IT Asset Management

Air is Single Collision and Broadcast domain.

When we speak in a group of ten people, we are in the same collision domain. If we refer to a single individual even though we are making other nine to listen, and also if two people speak at same time there is sound waves collision. This is the principle for tagging systems in a collision domain.

The set of computers where no two computers can send data simultaneously are said to be in same collision domain. As in the above paragraph explained air acts as the medium of single collision domain. We can say “that air acts like single collision domain for sound waves.”

One more interesting property of single collision domain is that an intentional unicast is made broadcast by the medium, as we see in the case discussed.

When we say “Gentlemen, may I have the attention please”, by prefixing gentlemen we make our speech a broadcast sound traffic. Sound wave reaches every person in same fashion. Conclusion is that Air is a single broadcast and single collision domain for sound waves.

Analog Binary example

Perfection of a system depends on its efficiency to produce the expected output. This is true in all aspects. However the very natural tendency of human being do not make him to achieve 100%. To achieve 100% a person needs to devote 200% of effort, which is in 100% cases not feasible. Here we get the importance of team. A team can achieve 100% without individual's 100% contribution. Person to person, 10%, 30%, 65%,...and collectively sometimes it exceeds 100%, and we say wow, superb, lets clap for the outstanding team.

When we work we are always driven by some digital objectives. By digital i mean we are having finite set of deliverables, lets say to score beyond 5% more than last quarter, or to get 99% quorum etc. Digital objectives are to be achieved by analog actions. Analog actions are not finite, like pressing a switch - pressing on/off. Analog actions are more complicated than digital objectives. By analog i mean we are having infinite ways to achieve finite deliverables. We need to streamline our analog thoughts and actions to perfectly map into digital deliverables and hence to produce a binary result. Binary Result!!!....yes, it is win/loss, profit/loss, done/not done. The transition from follower to a leader depends on how much you digitize yourself. When you think and do always in binary and achieve binary results, you are a perfect leader. Refer below diagram

Analog Actions ------> Digital Deliverables -----> Binary Results

However it is not very easy. People most of the times struggle finding way to transform their Analog actions into Digital deliverables. And when managers ask the binary questions the system crashes. Blue screen with system dumping physical memory appears on the scene...quite often. Analog actions are to be taken, digital deliverables has to met and binary result has to be achieved positively.

In this sense a person has to be a perfect A/D convertor. More the precision in digital outputs more degree of match in deliverables and more close to binary results...