A Quarter of a Year Nears its End..!

6th of March! Time just flew by me! And I almost always feel like that!! :) Before the 1st Quarter of this New Year Ends, I need to re visit my To Do List. This time I have way too many things left undone.

Hopefully noting down all that’s pending is going to help me organize my thoughts and avoid distractions. Before it gets too late and I have too many reminders pouring in from different sources via umpteen channels let me pin this up - the 1st Quarter ending TO DO List !

As a self made promise, I am going to come back and color code the executed items to Green! :)

Personal High Priority:

1: Follow Up on the Passport Name Change Application (cnt believe i waited 2 long yrs to get this done !! )

2: Purchase an External Portable HD

3: Finalize on a configuration for the Laptop and get it shipped

4: Back Up and Consolidate Data spread across 3 machines

5: Update my Address Book and Delete obsolete Mail Id’s

6: Share Seema’s Wedding Snaps with the GANG ! :)

Finance:

1: Deposit money in my PPF Account

2: Submit IT Proofs externally: Medical, LTA Bills & Investment Proofs

3: Validate the amount of Tax Paid this Financial Year and prepare to pay more or ask for returns

4: Review Investments made in Y07 and Plan Investments for Y08

5: Set aside Premium & PPF amounts for next year in a Liquid Scheme

6: Open a Joint Demat and a Savings account (again cnt believe we waited 2 long yrs ....!)

Health:

1: Polish my Teeth

2: Got to get my Eyes Checked

3: Weigh & Measure Up [last noted: Sat March 1st 2008, Wednesday Jan 16th]

4: If required, revisit the current exercise and diet regime

My Wardrobe:

1: Revamp my Wardrobe

2: Donate unused/illfitting clothes/accessories

3: Discard Old Cosmetics

Personal Low Priority:
1: Purchase New Bed/Coushion Covers

2: Retire the Old Curtains

3: Collect the Marriage/Reception Photo CD’s from Abhis Friend (again cnt believe i waited 2 long yrs .... done!) :)

4: Follow up with Abhis Friend for the Wedding/Reception CDs and the 2nd Anniversary PPT!

IBM Related:
1: Enroll and finalize on the Exam Date
2: Appear for the Certification Exam
3: Update my CV in the IBM format

Vodafone Related:
1: Surrender my Vodafone Official Cell Phone Plan and acquire a different Number
2: Back Up Data on My Vodafone Machine

:( thts a long list :( I got to get going ! :)
~ sayli :)

What's on my SOA Time Table...

The IBM SOA FOUNDATION is an integrated, open standards based set of

• Best Practices
• Patterns & SOA Scenarios
• IBM Software for SOA

to provide you with the architecture knowledge to get started with SOA.
The results of SOA Best Practices are:

• The SOA Life Cycle
• The SOA Reference Architecture
• The SOA Programming Model

The different Scenarios are as follows:

1 Service Creation
2 Service Connectivity
3 SOA Design
4 Process Scenario
5 BPM Scenario
6 Information as a Service
7 Interaction & Collaboration
8 SOA Security
9 SOA Governance

The IBM Software for SOA:

IBM SOA Foundation - Model Phase:
WebSphere Business Modeler
Rational Software Architect

IBM SOA Foundation: - Assemble Phase:
WebSphere Integration Developer
Rational Application Developer
Lotus Domino Designer
WebSphere Portlet Factory
Rational Tester for SOA Quality

IBM SOA Foundation - Deploy Phase:
WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances
WebSphere Process Server
WebSphere ESB
WebSphere Message Broker
WebSphere Adapters
WebSphere Portal
WebSphere Application Server
WebSphere Extended Deployment
IBM Information Server
WebSphere Business Services Fabric
WebSphere MQ
Lotus Expeditor
FileNet P8

IBM SOA Foundation - Manage Phase:
Tivoli Access Manager
Tivoli Composite Application Manager for SOA
Tivoli Federated Identity Manager
Tivoli Provisioning Manager
WebSphere Business Monitor

Governance and Best Practices
WebSphere Service Registry and Repository

IBM SOA Foundation - Governance
WebSphere Service Registry and Repository
Rational Asset Manager
Tivoli Change and Configuration Management Database

I have started to demonstrate abilities to choose the right mix of Best Practises, Software and Scenarios to implement a SOA for any Enterprise. I need to refine my knowledge a lot more and hopefully the above contents will help me stay focussed and progress in the right direction to elevate my implementation skills.

Good Luc to all those whose share the same Vision as I do! :)

~ sayli :)

21 Days!! A Progress Report :):):)

Feb 29th Friday Day 1 : It took me half an hour just to get myself out of bed. But I did, thanks to Abhi :) he reminded me that I had pledged ! :) We joked a hell lot on that note :)

March 1st Saturday Day 2 : I walked a little more than the usual 5 Kms :) I do crazy things when Abhis not around! :) [He got out & returned before I did, since he works on saturday and for me its a holiday! :)]

March 2nd Sunday Day 3: Today I wasn't gonna be allowed to over stretch myself since my Fitness Instructor (read Abhi) accompanied me for good! :) The time spent sitting beside Abhi and watching the Sun come up admist tranquil greenery was a wondeful way to unwind post a long brisk walk and an almost perfect start to the day! I started to wonder why we choose to cuddle up and laze around in bed every Sunday Morning when we could have more fun outdoors! I look forward to many more such Sunday Mornings.

March 3rd Monday Day 4: Okay! So today I took about close to 15 mins to get out of bed ! :) Hopefully tomorrow would be a better story! I must honestly admit that my ankels are in pain and I hope to get a nice massage from Hubby deary only to start out on my "Jog a Lil Walk a Lil day" tomorrow! :) ;)