Talk in ILUGC

One of the nice experience i had in Indian linux user group,chennai .I gave talk in Ilugc meet for the first time regarding ENTERPRISE ASSET MANAGEMENT TOOL.

Description:
calem EAM [ http://www.calemeam.com ] is an open source tool. It is a Enterprise Asset Management which can be used for the industries for their manufacturing of their Products. Enterprise asset management is super set of CMMS(Computerized maintenance management system).

Thanks for Ilugc co-ordinator(Mr.Shrini)  to give this nice opportunity to deliver my speech.

Installing Java in Ubutnu

Installing Java in Ubuntu made easy :)
1. from synaptic select
sun-java6-jdk
and apply. which will automatically select other required package like:
sun-java6-jre
sun-java6-bin

once sun-java6-jdk has been installed you don’t need to worry about a thing to install

2. you have to configure default java to be sun’s
from your terminal type “sudo update-alternatives –config java”
you will get number of alternatives as shown below.. select “2″

Selection Path Priority Status
————————————————————
0 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/bin/java 1061 auto mode
1 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/bin/java 1061manual mode
* 2 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/java 63 manual mode

3. you are done.. :)
you can now write your java program in any editor or IDE and then execute your java program
as
javac program.java (which compiles your java program)
java program (which will execute your java program )

HAPPY PROGRAMMING!
JAVA IS FUN

Enterprise Asset Management (An open source tool)

Enterprise asset management (EAM)means the complete life cycle of optimal management of the physical assets of an organization to maximum value. It covers such as design, construction, commissioning, operations, maintenance and decommissioning/replacement of plant, equipment and facilities. "Enterprise" refers to the management of the assets across departments, locations, facilities and, in some cases, business units. By managing assets across by this enterprise asset management, organizations can improve utilization and performance, reduce capital cost, reduce asset-related operating cost, extend asset life and subsequently improve return on assets The functions of asset management are taking a fundamental life planning, life cycle costing, planned and proactive maintenance and other industry best practices. Some companies still regard physical asset management as just a more business-focused term for maintenance management - until they begin to realize the organization-wide impact and interdependency's with operations, design, asset performance, personnel productivity and life cycle costs. This topic focus the progression from maintenance management to Enterprise Asset Management By providing a platform for connecting people, processes, assets, industry-based knowledge and decision support capabilities based on quality information,EAM provides a holistic view of an organization's asset base, enabling managers to control and optimize their operations for quality and efficiency. This EAM works by computerised maintenance management system A CMMS software package is computer maintenance management system contains information about an organization’s maintenance operations.