Welcome to Krishworld. My name is Krishnan Subramanian (a.k.a Krish). I don several avatars including entrepreneur in exile, analyst cum researcher, technology evangelist, blogger, ex-physicist, social/political commentator, etc.. My main focus is research and analysis on various high impact topics in the fields of Open Source, Cloud Computing and the interface between them. I also evangelize Open Source and Cloud Computing in various media outlets, blogs and other public forums. I offer strategic advise to both Cloud Computing and Open Source providers and, also, help other companies take advantage of Open Source and Cloud Computing. In my opinion, Open Source commoditized software and Cloud Computing commoditized computing resources. A combination of these two developments offers a strong competitive advantage to companies of all sizes and shapes. Due to various factors, including fear, the adoption of both Open Source and Cloud Computing are relatively slow in the business sector. So, I take it upon myself to clear any confusion in this regard and educate, enrich and advise users/customers to take advantage of the benefits offered by these technologies. I am also a managing partner in two consulting companies based in India and Lead Analyst at Diversity Limited, New Zealand. I blog about Open Source topics at Open@Krishworld and Cloud Computing related topics at Cloud Ave.

I have academic interests on various aspects of technology, science and society. On the technology side, I am interested in open source, cloud computing, social and semantic web technologies. My interests in science range from condensed matter and statistical physics to self organized systems to neuroscience to evolution. Having a career away from science keeps me only at the periphery of these fields. My other academic interests include Social Empowerment, Indian and American politics, Perils of Hindu Nationalism, Atheism and the Impact of Science on the Society.

My personal interests includes traveling, photography, carnatic and western classical music, cricket and football (the American kind).

Since my basic education is in Science, I don't have rigid belief structures. I am more tuned to evolve based on the scientific methods of understanding the nature. With my evolution, this website is also bound to evolve. I strongly suggest that you check back this website at regular intervals to learn more about me and my articles.