot the weak link before it snaps - and this could either be in the form of a spouse getting a transfer or a loan repayment. Developed by firms like SAP, IBM and Oracle, these tools are considered to be the next step in workforce management.
Analytics tools can also predict customer behaviour, buying patterns, the number of promotions that will be rolled out in the next few years in a company, or even the consequences of retirement.
IT company Wipro, which is battling a high attrition of 23%, has implemented Neural Network, which uses artificial intelligence to map out disgruntled employees over the past two quarters. The Network contains data relating to thousands of employees, and includes their profiles, salary levels, appraisals and projects they have worked upon. Along with the existing workforce, profiles of employees who have left the company and their reasons for doing so are also part of the tool's learning process.
Although the tool does not detect the reason, it sends a red alert to the manager, who then kicks off methods to salvage another departure. "We know we are on the right track because attrition in the group under red alert is twice that outside the group, which proves we have zeroed in on the right people," says Saurabh Govil, senior VP at Wipro Technologies.
Saturday
Computer Email Tips
Maybe you can help me with this problem. Whenever I try to go on a site that requires secure log-in, eg. bank, ebay etc. I get a security warning pop-up saying there is a problem with the sites security certificate. It says "the security certificate has expired or is not yet valid" and gives me options to continue yes/no or view certificate. I am operating Windows ME and IE 6, all updated and I also run AVG free anti-virus and spybot regularly. I have searched the web for answers to this and also asked several PPL including my bank's IT helpline. I have done everything suggested but still get the warning!
Answer:
After thinking about this for a while, I wasn't sure that I had any particularly great solution to propose. My standard response would be to check the security preferences of the Web browser and to try visiting one or more of the sites using a different browser like Firefox.
In a private dialog, however, I was pleased to hear that the chap who sent in this question figured out the problem on his own, and it's a beauty:
Dave, just so you know, I've figured out my problem with the expired or not yet valid security certificates: the date on my computer was set wrong and it thought I was years in the past! Once I fixed the date and time, all of these problems vanished.
More details:-
http://www.askdavetaylor.com/invalid_or_expired_security_certificate.html
Answer:
After thinking about this for a while, I wasn't sure that I had any particularly great solution to propose. My standard response would be to check the security preferences of the Web browser and to try visiting one or more of the sites using a different browser like Firefox.
In a private dialog, however, I was pleased to hear that the chap who sent in this question figured out the problem on his own, and it's a beauty:
Dave, just so you know, I've figured out my problem with the expired or not yet valid security certificates: the date on my computer was set wrong and it thought I was years in the past! Once I fixed the date and time, all of these problems vanished.
More details:-
http://www.askdavetaylor.com/invalid_or_expired_security_certificate.html
Sunday
Indian Stock Market
The Indian Stock Market is going through a crucial phase. Only time will tell how things going to change. Buy only Very good stocks in swing trade and exit when alarm bell rings.
Gold Demand
Raksha Bandhan
Owner of Navin Jewellers in Alkapuri area of the city, Navin Soni said that owing to unprecedented rise in the prices of gold and diamonds due to crisis created in the international market, the diamonds and gold rakhis have become costlier this year.
Last year, the diamond rakhis were priced between Rs 6,000 and Rs 30,000, this year, they are available between Rs 10,000 and Rs 50,000 and even upwards, Soni said.
The Rs 50,000-worth rakhi is made of 14.7 grams of gold, one carat of ruby stone and 1.29 carat of diamond tied to a silk thread with coloured stones and pearls on it.
"Diamond rakhi is a craze among higher middle class and wealthy people," he said.
Ashwin Chokshi of Narayan Jewellers said, "These rakhis are made as per the requirements of women customers."
"Rakhi with different messages, including elimination of corruption, fight against terrorism, are in demand."
Chokshi said, "These rakhis could be worn as a bracelet or a pendant in a gold chain."
The raksha bandhan festival, which is being celebrated today, involves the tying of a rakhi (sacred thread) by a sister on her brother's wrist. This symbolizes the sister's love and prayers for her brother's well-being, and the brother's lifelong vow to protect her.
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