I think most companies need to start treating their employees as adults and with respect. I have cases where filtering software is turned off selectively for a priviledged few - which seems hypocritical.
It may come as a surprise to most people on this board - but the level of public commentary and criticism ("free speech") is much higher in India than in the US. That said, look what free speech has given the US. Remember the KKK? Or the Okhlahoma city bombing? Right to free speech is great - stupidity should never be condoned. If you are a global company - you cannot be excused to making mistakes like that.
Sure - a well formatted and grammatically correct resume catches attention. I, for once, am flooded with those everyday and have to then look for substance under that fluff... I mostly interview techies, and I dont care much about punctuation and English usage - as much as the projects and the tech skills that are on the resume. For me, the most important pointers: 1. DO NOT LIE. 2. DO NOT LIE. 3. MAKE IT SHORT AND READABLE (not interested in how long you spend troubleshooting that drvice driver problem).
I have seen the most creative and advanced solutions come out of constrained environments. With the population India has - you have to be *very* smart to get into good engineering colleges. And with poverty comes a desire to innovate without depending on other market-driven economies.
Sometimes, in a smaller company with 100 people - it is possible to work closely with the employees to ensure they understand the company standard practices. I have seen cases where in general meetings, the COO has tabled the issue and has asked for a consensus among the employees about how the company as a whole should deal with this issue.
That is not really practical in a larger context. I work in an information services department with more than 4000 people in a largish corporation. For us, here, (and Im not the person who enforces these policies here) there may not be really any other way out rather than blatant denial/interception.
Whatever way you choose - it is wise to use understanding and care when dealing with such violations.
With the web, I dont think it is very difficult to get a copy of the US edition of PGP anyway - doesnt really matter where you are. Get real! How can you restrict someone in the US from emailing an US version of some encryption software to someone in another country? I think the recent relaxation of export control legitimizes this export as successfully as the Netherlands legitimized the sale of drugs.
The options (with Java) are: 1. Java 2 application and redistribute the JRE using a suitable installer program. 2. Java 2 applet with Java Plugin.
I have successfully deployed largish Java systems using the second technique - and strongly recommend it. More information about the plugin is at http://java.sun.com/products/plugin/index.html.
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I think most companies need to start treating their employees as adults and with respect. I have cases where filtering software is turned off selectively for a priviledged few - which seems hypocritical.
It may come as a surprise to most people on this board - but the level of public commentary and criticism ("free speech") is much higher in India than in the US. That said, look what free speech has given the US. Remember the KKK? Or the Okhlahoma city bombing? Right to free speech is great - stupidity should never be condoned. If you are a global company - you cannot be excused to making mistakes like that.
Sure - a well formatted and grammatically correct resume catches attention. I, for once, am flooded with those everyday and have to then look for substance under that fluff... I mostly interview techies, and I dont care much about punctuation and English usage - as much as the projects and the tech skills that are on the resume. For me, the most important pointers: 1. DO NOT LIE. 2. DO NOT LIE. 3. MAKE IT SHORT AND READABLE (not interested in how long you spend troubleshooting that drvice driver problem).
I have seen the most creative and advanced solutions come out of constrained environments. With the population India has - you have to be *very* smart to get into good engineering colleges. And with poverty comes a desire to innovate without depending on other market-driven economies.
It depends on your company size.
Sometimes, in a smaller company with 100 people - it is possible to work closely with the employees to ensure they understand the company standard practices. I have seen cases where in general meetings, the COO has tabled the issue and has asked for a consensus among the employees about how the company as a whole should deal with this issue.
That is not really practical in a larger context. I work in an information services department with more than 4000 people in a largish corporation. For us, here, (and Im not the person who enforces these policies here) there may not be really any other way out rather than blatant denial/interception.
Whatever way you choose - it is wise to use understanding and care when dealing with such violations.
With the web, I dont think it is very difficult to get a copy of the US edition of PGP anyway - doesnt really matter where you are. Get real! How can you restrict someone in the US from emailing an US version of some encryption software to someone in another country? I think the recent relaxation of export control legitimizes this export as successfully as the Netherlands legitimized the sale of drugs.
The options (with Java) are:
1. Java 2 application and redistribute the JRE using a suitable installer program.
2. Java 2 applet with Java Plugin.
I have successfully deployed largish Java systems using the second technique - and strongly recommend it. More information about the plugin is at http://java.sun.com/products/plugin/index.html.