Tales of Time

2015

#Annual Edition

a picturespeaks athousand

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An electricyear comes

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DITOR’S NOTE

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Editor’sNote“New Year - a new chapter, new verse, or just the

same old story ? Ultimately we write it. The choice

is ours.” ― Alex Morritt, Impromptu Scribe

As we close the spectacular 2015, it's time to

reect and relax, retrospect and introspect, rest

and renew. It is time for a new battle ahead. It is

often said that your entire life ashes before your

eyes at the end… The very end! As the year comes to

an end, ashbacks are inevitable. You're about to

nd out in the next few carefully planned and

attempted pages.

The year 2015 had started on a wary note.

Struggles, failures, and sporadic successes – all in a

mash-up. In spite of all this kaleidoscopic phases,

we learnt to live between the moments. We

chanced on happiness to strike a perfect work-life

balance. There were occasions when, we shared

our happiness and festivals with the not-so-lucky

(during DIWALI); also sometimes we managed to

dance our brains off during HARMONY 2015. We

ventured into Nabakalebara 2015 that was both

ambitious and historic in 'epic' proportions – our

eye opener to the glitzy world of Social media. We

celebrated events with great fervor – Women's day,

Foundation day, Independence day, Ganesh

Chaturthi, Raja, Holi, …, and the list doesn't end.

We freaked out during picnics, soaked in the

pleasure of watching movies together, cried during

the wins and losses of Cricket, went green with

Raahgiri (not with envy), won awards and

accolades, gave Germany a glimpse of Kwantify and

a avor of CSM Technologies, all this gloried and

accentuated by winning some prestigious and

heavy contracts this year.

As we close in on the year, it's a mixed feeling that

we have weathered the worst of the storm and the

sun is starting to peep out. Disappointments will be

there of course, setbacks… maybe. But, every dark

cloud has a silver lining… only thing to care is that

the silver lining may actually be a plane ying

through.

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Sharpen your blade

String your bow

For a new battle in the glade

Awaits us now

But do oil your armor

And shine your shield

Even if, offense is glamour

Caution you must wield

To fight another day…

To win another time…

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Nirakar DasPre Sales Consultant

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Cover Story

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.

That's a fact that somehow sums up our attitude. Prove me

wrong. How many have actually read through the last issue

and found out the interesting history behind Kwantify?

Mostly as you step into the ofce, two applications that

simultaneously blaze up your screen are Mails and

Kwantify. Something that we do involuntarily – like the air

we breathe.

Have you ever thought how easy life can get inside CSM

campus, if we just utilize Kwantify to the maximum? What

if, we could extrapolate Kwantify to the next level of

Social Intranet? Like physicians say, we use about 2-15% of

our brain potential in a lifetime, similar is the case with

Kwantify. What we know of Kwantify is mere a chunk

before a mountain.

The phrase social intranet has only appeared in recent years (late 2009) to describe an intranet with

social media features.

Social intranets require social media: blogs,

wikis, and user comments, to name a few.

Social media on the intranet is a relatively new

phenomena having only appeared behind the

rewall in the past 4 or 5 years (with the

exception of instant messaging and discussion

forums which have been around, in some form,

since the late 1990s). The Social intranet

basics:

Multiple social media tools

Open opportunity to use social media tools

for most or all employees with intranet

access

Access to social media tools from the

intranet home page

Social options woven into most content

consumption (e.g., user comments,

rating, links to tools, etc. on most page

templates)

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What is it – the Social Intranet?

Intranet 2.0: Limitless Possibilities with Kwantify

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The original intranet, Intranet 1.0, typically began

as nothing more a welcome page, perhaps a name

and a phone number, and a simple welcome

message. It evolved rapidly to become The Portal

(authorization, authentication, application &

database integration). The trail has lengthened

considerably as of late with the advancement of

social media, and the intranet has made an

evolutionary leap to version 2.0 – the social

intranet.

It should be of no surprise then that social media on

the corporate intranet has jumped in prevalence so

dramatically in the past two years: from nice-to-

have to common-place (if not mandatory).

According to the Social Intranet Study (results from

1,400+ respondent organizations):

The Rise of Social Intranet

75 percent have intranet blogs; 26 percent have

deployed blogs enterprise wide;

65 percent have intranet discussion forums; 26

percent have deployed intranet discussion

forums enterprise wide;

63 percent have intranet instant messaging; 44

percent use instant messaging on their intranets

enterprise wide;

61 percent have intranet wikis; 19 percent use

intranet wikis enterprise wide;

60 percent have intranet user commenting; 32

percent have deployed intranet user commenting

enterprise wide;

As an employee, it brings smile to your face; the

smile in return keeps you engaged. For the

employers, these engaged employees work

harder, are often willing to take on extra

responsibilities and are a positive inuence on

other employees. Unengaged employees

basically serve time and do no more and possibly

less than required.

One of the reasons for the rapid adoption of

social media behind the rewall is not only the

demand, but the cost of deploying these tools:

Intranet 2.0 is cheap.

What is there for you

Employee engagement is a complex problem,

with no silver-bullet solutions. However, social

intranets, while no panacea, can have a real and

positive impact. The research available bares

this out. A 2008 Aberdeen Group Research Brief 4

reported that organizations using blogs, wikis

and social networking tools achieved an average

year-over-year improvement in employee

engagement of 18%, compared with 1% for

organizations that do not use social networking

tools.

Blog

Discussion forums

Instant messaging

Wikis

User commenting

RSS

Tagging

Social networking

Videos/vlogs

Microblogging

Podcasts

Photo/video sharing

Content ratings

Social bookmarking

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It is important to remember, though, that employee

engagement does not equate to annual summer picnics,

holiday parties or even the executive team pushing a pastry

cart around the ofce on Fridays. Rather, high levels of

employee engagement occur when employees feel

respected, feel they can contribute meaningfully, and

when employees feel part of a community at work. The

fundamental nature of a social intranet contributes to this

real and substantive aspect of employee engagement.

Proof of the pudding is in the eating

We know that social intranets by themselves do not solve the problem of low employee morale. But to

reach there, we need to start somewhere.

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How to Plan for Intranet 2.0

For a social intranet, key steps in the planning process should include

Overarching plan (purpose, objectives, goals, KPIs, cost benet analysis).

Social media policy (who can do what, when, how, and the rules for doing so).

Technology selection (Kwantify). And the buck ends there.

There! You have already reached the conclusion!

Lagna PandaChief Resource Manager (HR)

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New Initiatives

We touch new shores.This year, CSM has hosted its ag in various places, namely overseas at Dubai and Sudan and in India at Himachal Pradesh and Jharkhand. Our brand new ofces now house talent from across the globe.

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New Members

Amar Jyoti MohapatraSocial

Chandan KumarBSS

Raj SinghSocial

Ambika Rani SabatBSS

Bibhuti Bhusan RoutraySocial

Jayanta BeheraBSS

Mantosh BeheraBSS

Bikash PandaBSS

Nibedita BeheraBSS

Manasis MishraBSS

Banaja BananiRout, BSS

Ambika PrasadKanungo, Social

Ajay KumarEBG

Animesh PattnaikEBG

Basab DuttaNSA

Karan KumarNSA

Krushna MohanGudu, EBG

Naroj KumarMahananda, BSS

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New Members

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Subhojit MukherjeeBSS

Sushit Kumar RoutaBSS

Pratik PrasenjitSocial

Saswat DasBSS

Sourav KumarEBG

Swapan BanerjeeBSS

Subhashree ChinarayBSS

Smruti Ranjan SatapathyNSA

Suroj Kumar PradhanBSS

Sarmistha MohapatraBSS

SachidanandSatapathy, EBG

Pritiranjan RoutBSS Pragyan Priya

Patra, PO

SanghamitraSamal, BSS

SmaranikaNayak, BSS

SonasriTripathy, BSS

Subhasri RoutBSS

Pramod BarikBSS

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AwardsSAMS awarded in theSilver Category

that 19 NationalConference one-Gov

Indian ExpressTech SabhaAward2015

Skoch order of merit is awared toBMC for initiativeMY CITY MY PRIDE

For creating Mobile Apps thathas streamlilned paddy & rice

procuremnet by OdishaGovt. for PDS

SAMS wonthe Skoch

Smart GovernanceAward'15

SAMS wins Skoch Orderof Merit forIndia's BestGovernanceProject 2014

Winning is aHabit with us!

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Among many popular awards this year, our

projects SAMS, PDS, Farmer Registration made us

proud with various national recognitions.

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Events

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Corporate SocialResponsibility

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Let's spread cheer!

CSM has been taking part in various CSR

activities this year. On Diwali we made

some face light up at Madhur Mayee

Adarsha Sikshys Niketan (center

for under-priviledged children of

prisoners), Bhubaneswar.

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Sports

Getting Blue

Blooded.

Come

winter,

comes Cricket

fever at CSM.

Here is a glimpse.

CSMPremierLeague & VarIndia Cup 2016

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Work Life Balance

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Greetings

Everyday is a Celebration for CSM

extended family.

As our family grows and celebrates new milestones

in their lives, we take a dekko at those special

moments.

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