Qeiteri Armelle

03-31-2011

2011-03-31T07:19:00.000-07:00

today..

March 31, 2011 at exactly 8:45pm..

sa di inaasahan...
nabisita ko ang NyUSEP..
kng saan mkikita ang grades online..
whew..
after 1 month of 'kahago' and 'kaluya'..
pak! my grades are complete..
pero my one project pa to finish.. at least sure nah..
i will march this APRIL 15, 2011...

hoooooooh! im so hapi..
thanks to all...a very2 big Thanks to God..
most especially to my Parents...
bisan maldita kayu ko...

thanks lots..
sa aking Friends, relatives, classmates...

mwah.. i will face the real world soon..

2011-03-01T10:38:00.000-08:00

ubers..

daming projects..
pano tu i mamanage?
22 days to go..ITP presentation..
kaya buh ang USEPVILLE in 21 days?
hahaist..

ang USEP TAGUM website..
hapit na..
hapit n pud ku tapulon...

Future tech presentation...
hapit n pud.

IP..
ahahai..
javascript..ajax..
pait..

matlab..
wa pa ka get over..
algo oh algo..
bakit..?
ang hirap mung intindihin..??
='(

Eagle Eye

2011-03-01T10:32:00.001-08:00

The movie casts the always engaging Shia LaBeouf as Jerry Shaw, a hapless nobody caught up
in the cogs of domestic intrigue. He has just returned home to New York after his brother’s
funeral, and stops at an ATM where he discovers his normally empty bank account now contains
$750,000. As anyone would, he withdraws as much as he can fit in his pockets and heads
home, wondering what the hell is going on. He arrives at his dinky apartment to find it too
is no longer empty. It is now full, with all the chemicals and weaponry one might need to
commit a major act of terrorism. His phone rings. A mysterious voice on the other end warns
him he has only seconds to leave his apartment before the FBI arrives to arrest him.
Jerry ignores the warning and in shock, remains rooted to the floor until moments later
when the FBI’s foot soldiers come crashing through his window and drag him off to jail.

Jerry doesn’t stay in jail long, and soon the mysterious voice on the phone is directing
him on an unknown mission of unknown intent. The caller controls not only his cell
connection, but seemingly every other piece of technology on the planet. The voice pairs
him up with a mother named Rachel, who is forced to cooperate lest the voice murder her son.
That Jerry and Rachel are being used and manipulated is never in question; what is, is
whether they’re being used for good or for evil. The movie holds together as long as that
question remains hanging heavily in mid-air, even after we find out who it is that’s
controlling them, via a potentially ludicrous but surprisingly well handled plot twist.
It’s only in the third act that Eagle Eye starts to fall apart, when the battle lines
are drawn and we’re told just exactly who we’re supposed to root for. The little anarchist
inside me had more fun rooting for the other guy.

Though there is a passing attempt in the movie’s script to pose questions about the state
of American politics, Eagle Eye is first and foremost a big, dumb, action thriller. It
belongs smack dab in the middle of summer, why they’ve dropped it in September is something
of a puzzler. Caruso jam packs his movie with big car crashes and things blowing up. He
does a perfect imitation of a Michael Bay action flick, complete with his annoying, usually
pointless, shaky cam technique which more often than not, spoils the effect of something
really cool blowing up. Better filmmakers like Paul Greengrass know how to use violent
camera motion to suck the audience into the action, make them feel as if they’re a part of
what’s going on. Caruso lacks either the instincts or the subtlety to pull that off, and
simply shakes things around for no other reason than to disorient his audience. It’s a minor
annoyance really, most of the movie, what you can see of it, looks fantastic. More
importantly, the action is well paced and, especially for the first two-thirds of the movie,
thrilling. Cheap thrills is the real reason to be here, and Eagle Eye delivers.

The film’s supporting cast exists primarily to complement charismatic presence of Shia
LaBeouf. Billy Bob Thornton is a scene stealer as a no-nonsense FBI agent. Aside from
LaBeouf he’s the most interesting thing in the story, and really should have had a bigger
role in what’s going on. Rosario Dawson is another government investigator, and this is
the movie she turned down Kevin Smith’s Zack and Miri Make a Porno to do. Her choice seemed
to make sense at the time, after all this is a big-budget, Spielberg produced movie.
Getting involved with a Spielberg project is a good thing, isn’t it? Seeing her in the
movie now though, you have to wonder what she was thinking. She turned down a starring
role in an edgy, heavily buzzed comedy to play what amounts to little more than a throwaway,
stiff, empty, government agent part which almost no one will remember. Michelle Monaghan
is similarly forgettable in this film. But then she always is. There’s nothing wrong with
her, it’s just a blank, standard “girl in Hollywood thriller” character.

I robot

2011-03-01T10:31:00.002-08:00

I, robot follows fictional Japanese police investigator Haruto Suzuki, a man obsessed
with following rules. When he investigates the mysterious death of a business man staying
in one of Tokyo’s hotels, Haruto stumbles into a much bigger murderous plot. Japan is
exchanging artificially intelligent robots for nuclear weapons from Israel.

Dr. Smith is not a bad fiction writer. His main character Haruto is an interesting man
who, in contrast to the ever-learning and growing robots, has trouble escaping from his
regiment of rules. Along with characters, Dr. Smith creates great action sequences that,
for the most part, are an intense plot filler.

Altogether, I, robot is a global story woven right along the lines of our modern theologies
and technologies (that is as long as your political views don’t distract you). And Dr.
Smith uses his extensive knowledge of current military robots, which should have been the
most excited part. But this is where the unfortunate part begins.

Howard S. Smith seems to be a very intelligent man with a wide variety of interests,
including karate, sci-fi, and robotics. If these seem like things that interest you as
well, you may really enjoy I, robot, as a lot of others have. But in my opinion, I’d
wait for the non-fiction version where Dr. Smith really delves, without distraction,
into the future applications of artificial intelligence.

Pirates of Silicon Valley

2011-03-01T10:31:00.001-08:00

to live the live as CEO of a mutli-billion dollar corporation. It must be full of trips
on your private jet sipping smoothies, cruising San Francisco with infamous rock stars,
and bossing around your employees and keeping them on task, because you are on a mission.

For Steve Jobs, that mission is messianic: he was put here on this planet to save us all
from our terrible "stink of Windows laptops" and create beautiful objects that "restore a
sense of childlike wonder to people's lives." If you dare doubt his artistic infallibility,
he will put you in your place, saying "dude, I invented the friggin iPod. Have you heard of
it?"

Of course, this isn't the real Steve Jobs. Although there is plenty of evidence supporting
the real Jobs' egomaniacal sid
Fake Steve Jobs personifies the worst aspects of the Silicon Valley CEO: self-absorbed,
unreliable, and corrupted by money.

In fact, Lyons has created the perfect evil genius in Fake Steve Jobs. He is a man
well-versed in some pop culture version of Zen Buddhism, and he truly believes he can
control people's minds. He is also a man so self-absorbed that no one is allowed to talk
to him (except during a scheduled time published on his iCal account) lest they risk being
fired.

Plus, Fake Steve Jobs surrounds himself with people who help him hone in his
creative skills so he can invent even more friggin awesome iProducts that the
frigtards at Microsoft will most likely steal. Some of the funniest scenes in the
book revolve around his interaction with Oracle CEO Larry Ellison. Both characters
are caught together contemplating the tenets of Zen Buddhism while smoking some weed
or tripping on peyote, and both seem completely lost on what to do with this stock options
scandal thing. verall, Options is a hilarious jab at one of the most revered CEO's in the
tech industry right now. As a novel written in first person with a linear narrative,
Options is able to do what the Fake Steve Jobs blog is unable to do: that is, create a
character that may be jilted by his own sense of self, but has a soul somewhere deep
inside the hard exterior. Whether you are into the world of technology or not, Options
is a great read that will have you laughing out loud.

Surrogates

2011-03-01T10:30:00.002-08:00

Surrogates, film starring Bruce Willis, takes us to a world where almost everyone is living their lives through robots called surrogates.
The commercials advertise a world free from danger, because if your surrogate is hurt or incapacitated, nothing happens to the operator.
Just a few repairs and the surrogate is back to its normal, operating self.

The surrogates look ever so slightly like more humanistic versions of the shiny robots that
used to peddle Duracell batteries years ago.

Not everyone is high on using surrogates to do their living though.
Many humans have formed anti-machine tribes.
They have set up reservations in major cities offering machine-free living.
A man who is simply known as The Prophet (Ving Rhames) leads the robot-hating people.

Agent Greer (Bruce Willis) is working a case for the FBI.
Seems a few operators have died the exact moment their surrogate died.
This is unheard of, and causes alarm seeing that surrogates are a top-selling product
worldwide.

Surrogates raises some key questions, but ends up skirting around the tough answers.
In what is no doubt a comparison on people becoming more dependent on technology and
less dependent on themselves, what would happen if all of us could stay at home while
someone else – a robot perhaps – did all our work for us? Would this breed widespread
apathy, agoraphobia, and anxiety? Would we become so dependent on our surrogates, that we’d
forget how to feel and act for ourselves? Is this happening now with the invention of the
Internet and computers? We spend countless hours in front of screens typing in information,
no doubt getting lazier and lazier. Some interesting ideas and thoughts about modern society
are definitely present here.

Wall - e

2011-03-01T10:30:00.001-08:00

Wall-E does have all the ingredients for that certain kind of cute Disney movie that we all
expect. Wall-E is a beat up, rusty robot who appears to be the sole survivor of an army of
robots left on the earth to clean it up after the human race had trashed and abandoned it.
He looks like a box with a binocular head and acts like a mini trash compactor.

The beginning of the movie is like an old silent film, where Wall-E exhibits certain human
qualities that endear us to him. He is curious, he collects little bits and pieces that he
finds interesting, he has funny mishaps and triumphs, and he has an odd liking for the
movie version of Hello Dolly. It is while he is watching the musical that we learn that
he is also lonely. Michael Crawford, as Cornelius Hackl, has taught Wall-E how to love
and we can almost feel Wall-E’s longing for his own Irene Malloy.

Of course, he does get his wish, in the shape of an egg-shaped robot who comes to Earth
in search of life. This new robot is Eve, and Wall-E is instantly smitten. I found their
beginning scenes fun to watch as they discover their similarities and overcome their
differences. Watching Wall-E with his beat up angles and Eve with her shiny smooth and
curved lines, reminded me of those funny computer commercials that start out with “Hello,
I’m a Mac,” and “I’m a PC.”

After Wall-E finds a plant and gives it to Eve, she seemingly shuts down while waiting
for her mother ship to pick her up. Wall-E does not understand why she has shut down,
but his devotion to her is touching. Eve’s mother ship does arrive, and Wall-E stows away
for the ride and their adventures begin.

As expected from a Pixar film, the CG animation in Wall-E is good. Wall-E reminded me
of a mechanical version of ET, including his curious attempts at understanding human
objects found in the world. The sound effects from sound designer Ben Burtt were another
highlight of the film, especially the robots’ speech and old computer sounds when Wall-E
boots up. The soundtrack is also good, with an extra bonus of a track by Peter Gabriel
during the credits.

Humans do exist in this futuristic world, but on the surface, the trashing of their home
planet has not taught them any lessons. All of the humans live on space ships.
These ships have been provided for them by the corporation “Buy n’ Large,” which
is representative of the massive consumerism that led to earth’s demise. All of the humans’ needs are met by robotic means. They drink supersized drinks, hover around on gliders, and are constantly in front of TV screens. Their remote control lifestyle has also led the race to obesity.

HEARTS day

2011-02-14T08:23:00.000-08:00

happy valentines to all...!

<3 <3 <3

moving on

2011-02-14T08:22:00.000-08:00

Matagal tagal na panahon na rin ang lumipas mula ng huli kung masabing close kami.
hindi ko nga maalala ang eksaktong bilang ng buwan, linggo, araw, oras at kahit sigundo
na nagpalitan kami ng teks.

sa aking pagkaka-alala, di man man niya sinabing gusto niya ako, wala man syang nabanggit
tungkol sa kung anong meron kami, ay naramdaman ko kahit papaano ang saya na dulot ng tinatawag nilang
"PAG-IBIG"..

Akala ko forever kaming ganoon..tiniteks ko siya, tiniteks din niya ako..
tawag dito, tawag doon.. minsan pa nga gumagamit pa xa ng ibang celfon para lang
ipaalam kung nasaan siya, saan siya pupunta o kaya'y saan nanggaling..

Umabot pa nga sa puntong naungkat ang tuksuhan namin nuon sa isa't isa, ang "mummy" at "daddy",
na naging tawagan namin noong CLOSE pa kami. Tawagang nabuo noong friend pa nya ang gusto ko.
Ni hindi ko nga lubos maisip paano niya ako nagagawang tawaging "mmy" sa harap ng ibang tao
gayong alam niyang mahilig manukso ang aming friends.

OO nga pala, we came from one circle of friends, Friendship na nabuo sa pagiging magkaklase.
noon, he had a crush, na sa alam ko ay type na type niya.. baka nga, LOVE na niya iyon.
ako naman, focus sa crush ko na close friend niya. hindi ko nga akalaing matutuon ang atensyon ko sa kanya,
kasi parang "nilalakad niya ako sa friend niya na hindi man lng nagsasabing type ako".
hehe. ang labo nuh?!,..ewan ko dun..

noon ngang ika tatlong taon ko sa kolehiyo, 2nd semester ay lagi kaming magkasamang naglalakwatsa..
of course with some other friends... naging ugat ng tuksuhan. kasi nga daw, parang may Something kami..
dahil nga sa tuksuhang yun, di ko akalaing naglalakwatsa na rin siya patungo sa puso ko..
hehe..

ngayon, nagbgo na ang lahat.. nahinto ang paglalakwatsa, pati na ang teks at tawag.
kaya masasabi kong, we're totally "no-communication". as in di na siya nagtiteks, ni tumawag
o ang sagutin ang tawag ko. maliban lang nung minsang nagteks siya sakin ng magksalubong kami patungong
simbahan.. nagpaalam siyang sa kabilang simbahan siya magsisimba...un lang.

hindi ko na maalala kung kailan nahinto ang aming closeness. siya una huminto, kaya hinayaan ko na rin. para ngang ako ang lalaki..
huminto sa kalokohan ko....

pero nung kailan lng may nangyari...
ni hindi ko alam wat to feel, nung nag post siya ng status sa social networking site na FACEBOOK.
nag comment ako, pero wala lng..

he replied, and i commented in return..
pero hindi ko inaasahang, mag reply siya ng "text2 pud oi"...
at dahil babae ako, nag ASSUME naman agad ako, nasa isip kong, "namimiss niya ako".
hahai. babae nga naman...excited akong mag-online kinabukasan, bka nga nagreply sya...

hayun..nag-online nga ako..
pero ibang comment ang nabasa ko.. dahil nga sa katangahan ko, nakalimutan ko na ang naksaad pala sa post niya ay
"hindi siya makatulog"..ang na feel kong excitement ay napalitan ng disappointment, hahaist...
nag comment kasi yung friend niya na dahil daw sa pag-iisip kai KAYE kung kaya't di siya makatulog...
at may pahabol pang..."love na talaga yan"..

ouch huh?!. ano buh?! kailngn ko pa buh talagang mabasa yun?! tsaka sino buh c KAYE?
hmmm.

now im writting, coz i've learned something and now i am ready and willing to move on...
i've list down my personal steps of MOVING ON..

-dont assume. accept na hindi talaga siya sayo..
-isubsob ang sarili at lahat ng oras sa skwela at mga kaibigan..
- do not recall the your bonding moments.
-huwag mag VIEW sa WALL niya..

kung hindi kaya.. meron pa akong alternative pa..

-ANG IWASAN SIYA-

kaya, im QEITERI ARMELLE, nangangakong gagawin ang lahat para makapag move-on, upang makapag focus
sa studies..dahil ang target ko lang ay ang mapabilang sa listahan ng GRADUATES april'11.
ahahahah..

feb 8,2011

2011-02-14T08:21:00.000-08:00

hindi mu hawak ang mundo..

may mga bagay talagang hindi mu lubos maisip
ni hindi sumagi sa isipan mong mangayayari..

minsan at halos sa lahat ng panahon kailangan
mong mag panggap na masaya ka ng saganun d nila
mapansin..

d nila mapansin na halos hindi mo na kayang tumayo
sa tuwing maiisip ang mga bagay na akalain mung para
ng mundo ang pinapasan mo sa bigat ng nararamdaman mo..

idagdag mo pa ang problema sa skwela...

maaring malakas ang pag tingin skin ng close friends ko.
they never see me nawalan ng pag-asa kahit nung nabagsak nami..
they never see me crying because of love and maybe even because of my
family's situation right now..

ni hindi nila alam nag puno't dulo ng storya ng aking buhay.
at d nila dapat malaman pa..

2010-12-17T05:40:00.001-08:00

=)

sooo happy..
to what is happening right now..
in my family, my relationship to my friends, my religious life,..

hehehehe... MERRY CHRISTMAS and may we have Bountiful new year..!!

meri CHRISTMAS to me...

2010-12-17T05:38:00.001-08:00

something happens unexpectedly...
i nevr realize until he went to his hometown..

several months passed that donkey was all i want to be with ..
not thinking that i was inspired by someone that
i dont think to become an inspiration..
he is someone opposite to what donkey is..
he is also nice man..
he makes me laugh before i got sleep..
and even in the early morning, at noon and again when evening comes...

hahaha.. dnt know what i felt right now..
is this a new chapter of lovelife?

ohohoho...dnt know what to think right now..

why to study future technology..

2010-12-10T19:25:00.000-08:00

recalling the past have given people idea what and how
to improve and make that are know very useful to us.

such as studying the past technology could help us determine what was
the origin of each of the technology that are current trend.
in identifying the current technology would give us idea how
to improve it and make it more useful to us. so, it is
important to study future technology for its not only focused
on the future but also studies the past and the current one.
on the IT industry it was very useful for IT people are working for the
good and better technology. that would greatly help us in our day to day
life more easily.

kwento nating dalawa

2010-11-06T05:24:00.000-07:00

paulit ulit ng nasabi
mga pangyayaring ganito
laman ng sari saring awitin
tula at ibat ibang kwento...

kahit na sa pelikula
mula doon hanggang dito
pilit na gustong hulihin kirot at kilig ng puso

pero kung ako ang tatanungin
kung ano ang aking damdamin
ngayon ikaw ay kahati ng buhay ko ...
kahit ano pang tula't awitin
sigurado akong tatapusin
masukat ang ligaya na dulot mo.....
wla pa yatang kanta, nobela o pelikula
ang kayang tapatan ang kwento nating dalawa ....

paulit ulit ng nasabi
at kay tagal pang hinintay
pinangarap pinantasya katuwang ko sa buhay
nagyon tayoy magkasama hindi pa rin maka paniwala
itong sweteng dumating sakin na pumayag kang mahalin kita ....

pero kung ako ang tatanungin
kung ano ang aking damdamin
ngayon ikaw ay kahati ng buhay ko
kahit ano pang tula't awitin
sigurado akong tatapusin
masukat ang ligaya na dulot mo
wla pa yatang kanta, nobela o pelikula
ang kayang tapatan ang kwento nating dalawa

to the love of my life...

2010-10-28T07:07:00.001-07:00

d ku gnustong mapanganak dito sa mundo..

d ko ginustong kayo maging magulang ko..

d ko ginustung hindi kau magkasundo..

d ko gustong kau ay magkahiwalay....

d ko gustong maging mahirap tau..

d ko ginustong mag aral sa malayo..

d ko ginustong malaki ang gastos saking pag aaral..

mas lalong d ko ginustong bigyan kayo ng sakit sa ulo..

kung lahat lang sana ng gusto ko ay natupad..

kung ang lahat sana ay umayon aking kagustuhan..

d n sana kayu nhihirapan ngaun...

pasensya n po..

i never mean anything..

its all my fault...

kung isilang mn akong muli dito sa mundo..

pipiliin ko pa rin kau bilang mga magulang ko..

at sila bilang mga kaibigan at kamag-anak ko...

you're unlike any other MAMA & PAPA...

i love you more than you know...

i love you more than you can see..

i love you more that you can feel..

i love you more than i can say...

i do love you more in everyday of my life...

sorry to all the bad things i've done...

i have a big sin to you both..

and the worst is, someone has been part of that mistake...

hope you will able to forgive me...

<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3

assignment1

2010-10-10T14:41:00.001-07:00

[color=green][i][center]Assuming you were tapped by the university president to evaluate the new enrollement system implemented this semester, enumerate your observations/comments and suggest possible areas and ways where improvements can be made. Your observations/suggestions should be properly validated with facts and literatures...(you may start with the diagrams posted in the strategic locations of the university)... (1000words)[/center][/i][/color]

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[color=blue]Based on my experience during the enrollment period, the enrollment system of the university was very hassle. You may take 2-3 days or more to certify that you are officially enrolled. i can consider it as very costly, not of the fees but to the time being consumed in enrolling. students undergo different transactions, from getting the PRF from the adviser after asking their advisory for what subjects we can take based on the evaluation you have undergo based on the grades you get from last semester the sad part is that i have seen the forms of the enrollment system it was really different as compare with the PRF that we fill up. from the arrangement of information to the spaces and check boxes provided so its really heard for the encoder to input those information. student then fill up the PRF then directly go to the encoder to take a slot of the subject you will be taking, the crucial part is that in filling up the PRF you wouldn't able to know if the slots of that subject code was already taken by other students. It was hassle since you will be again exerting effort to find again another subject code. After encoding you will proceed to the cahier to pay for tuition, then go to the registrar's office to certify that you were officially enrolled. so it was really a long process to go before you can call yourself as a bonafide student of the university.

i suggest a new automated system for enrollment. i would suggest to automate from the advising, filling up PRF to automatically be added to the system that would not need the encoder to input all of those information written on the PRF.

a system having this flow:
- pay the local fees manually.

-since the university's official website has a feature that provides student an access to be able to see their grades of last semesters subjects, the advisers can might have an access to that feature that would directly evaluate the grades of the students of what subjects are they going to get this incoming semester.

-then, the evaluated grades will now reflected to the enrollment system forms that would automatically added the subjects to be taken. And the students now can choose on what the schedule she would adopt.

-after that, the forms will generate report that can be automatically reflected to the cashier, so the student now no need to fill up PRF and the encoder would not need to print those forms with the subject code, description, schedule and the tuition fees. The student can now go directly to the cashier to pay the fees and those subjects reflected to
The automated PRF will going to be reflected to the Registrar's database so after the student to pay the student can now called himself as a bonafide student without going to registrar's office to certify.

With that kind of enrollment system the students can be enrolled for at least half a day,
The university can just add personnel to work as cashiers and encoders. with these the long lines of the student in registrar will be vanished just the lines
in the cashier will remain but at least the hussle was lessen.
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assignment3

2010-10-10T14:23:00.002-07:00

We interview Mr. Ariel Roy Reyes, but unfortunately we were not able to talk to him in person because he was so busy. Below are the following questions we have thrown to him and the answers.

Questions:

In system development, how various parts of the system communicate with each other throughout the university? In what way?
Regarding System Development, the best person to ask is our University Programmers, Mr. Fortich and Dr. Mercado.

What are the components involved in the system(s) in the university? (hardware, software, technology, etc.)
• I am not in the right position to discuss the details of the software components used as there are other assigned personnel for such job. However, talking about hardware component and technology used, basically I, assigned as the network administrator, is entrusted to maintain our different servers to run 24/7. Currently, we have our Web Server hosted here in our University in our HP ProLiant ML350 Server. Its an old but stable server set-up here in our Networks Office and has been active since Engr. Val A. Quimno , not yet a dean, was appointed as the Network Administrator. The said server has the following specification:
• Intel Xeon 3.0 GHz, 3.2 GHz, or 3.4 GHz processors (dual processor capability) with 1MB level 2 cache standard. Processors include support for Hyper-Threading and Extended Memory 64 Technology (EM64T)
• Intel® E7520 chipset
• 800-MHz Front Side Bus
• Integrated Dual Channel Ultra320 SCSI Adapter
• Smart Array 641 Controller (standard in Array Models only)
• NC7761 PCI Gigabit NIC (embedded)
• Up to 1 GB of PC2700 DDR SDRAM with Advanced ECC capabilities (Expandable to 8 GB)
• Six expansion slots: one 64-bit/133-MHz PCI-X, two 64-bit/100-MHz PCI-X, one 64-bit/66-MHz PCI-X, one x4 PCI-Express, and one x8 PCI-Express
• New HP Power Regulator for ProLiant delivering server level, policy based power management with industry leading energy efficiency and savings on system power and cooling costs
• Three USB ports: 1 front, 1 internal, 1 rear
• Support for Ultra320 SCSI hard drives (six hot plug or four non-hot plug drives supported standard, model dependent)
• Internalstorage capacity of up to 1.8TB; 2.4TB with optional 2-bay hot plug SCSI drive
• 725W Hot-Plug Power Supply (standard, most models); optional 725W Hot-Pluggable Redundant Power Supply (1+1) available. Non hot plug SCSI models include a 460W non-hot plug power supply.
• Tool-free chassis entry and component access
• Support for ROM based setup utility (RBSU) and redundant ROM
• Systems Insight Manager, SmartStart, and Automatic Server Recovery 2 (ASR-2) included
• Protected by HP Services and a worldwide network of resellers and service providers. Three-year Next Business Day, on-site limited global warranty. Certain restrictions and exclusions apply. Pre-Failure Notification on processors, memory, and SCSI hard drives.
Aside from it, our mail server running under Compaq Proliant ML330 Server, our oldest server, is also hosted here in our Networks Office. Together with other Servers, such as Proxy and Enrollment Servers, both proxy and our enrollment servers are running in a microcomputer/personal computers but with higher specifications to act as servers.

How do these communicate with one another? (Topology, network connectivity, protocols, etc.) – may include data flow/ UML diagrams to better explain.
All Servers are connected in a shared medium grouped as one subnetwork. In general, our network follows the extended star topology which is connected to a DUAL WAN Router that serves as the load balancer between our two Internet Service Providers. All other workstations are grouped into different subnetworks as in star topology branching out from our servers subnetwork as in extended star topology. At present, we are making use of class C IP Address for private IP address assignments. Other workstations IP assignments are configured statically (example: laboratories) while others are Dynamic (example: offices). All workstations are connected via our proxy servers that do some basic filtering/firewall to control users access to the internet aside from router filtering/firewall management. So, whenever any workstation has to connect to the internet, it has to pass through software and hardware based firewall.

What are the processes involved in the communication (each system to other systems)?
As mentioned above, in item 3, all workstations are connected via a proxy server. It means that whenever a workstation is turned on, it requests for an IP address from the proxy server (for dynamically configured IP address) and connect to the network after IP address is acquired. As connection is established, each system can now communicate and share resources within the same subnetwork and to server following the concepts discuss in your Computer Network Class.

How do you go along with the maintenance of the system?
Basically, our servers are expected to be in good condition since it is required to be up 24/7. Daily, during my vacant period, monitoring on the servers are observed that includes checking logs, checking hardware performance such as CPU health, etc. If problems are observed, remedies are then and then applied. Once in a week, regular overall checkup is observed as preventive maintenance to ensure not to experience longer downtime if possible.

Does the system follow a specific standard? Explain Please.
As I was appointed as the Network Administrator, everything was already in place except for some minor changes. Basically, different networking standards was already observed such as cabling standards, TIA/EIA 568A-B, different IEEE standards as discussed in your Computer Networks Subject, etc.

How is the security of the system? Are there any vulnerabilities? Risks? Corresponding mitigation techniques? Access control?
As I have mentioned, we have implemented both software and hardware based filtering/firewall. Basically, Risks or vulnerabilities and different mitigation techniques were considered to increase security in our network. Aside from filtering/firewall, constant monitoring on networks activity also increases the security of the system.

Are there any interference? During what (most) times do these occur? Explain their effects especially with regards to the business of the university?
Major Interferences are normally encountered as an effect of unforeseen and beyond our control events such as black outs, and the like. The said interference would of course affect University’s day-to-day businesses for obviously this will paralyze all our activities that rely on electricity and further this might cause damage on our network devices, etc. that may later be the reason for longer downtime. Problems encountered by our providers such as connection to the National/International Gateway also affect University’s business such as correlating to University’s Business Partners outside and within the country.

Assignment 4

2010-10-10T14:23:00.001-07:00

Contrast and discuss the enrolment input form (PRF) with the enrolment university interface.

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[color=blue]PRF or Pre-Registration Form is the enrollment input form that is given by the adviser to the student that serves as an evaluation of the students’ current standing and units allowed to enroll. The enrollment form must be filled up with the necessary information needed as part of the enrollment process for the students’ information. Basically, the enrollment input form inquires only the students’ rudimentary attributes such as College, Name, ID Number, Address, Semester, School Year, Course, Class, Section, Sex, Type, Scholarship, Code, Course Title, Course Description, Units, Section, Time, and Room.

The SRIS will automatically show the subject, description, units, section, time and room, once the encoder inputs the subject code that a certain student would like to enroll in. The PRF is indeed a PRE REGISTRATION FORM. The encoder needs the information on the PRF, so that the enrollee will be registered. The PRF also helps the student be informed of his schedule, beforehand, to avoid conflicts. There are some information on the SRIS that I find quite useless, such as the Civil status and the Desired Career. Well, the last one that I mentioned, which is the 'Desired Career' really made me laugh, because there is already the Course field, so I think, that Desired Career stuff is quite useless. hehe

In general, the SRIS is quite fine, it has the necessary information needed and it has the CRUD (Create, Retrieve, Update, Delete) capability. I just hope that the information in the PRF will correctly be encoded in the SRIS. I can't ignore the fact that the encoder may forget to check if the address of that certain student have changed, or other personal details in the PRF. [/center][/color]

assignment 2

2010-10-10T14:22:00.001-07:00

Relative to your answer in Assignment 1 .... what's your take on the design of the enrollment system?

relative to assignment1.

the university has exerting effort in automating the enrollment system or to make it more easier for the students to be enrolled.from the very first time i enrolled in this university, even in the Tagum Campus, i actually experienced same scenarios.get grades, undergo advising, go to the encoder, pay local fees, pay miscellaneous, and go to registrar to certify that you are officially enrolled. all of those steps were actually a very very long process and it takes a long number of hours just to be enrolled. according to my mother, it was the same process or steps she experience when she enrolled my brother on the USEP Tagum Campus, and as compare to what i experienced in enrolling myself, she said that it was a bit easier than before, for before when number of units were not that many, they actually writes their subjects to be enrolled and they do not have to go for the encoder, for the forms where they write the subjects to be enrolled is given to the registrar and be kept as their record for they do not a automate the system before. so according to her, though it was a manual procedure but compare to our enrollment system now, they have just smaller period of time spent than today's enrollment system.

as what Ive realized, if the old manual enrollment system able the enrollees to spent a lil bit small period of time than now, i think the university can make it easier and hassle free than before. i can say that the university must have a lil more review on the enrollment system, so that they would be able to have a plan of re organizing it to be more beneficial to the students and even to the staff and faculty.

i LOVE you GOODBYE

2010-10-10T14:14:00.000-07:00

Wish I could be the one
The one who could give you love
The kind of love you really need
Wish I could say to you
That I'll always stay with you
But baby that's not me
You need someone willing to give their heart and soul to you
Promise you forever, baby that's something I can't do
Oh I could say that I'll be all you need
But that would be a lie
I know I'd only hurt you
I know I'd only make you cry
I'm not the one you're needing
I love you, goodbye

I hope someday you can
Find some way to understand I'm only doing this for you
I don't really wanna go
But deep in my heart I know this is the kindest thing to do
You'll find someone who'll be the one that I could never be
Who'll give you something better
Than the love you'll find with me
Oh I could say that I'll be all you need
But that would be a crime
I know I'd only hurt you
I know I'd only make you cry
I'm not the one you're needing
I love you, goodbye

Leaving someone when you love someone
Is the hardest thing to do
When you love someone as much as I love you

Oh I don't wanna leave you
Baby it tears me up inside
But I'll never be the one you're needing
I love you, goodbye

Baby, its never ganna work out
I love you, goodbye

kapoi nah...

2010-10-10T14:09:00.000-07:00

Sori jud..
From now on..
U wil never see my profile again appear on your wall…
Pra katu lng na sunggog big deal n sa imu?
Ouch ah. Your so mabaw….

Nbuhat lng tu nku coz I dnt know how to react sa aku nkita..
D mn gud ku anad mkita nga naa kay kauban..
Wel, knsa mn pud daw ku pra mgbuot ug mhimong posesive sa imu?
Hahaist.. I know i dnt hav right at ol…
You make me so pathetic,
you dnt know how much pain you have caused me..

erase erase..
bitter kau ku nuh?
Sori jud…
Anih n jud ku…
You dnt know how many months you make me praning …
Like no one ever do it to me..
Hahaist…

U are nothing..
But to me u are evrythng..
Though you are not on my standard..
But still, I fall on you..

How many did I promise to myclf not to think of you..
But still my heart insisting to do what makes me happy..
Kala ko nga happy aku..
Un pla hindi..
Thinking, spending time to someone who didn’t even give care to me…

This is too much..
A major2 too much..
I should stop this noon pa…

Hope its not too late…

with a little help from my FRIENDS

2010-10-06T10:01:00.000-07:00

What would you think if I sang out of tune,
Would you stand up and walk out on me.
Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song,
And I'll try not to sing out of key.
Oh I get by with a little help from my friends,
Mmm,I get high with a little help from my friends,
Mmm, I'm gonna try with a little help from my friends.

Do you need anybody?
I need somebody to love.
Could it be anybody?
I want somebody to love.

What do I do when my love is away.
(Does it worry you to be alone)
How do I feel by the end of the day
(Are you sad because you're on your own)
No, I get by with a little help from my friends,
Mmm, get high with a little help from my friends,
Mmm, gonna to try with a little help from my friends

Do you need anybody?
I need somebody to love.
Could it be anybody?
I want somebody to love.

Would you believe in a love at first sight?
Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time.
What do you see when you turn out the light?
I can't tell you, but I know it's mine.
Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends,
Mmm I get high with a little help from my friends,
Oh, I'm gonna try with a little help from my friends

Do you need anybody?
I just need someone to love.
Could it be anybody?
I want somebody to love

Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends,
Mmm, gonna try with a little help from my friends
Ooh, I get high with a little help from my friends
Yes I get by with a little help from my friends,
with a little help from my friends

will I SURVIVE

2010-10-06T09:49:00.000-07:00

I have this feeling inside me that i've always tried to hide
this feeling has never ended, didn't ever subside
i realized that keeping it would only cause me pain
so i tried to forget about it but the feeling only remained

tell me will i ever survive
stop my tears and keep it inside
holding back myself from being close to you

here i am all alone so lost and full of confusion
not knowing how to help myself arrive at a decision
i can't get you out of my mind

i don't know what to do
it's this feeling that's ever growing
it's this feeling i feel for you....

tell me will i ever survive
stop my tears and keep it inside
holding back myself from being close to you....

Will i ever wake up from this dream
I'm going through

I ain't missing YOU at all

2010-10-05T17:58:00.000-07:00

Every time I think of you
I always catch my breath
And I’m still standing here
And you’re miles away
And I’m wondering why you left

And there’s a storm that’s raging
Through my frozen heart tonight

I hear your name in certain circles
And it always makes me smile
I spend my time
Thinking about you
And it’s almost driving me wild

And there’s a heart that’s breaking
Down this long distance line tonight

I ain’t missing you at all
Since you’ve been gone
Away
I ain’t missing you
No matter
What I might say

There’s a message
In the wild
And I’m sending you this signal tonight

You don’t know
How desperate I’ve become
And it looks like I’m losing this fight

In your world
I have no meaning
Though I’m trying hard to understand

And it’s my heart that’s breaking
Down this long distance line tonight

I ain’t missing you at all
Since you’ve been gone
Away
I ain’t missing you
No matter
What my friends say

And there’s a message that I’m sending out
Like a telegraph to your soul
And if I can’t bridge this distance
Stop this heartbreak overload

I ain’t missing you at all
Since you’ve been gone
Away
I ain’t missing you
No matter
What my friends say

I ain’t missing you
I ain’t missing you
I keep lying to myself

And there’s a storm that’s raging
Through my frozen heart tonight

I ain’t missing you at all
Since you’ve been gone
Away
I ain’t missing you
No matter
What my friends say

Ain’t missing you
I ain’t missing you
I ain’t missing you
I keep lying to myself

Ain’t missing you
I ain’t missing you
I ain’t missing you
I ain’t missing you
I ain’t missing you
I ain’t missing you
Ain’t missing you
Oh no

No matter what my friends might say
I ain’t missing you

i'll be there for YOU

2010-10-03T21:32:00.001-07:00

I guess this time you're really leaving
I heard your suitcase say goodbye
And as my broken heart lies bleeding
You say true love in suicide

You say you're cried a thousand rivers
And now you're swimming for the shore
You left me drowning in my tears
And you won't save me anymore

Now I'm praying to God
You'll give me one more chance, girl

I'll be there for you
These five words I swear to you
When you breathe I want to be the air for you
I'll be there for you

I'd live and I'd die for you
Steal the sun from the sky for you
Words can't say what a love can do
I'll be there for you

I know you know we're had some good times
How they have their own hiding place
I can promise you tomorrow
But I can't buy back yesterday

And baby you know my hands are dirty
But I wanted to be your valentine
I'll be the water when you get thirsty, baby
When you get drink, I'll be the wine

I'll be there for you
These five words I swear to you
When you breathe I want to be the air for you
I'll be there for you

I'd live and I'd die for you
Steal the sun from the sky for you
Words can't say what a love can do
I'll be there for you

And I wasn't there when you were happy
I wasn't there when you were down
I didn't mean to miss your birthday, baby
I wish I'd seen you blow those candles out

I'll be there for you
These five words I swear to you
When you breathe I want to be the air for you
I'll be there for you

I'd live and I'd die for you
Steal the sun from the sky for you
Words can't say what a love can do
I'll be there for you

FRIEND of mine

2010-10-03T21:27:00.001-07:00

I've known you for so long
You are a friend of mine
But is this all we'd ever be?
I've loved you ever since
You are a friend of mine
But babe, is this all we ever could be?

You tell me things I've never known
I've shown you love you've never shown
But then again, when you cry
I'm always at your side
You tell me 'bout the love you've had
I listen very eagerly
But deep inside you'll never see
This feeling of emptiness
It makes me feel sad
But then again I'm glad

I've known you all my life
You are a friend of mine
I know this is how it's gonna be
I've loved you then and I love you still
You're a friend of mine
Now, I know friends are all we ever could be

You tell me things I've never known
I've shown you love you've never shown
But then again, when you cry
I'm always at your side
You tell me 'bout the love you've had
And I listen very eagerly
But deep inside you'll never see
This feeling of emptiness
It makes me feel sad

But then again
Then again
Then again I'm glad

if i had only one FRIEND left

2010-10-03T21:26:00.000-07:00

I always thought you were the best
I guess I always will.
I always thought that we were blessed
And I feel that way still.
Sometimes we took the hard road
But we always saw it through.

If I had only one friend left
I'd want it to be you.

Sometimes the world was on our side
Sometimes it wasn't fair.
Sometimes it gave a helping hand
Sometimes we didn't care.
'Cause when we were together
It made the dream come true.

If I had only one friend left
I'd want it to be you.

Someone who understands me
And knows me inside out.
Who helps keep me together
And believes without a doubt,
That I could move a mountain
With someone to tell it to.

If I had only one friend left
I'd want it to be you.

Someone who understands me
And knows me inside out.
Who helps keep me together
And believes without a doubt,
That I could move a mountain
With someone to tell it to.

If I had only one friend left
I'd want it to be you.

Old FRIEND

2010-10-03T21:25:00.000-07:00

A million times or more I thought about you
The years, the tears, the laughter, things we used to do
Are memories that warm me like a sunny day
You touched my life in such a special way

I miss the way you’d run your fingers through my hair
Those cozy nights we cuddled in your easy chair
Oh no, I won’t let foolish pride turn you away
I’ll take you back whatever price I pay

Old friend
It’s so nice to feel you hold me again
No, it doesn’t matter where you have been
My heart welcomes you back home again

Remember those romantic walks we used to take
You held my hand in such a way my knees would shake
You can’t imagine just how much I’ve needed you
I’ve never loved someone as I love you

Old friend
It’s so nice to feel you hold me again
No, it doesn’t matter where you have been
My heart welcomes you back

Old friend
This is where our happy ending begins
Yes, I’m sure this time that we’re gonna win
Welcome back into my life again

Yes, I’ve tried to live my life without you
Knowing I had lost my closest friend
And though I’m feeling low from time to time
Knowing I will never find the kind of love I had when you were mine

Old friend
It’s so nice to feel you hold me again
No, it doesn’t matter where you have been
My heart welcomes you back

Old friend
This is where our happy ending begins
Yes, I’m sure this time that we’re gonna win
Welcome back into my life again

CHANGES in my LIFE

2010-09-29T20:11:00.001-07:00

I was not so happy being lonely
Living without you
So I prayed so hard for your love
In my heart I needed you
Then I looked up in the sky
And I'm thinking why oh why
These are all the many changes in my life

After all the caring and the laughter
No one else like you
I am not a preacher with a sermon
I'm so in love with you
'Cause to live without your love
Like the sun that shines above
Is the magic of the changes in my life

And I'll never forget your love
You and I
We were meant to be
Sweet as rain falling from the sky
You and I
These are all the many changes in my life

Listen to these words I want to give you
On our love so true
Don't forget I love you and I need you
I'll always be with you
So just look up in the sky
And you'll find out why oh why
These are all the many changes in my life

And I'll never forget your love
You and I
We were meant to be
Sweet as rain falling from the sky
You and I
These are all the many changes, these are all the many changes,
These are all the many changes in my life

And I'll never forget your love
You and I
We were meant to be
Sweet as rain falling from the sky
You and I

These are all the may changes
These are all the many changes
These are all the many changes in my life

And I'll never forget your love
You and I,
We were meant to be
Sweet as rain
Falling from the sky
You and I

These are all the many changes, these are all the many changes,
These are all the many changes in my life (3x)

More lyrics: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/m/mark_sherman/#share

at YOUR side

2010-09-29T19:59:00.000-07:00

When the daylight's gone, and you're on your own
And you need a friend, just to be around
I will comfort you, I will take your hand
And I'll pull you through, I will understand
And you`ll know that...

I'll be at your side
There's no need to worry
Together, we'll survive
Through the haste & hurry
I'll be at your side, if you feel like you're alone
And you've nowhere to turn
I'll be at your side

If life's standing still, and your soul's confused
And you cannot find what road to choose
If you make mistakes (make mistakes)
You won't let me down (let me down)
I will still believe (still believe)
I will turn around
And you know that

I'll be at your side
There's no need to worry
Together we'll survive
Through the haste and hurry
I'll be at your side
If you feel like you're alone
And you've nowhere to turn
I'll be at your side

I'll be at your side
I'll be at your side
You know that

I'll be at your side
There's no need to worry
Together we'll survive
Through the haste and hurry
I'll be at your side, if you feel like you're alone
You've got somewhere to go
I'll be at your side

I'll be at your side
I'll be right there for you
(Together we'll survive)
Through the haste and hurry
I'll be at your side, if you feel like you're alone
You've got somewhere to go
'Coz I'm at your side
Yeeeah, I'll be right there for you
I'll be right there for you yeah
I'm right at your side

you've got a FRIEND

2010-09-28T06:28:00.000-07:00

When your down and troubled
And you need a helping hand
And nothing, whoa nothing is going right.

Close your eyes and think of me
And soon I will be there
To brighten up even your darkest nights.

You just call out my name,
And you know whereever I am
I'll come running, oh yeah baby
To see you again.

Winter, spring , summer, or fall,
All you have to do is call
And I'll be there, yeah, yeah, yeah.
You've got a freind.

If the sky above you
Should turn dark and full of clouds
And that old north wind should begin to blow
Keep your head together and call my name out loud
And soon I will be knocking upon your door.

You just call out my name and you know where ever I am
I'll come running to see you again.

Winter, Spring, summer or fall
All you got to do is call
And I'll be there, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Hey, ain't it good to know that you've got a friend?
People can be so cold.
They'll hurt you and desert you.
Well they'll take your soul if you let them.
Oh yeah, but don't you let them.
You just call out my name and you know wherever I am
I'll come running to see you again.
Oh babe, don't you know that,
Winter Spring summer or fall,
Hey now, all you've got to do is call.
Lord, I'll be there, yes I will.
You've got a friend.

farewell I

2010-08-23T01:59:00.000-07:00

I hope I can stand it…
I hope it would be the last day I will call you -----,
For I have seen that you live your life right now with satisfaction,
I’ve noticed that happiness drawn in your face today like I’ve never seen it before.Stay happy and focused.
i will always be here sitting pretty,
Celebrates with you for your achievements and prays for you if you have problems..
It might sound funny,
but I like you more,
Than of what you have noticed.
i still have the smiles drawn in my face every time you were there.
And I can even remember the pains I felt when I thought of you with another girl.
But now, I can merely accept the truth that this is not the right time,
You give joy to my life,I might be too showy..
but i am what i am.And for me,
it is the simple way of saying goodbye..
To the old puypuy, jean, pol..And hello to the new me.!

P.S. everything remains the same, but not the things I’ve done to you that makes you think that you were obliged to do so.
Thank you for the happiness you’ve given to me.
You make me smile when I’m sad.
More power and go higher!!Always remember…
I will always be your -----,
a very malicious friend,
And will always be your hopeless romantic friend.!
FIONA…Already moved on with SHREK..
And now, trying to forget DONKEY…
LORD FARQUAAD...dont cha ever come..
cause if you will, it will only endure another pain...:-l

farewell II

2010-08-23T01:56:00.000-07:00

All I want is to keep a distance with him, and not to communicate at all.
I thought all the things I want would make me happy,
but the truth it doesn’t working at all.
Instead, it only makes me frustrate.
Frustrated to the things I’ve never really expected nor imagine to happen this way.
I was flooded with projects and problems,
and yet bombarded with the pains I felt every time our path crosses,
and our eyes meets, thinkin’ that this I felt for him right now,
would make us destructed in our studies.
I want to be happy to see him satisfied and focused,
but my heart and mind insisting I am happier to be closer to him.
And show this “infatuation” I have for him.
Coz it sound ridiculous but I cant imagine me fallin with other guy..^_^
There are nights before I sleep,
and times that I’m at the corner of my room thinkin
that you have might read this piece I made because of you,
that you are my silent reader. If that really happens,
I know you can even recognize for whom I am writing this so,
please do not leave a comment. Amisyu.mishurteks.mishurboys.aymisarbanding.aimismaichardyer.mishu.. HWGPJDZHCCNSKey: LOVE

just a thought

2010-08-23T01:55:00.000-07:00

What is this im feelin'?
a feeling so strong, A LOVE or INFATUATION?
how can you differ love from infatuation.

Is this LOVE, when your mind was set to don't get close to him, yet your heart insisting you want to be with him..

Is this LOVE, when you said to your friends I dont want to go to somewhere for maybe he was also there, but then your heart shouting you're really want to be there..

Is this LOVE, when you dont want to hold his possessions, but when you see those things held with other, you want to grab it and say it was mine..

Is this LOVE, when you decided not to do it for he might think he was obliged to do it so, But then you were still doing it all over again..

Is this LOVE, When you ask God not to be close him, But at the end of every prayer you will able to say "if he also likes me... sana sya n lng pra sakin..."

Is this LOVE, when you dont react when you met, you dont drop a comment to his shoutout, you dont send him private messages, in simple words, you are not interacting with him... but then you were still destructed because every now and then his thoughts were always on your mind..

Is this LOVE, when you dont want to see him, yet you know you were going to the place where he is and as ever as possible, you wear your best dress, and spray your over seductive and poisonous fragrance... -just a thought.. LOVE or INFATUATION? lol

I was really inspired by him

2010-08-23T01:53:00.000-07:00

a guy who was almost 2 yrs ago was just my "ordinary classmate" But then unexpectedly became my "special friend"A friend who has been my companion When were going to or from our M*** class...

A friend who I dont want to laugh by my friends and class mates, bu then I didnt able to defend him..

A friend of mine who not because of his effort on writing our final project almost 2 yrs ago ables me pass...

A friend who became my resort when I was on deep pain because of a common friend...

A friend who was according to my friends a very boring person, was the friend who makes me happy and ables me to temporarily forget my problems....

A friend who was captures our class moments and bondings, was also the friend who captures my heart...

A friend who was before good in trash talk, was now my inspiration to grow spiritually...

A friend who makes me realize that i know nothing in the faith and religion I grew...I never been expected him to be my friend than an inspiration,but for now, i have no regrets for he makes me matured emotionally and spiritually...

A friend of mine, that compared by my friend to a zombie of PVZ,donkey on Shrek, that according to them was not talented...is as of now, the songer of my life...he might not acknowledge this, he might not aware of this,but im happy to met him =)

:)

2010-07-04T23:04:00.000-07:00

Systems Analysis and Design II na....

assignment 9

2010-06-17T06:22:00.002-07:00

assignment 11

2010-06-17T06:22:00.001-07:00

You were tasked by the IC-dean to evaluate the enrollment system of the university, list and briefly describe the characteristics that an anlayst(you) examines when choosing or defining deployment environment.

Given the chance to evaluate the enrollment system of the University, it is a must that I should first identify all the things that will be involved during the evaluation period.

So let me define what application deployment environment all about is. The application deployment environment consists of the computer hardware (platforms) and operating systems that will support the application program. The new application system may have to meet special design requirements to conform to the restrictions of the operating system and the equipment.

When managers deploy information technology (IT) they frequently are forced to make decisions about two different, yet related sets of issues simultaneously. First, they identify the characteristics of the competitive or business environments in which the IT will be deployed. This enables them to select the most beneficial deployment environments, to maximize the potentials that the IT contributes business value to the firm. Second, recognizing that all deployment environments are not created equal, they also find it may be worthwhile to adjust the characteristics or features of the IT to take into account those differences.

Often it is difficult to separate the influences of the deployment environment (which may be beyond the control of management) and the features of the IT. Still, in order to successfully deploy IT to create competitive advantage or sustain competitive parity at an acceptable cost, managers need to be good at choosing deployment locations and the features of the ITS they invest in.

As an analyst important characteristic should be consider in order to define a rightful deployment environment. Analysts consider the configuration of computer equipment, operating systems, and networks that will exist when the new application system is deployed.

Analyst must always consider the configuration of computer equipment in order to maintain an understanding of the status of complex assets with a view to maintaining the highest level of serviceability for the lowest cost. Specifically, it aims to ensure that operations are not disrupted due to the asset overrunning limits of planned lifespan or below quality levels.

Computer hardware configuration management is the process of creating and maintaining an up-to-date record of all the components of the infrastructure, including related documentation. Its purpose is to show what makes up the infrastructure and illustrate the physical locations and links between each item, which are known as configuration items. Computer hardware configuration goes beyond the recording of computer hardware for the purpose of asset management, although it can be used to maintain asset information. The extra value provided is the rich source of support information that it provides to all interested parties.

Consider the operating systems; the OS is responsible for management and coordination of processes and allocation and sharing of hardware resources such as RAM and disk space, and acts as a host for computing applications running on the OS. The purpose of an operating system is to organize and control hardware and software so that the device it lives in behaves in a flexible but predictable way.

And the networks, the devices connected by communications channels that facilitates communications among users and allows users to share resources with other users where the new application be deployed must be deemed for deployment.

With all of these, let us also cite the differences between the application deployment and deployment environment. The development environment consists of the programming languages, CASE (computer-assisted software engineering) tools, and other software used to develop application software.

The application deployment environment, particularly the operating system, DBMS, and distributed software standard, usually limits the choices that are available for the development environment.

Companies prefer certain languages for system development, and their analysts are familiar with the features of these languages. As newer languages provide additional capabilities, however, companies may consider different languages for their system development. An analyst should consider both the application deployment and development environments when determining how they will work with a particular application.

References:

http://www.howstuffworks.com/operating-system.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_network

assignment 10

2010-06-17T06:20:00.000-07:00

In reference to our assignment 8 and 9, a System Analyst has three required skills to be considered. It includes the ability to work on the technical and business side and also the ability to handle people, which is the most important skill.

The systems analyst (sometimes called systems architect or systems designer) orchestrates the effort. He starts by interviewing users, teasing out what they need as opposed to what they want—the nice-to-have things usually cost more than necessary. He often uses modeling software to evaluate what-ifs.
System Analysts need good speaking and writing skills, too, so that they can explain their systems and give good instructions to their clients. They draw diagrams and charts to show how information will get into the computers, how that information will be processed, and how it will get to the people who need it.

As mentioned, System Analyst should have a broader knowledge on how to create a data flow diagram. He must analyze the process of the system first before doing the whole diagram. The system analyst is in-charge of describing the right processes and considered all necessary information about the system in order to come up with a more readable and internally consistent balanced data flow diagram. The detailed description of every symbol used in the diagram. He must know how the decision variables will be properly put on. And lastly, the system analyst should be the one responsible for when be the process of the system will end.

So let me describe how data flow diagrams really works.

Data flow diagrams is a modeling tool used to describe the transformation of inputs to outputs. It is graphic illustration that shows the flow of data and logic within the system. The model generally starts with a context diagram showing the system as a single process connected to external entities outside of the system boundary. This process explodes to a lower level DFD that divides the system into smaller parts and balances the flow of information between parent and child diagrams. Many diagram levels may be needed to express a complex system. Primitive processes, those that don't explode to a child diagram, are usually described in a connected textual specification.

Data flow diagrams provides an overview of what data flows in a system, what transformations are done on the data, what files are used and where results flow. It is a good documentation aid which is understood by both programmers and non-programmers (i.e., laypersons). As DFD specifies only what processes are performed and not how they are performed it is easily understood by a non programming
user.

What is a context diagram?

A diagram giving an entire system’s data flows and processing with a single Process (circle) is called a context diagram.

What do you understand by leveling of DFD?

A context diagram is expanded into a number of inter-related processes. Each process may be further expanded into a set of inter-connected sub processes. This procedure of expanding a DFD is known as leveling.

What is a physical DFD?

A physical DFD specifies from where data flows and who processes the data and to whom the processed data is sent.

In what way is physical DFD useful?

It is easy to develop during fact gathering stage of systems analysis. Such a physical DFD is easily understood by a lay user who can verify the DFD drawn by an analyst and tell whether such a DFD corresponds to a particular operation
taking place in an organization. Physical DFD is the starting point for developing the logical DFD.

Thus, with the given characteristic of a system analyst and defining the data flow diagrams, I could say that I still have to practice more in analyzing certain systems in order to create a more effective diagram. I still have to develop my ability to interpret diagrammatic presentations of work flow, and prepare computer block diagrams and flow charts. And also the ability to operate an on-line date entry terminal.

assignment 8

2010-06-17T06:18:00.001-07:00

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this diagraminitiates that when the apllicant wnats to apply for the USEPAT, he must secure first registration form then take up exam. if he passed the exam, he would undergo interview with the faculty from the college. after the interview, the aplicant must pass requiremnets. if ever he failed teh english profinciency exam, he would undrgo EBP. after taking up EBP, the list of the applicants who pass teh interview will be posted by the dean. then you can now enroll to the Unibversity.

assignment 7

2010-06-17T06:17:00.001-07:00

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Use case: USEPAT Registration
Actors: UGTO, Cashier, Student
Description: the use case describes the first step upon the regisration for USEPAT.
Trigger: the student wants to enroll at the university.
post condition: the can now proceed to teh next step.

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Use case: USEPAT Registration
Actors:Csahier, Registrar, faculty, student
Description: the use case describes the second step upon the pre-enrollment process at USEP.
Trigger: the student wants to enroll at the university.
pre condition: the student must undergo teh first step
post condition: the student is now officially enrolled.

assignment 6

2010-06-17T06:16:00.000-07:00

Consider the following dialogue between a systems professional, John Juan, and a manager of a department targeted for a new information system, Peter Pedro:

Juan: The way to go about the analysis is to first examine the old system, such as reviewing key documents and observing the workers perform their tasks. Then we can determine which aspects are working well and which should be preserved.

Pedro: We have been through these types of projects before and what always ends up happening is that we do not get the new system we are promised; we get a modified version of the old system.

Juan: Well, I can assure you that will not happen this time. We just want a thorough understanding of what is working well and what isn’t.

Pedro: I would feel much more comfortable if we first started with a list of our requirements. We should spend some time up-front determining exactly what we want the system to do for my department. Then you systems people can come in and determine what portions to salvage if you wish. Just don’t constrain us to the old system.

Required:

a.Obviously these two workers have different views on how the systems analysis phase should be conducted. Comment on whose position you sympathize with the most.
b.What method would you propose they take? Why?

As to the conversation made by Peter Pedro which is the department manager and John Juan the system Professional, it was obviously a conflict between their ideas on what they were going to do first upon developing the system that would surely a great help to a less hassle and a not time consuming system. Since they have been working before in the same project, Peter Pedro was saying that they have been undergo with the same process of system development but they have ending up making a modified version of the existing system in short they have not been successful attaining their target. So he said to John Juan that they have to go with another tactics in developing a system, but John Juan insist that they have to undergo with the same process again. I think I would go for the idea of John Juan, since they have been working for that process and they know the outcome was not the same as their target, they can easily made their development a little bit different from before, with this case they can now identify in which part of activities they have done wrong that would result to the modified version of existing system.
But actually, legacy system is not easy to replace but if you would made a very good system it would be like making a system that as easy to use as the legacy one.

In making the development of the new system successful, the two must agree with what process model they would use. I would suggest that they use the Waterfall model, not only because it was traditional model but it was tested and proven that it has a big possibilities that would come up to a very good system. First, the manager and the system professional must undergo planning which may cater their own ideas, such as listing the requirements of what the manager wants and at the same time the system professional can now observe the functionality of the existing system and review the document, after such they can now discuss what are the functions that the new system have that is unique with the existing and what to preserve functions. With this the two can now decide of what really is the scope of their project.

assignment5

2010-06-17T06:14:00.000-07:00

Particularly, USEP is committed to:
->Provide quality education for students to grow in knowledge, promote their well-rounded development, and make them globally competitive in the world of work;
->Engage in high impact research, not only for knowledge’s sake, but also for its practical benefits to society; and,
->Promote entrepreneurship and industry collaboration.

The University of Southeastern Philippines is an organization which goes through stages of development just like systems that has a systems development life cycle (SDLC). It will be facing different cycle or stages throughout its life. The USEP might have several stages, these are:

Seed stage: this is the first stage of university’s life cycle in which, the USEP is just an idea or a thought. This is the very origin of establishing a University.

Start up Stage: the university was born and is exists legally. With accordance to the passed Batas Pambansa Bilang 12, this legally proclaimed the establishing of University of Southeastern Philippines. In this stage was focused on how you will build a name in having a standard form of education that run under the power of government.

Growth Stage: the University has made it through the toddler years, and the number of officially enrolled students is fortunately increasing. The focus in this stage is more on running the University in an easiest way to handle the increasing number of students who wants to enroll in the university.

Established Stage: it is where the university has built its name in the education industry. Its focus now is on improvement and how to be more productive in terms of their services. It involves the new setting of systems in all transaction in the University for its Better Services offered.

Expansion Stage: the life cycle was characterized by new period of growth; this may include the transformation of system of transaction from manual to automation. Its focus was on adopting high technologies to be part of their services. This stage was very crucial since they will be adopting new systems, the adopted changes might have good or bad effects in the university services. Good, means it has a positive response to the persons easily done their transaction because of new system, bad if the new system has hassled many people who undergo those transactions.
In the expansion stage, it does meet our needs since the university adopts new technology in terms of our enrollment system; they made it more efficient for us, because unlike before, the student who will be enrolling in the university had to write each subject for the registrar and the concern department. It made also less manpower in implementing the system.

Reference:
http://www.usep.edu.ph/version/pages.php?id=25&sid=58&ntitle=ABOUT%20USEP

assignment 4

2010-06-17T06:11:00.000-07:00

[color=blue]System development model are also known as the process model. There are a lot of process models. Each of these process models have their phases and flow. Each phase performs very important functions, since the process models were used as a guide in developing a project.[/color]
[b][color=green]Waterfall Model[/color][/b]

[img]http://gedesanjaya.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/waterfall-models1.jpg[/img]

[color=blue]Waterfall model, it is one of the common models used in most of the projects. it has five phases, as what you've seen in the figure above, these phases are the requirements, design, implementation, verification and maintenance. When you first seen this model, you can actually comprehend of what is its flow. You cannot go to the next phase unless you have performed and finish to the first phase.

-requirement phase, in phase you should be able to identify the scope, and the functional and non-functional requirements of the project you were to develop. And again, you cannot proceed to design phase until you are done with these phase.

-design phase, in this phase you will be able to generate the design of the project it includes the database design, interface design, and even the flow and behavior of the project. In this phase the developer shall be able to develop the said project.

-next, implementation phase, in this phase, the developer will be able to implement and install the developed project.

-other phase, is the verification, with this the developer must able to verify or test the system he developed. it was important since all the program must be test after the installation and implementation. Last phase is the maintenance, in this phase the developer shall be able to maintain the developed project, it was crucial since end user might encounter error or failure that the developer didn’t face in the testing and verification phase. [/color]

[b][color=green]V- Model[/color][/b]

[img]http://www.qsius.com/images/f/f8/V-Model-Development.JPG[/img]

[color=blue]V model, it is a kind of process model which can be presumed as an extension for process model that I’ve elaborated above. This was called V model because its typically V in form. it has seven phases, which are the requirements, general design specification, detailed design specification, source code, unit testing, component testing and acceptance testing. it has many phases compare to the waterfall model but actually the two models has a similar function or phases.

The v model was actually has two major phases, these are the verification and validation phases, each of these major phases has sub phases.[/color]

[color=red]Verification phase[/color]

[color=blue]Under the verification phases we have the requirements, in this sub phase the developer shall be able to identify the functional and non-functional requirements of the project it also includes the problem identification, and identification of the scope and features. Next phase was general design specification, the developers will be able to analyze and understand the flow and behavior of the proposed or to-be developed system. In this phase the entity diagrams and data dictionary can be produced. And even the organization structures, system and menu structures will be generated in this phase. The detailed design phase is still under the verification phase, in the last sub phase the architectures like computer and software architectures are being produced. The database tables, interface relationship are also generated in this phase, the component testing design is also carried out in this phase.

Source code- it is only the phase in which it doesn’t belong to either validation or verification. The developer in this phase begins to do the prototyping and then followed by creating or coding the program. [/color]

[color=red]Validation Phase[/color]

[color=blue]Unit testing implies the first stage of dynamic testing process. According to software development expert Barry Boehm, “a fault discovered and corrected in the unit testing phase is more than a hundred times cheaper than if it is done after delivery to the customer.”
With this phase, it enables the developer to verify if the codes generated during the coding phase are efficient. Next is component testing, in this phase it also has sub phases which are the integration and system testing, in the integartion, it will going to validate the intercation of the integartation components and the system testing will compare the system specification against the actual system.
Lastly, the acceptance or the User acceptance testing, it was used to determine whether the system satisfies the requirements specified in the requirements phase.

[/color]

[color=green] Iterative and Incremental Developemnt[/color]

[img]http://stwinc.org/images/e/e3/Pdca_lair1.png[/img]

[color=blue]the figure above is just an example of an iterative and incremental development model of a project.
plan phase- the developer must plan the project to develope, it also includes the definition of the problem, identify teh scope and features. next is do or analyze and design the project, this phase is focus on the analization of the project and design its components adn also development of the project i sunder inthis phase. other is the check or simply test the project developed. last is act or evaluate or maintain the system you developed.[/color]

references:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterfall_model
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-Model_(software_development)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iterative_and_incremental_development

assignment3

2010-05-13T02:02:00.001-07:00

Discuss the role of a systems analyst as a project manager. (at least one thousand words) .... you need to interview an analyst/project manager ..show evidences ..

As what the presenters in the 2nd module presented, system analyst can be the person who is a problem solver, supporting expert, consultant and an agent for change.
In the third module, System analyst as what we presented can be a project manager.
First I would like to define what a project is, it was undertaken to produce an output for the benefits and advantage of the organization. Project is funded by the client in terms of resources and is worked in line with the timeframe agreed by both parties the client and developer. When doing a project it must have a management, when you say project management it was the discipline of planning, organizing, and managing resources to achieve specific goals and objectives in doing the project.
Project manager is also the person who is responsible in managing the project in which uses his knowledge in the field of project management. In our report we have enumerated some internal and external responsibilities of a project manager. When we say internal, it is about the responsibilities of the manager in the project, and external means it was the responsibilities of the manager outside the project or commonly concerned with the resources, status of the project and etc.
In internal, project manager is responsible for identifying a project tasks and should build a work breakdown structure that is very useful for starting the project. Next, is to develop a project schedule.
Then, recruit and train your team members and assign them in the tasks that you have identified in the work breakdown structure that in line with your project schedule. Then, identify the possible risks that you may encounter during the development of the project and then assess it. Last is monitor and control the project deliverables and also verify its quality.
In external, project manager is responsible for reporting the status and the progress of each of the phase in developing the project, the manager is also responsible for establishing good working relationship with the clients and even with the team members. And another important responsibility is to identify the resource needs in developing project and must explain how to obtain those resources.
In Rhine Marketing, we have interviewed their IT personnel; Mr. Cris Abella only shared few of the hot points since it is almost similar to the qualities, attitudes and skills that systems analysts must be exercised.

assignment 2

2010-05-13T01:58:00.001-07:00

Interview a Systems Analyst and ask what skills and characteristics must a systems analyst develop in order to be more effective in any design modeling process.

Rhine Marketing Corporation - Computer Division (RMC-CD) is a leading manufacturer of personal computers, and distributor of a complete line of pheripherals and other computer-related services.

Established in February 1992, when Rhine Marketing Corporation's interest has evolved from home appliance business has achieved a good reputation immediately. We not only provide expertise to meet the increasingly sophisticated needs of our clients, but also offer solutions that set new standards for quality performance and value.

In the 2nd assignment we choose Rhine Marketing as our proponent in upon answering the assignment.
We interviewed Mr. Cris Abella the IT personnel in the said organization. We choose him since we’ve already interviewed him in the last 2 course we have taken, the MIS I and the post requisite of it the MIS II.

first he have been discussed of what really System analyst, according to him system analyst is the one who analyzes the flow, making the design of the system and the one who anticipating of what are the possible function that a client may add after the implementation.

as what he say, usually a system analyst have been a programmer, and he knows the flow of the system he've working. an analyst is had also a knowledge in terms of hardware and software and even the people ware or are good in communication skills.

the system analyst must adaptive and observant: the system analyst must be good in adapting to the environment so that he will able to easily cope up of the culture and for him to be comfortable. he must also be an observant, to easily cope up to the new environment he must also be a keen observant since he will be dealing with all of the wares in his environment.

the system analyst must be a master of the programming language he've been using : a system analyst must be knowledgeable and preferably a master of the programming language he've been using. it is a must since he will be responsible all throughout the development and implementation of the project. but there are instances that in a team a system analyst is just an analyst in specific project so he is only assigned to be the one to analyzed the system flow and would not be able to participate in coding of the system. but of course at least he had mastered one Programmin g language. the system analyst must also be able to cope up with the new technology or Programming Languages. like now, there are a lot of new object oriented languages so he musty be able to adapt those new PL so that if ever you were only master in Foxpro and your client want you to make web based application so that he can do it for the client.

the system analyst must be responsible: The system analyst must be responsible in the sense that what is agreed by him and the client must be done. because there are some instances that the system might put time bomb to the system they've been working. since it is one of the way to build your name in the industry being responsible and honest.

the system analyst must at least good in communication skills: the system analyst must at least good ion communication skills, don't use IT term that a client might not understand. the system analyst in making a system must also assume that a user do not have knowledge on using a computer, just develop a system very simple yet very useful.

assignment 1

2010-05-13T01:56:00.000-07:00

Based on your learnings of chapter 1, identify and discuss some charateristics you have as a good Systems Analyst. (at least 1000 words)

As what ive learn from the topics presented in our SAD class,
The system analyst must be a problem solver, agent for change, a consultant and a supporting expert. as an analyst you must acquire technical, business and people skills and knowledge.

In my own notion, I can define system analyst as a person who has the ability to analyze the flow of the business process, and the technical and human resource aspect of an organization. I can tell that an analyst can be an agent for change because with his enough knowledge to the organization’s processes, he can give his opinion about issues that can merely affect the operations of the organization.
Analyst as a consultant when we say consultant it prefers to a professional who has a wide knowledge on a subject matter on a specific field.
Analyst as a supporting expert, as what ive learn in the first chapter, it refers to a person who has a big expertise concerning on computer hardware and software and their uses in organization or business processes. As we are tasked by our instructor to define what characteristics do I have as a good System Analyst, as a student I think I have these following:

I have Willingness to Learn:
When I find things hard particularly on our projects, I always encouraging myself to take it as a challenge. I’m cheering up myself to those things that ive never done before like developing a system that was unique as what they say that includes documentation processes. I think this willingness I have will help me a lot in achieving my goals and finishing those projects without minding that it was complicated.

I am Dedicated and Motivated:
As a student, I finding it good to be dedicated more importantly in the times that my other classmates were thinking they want to give up. Dedication is I think one of the most important ingredients in living life, because for me the only thing that makes me fully charged is dedication especially to the times that I also want to give up, I obtain this dedication through my family and friends who are always reminding me that everything happens for a reason.

I have a so called Passion in my studies:
For me passion means your eagerness to do things that you want and ought to do. It was I think a good characteristic of mine, because in the times of facing struggles it is one key to attain the succession I want. The passion to be successful in everything I do makes me also motivated.

Attain responsibilities:
From the time ive been there in davao city to pursue my study, I attained the responsibility to be an independent. Because of the circumstances I want to be independent especially on the making of the project though it was teamwork, sometimes as a student I want to be somewhat self-sufficient so I have things to be shared in the group activities. I think as an analyst it was important to be an independent because sometimes thing work in positive side if you do it yourself.

Adaptive:
It was a very essential character that every analyst must attain, because IT industry was quite big and every Organization were facing a lot IT issues and IT organizations have different organization culture. Being adaptive means being flexible, flexible in the sense that you will be able to easily cope up with the things that are new to you. With this you will be able to work comfortably in the industry.

all of the characteristic that ive mention above were somewhat related.

assignment 9

2010-03-09T22:30:00.001-08:00

The pace of change seems to increase relentlessly, especially changes involving information technology. Using your crystal ball, identify and discuss three changes likely to have substantial impact on your school services in the next three years. (1500 words)

Information technology changes rapidly as we all know. From time to time technology upgrades. We can’t even notice the fast changes of the technology nowadays. In response, many organizations create a formal group of IT professionals to evaluate emerging IT so they can better cope with its change. A survey based on structured interviews was mailed to a nationwide sample of 1,000 IT organizations. Two hundred forty-six respondents provided data to identify categories of coping mechanisms to handle changing IT. Five categories emerged: Education and Training, Internal Procedures, Vendor Support, Consultant Support, and Endurance. Organizations apply Education and Training more extensively than the others. Thus the research contributes to understanding the means by which organizations cope with rapid IT change. The research also found that organizations with a group dedicated to investigating emerging IT cope more extensively, but not more successfully, than do those without one. Thus the research contributes not only by providing an understanding of how organizations cope with rapid IT change, but also by suggesting the need to achieve more from the group charged with emerging IT. The pervasive influence of information technology (IT) in the computing age cannot be overstated. Since the 90s, IT has brought about a revolution at the workplace. The recent development and fast-paced adoption of Internet communication and Web-based technologies and applications has enhanced the potential of IT. IT and computer systems deployed strategically can impact the operational aspects and productivity parameters of a business. IT and attendant technologies and tools can be used to automate key business operations, functions and activities of a business. Businesses can invest in desktop computers, workstations, laptops, minicomputers, notebook computers and high-end servers for a host of organizational tasks and functions. Market-available software, computing applications, networking and other IT productivity tools installed in computers and computer systems can help professionals, workers and staff in a business to streamline work processes and execute tasks and functions faster in order to achieve organizational-defined goals and targets. Internet communication and telecommunication technologies and IT software systems can enable workers to work, interact and share information across locations and geographical boundaries. With the help of IT, businesses with multi location offices and manufacturing facilities in different geographical zones can help staff members and employees to collaborate and work simultaneously on projects. Use of proprietary collaborative software and workgroup support systems can foster greater collaboration, streamline workflow management and encourage proactive human interactions. Information Management Businesses generate vast reserves of data and information on a daily basis. Investing and deploying IT software systems such as enterprise resource planning solutions, management information system, data-processing data centers and related information management technologies can help businesses to manage, leverage and optimize terabytes of data. Information processing, classification and management is the key to operational efficiency and decision making for workers, professionals and top executives in an organization. Investment in large-scale IT systems, networks and technologies calls for budgeting and allocation of resources. Businesses need to account for long-term planning, evaluation and deployment of relevant strategic-fit IT solutions to address business growth, manpower needs and ambitious expansion plans. Used strategically, IT systems can boost employee productivity and impact the bottom line of businesses.

IT or Information Technology is clearly defined as the use of computers and software to manipulate information in different organizations of different field of interest. Information Technology is becoming a discipline out of the research and development activities in the fields of technology. Nowadays, change in Information Technology is very massive that it changes environment and organizations, and it goes to show that life is also constantly changing in any aspect. New technology is creating opportunities to produce more timely, accurate, and useful information. As time goes by, organizations are performing critical functions related to information technology to optimize the usefulness of Information Technology. Information Technology has helped develop more advanced community learning environment. School environment is one of those organizations which is very adaptive when it comes to technology changes, for most of the teachings of today’s education conformed with the teachings of the current technology; and so schools have this common objective that people in nearly every career are required to have some knowledge of computers and software since these are the components of information technology. A variety of learning institutions believe that Information technology helps organizations function more efficiently so they can improve. Information Technology is very important to learning communities like school, Information Technology resources are very vital in the learning of the students; it caters a vast of information which sometimes copes up to the limited resources which the school provides. Utilizing IT allows teachers to enhance the curriculum. Software programs are available to make lessons more appealing to students and help them grasp concepts. In addition, students use IT to research topics for papers and discuss their classes with other students locally or in other parts of the country. Information technology has opened up the world to students and if used properly in classrooms will enhance their learning experiences. Teachers must be committed to using IT in their classrooms for the sake of student learning. Attitudes toward technology use within the school setting are an important and often overlooked component of successful curriculum integration of technology. Much of the research done on technology integration assumes that once appropriate technological tools are in place in the classroom, students, teachers, and parents will overwhelmingly support the change toward a technologically based curriculum. Technology becomes a more prevalent part of the education culture with each passing year. Schools cannot ignore the impact of technology and the changing face of curriculum.

as what they said the only thing that is constant is changes.when we say pace..
it is the manner of moving or simply the manner of changing.

i can foresee our school in the next three years having these services
that has a substantial impact on our school:

Automated Systems for students advantages
**automated library system
this automated library system can be online or offline.
online== the students can do reservation online by just registering to have an account
and give the books information such as title, author, date of publication, and the section
where you can found this book.
you can also search the books in the university library online, just input onthe search engine,
this would also show if it was in the library or it was borrowed already.

offline== in borrowing books offline, the students will only swipe their library card in the
device, the students data will automatically inputed to the borrowing sheet in the library system.
and let the book's barcode will be able to read by the barcode reader so that it will automatically
be inputed to the borrowing sheet of the database. with this,the students and even the library personnel
have leessen their effort.since,this will also give the due date and calculate the penalties if ever
the book will return late.

**attendance tracker of faculties
with this, the students will able to know whether the faculty is on duty,in class or in office, or on leave

it is possible by just downloading the list of the faculties that is categorized by department
through your cellular phones.

it is advantage to the students who want to see their busy professor.

**event manager for all organizations
this will give you calendar of the events of all of the organization in the university.

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
--"is the use of an object (typically referred to as an RFID tag) applied to or
incorporated into a product, animal, or person for the purpose of identification
and tracking using radio waves. Some tags can be read from several meters away and
beyond the line of sight of the reader."

wireless fidelity (WI-Fi)
--"is a trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance that may be used with certified products that belong to a class of wireless local area network (WLAN) devices based on the IEEE 802.11 standards. Because of the close relationship with its underlying standard, the term Wi-Fi is often used as a synonym for IEEE 802.11 technology."
is wireless technology which enables connection between two or more devices wirelessly for data sharing purposes. It is wireless networking which is based on IEEE 802.11 standards. it is now being used by millions of people using various devices such as personal computers, laptops, pads', printers, camera, games, mp3 players etc, more and more gadgets are coming with built in feature of this amazing wireless technology.In the whole USEP, WI-Fi is very pertinent in order to facilitate convenient access to information, to eliminate the need for wires and cables in order to access data and media, to aid compatibility and connectivity between different systems in the network and most especially to eliminate the need for other paraphernalia like switchboards, adapters and plugs that clutter up the work station.

references:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio-frequency_identification

assignment 8

2010-03-09T22:29:00.001-08:00

fast forward ..., you were hired and have been tasked to develop a strategic information systems plan for a company. The company officers have extended an invitation for you to meet with them to discuss the direction of the company. Before this meeting, they have asked that you provide a list of questions with some explanation about the "why" of the question so they can be prepared, thus maximizing the output from this meeting.

Develop a list of questions you would ask the officers of the company and give an explanation and justification for each question. (1000 words)

Information has emerged as an agent of integration and the enabler of new competitiveness for
today’s enterprise in the global marketplace. However, has the paradigm of strategic planning
changed sufficiently to support the new role of information systems and technology? We reviewed
the literature for commonly used or representative information planning methodologies and found
that a new approach is needed. There are six methodologies reviewed in this paper. They all tend to
regard planning as a separate stage which does not connect structurally and directly to the
information systems development. An integration of planning with development and management
through enterprise information resources - which capture and characterize the enterprise - will
shorten the response cycle and even allow for economic evaluation of information system
investment.

For a long time relationship between information system functions and corporate strategy
was not of much interest to Top Management of firms. Information Systems were thought to be
synonymous with corporate data processing and treated as some back-room operation in support of
day-to-day mundane tasks (Rockart, 1979). In the 80’s and 90’s, however, there has been a
growing realization of the need to make information systems of strategic importance to an
organization. Consequently, strategic information systems planning (SISP) is a critical issue. In
many industry surveys, improved SISP is often mentioned as the most serious challenge facing IS
managers (Pavri and Ang, 1995, Beath and Orlikowski, 1994; Martin, 1993; Porter and Miller,
1985).
Planning for information systems, as for any other system, begins with the identification of
needs. In order to be effective, development of any type of computer-based system should be a
response to need--whether at the transaction processing level or at the more complex information and
support systems levels. Such planning for information systems is much like strategic planning in
management. Objectives, priorities, and authorization for information systems projects need to be
formalized. The systems development plan should identify specific projects slated for the future,
priorities for each project and for resources, general procedures, and constraints for each application
area. The plan must be specific enough to enable understanding of each application and to know
where it stands in the order of development. Also the plan should be flexible so that priorities can be
adjusted if necessary. King (King, 1995) in his recent article has argued that a strategic capability
architecture - a flexible and continuously improving infrastructure of organizational capabilities - is
the primary basis for a company's sustainable competitive advantage. He has emphasized the need
for continuously updating and improving the strategic capabilities architecture.
SISP is the analysis of a corporation’s information and processes using business information
models together with the evaluation of risk, current needs and requirements. The result is an action
plan showing the desired course of events necessary to align information use and needs with the
strategic direction of the company (Battaglia, 1991). The same article emphasizes the need to note
that SISP is a management function and not a technical one. This is consistent with the earlier
distinction between the older data processing views and the modern strategic importance view of
Information Systems. SISP thus is used to identify the best targets for purchasing and installing
new management information systems and help an organization maximize the return on its
information technology investment. A portfolio of computer-based applications is identified that will
assist an organization in executing its business plans and realize its business goals. There is a
growing realization that the application of information technology (IT) to a firm’s strategic activities
has been one of the most common and effective ways to improve business performance.

Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. Various business analysis techniques can be used in strategic planning, including SWOT analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats ), PEST analysis (Political, Economic, Social, and Technological), STEER analysis (Socio-cultural, Technological, Economic, Ecological, and Regulatory factors), and EPISTEL (Environment, Political, Informatic, Social, Technological, Economic and Legal).
Strategic planning is the formal consideration of an organization's future course. All strategic planning deals with at least one of three key questions:
1. "What do we do?"
2. "For whom do we do it?"
3. "How do we excel?"
In many organizations, this is viewed as a process for determining where an organization is going over the next year or more -typically 3 to 5 years, although some extend their vision to 20 years.
In order to determine where it is going, the organization needs to know exactly where it stands, then determine where it wants to go and how it will get there. The resulting document is called the "strategic plan."
It is also true that strategic planning may be a tool for effectively plotting the direction of a company; however, strategic planning itself cannot foretell exactly how the market will evolve and what issues will surface in the coming days in order to plan your organizational strategy. Therefore, strategic innovation and tinkering with the 'strategic plan' have to be a cornerstone strategy for an organization to survive the turbulent business climate.

what are the vision, mission, goals and objectives of the company?
every organization has vision, mission, goals and objectives. since i will be doing a job for the company, the organization should orient me about their VMGO, it will help me a lot because i will be aware of why does company offer services for.

what does our vision in developing strategic information system plan?
before making a plan we should identify first why do we need strategic information system plan, and make a set of vision we would like to accomplish in the future implementation.

what are your information systems?
the company should present their information systems that is currently implemented, since i will be going to work it out for the company's services improvement.

do you have current information system plan?
if the company has a current information system plan, they should present it to me, so that i would know in what aspect do i need to improve and make changes.

what status does your company have now, in terms of information system planing?
the company can explain further in what status does your company is in, is it in functioning and effective or is it functioning yet not effective.

what are the assessments does your company needs?
elaborate the assessments that your company want so that i would know what should i do to fulfill those vision statement that we develop earlier.

can you handle the changes that may happen during the implementation?
as we implemented the said strategic information system plan, does the employees of the company that is involved in the implementation willing to adapt the changes that they might encounter? does the company willing to conduct orientation before the implementation of the strategic information system plan.

references:
http://www.blastasia.com/PDF_files_for_web/Formulating%20an%20ISSP.pdf
http://viu.eng.rpi.edu/publications/strpaper.pdf

assignment7

2010-03-09T22:28:00.000-08:00

Google

“.. Its performance is the envy of executives and engineers around the world ... For techno-evangelists, Google is a marvel of Web brilliance ... For Wall Street, it may be the IPO that changes everything (again) ... But Google is also a case study in savvy management -- a company filled with cutting-edge ideas, rigorous accountability, and relentless attention to detail ... Here's a search for the growth secrets of one of the world's most exciting young companies -- a company from which every company can learn...”

Profile..

Google Inc. is an American public corporation, earning revenue from advertising related
to its Internet search, e-mail, online mapping, office productivity, social networking,
and video sharing services as well as selling advertising-free versions of the same
technologies. The Google headquarters, the Googleplex, is located in Mountain View,
California. As of March 31, 2009, the company has 20,164 full-time employees. Google
was co-founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were students at Stanford
University and the company was first incorporated as a privately held company on
September 4, 1998. The initial public offering took place on August 19, 2004,
raising US$1.67 billion, implying a value for the entire corporation of US$23
billion. Google has continued its growth through a series of new product developments,
acquisitions, and partnerships. Environmentalism, philanthropy and positive employee
relations have been important tenets during the growth of Google. The company has been
identified multiple times as Fortune Magazine's #1 Best Place to Work, and as the most
powerful brand in the world (according to the Millward Brown Group). Google's mission
is "to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.
" The unofficial company slogan, coined by former employee and Gmail's first engineer
Paul Buchheit, is "Don't be evil". Criticism of Google includes concerns regarding the
privacy of personal information, copyright, and censorship.

Competitiveness….

Google is particularly known for its relaxed corporate culture, reminiscent of the Dot-com boom. In January 2007, it was cited by Fortune Magazine as the #1 (of 100) best company to work for. Google's corporate philosophy is based on many casual principles including, "You can make money without doing evil", "You can be serious without a suit," and "Work should be challenging and the challenge should be fun." A complete list of corporate fundamentals is available on Google's website. Google's relaxed corporate culture can also be seen externally through their holiday variations of the Google logo.Google has been criticized for having salaries below industry standards. For example, some system administrators earn no more than $35,000 per year – considered to be quite low for the Bay Area job market. However, Google's stock performance following its IPO has enabled many early employees to be competitively compensated by participation in the corporation's remarkable equity growth. Google implemented other employee incentives in 2005, such as the Google Founders' Award, in addition to offering higher salaries to new employees. Google's workplace amenities, culture, global popularity, and strong brand recognition have also attracted potential applicants.After the company's IPO in August 2004, it was reported that founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, and CEO Eric Schmidt, requested that their base salary be cut to $1.00. Subsequent offers by the company to increase their salaries have been turned down, primarily because, "their primary compensation continues to come from returns on their ownership stakes in Google. As significant stockholders, their personal wealth is tied directly to sustained stock price appreciation and performance, which provides direct alignment with stockholder interests." Prior to 2004, Schmidt was making $250,000 per year, and Page and Brin each earned a salary of $150,000.[63]They have all declined recent offers of bonuses and increases in compensation by Google's board of directors. In a 2007 report of the United States' richest people, Forbes reported that Sergey Brin and Larry Page were tied for #5 with a net worth of $18.5 billion each.

Competitors..

1.Yahoo! Inc.
2. Pvt1 (MSN) – Privately held
3. AOL, Inc.
4. Industry (Internet Information Provider)
5. Disney Online

Uniqueness…

Google is obviously best known for search and for ads associated with search. This is in essence Google’s one true product. It is the one feature Google developed for the outside world. When Google developed search it was no different from a small company. It is what Google has done since then that makes Google different.
Google doesn’t answer to any external power. They don’t have anyone they have to deliver a product to. There is no contract with a deadline. Due to not having any external dependencies, Google can continuously iterate over a product until it reaches a state of near perfection. It can stay in internal testing as long as Google wants and no one is going to care. See Gmail, Google Maps, etc. This then allows Google to use the perfect form of the agile process. Continuous iterations and testing and development, continues improvement. Then as Google sees fit, release the products. As they get better and better, more people use them and more money from ads come in. It’s beautiful.
It’s also unlikely any other company is going to be able to pull this off. Google hit on the formula for ads before anyone else. They now have such a commanding lead in that arena that to compete with them you need deep pockets of money of your own. That makes it difficult to launch a company and follow Google’s lead of avoiding external dependencies and having the near perfect product development process.
At this point, you might be screaming at me that I’m wrong, because Google does have external contracts, especially for serving up ads on other sites. But notice that Google’s contracts are different from most companies’ contracts. Google isn’t developing a product for these companies. All they are doing is giving them an existing product that Google has already completed and released. Development on that product might still be happening, but it happens within Google, not within the realms of the contract. Google is still free to develop how ever they want.
For almost everyone else, you’re going to have to create a product and then drive sales of that product or else sign a contract and then deliver a custom product to the customer. You’ll have external dependencies that will force an outside reality upon you that Google simply doesn’t have. You can argue that Google is dependent upon ads, but at this point Google has captured such a large share of that market and is steadily capturing more of it, that it really isn’t a dependency for Google. Sure, Google should probably diversify, just in case the ad market tanks, but at this point Google has so much money they can afford to take their time.
So now you see. It’s unlikely you or anyone else is going to emulate Google. Kiss that dream goodbye.
However, that doesn’t mean you can’t learn from Google. Copy the good things that Google does and adapt them to your business. What you shouldn’t do is force the practices of Google on your business simple because they are what Google does. Google is a product of a very specific evolution and your business will be the product of a different evolution.
And when your developers come to you and say that they want to be exactly like Google, you now have an argument to explain why your business can’t be exactly like Google.
Still, there’s nothing preventing you from being the next great company after Google. That prize is still there for the taking.

New services offer…

1. New Storage Service

Google Inc has announced its very own cloud-based online storage service which will allow Google Docs users to upload any type of file of up to 250 MB while they will have access to a total storage capacity of 1GB.
(14 January, 2010, by Desire Athow)

2. Google Nexus One

Yesterday Google wasn’t in the business of selling mobile phones. Today, they are. The Nexus One smartphone has arrived and on sale at Google.com/phone.
(January 5th 2010 by Michael Arrington)

3. Google Click-to-Call (Billing) in Ads on Mobile Devices

Google sent out notification to its AdWords advertisers that this month “your location-specific business phone number will display alongside your destination url in ads that appear on high-end mobile devices. Users will be able to click-to-call your business just as easily as they click to visit your website. You’ll be charged for clicks to call, same as you are for clicks to visit your website.”
(Jan 5, 2010 at 7:59am ET by Greg Sterling)

4. Google Goggles

A new service that promises to make searching the internet as easy as taking a photo. The application, which will premier on Android devices, will let a user snap a photo of anything and then Google will deliver search results based on that image.
(December 7th, 2009 by Stefan Constantinescu)

5. Free DNS Service

Google just released their newest service which is public DNS. DNS is one of the most important services when it comes to using the internet. The main reason to use the service is reliability, speed and increased security. Google has put in other measures to help with overall security.

http://searchengineland.com/google-to-introduce-click-to-call-billing-in-ads-on-mobile-devices-32831
http://www.programmersparadox.com/2008/03/17/googles-unique-advantage/
http://www.serverninjas.com/free-dns-service-offered-by-google
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/co?s=GOOG
http://www.itproportal.com/portal/news/article/2010/1/14/microsoft-teases-google-over-new-storage-service/

assignment 4

2010-02-10T20:14:00.001-08:00

You were invited by the university president to prepare an IS plan for the university, discuss what are the steps in order to expedite the implementation of the IS Plan.

What is Information System Plan?

Planning for information systems, as for any other system, begins with the identification of
needs. In order to be effective, development of any type of computer-based system should be a
response to need--whether at the transaction processing level or at the more complex information and
support systems levels. Such planning for information systems is much like strategic planning in
management. Objectives, priorities, and authorization for information systems projects need to be
formalized. The systems development plan should identify specific projects slated for the future,
priorities for each project and for resources, general procedures, and constraints for each application
area. The plan must be specific enough to enable understanding of each application and to know
where it stands in the order of development. Also the plan should be flexible so that priorities can be
adjusted if necessary. King (King, 1995) in his recent article has argued that a strategic capability
architecture - a flexible and continuously improving infrastructure of organizational capabilities - is
the primary basis for a company's sustainable competitive advantage. He has emphasized the need
for continuously updating and improving the strategic capabilities architecture.
SISP is the analysis of a corporation’s information and processes using business information
models together with the evaluation of risk, current needs and requirements. The result is an action
plan showing the desired course of events necessary to align information use and needs with the
strategic direction of the company (Battaglia, 1991). The same article emphasizes the need to note
that SISP is a management function and not a technical one. This is consistent with the earlier
distinction between the older data processing views and the modern strategic importance view of
Information Systems. SISP thus is used to identify the best targets for purchasing and installing
new management information systems and help an organization maximize the return on its
information technology investment. A portfolio of computer-based applications is identified that will
assist an organization in executing its business plans and realize its business goals. There is a
growing realization that the application of information technology (IT) to a firm’s strategic activities
has been one of the most common and effective ways to improve business performance.

Characteristics of a Quality ISP

A
quality ISP must exhibit five distinct characteristics before it is
useful. These five are presented in the table that follows.

Description
Timely

The
ISP must be timely. An ISP that is created long after it is needed is
useless. In almost all cases, it makes no sense to take longer to plan
work than to perform the work planned.
Useable

The
ISP must be useable. It must be so for all the projects as well as for
each project. The ISP should exist in sections that once adopted can be
parceled out to project managers and immediately started.
Maintainable

The
ISP must be maintainable. New business opportunities, new computers,
business mergers, etc. all affect the ISP. The ISP must support quick
changes to the estimates, technologies employed, and possibly even to
the fundamental project sequences. Once these changes are accomplished,
the new ISP should be just a few computer program executions away.
Quality

While
the ISP must be a quality product, no ISP is ever perfect on the first
try. As the ISP is executed, the metrics employed to derive the
individual project estimates become refined as a consequence of new
hardware technologies, code generators, techniques, or faster working
staff. As these changes occur, their effects should be installable into
the data that supports ISP computation. In short, the ISP is a living
document. It should be updated with every technology event, and
certainly no less often than quarterly.
Reproducible

The ISP must be reproducible. That is, when its development activities
are performed by any other staff, the ISP produced should essentially
be the same. The ISP should not significantly vary by staff assigned.

Whenever a proposal for the development of an ISP is created it must be assessed
against these five characteristics. If any fail or not addressed in an optimum way, the entire set of funds for the development of an ISP is risked.

Expedite IS plan implementation

Project management:
In this step, it refers to considerations such as where would the project/system suitable to be
implemented
or placed in, budget on executing and maintaining it, who are going to
manage it and are they suitable to handle implementation of the project?

Such
inquiries are supposed to be answered even before it was approved and
even before the project completion. The answers are going to make
implementation faster since all grounds are seemed to be covered
already like personnel to be hired, placement of system/project and its
needed support and back-up.

Time management:
refers to a range of skills, tools, and techniques used to manage time when accomplishing specific tasks, projects and goals. This set encompasses a wide scope of activities, and these include planning, allocating, setting goals, delegation, analysis of time spent, monitoring, organizing, scheduling, and prioritizing.
Initially time management referred to just business or work activities,
but eventually the term broadened to include personal activities also.
A time management system is a designed combination of processes, tools
and techniques.

Risk management:
can therefore be considered the identification, assessment, and prioritization of risks
followed by coordinated and economical application of resources to
minimize, monitor, and control the probability and/or impact of
unfortunate events[1]
or to maximize the realization of opportunities. Risks can come from
uncertainty in financial markets, project failures, legal liabilities,
credit risk, accidents, natural causes and disasters as well as
deliberate attacks from an adversary. Several risk management standards
have been developed including the Project Management Institute, the National Institute of Science and Technology, actuarial societies, and ISO standards.[2][3]
Methods, definitions and goals vary widely according to whether the
risk management method is in the context of project management,
security, engineering, industrial processes, financial portfolios,
actuarial assessments, or public health and safety.
The strategies to manage risk include transferring the risk to
another party, avoiding the risk, reducing the negative effect of the
risk, and accepting some or all of the consequences of a particular
risk.

Data Conversion:

In
this step, questions such as is there data needed to be put into
practical terms or layman terms than the technical terms the
development team used. Data or the information on how to use the
project should be stated in a clear and understandable manner, it must
be remembered that the user of the system might not understand the
professional jargon used.

Training of personnel:

User of the project are not IT professionals that is why time and training
has to done to guide them in how to use and manipulate the project. If
the person is knowledgeable or has received appropriate training then
implementation if IS plan will be done faster.

reference:
http://www.tdan.com/view-articles/5262
http://www.clarionmag.com/cmag/v3/informationsystemsplanning.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risk_management
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_management

lovely day

2010-02-10T19:21:00.001-08:00

lovely day

by: park shin hye

살며시 날 깨워줘요 My sunshine
동화 속 공주처럼 눈을감고 기다릴거예요.
눈 뜨면 내 곁에 함게 할 love shot
동화 속 왕자처럼 나를보며 웃어줄거죠.
나도 몰래 두 눈이 너만 그리고
또 몰래 두근거린 가슴이 소리치네요.

I wanna love you I wanna with you
그대도 느기나요. 내 맘을
내게와요 조금 더 다가와요. 내 맘을 가져요
Everyday lovely day 매일 속삭여 줄게요.
캔디보다 달콤한 사랑을 줄거예요.

마법에 주문을 걸어 샬랄라
따듯한 햇살같은 너의 미소 나를 들추긴
나도 몰래 가슴이 또 두근거려
두 눈에 아릇거려 이제는 말해볼래요.

I wanna love you I wanna with you
그대도 느기나요. 내 맘을
내게와요, 조금 더 다가와요. 내 맘을 가져요.
Everyday lovely day 매일 속삭여 줄게요.
캔디보다 달콤한 사랑을 줄거예요.

Wanna love you wanna with you
안아줄래요. lovely day 내 맘을 느껴봐요.
영원히 함께 해.
랄라랄라 랄라랄라 매일 행복만 줄거야.
캔디보다 달콤한 사랑을 줄거예요.

lovely day

2010-02-10T19:20:00.000-08:00

lovely day

by: park shin hye

Wake me gently, My sunshine
Just like princess in the fairly tales, I will close my eyes and wait
When I open my eyes, please stay by my side, love shot
Just like prince in the fairly tales, look and smile at me
Even I do not know that, in my eyes there’s only you
And don’t know that my heart is throbbing, the sound of my heart beats

I wanna love you I wanna with you
Can you feel it, my feeling
Come to me, come a little bit closer and take my heart away
Everyday lovely day everyday I will whispering to you again
Sweeter than candy, I will give my love to you

Reading the magic spells syal la la
Your smile appeared like the warm sunshine
My heart is throbbing again
Now said to me

Wanna love you wanna with you
I will hug you tight. lovely day please try to feel my heart
Together forever
lalalala lalalala everyday I will bring only happiness
Sweeter than candy I will give my love to you

still/as ever

2010-02-10T19:14:00.000-08:00

still/ as ever
by: A.N.Jell

Sarangeun anilgeorago heoldaero anilgeorago
Maebeon sokyeowatjiman naemameun jaggu neoreul bureugo
Hangeoleum buditchyeobogo hangeoleum mileonaebwado
Geureolsurok neon naeane keojyeogago isseo
Geumankeum saranghanabwa geumankeum gidarinabwa
Geutorok apeugehaedo naemameun neol ddeonalsueopnabwa
Sarangeun hanaingabwa naemameun byeonchiannabwa
Neolhyanghae jikyeoon sarang ijeneun da malhalsu itdago
Ddaddeutan neoe nunbichi ddaddeutan neoe sarangeun
Dalanalsurok naeane keojyeogago isseo
Geumankeum saranghanabwa geumankeum gidarinabwa
Geutorok apeugehaedo naemameun neol ddeonalsueopnabwa
Sarangeun hanaingabwa naemameun byeonchiannabwa
Neolhyanghae jikyeoon sarang ijeneun da malhalsu itdago
Neol saranghae
Ddaeroneun sarangi hogeun nunmuli
Uril himdeulgehaedo saranghae saranghae
Naegyeote neoman isseumyeondwae
Yeojeoni saranghanabwa yeojeoni gidarinabwa
Meorireul sogyeoboado gaseumeul sogilsuneun eopnabwa
Sarangeun hanaingabwa naemameun byeonchiannabwa
Neolhyanghae jikyeoon sarang ijeneun da malhalsu itdago
Neol saranghae

still/as ever

2010-02-10T19:13:00.000-08:00

still/ as ever
by: A.N.Jell

I didn’t think it was love, I told myself it wasn’t love
I deceived myself, but my heart kept calling your name
I take one step towards you, push you one step away
Each time, you grow in my heart

I must be loving you this much, must be waiting for you this much
Even though it hurts so much, my heart can’t seem to let you go
I think there must be just one love, I don’t think my heart will change
The love that I’ve kept only for you, I can now finally tell you

Your warm eyes, Your warm love
Flying away farther, but you are still growing up in my heart.
I must be loving you this much, must be waiting for you this much
Even though it hurts so much, my heart can’t seem to let you go

I think there must be just one love, I don’t think my heart will change
The love that I’ve kept only for you, I can now finally tell you
I love you
Sometimes love, at times tears

Even though it’s hard, I love you, I love you
I only need you by my side
I must still be loving you, I must still be waiting for you
My brain might be fooled, but my heart can’t be fooled

I think there must be just one love, I don’t think my heart will change
The love that I’ve kept only for you, I can now finally tell you
I love you

promise

2010-02-10T19:12:00.000-08:00

promise
by: A.N.jell

I will promise you du nune neoman damgo salagalgge
I will promise you du pale neol ango salagalgge
Achime nun ddeo jamdeun sunganggaji neo hanaman geurilgge
Saranghae i mal itjima I Love you Forever
Deoun yeoreum nale geuneuli doejulgge bioneun nalen usani doejulgge
Geotdaga jichil ddaen jageun uijado doejulgge useul ddae ni gibbeum
Dubaega dwaege hamgge useulgge nunmul heullil ddaen sugeoni doel neol daggajulgge
I will promise you du nune neoman damgo salagalgge
I will promise you du pale neol ango salagalgge
Achime nun ddeo jamdeun sunganggaji neo hanaman geurilgge
Saranghae i mal itjima I Love you Forever
Uri saineun machi Coffee and Doughnet gatji
Nage gibbeumeul jeonhaejun neoneun nae seupyesyeol
HaruHaruga Energy bujokadamyeon Emergency
Naege saengmyeongi buleojul dalkoman geudaee hyanggi
Maeil hana hana ggok sumgyeonoheun nae sarangeul
Hamgge haneun naldongan modu boyeojulggeoya
I will promise you eodie itddeon neoman gieokhalgge
I will promise you mwol haedo neomaneul gieokhalgge
Yeongwoni neoreul saegil i gaseumman pumgo sala galggeoya
Saranghae i mal gieokhae I love forever
Yes A.N.GELL why here I will promise Just do it Girl
Saranghandaneunde museun mali pilyohae
GwangGwang georineun woenjjok gaseumeuro daedapalgge
One step Two step Three and Four ni gyeote cheoncheoni dagagalgge
Gidariran mal ssawi ibe samji mot ae I will take you
I will promise you du nune neoman damgo salagalgge
I will promise you du pale neol ango salagalgge
Achime nun ddeo jamdeun sunganggaji neo hanaman geurilgge
Saranghae i mal itjima I Love you Forever

promise

2010-02-10T19:10:00.000-08:00

Promise
by: A.N.JELL

I will promise you to live with only you in my two eyes
I will promise you to live with only you in my two arms
From the time I open my eyes and till I sleep I will only yearn for you
I love you don’t forget these words I Love you Forever

I will become the shade in the hot summer
I will become your umbrella when it rains
I will become the small chair when you become tired from walking
So that your happiness will be doubled, I will laugh with you
I will become the towel when you cry to wipe you tears

I will promise you to live with only you in my two eyes
I will promise you to live with only you in my two arms
From the time I open my eyes and till I sleep I will only yearn for you
I love you don’t forget these words I Love you Forever

We are like Coffee and Doughnut
Giving me happiness you are my special
Day by day you are running low on energy Emergency
Breathing life into you, your sweet scent
The love I hid every single day
On the day we are together I will show you all

I will promise you that wherever I am I will only remember you
I will promise you that whatever I am doing I will remember you
Forever I will live with this new path in my life
I love you don’t forget there words I love you forever

Yes A.N.GELL why here I will promise Just do it Girl
I love you, what more do I need?
My thumping left heart will answer you
One step two step three and four I will slowly move closer to you
I can’t tell you to wait for me because I will take you

I will promise you to live with only you in my two eyes
I will promise you to live with only you in my two arms
From the time I open my eyes and till I sleep I will only yearn for you
I love you don’t forget these words I Love you Forever

without words

2010-02-10T19:09:00.000-08:00

without words
by: Park Shin Hye

Hajimal geol geuraesseo moreuncheok haebeorilgeol
Anboineun geotcheoreom bolsueopneun geotcheoreom
Neol aye bojimalgeol geuraetnabwa
Domangchil geol geuraesseo motdeuleuncheok geureolgeol

Deutjido motaneun cheok
Deuleul su eopneun geotcheoreom
Aye ne sarang deutji aneulgeol
Maldo eopsi sarangeul alge hago

Maldo eopsi sarangeul naege jugo
Sumgyeol hanajocha neol damge haenotgo
Ireoke domangganigga
Maldo eopsi sarangi nareul ddeona

Maldo eopsi sarangi nareul beoryeo
Museunmaleul halji damun ibi
Honjaseo nollangeot gata
Maldo eopsi waseo

Wae ireoke apeunji wae jagguman apeunji
Neol bolsu eopdaneungeon
Nega eopdaneungeo malgo
Modu yejeongwa ddokgateungeonde

Maldo eopsi sarangeul alge hago
Maldo eopsi sarangeul naege jugo
Sumgyeol hanajocha neol damge haenotgo
Ireoke domangganigga

Maldo eopsi sarangi nareul ddeona
Maldo eopsi sarangi nareul beoryeo
Museunmaleul halji damun ibi
Honjaseo nollangeot gata

Maldo eopsi nunmuli heulleonaeryeo
Maldo eopsi gaseumi muneojyeoga
Maldo eopneun sarangeul gidarigo
Maldo eopneun sarangeul apahago

Neoksi nagabeoryeo baboga doebeoryeo
Haneulman bogo unigga
Maldo eopsi ibyeoli nareulchaja
Maldo eopsi ibyeoli naegewaseo
Junbido motago neol bonaeyahaneun

Naemami nollangeot gata
Maldo eopsi waseo
Maldo eopsi watdaga
Maldo eopsi ddeonaneun
Jinagan yeolbyeongcheoreom jamsi apeumyeon doenabwa
Jageun hyungteoman namgedoenigga

without words

2010-02-10T19:07:00.000-08:00

without words
by: Park Shin Hye

I shouldn’t have done that,
I should have pretended not to know
like I didn’t see it, like I couldn’t see it
I shouldn’t have looked at you in the first place

I should have run away
I should have pretended I wasn’t listening
like I didn’t hear it, like I couldn’t hear it
I shouldn’t have heard your love in the first place

Without a word, you made me know what love is
Without a word, you gave me your love
Made me fill myself with your every breath
Then you ran away

Without a word, love leaves me
Without a word, love abandons me
Wondering what to say next
My lips were surprised
It came without a word

Why does it hurt so much?
Why does it hurt continuously?
Except for the fact that I can’t see you anymore, and that you’re not here anymore
otherwise, it’ll be just the same like before

Without a word, you made me know what love is
Without a word, you gave me your love
Made me fill myself with your every breath
Then you ran away

Without a word, love leaves me
Without a word, love abandons me
Wondering what to say next
My lips were surprised

Without a word, tears starts falling down
Without a word, my heart is broken
Without a word, I waited for love
Without a word, love hurts me

what should i do?

2010-02-10T19:06:00.000-08:00

what should i do?
by: jang geun seuk

Hangeoleum mankeum geudael bonaemyeon nunmulina
Hangeoleum mankeum geudaega gamyeon deo nunmuli heulleo wa
Soneul bbeodeodo sonnaemileodo daheulsu eopneun goseuro
Geudae ganeunde japji motago nan ulgoman itjyo

Eoddeokajyo eoddeokajyo geudaega ddeonaganeyo
Eoddeokajyo eoddeokajyo naldugo ddeonaganeyo
Saranghaeyo saranghaeyo mongnoa bulleobojiman
Geudaen deutji motaeyo gaseumeuroman woechigo isseuni

Haruonjongil jiwobojiman ddo ddeoolla
Haruonjongil ibyeolhajiman ddo dasi ddeoolla
Soneul bbeodado sonnaemileodo aneulsu eopneun goseuro
Geudaen gatjiman chatji motago nan ulgoman itjyo

Eoddeokajyo eoddeokajyo jaggu geudaeman boyeoyo
Eoddeokajyo eoddeokajyo nan geudael saranghaneunde
Mianhaeyo mianhaeyo naemali deullisinayo
Dasi dolawajwoyo geudae animyeon nan andoeniggayo

Eoddeokajyo eoddeokajyo nan ojik geudaebbuninde
Eoddeokajyo eoddeokajyo geudaega ddeonaganeyo
Eoddeokajyo eoddeokajyo naldugo ddeonaganeyo
Saranghaeyo saranghaeyo mongnoa bulleobojiman
Geudaen deutji motaeyo gaseumeuroman woechigo isseuni

what should i do?

2010-02-10T19:05:00.000-08:00

What should I Do?
by: Jang Geun Seuk

When I let you go one step further, my eyes overflow with tears
When you walk away one step further, more tears are falling
As you move away to a place where I can’t reach you, even if I reach out my hand
I can’t catch you, I can only cry

What should I do? What should I do? You’re leaving
What should I do? What should I do? You’re leaving me
I love you, I love you, I cry out to you

But you can’t hear me, because I am only shouting in my heart
All day long I try to forget you, but I think of you again
All day long I try to say goodbye, but I think of you
Although you went to a place where I can’t hold you, even if my hand reaches out for you
I can’t find you, I can only cry

What should I do? What should I do? I can only see you
What should I do? What should I do? I love you only
I am sorry, I am sorry, can you hear me?
Please come back to me, if it’s not you, I can’t go on

What should I do? What should I do? I only have you
What should I do? What should I do? You’re leaving
What should I do? What should I do? You’re leaving me alone
I love you, I love you, I cry out to you
But you can’t hear me because I am only shouting in my heart

goodbye

2010-02-10T19:04:00.000-08:00

Eoddeokajyo baraman boneyo
JJareun insa jocha geonnaelsuga eopneyo
Siridorok chagaun nae son jabajujiman
Ijeneun geuman bonaeya hajyo

Eoddeokajyo meoleojyeo ganeyo
Gaseumgadeuk nunmulman chaoneyo
Aesseo gamchwobwado meomchulsuga eopseoyo
Ggeutnae japji motan imameul eoddeokanayo

Saranghaetdeon geu gieogeun noji malayo
Dasi utge hae jul dareun saram mannado
Apeun ibyeolggajido geudaera dahaengijyo
Seulpeun nunmul mowaseo annyeong

Amugeotdo haejunge eopneyo
Motnagedo sangcheoman namgyeotneyo
Byeonaegan mam jocha gamssa anajun saram
Ije bonaeya hal geudaereul eoddeokanayo

Saranghaetdeon geu gieogeun noji malayo
Dasi utge hae jul dareun saram mannado
Apeun ibyeolggajido geudaera dahaengijyo
Sumi meojeulmankeum apawa nunmul heulleodo

Haengbokaetddeon geu gieogeun noji malayo
Dasi utge hae jul dareun saram mannado
Apeun ibyeoggaji geudaera dahaengijyo
Datji mot tal nae saram ijen bonaeya hajyo

Ojik nareul utge hal saran gedaebbuningeol
Sarangi gipeojyeo maeumi apawado
Haengbokaetddeon geu gieogeun noji malayo
Dasi utge hae jul dareunsaram mannado
Apeun ibyeoggaji geudaera dahaengijyo
Seulpeun nunmul mowaseo naega hal su itneun il annyeong

goodbye

2010-02-10T19:01:00.000-08:00

GOODBY
by: Jang Geun Seuk

What should I do? I am just watching you
I can’t even say a short farewell
You hold on to my cold hands
But now I have to send you away

What should I do? You are going far away
My heart is filling with tears
Even though I try my best to hide it, I can’t
This heart I couldn’t catch, what should I do?

Don’t forget the memories we loved
Even if you find another person that makes you smile
Even the painful farewell, I am glad that it was you
Gathering all my sad tears, good bye

There was nothing I’ve done for you
Sadly, only scars are left
The person who encompassed my changed heart
Now I have to send you away, what should I do?

Don’t forget the memories we loved
Even if you find another person that makes you smile
Even the painful farewell, I am glad that it was you
If the tears fall because it is so painful to endure

Don’t forget the happy memories we shared
Even if you find another person that makes you smile
Even the painful farewell, I am glad that it was you
My love that I can’t reach, now I have to send you away

The only person that can make me laugh is you
Even if love is so deep and the heart hurts so much
Don’t forget the happy memories we shared
Even if you find another person that makes you smile
Even the painful farewell, I am glad that it was you
The thing that I could do with all my sad tears, good bye

assignment 6

2010-02-10T18:50:00.000-08:00

Identify and discuss the steps for "critical success factors" approach?

Critical Success Factors

Identifying the things that really matter for success
So many important matters can compete for your attention in business that it's often difficult to see the "wood for the trees". What's more, it can be extremely difficult to get everyone in the team pulling in the same direction and focusing on the true essentials.

That's where Critical Success Factors (CSFs) can help. CSFs are the essential areas of activity that must be performed well if you are to achieve the mission, objectives or goals for your business or project.
By identifying your Critical Success Factors, you can create a common point of reference to help you direct and measure the success of your business or project.

As a common point of reference, CSFs help everyone in the team to know exactly what's most important. And this helps people perform their own work in the right context and so pull together towards the same overall aims.
The idea of CSFs was first presented by D. Ronald Daniel in the 1960s. It was then built on and popularized a decade later by John F. Rockart, of MIT's Sloan School of Management, and has since been used extensively to help businesses implement their strategies and projects.

Inevitably, the CSF concept has evolved, and you may have seen it implemented in different ways. This article provides a simple definition and approach based on Rockart's original ideas.
Rockart defined CSFs as:
"The limited number of areas in which results, if they are satisfactory, will ensure successful competitive performance for the organization. They are the few key areas where things must go right for the business to flourish. If results in these areas are not adequate, the organization's efforts for the period will be less than desired."
He also concluded that CSFs are "areas of activity that should receive constant and careful attention from management."
Critical Success Factors are strongly related to the mission and strategic goals of your business or project. Whereas the mission and goals focus on the aims and what is to be achieved, Critical Success Factors focus on the most important areas and get to the very heart of both what is to be achieved and how you will achieve it.

Typically, critical success factors can be categorized into five primary categories:

1. Leadership plays a key role in ensuring success in almost any initiative within an organization. Its impact is even more pronounced because this is a relatively new discipline. Nothing makes greater impact on an organization than when leaders model the behavior they are trying to promote among employees..when the CEO notices that a particular employee has not had been active within the system, he sends a message that reads: "Dear associate, you haven't been sharing knowledge. How can we help you? All the best, Bob."
Several other best-practice organizations have demonstrated this commitment to KM. At the World Bank, the president's support led to the creation of an infrastructure that promoted and supported the growth of communities of practice (CoPs) not only throughout the organization, but also around the globe.

2. Culture is the combination of shared history, expectations, unwritten rules, and social customs that compel behaviors. It is the set of underlying beliefs that, while rarely exactly articulated, are always there to influence the perception of actions and communications of all employees.
Cultural issues concerning KM initiatives usually arise due to the following factors:
• Lack of time - The goal is not to encourage the employees to work more, but to work more effectively. The processes, technologies, and roles designed during a KM initiative must save employees' time, not burden them with more work. This can only be accomplished if the employees' work patterns are accounted for during the initial design and planning phase of the initiative.
• Unconnected reward systems - Organizations have to maintain a balance between intrinsic and explicit rewards in order to encourage employee behavior. The most effective use of explicit rewards has been to encourage sharing at the onset of a KM initiative. If the attendees don't find value in either the meetings or the information on the system, providing incentives will not sustain their participation. People share because they want to, they like to see their expertise being used, and they like being respected by their peers.
• Lack of common perspectives - Sharing must be inspired by a common vision. The people affected by the new process or technology must all buy in to this vision and believe it will work.
• No formal communication - When designing and implementing KM initiatives, ensure that employees and customers know about the changes occurring in your organization. It has been hypothesized that a person needs to hear the same message at least three times before it registers in the brain. Hence, communication should be pervasive and ingeminating. While implementing KM within your organization, market yourself. Make sure everyone knows what you are attempting to do, and build anticipation for the launch.

If your organization naturally has a tendency to share knowledge, enabling knowledge sharing becomes a little easier. If your organization harbors a knowledge-hoarding culture, don't give in to it. Remove negative consequences to sharing. People want to share their knowledge. They want others to know they are knowledgeable. Break down some of the existing barriers to knowledge sharing, and give people the tools and environment they need. By designing KM initiatives around your culture, you will be initiating a cultural change.

3. Structure, Roles, and Responsibilities
Although there are many ways that organizations structure the governance of their KM initiatives, APQC has found common elements among best-practice partner organizations: a steering committee, a central KM support group, and stewards/owners throughout the organization who are responsible for KM. It is a combination of a centralized and decentralized approach.
The steering committee usually consists of executives at the top level. They promote the concept and provide guidance, direction, and support. The central KM group is typically made up of three to four people who provide the initial support for projects or initiatives, which are usually handed over to the business owners once they are implemented. The central group usually consists of people with advanced project management, facilitation, and communication skills. The stewards, or owners, are responsible for knowledge sharing and acquisition within the business units. Like the core KM group, the stewards are change agents for the organization. They model and teach employees the principles of knowledge sharing using a common vocabulary. All of these participants work as a team to prevent a silo mentality and incorporate resistant employees in the process.
Although the structure is put in place to establish ownership and accountability, if there is no overall ownership of knowledge and learning within the organization and the leadership does not "walk the talk," it will be difficult to sustain any sharing behavior.

4. Information Technology (IT) Infrastructure
Without a solid IT infrastructure, an organization cannot enable its employees to share information on a large scale. Yet the trap that most organizations fall into is not a lack of IT, but rather too much focus on IT. A KM initiative is not a software application; having a platform to share information and to communicate is only part of a KM initiative. Following are some KM success factors related to IT.
• Approach - The people who are charged with implementing KM must take the time to understand their users' needs. Matching the KM system with the KM objectives is essential.
• Content - With a similar focus on users' needs, establishing great content involves having processes in place to acquire, manage, validate, and deliver relevant information, when and where it is needed.
• Common platforms - A standard companywide architecture ensures the sustainability and scalability of KM efforts. By understanding the organization's infrastructure at a high level, the steering committee can guide the KM team in picking the appropriate technology. Sometimes organizations realize that they need a complete overhaul of their IT infrastructure before they can expect their employees to share knowledge. Many organizations have eliminated or are in the process of phasing out customized legacy systems and replacing them with market-standard operating systems. This enables organizations to build on the existing architecture by using off-the-shelf software that was written to support these platforms, thus avoiding costly customized packages.
• Simple technology - If it takes more than three clicks to find knowledge on your system, users will get frustrated. Of course, you have to temper that with the amount of information being delivered and the complexity of information demanded by the user. Another common mistake made in information delivery is the emphasis on explicit knowledge. Although technology is primarily used to deliver explicit knowledge, placing too much emphasis on it causes the user to lose the context in which the information was shared and leads to misunderstanding on how to interpret the knowledge.
• Adequate training - KM is enabled by adequate technology and people who know how to use it. Best-practice examples reveal that the central KM group should spend most of its time (after deployment) teaching, guiding, and coaching users how to use the system to interact, communicate, and share information and knowledge with one another.

5. Measurement
Most people fear measurement because they see it as synonymous with ROI, and they are not sure how to link KM efforts to ROI. Although the ultimate goal of measuring the effectiveness of a KM initiative is to determine some type of ROI, there are many intervening variables that also affect the outcomes.
Because many variables may affect an outcome, it is important to correlate KM activities with business outcomes, while not claiming a pure cause-and-effect relationship. Increased sales may be a result not only of the sales representatives having more information, but also of the market turning, a competitor closing down, or prices dropping 10 percent. Due to the inability to completely isolate knowledge-sharing results, tracking the correlations over time is important.

References:
http://www.providersedge.com/docs/km_articles/Critical_Success_Factors_of_KM.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_success_factor

assignment 5

2010-01-20T22:37:00.000-08:00

In the spectrum of organizational change, which is the most radical type of change: automation, rationalization of procedures, business reengineering, or paradigm shifts?

organizational change...
in the business industry most asked questions but least answered is " what can we
do to make our business survive grow?"
some organization said organizational change.

when we say organizational change it implies changes of the
organization's strategic plan, or simply changing the nature of their operation and etc.
organizational change nowadays is just ordinary instances, just like people, who
successfully evolves through life cycles.
for an organization to develop, they usually undergo changes.

managers and leaders exert effort to make changes happen successfully.
to make these possible there are levels to which organization can decide
where to start.

first is, shaping and anticipating future or thinking what is good for the organization,
or simply foresee a scenario of the future and make missions and measurement system
based on the possible futures.
second, defining what is business in their core competencies. after defining mission,
make SWOT analysis or simply identify
the strength, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.
third, reengineering process
it focuses in making structural changes accompanied with the goal which is to
be more productive, efficient,and give quality or customer satisfaction.
fourth, incrementally improving business processes.
inthis level it focuses in making small changes in the existing work processes.

as we are tasked to identify which the most radical type of change occur now,
it is either automation, rationalization of procedures, business reengineering,
or paradigm shifts.

for me, i think it was business reengineering, since maybe when the technology
starts to evolves the organizations also make their operation be automated,
in automating their operation they also rationalized their
business process or the rationalization of procedures.

kulang pa....

references:
http://www.organizedchange.com/decide.htm
http://www.organizational-change-management.com/
http://wikipedia.org/

assignment2

2010-01-14T22:51:00.000-08:00

Think about yourself worthy to be called as IT professional, how do you see yourself 10 years from now, what are your strategies to get there? (at least 3000 words)

As I read the first assignment ive reminisced the past, when I was young, in my elementary years the teachers are usually asking their students “what are their dreams?”, “what they want to be in the future?” some of my co students usually answers, they want to be teachers for they want to teach lessons to the children, and they like to write on the board. Some wants to be a nurse so that they can help the injured or ill people, their parents are happy upon hearing those words utter by their children knowing that their children has a good heart. My other classmate also wants to be lawyer, upon having a bad experience in the past, he want to give justice to the death of his father. It nice to know that in the little mind of the children, all they want to be in the future has a good reasons…

But when I was ask by my teacher before, only one thing plays in my mind that I answered with her questions. “ I want to be a Teacher” yeah… it sounds funny, but I like to be a teacher before cause I want to teach children and its nice for me to saw children having so much time enjoying the activities you have given to them. When I was in high school and was about to graduate, I was always asked by my friends what course will I take in college. I was actually having hard time in answering their question cause by that time I don’t want to be a teacher anymore I want something that is related to the business. But know… look where I am, I was actually an IT student, but I don’t have much regret though I have some failing grades cause I was realized that this course have also some relation with business. Hehe….

As we are task to blog what I want ten years from now….

I can foresee myself as an IT professional but I also want to have a big corporation that focuses on Information Technology services. Hehe..
I want to be rich. Cause its nice feel that you can buy everything.
But before that there are things that I should consider..

IT education..

IT education is very important to be an IT professional, because obviously you can only gain more knowledge about information technology by just finishing your IT education. The It training was also important to, because with these experiences your knowledge will be added by the circumstances you have encountered that will great help you for the risks you will encounter for the future. Moreover, It education nowadays were very in demand. Cause as they say organizations were in need of IT professionals because of the fast changing or evolution of technology.

Job hunting and gaining of experience…

Upon finishing the IT education, you should hunt first a job that is related to the IT so that your It education will be used. In having a job you should treat it as an assignment, do it correctly, analyze problems, foresee risks that you may encounter, do solutions for the risks, and of course do your best. Also in having a job you should give importance to it because your experience in your job can make you more knowledgeable in IT.

IT professional…

A Certified Information Technology Professional (CITP) is a Certified Public Accountant recognized for his or her unique ability to provide business insight by leveraging knowledge of information relationships and supporting technologies. Unlike other certifications that recognize on a wide scope of skills, the CITP credential is an accounting professional that focuses on information assurance and management, making a CPA among the most trusted business advisor.

The CITP credential is predicated on the fact that in today’s complex business environment, technology plays an ever increasing role in how organizations meet their business obligations, and that no single professional has a more comprehensive understanding of those obligations than a Certified Public Accountant. An increasingly competitive global marketplace has organizations clamoring for better information assurance or additional business insight. While IT professionals have the technical expertise necessary to ensure that IT hardware is secure or technology solutions are properly deployed, they lack the CPA’s perspective and ability to understand the complicated business implications and risks associated with technology.

The CITP credential demonstrates his or her ability to leverage technology to effectively manage information while ensuring the data’s reliability, security, accessibility and relevance. The CITP credential program provides tools, training, and support to help CPAs expand their information management-related services and provide greater benefit to the business and academic communities they serve.

Reference:
http://infotech.aicpa.org/Memberships/Overview+of+The+Certified+Information+Technology+Professional+Credential.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plan

assignment1

2010-01-14T22:46:00.000-08:00

What should be the nature of the relationship between the business plan and the IS plan?
in organizations, each of them has a plan specifically business plans, and others also have information system plan or the IS plan. Each plan plays a vital role for the organization to be competitive. in our assgnment2 in MIS2 we are tasked to distinguish the relationship of the two plans which is the business and IS plan. before that i would like to give the meaning of each of the plan.

In planning we should make a goal so that we can identify if our plan was successfully done. The plans were not only for the profitable organizations, but also for the non profitable organizations

Business plan (decision making tool)
Business plans are decision-making tools. There is no fixed content for a business plan. Rather the content and format of the business plan is determined by the goals and audience. A business plan should contain whatever information is needed to decide whether or not to pursue a goal. . as what ive said the business plans are not only for profitable organization but also for non-profitable organizations. The profitable organization focuses on the how to attain income or the process of creation of wealth. The non-profitable organization like government agency, has also a plan that focuses on organizations mission, to the tax exemption of their services. Business plans may also target changes in perception and branding by the customer, client, tax-payer, or larger community. A business plan having changes in perception and branding as its primary goals is called a marketing plan.

Factors that need to be considered in making a business plan. First is the vision statement or stating what you want to achieve upon planning. Next is the people, do you have enough people or do you have people that are good enough that will play an important rule in implementing this plan. And of course the last is you should undergo an assessment, for you to know if the business plan you were implementing is effective to attain your visions.

Information System Plan (ISP)
An IS plan is a plan that focuses on the system that is used by an organization. That is either profitable or non-profitable organizations. IS plan are for systems that are currently implemented in an organization, these systems are either manual or automation. This plan was design so that the systems they were implementing are become more effective in the extent that it will help the organization to achieve or to attain their vision and goals.

Factors that need to be consider in making information system plan is that it should be flexible and continuously improving the performance of an organization. It should fit to the needs of the needs and requirements of the organization.

Own view…

These plans are somewhat similar because it envisions the company to more competitive in the industry. They were related because they really want nothing but for the good of the organization.

reference:
http://www.tdan.com/view-articles/5262
http://www.clarionmag.com/cmag/v3/informationsystemsplanning.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_plan
http://www.myownbusiness.org/s2/

2nd semester

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I have just finished my two subjects which are the
HRM and MIS I
and here I am blogging in my new subject which is the
Management Information System II...

nature, scope of human resource

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Human resources may be defined as the total knowledge, skills, creative abilities, talents and aptitudes of an organization’s workforce, as well as the values, attitudes, approaches and beliefs of the individuals involved in the affairs of the organization. It is the sum total or aggregate of inherent abilities, acquired knowledge and skills represented by the talents and aptitudes of the persons employed in the organization.

The human resources are multidimensional in nature. From the national point of view, human resources may be defined as the knowledge, skills, creative abilities, talents and aptitudes obtained in the population; whereas from the viewpoint of the individual enterprise, they represent the total of the inherent abilities, acquired knowledge and skills as exemplified in the talents and aptitudes of its employees.

Human Resource Management: Nature

Human Resource Management is a process of bringing people and organizations together so that the goals of each are met. The various features of HRM include:

* It is pervasive in nature as it is present in all enterprises.
* Its focus is on results rather than on rules.
* It tries to help employees develop their potential fully.
* It encourages employees to give their best to the organization.
* It is all about people at work, both as individuals and groups.
* It tries to put people on assigned jobs in order to produce good results.
* It helps an organization meet its goals in the future by providing for competent and well-motivated employees.
* It tries to build and maintain cordial relations between people working at various levels in the organization.
* It is a multi-disciplinary activity, utilizing knowledge and inputs drawn from psychology, economics, etc.

Human Resource Management: Scope

The scope of HRM is very wide:

1. Personnel aspect-This is concerned with manpower planning, recruitment, selection, placement, transfer, promotion, training and development, layoff and retrenchment, remuneration, incentives, productivity etc.
2. Welfare aspect-It deals with working conditions and amenities such as canteens, creches, rest and lunch rooms, housing, transport, medical assistance, education, health and safety, recreation facilities, etc.
3. Industrial relations aspect-This covers union-management relations, joint consultation, collective bargaining, grievance and disciplinary procedures, settlement of disputes, etc.

reference:
http://www.mbaboleto.com/Core%20Roles%20In%20Human%20Resource%20Management.pdf

IT CONSULTANT

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The faculty and staff should become aware of the problems
and opportunities presented by the use of IT and learn how to effectively confront
such challenges. Today’s internet plays a vital role in the educational advancement
of the university.

An IT consultant works in partnership with clients, advising them how to use
information technology in order to meet their business objectives or overcome
problems. Consultants work to improve the structure and efficiency and of an
organization's IT systems.

IT consultants
may be involved in a variety of activities, including marketing, project
management, client relationship management and systems development.

They may also
be responsible for user training and feedback. In many companies, these tasks
will be carried out by an IT project team. IT consultants are increasingly
involved in sales and business development, as well as technical duties.

The explosive growth of the internet is the revolutionary phenomenon in
computing and telecommunications. The internet has become the largest and the
most important to all networks today, and has evolved into a global information
superhighway.

The internet has also become a key platform for a rapidly expanding list of
info and entertainment services and etc.

References:

Introduction to info system, 11^th edition, by: James O’brien

http://www.prospects.ac.uk/p/types_of_job/it_consultant_job_description.jsp

INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT

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Identify an information environment of your choice and write an essay to address the following questions:

• What should be your role within this environment?
• How can the principles of information organization and representation help you in performing this role?
• What are the challenges facing you in performing the role? How will you address these challenges?

Information Environment

There is now a critical mass of digital information resources that can be used to support researchers, learners, teachers and administrators in their work and study. The production of information is on the increase and ways to deal with this effectively are required. There is the need to ensure that quality information isn’t lost amongst the masses of digital data created everyday. If we can continue to improve the management, interrogation and serving of ‘quality’ information there is huge potential to enhance knowledge creation across learning and research communities. The aim of the Information Environment is to help provide convenient access to resources for research and learning through the use of resource discovery and resource management tools and the development of better services and practice. The Information Environment aims to allow discovery, access and use of resources for research and learning
irrespective of their location.

reference:
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/themes/informationenvironment.aspx

OUTSOURCING

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OUTSOURCING

>>Outsourcing is subcontracting a process, such as product design or manufacturing, to a third-party company.[1] The decision to outsource is often made in the interest of lowering cost or making better use of time and energy costs, redirecting or conserving energy directed at the competencies of a particular business, or to make more efficient use of land, labor, capital, (information) technology and resources[citation needed]. Outsourcing became part of the business lexicon during the 1980s. It is essentially a division of labour.Out sourcing in the information technology field has two meanings [2] One is to commission the development of an application to another organization, usually a company that specializes in the development of this type of application. The other is to hire the services of another company to manage all or parts of the services that otherwise would be rendered by an IT unit of the organization. The latter concept might not include development of new applications.

The Advantages of Outsourcing

* Outsourcing your non-core activities will give you more time to concentrate on your core business processes
* Offshoring can give you access to professional, expert and high-quality services
* With outsourcing your organization can experience increased efficiency and productivity in non-core business processes
* Outsourcing can help you streamline your business operations
* Offshore outsourcing can help you save on time, effort, manpower, operating costs and training costs amongst others
* Outsourcing can make your organization more flexible to change
* You can experience an increased control of your business with outsourcing
* Your organization can save on investing in the latest technology, software and infrastructure as your outsourcing partner would be investing in these
* Outsourcing can give you assurance that your business processes are being carried out efficiently, proficiently and within a fast turnaround time
* Offshoring can help your organization save on capital expenditures
* By outsourcing, your company can save on management problems as your offshore partner will be managing the team who does your work
* By outsourcing, you can cater to the new and challenging demands of your customers
* Outsourcing can help your organization to free up its cash flow
* Sharing your business risks is possible with outsourcing
* Outsourcing can give your business a competitive advantage as you will be able to increase productivity in all the areas of your business
* Outsourcing can help your organization to cut is operational costs to more than half

The Disadvantages of Outsourcing

* At times, it is more cost-effective to conduct a particular business process, rather than outsourcing it
* While outsourcing services such as payroll processing services and tax preparation services, your outsourcing provider will be able to see your company’s confidential information and hence there is a threat to security and confidentiality in outsourcing
* When you begin to outsource your business processes, you might find it difficult to manage the offshore provider when compared to managing processes within your organization
* Offshoring can create potential redundancies for your organization
* In case, your offshore service provider becomes bankrupt or goes out of business, your organization will have to immediately move your business processes in-house or find another outsourcing provider
* The employees in your organization might not like the idea of you outsourcing your processes and they might express lack of interest or lack of quality at work
* Your outsourcing provider might not be only providing services for your organization. Since your provider might be catering to the needs of several companies, there might be not be complete devotion to you and your company
* By outsourcing, you might forget to cater to the needs of your valuable customers as your focus will be on the business process that is outsourced
* In outsourcing, you may lose your control over the process that is outsourced
* Outsourcing, though cost-effective, might have hidden costs, such as the legal costs incurred while signing a contract between companies. You might also have to spend a lot of time and effort in getting the contract signed
* With outsourcing, your organization might suffer from a lack of customer focus
* There can be several disadvantages in outsourcing, such as, renewing contracts, misunderstanding of the contract, lack of communication, poor quality and delayed services amongst others.

Benefits of outsourcing

1. Take advantage of the cost-advantages!

Outsourcing to countries such as India can give you access to cost-effective services. The same services with the same level of quality are offered in India for a much lower cost! This cost-advantage has increased the number of services that are being offered to India. Services such as call center services, teleradiology, medical billing, etc can help you save up to 60% of your total costs when outsourced! Getting access to high-quality services at a cost-effective price is the biggest benefit that you can get while outsourcing. Outsource and reap the benefits of outsourcing.
2. See an increase in your business

Another benefit of outsourcing is seeing a big increase in your profits, productivity, level of quality, business value, business performance and much more. Outsourcing can help you see an increase in almost every aspect of your business. Outsource and see your organization experience an increase in every aspect with these benefits of outsourcing.
3. Save Big!

One of the benefits of outsourcing is that you can save on every aspect of your business and increase your profits. When you outsource, you can save on time, effort, infrastructure and manpower. Since you don't have to invest in infrastructure, you can also save on making unnecessary fixed investments. Outsourcing removes the burden of changing or maintaining infrastructure. You can also save on capital expenditure. Outsourcing can also help you save on training costs, because you do not have to invest in manpower. These savings will help bring about an increase in your revenue. Your organization can also save on investing in expensive software and technologies.
4. Get access to specialized services

By outsourcing you can get expert and skilled services. This benefit of outsourcing has been the key reason why several outsourcers opt for outsourcing. The function that you outsource may not be your core competency but you can find an outsourcing partner who is specialized in that particular business process. Your outsourcing partner will be able to provide more proficient services. This is yet another benefit of outsourcing, because if you perform all your business processes in-house, you will not be able to provide specialized and skilled services. Outsourcing can give you this advantage.

Outsource2india is an organization that offers a wide range of specialized business process outsourcing solutions to global clients. Outsourcing business processes to us has enabled clients to cross-leverage our skills and expertise across industry verticals and technologies to achieve greater efficiency and quality levels in the outsourced process.

At Outsource2india, we have dedicated teams that offer outsourced services across a range of services which include Call center, Data Entry Servicesand Engineering Services, Healthcare Services, Financial Services, Software Development, Research and Analysis Services, Photo Editing Services, Creative Services and Web-analytics Services.

Outsource specific processes to our expert teams and increase your ROI. Contact O2I here.
5. Concentrate more on your core business

One of the benefits of outsourcing is that your organization will be free to concentrate on your core business. By outsourcing all your non-core functions, your employees can be put to better use and you will be able to see a huge growth in your core business.
6. Make faster deliveries to customers

Another benefit of outsourcing is that you can make quicker deliveries to customers. Your outsourcing partner will be able to provide faster deliverables and you in turn will be able to make quick deliveries to your customer. Faster deliveries can also help you save on time.
7. Improved customer satisfaction

With timely deliveries and high-quality services you can impress your customers. Outsourcing can help you benefit from increased customer satisfaction and your customers will remain loyal to your organization.
8. Benefit from time zone advantages

Outsourcing to countries such as India has a time zone advantage. Your night will be India's day. With this advantage, your outsourcing partner can complete critical work and send it to you the next day. Thus, your work is continued by your outsourcing partner even after your employees go home. This enables the work to be completed much faster and gives your business a competitive advantage. This is one of the benefits of offshore outsourcing.
9. Increased efficiency

Another benefit of outsourcing is increased efficiency. Your non-core business functions will be performed efficiently by your outsourcing partner, while your core functions can be efficiently carried out in-house. Thereby you can achieve overall efficiency and see an increase in your profits.
10. Give your business a competitive edge!

Outsourcing can help your organization gain a competitive edge in the market. You can also get access to specialized services for different business processes and thereby provide your customers with best-of breed services. Such strategic outsourcing can give your business a competitive edge among your peers. The benefits of outsourcing can give your organization a cutting-edge in the worldwide market. Outsource and take advantage of the benefits of outsourcing.
11. Outsourcing countries also benefit from outsourcing

Countries such as U.S, U.K, Norway and Australia amongst others can benefit by outsourcing. The economy of these countries has increased tremendously after outsourcing. In the U.S, after the outsourcing boom, the economy has increased, jobs have increased and the wages of American workers have increased.

>>if i would take a position, i would suggest outsourcing.
because it is less hassle since it is contractual,
the organization will still focus on its operation.
with this you can cater the needs of your clients.
and also organizations can save on time, effort,
manpower and would also aid organizations in making quicker deliveries to clients.
>> another is that if there are services that do not fall under teh core competency of the organization
then, outsourcing is a goo option. because you will be able to access the service.
>>Most organizations are opting to outsource because outsourcing enables organizations to access intellectual capital,
focus on core competencies, shorten the delivery cycle time and reduce costs significantly.
Organizations feel outsourcing is an effective business strategy to help improve their business.

reference:

http://www.outsource2india.com/why_outsource/articles/benefit_outsourcing.asp

http://www.outsource2india.com/why_outsource/articles/advantages-disadvantages-outsourcing.asp

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outsourcing

On the assumption that you heard/read the SONA of the President last month, (July 2000), identify at least 3 areas related to ICT and identify how the

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StateOf the Nation Address

The ninth and the last STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS OF President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for 2009 was delivered at the joint session of the Congress of the Philippines on July 27, 2009.

The SONA can be summarized into her accomplishments despite the criticisms and her challenges to the presidential wannabes.

Since this is her last term, instead of her scorecard for one year, she enumerated the
long term projects that she started, inherited and finished her during the term together with the policies that she implemented concerning education, environment and economy.

These are important developments because whoever will become the leader next year will be inheriting the benefits or the problems brought by GMA’s legacy.

She did complain that her popularity was low because of the decisions that she had to adopt despite its being a bitter pill for Filipinos.

In closing, she expressed her belief on the resilience and unity of the Filipinos to weather the storms that may come by in our shores.

I feel that she had done her best fighting the critics as well as her political adversaries and at the same time trying to lead a country so divided as many as political parties there are and hopeful heirs to the throne that speculations about her perpetuating her power are like ghosts that haunt them until she has really step down.

there are some areas related to ICT.

Information and Communication Technology Department

>>ICT dept. will help a lot for the improvement of the Filipinos quality of life. From the word itself, Information and Communication, it will help in processing and managing the information system of our country as well as the communications system. In having an ICT department the process of information nationwide will be monitored. It involves the resolution of the risks associated in processing information, the information that will use for government purposes. The data that is gathered by the municipalities that helps the Local Government Unit for documentation of necessary data needed to certify a citizen in their localities. And even for the government to know the exact population of each of the municipalities.

The ICT department will also help the local government offices to do their work easier just like collecting taxes, documenting personal information of the citizens and etc. not only the process of information will be monitored, but also in the communication. It helps the Filipino to save money in terms of buying loads, because it will lessen the times the loads are being missing in action and lessen the times that the calls will be dropped. With these, the quality of life of the Filipinos will be improved because it will lessen the hassle in communication more importantly in the business industry. In having ICT department it will help the economy will be uplifted.

BPO

>>Business process outsourcing (BPO) is a form of outsourcing that involves the contracting of the operations and responsibilities of a specific business functions (or processes) to a third-party service provider. Originally, this was associated with manufacturing firms, such as Coca Cola that outsourced large segments of its supply chain.[1]. In the contemporary context, it is primarily used to refer to the outsourcing of services.

BPO is typically categorized into back office outsourcing - which includes internal business functions such as human resources or finance and accounting, and front office outsourcing - which includes customer-related services such as contact center services.

BPO that is contracted outside a company's country is called offshore outsourcing. BPO that is contracted to a company's neighboring (or nearby) country is called nearshore outsourcing.

Automated Election

>>Having the automated election has advantage and disadvantages. One of its advantages is that the electing of candidate will become easier. And also the counting of votes will last only for 3-5 days unlike before; people spend couple of minutes in writing candidates name in ballots. Counting of votes lasts for couple of weeks. And the government spends lot of money in buying new ballot boxes, and even paying people to count votes. Another advantage is that whenever someone will call for a recount the comelec can easily show results of their counting because having automated election includes proper documentation it can also view or show in what area or localities is a candidate cast many votes.

reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_process_outsourcing

Based on your adopted organization(s), identify and discuss barriers in their IS/IT implementation.

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In implementing information system the organization always looking forward the successful implementation but they didn’t close their mind to the barriers that they will be encounter in the implementation of their organization’s information system.

As I surf into the internet I found some barriers in the implementation of the information system in an organization.
These are the following:

• A general lack of education and information about both technology and programs. Technology has rapidly permeated our society and most of our institutions, but government organizations often lag behind others. Government staff are often ill-informed and poorly trained in how to use information technology effectively. This is particularly true of the newest technical tools and platforms. Public employees, both users and technicians, seldom have ready access to skills training or professional development that continuously upgrades their knowledge and skills. Conversely, technical staff typically have few opportunities or incentives to learn the goals and operational realities of service programs and therefore tend to focus too sharply on the technical tools and too little on the programmatic reasons for new systems.
• Lack of a shared, reliable computing and network infrastructure. Existing state-local systems suffer from the lack of a ubiquitous, consistent computing and communications infrastructure. This makes it difficult or impossible to operate technology supported programs in a consistent way from place to place and organization to organization. It also slows and complicates communication among state and local staff involved in joint programs. New York State is currently embarking on a statewide networking strategy called the NYT that will help solve this problem for future systems.
• Goals that are too ambitious for the resources available to achieve them. Project goals are often laudably comprehensive, but the staff, equipment, and dollars allotted to achieve them are often underestimated. Projects that could succeed on a smaller or incremental scale, fail to achieve success when their goals and resources are played out on different scales.
• Human and organizational resistance to change. In some cases, new state-local initiatives threaten a comfortable status quo. They promise big changes that not every participant is eager to see. Fear and resistance to change exist even in the best planned and managed projects. A new way of doing business threatens existing personal, organizational, programmatic, and political conditions by rearranging authority, influence, power, resources, and information. This natural resistance is exacerbated when new programs arrive with too little advance information, weak leadership support, inadequate user participation, too little funding, and less than comprehensive training and orientation.
• Unrealistic time frames. Many information systems projects take considerably longer than originally planned. State-local projects, with their added layers of legal and organizational complexity are especially vulnerable to this problem. Since so many different organizations are affected by them, time delays lead to serious difficulties in planning for and adjusting to changes in operations.
• Organizational, programmatic, technological, and legal complexity. The state-local environment is extraordinarily complex on a number of dimensions: organizational size, number of organizations, number and skills of staff, size of budget, financial practices, legal authority, programmatic focus, and geographic dispersion. Existing systems are an important complicating factor.Only so much change is possible in an environment that depends on information systems already in place — especially ones that were designed and implemented using older technologies. There is little that can be done to simplify this environment, making it essential that project participants have a good understanding of how it will affect their activities.
• Changing priorities. Any project that lasts more than a few months is subject to changing priorities for time, money, and attention. This problem is multiplied in state-local projects since each participating organization is likely to be working in circumstances and with responsibilities and priorities that are unique to its own situation.
• Overlapping or conflicting missions among the participating organizations. Government organizations at both the state and local level have public service and public accountability goals that can overlap or conflict, even when they are engaged in a joint project. For example, a state agency manager may have the role of project leader which implies facilitation, collaboration, and support for other participants. At the same time, that person’s agency may have oversight responsibility and financial and other regulatory means of compelling local compliance with state requirements. In other projects, non-profit service providers may be project participants sitting at the same table with state or local officials who license and inspect their programs.These roles are all legitimate but can conflict and become a source of difficulty in sorting out the working relationships within the project team.

http://www.ctg.albany.edu/publications/guides/tying?chapter=3&section=4

Look for various definitions of personnel management and human resource management and their authors and sources

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Human Resource Management

1
Human Resource Management (HRM) is the function within an organization that focuses on recruitment of, management of, and providing direction for the people who work in the organization. Human Resource Management can also be performed by line managers.

Human Resource Management is the organizational function that deals with issues related to people such as compensation, hiring, performance management, organization development, safety, wellness, benefits, employee motivation, communication, administration, and training.

http://humanresources.about.com/od/glossaryh/f/hr_management.htm

2
a model of personnel management that focuses on the individual rather than taking a collective approach. Responsibility for human resource management is often devolved to line management. It is characterized by an emphasis on strategic integration, employee commitment, workforce flexibility, and quality of goods and services.

http://dictionary.bnet.com/definition/human+resource+management.html

3
Human resources is an increasingly broadening term that refers to managing "human capital," the people of an organization. The field has moved from a traditionally administrative function to a strategic one that recognizes the link between talented and engaged people and organizational success. The field draws upon concepts developed in Industrial/Organizational Psychology and System Theory.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_resources

4
Human resource management (HRM) is the strategic and coherent approach to the management of an organization's most valued assets - the people working there who individually and collectively contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the business.[1] The terms "human resource management" and "human resources" (HR) have largely replaced the term "personnel management" as a description of the processes involved in managing people in organizations.[1] In simple sense, HRM means employing people, developing their resources, utilizing, maintaining and compensating their services in tune with the job and organizational requirement.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_resource_management

Personnel Management

1
the part of management that is concerned with people and their relationships at work. Personnel management is the responsibility of all those who manage people, as well as a description of the work of specialists. Personnel managers advise on, formulate, and implement personnel policies such as recruitment, conditions of employment, performance appraisal, training, industrial relations, and health and safety. There are various models of personnel management, of which human resource management is the most recent.

http://dictionary.bnet.com/definition/personnel+management.html

2
Within organizations that employ people, this is the function with policy responsibility for the selection and recruitment of staff, training, performance assessment, career development, disciplinary proceedings, pre-retirement advisory work, equal opportunities policies, pay bargaining, and industrial relations. In small organizations these functions may be combined with other management responsibilities; in large organizations a substantial separate department may be involved in setting policy, its implementation, and in keeping up to date with developments in labour law. In recent years the newer alternative term 'human resource management' has come into use, reflecting the increased importance of this function in labour-intensive service-sector industries.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Definition_of_personnel_management

3
Skills in communicating effectively, developing teams, managing diversity, managing conflict, delegating responsibility, coaching and training, giving and receiving constructive feedback, and motivating and guiding either indivdiuals or groups to achieve specific goals.

http://www.cedanet.com/meta/personnel_management.htm

4
Administrative discipline of hiring and developing employees so that they become more valuable to the organization. It includes (1) conducting job analyses, (2) planning personnel needs, and recruitment, (3) selecting the right people for the job, (4) orienting and training, (5) determining and managing wages and salaries, (6) providing benefits and incentives, (7) appraising performance, ( resolving disputes, (9) communicating with all employees at all levels.

"Human beings are the most important, potent and critical, resource of any organization, and yet the least understood and the worst managed of its res

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Human Beings

It is important to understand what we are as human beings. The present state of knowledge of the human being is one which has been informed by the materialistic reductionist thinking of modern technological science. It is commonplace for people generally to think of the human body as being merely an elaborate machine, with all the non-material aspects of the human being- thinking, feeling, attitudes, emotions, mores, imagination, etc., etc, as being merely the result of the physico-chemical activities which take place in the physical body. However, the human organism is not a machine and does not operate under the aegis of chemical and physical laws.

http://www.alchemycalpages.com/human.html

Human Beings are IMPORTANT...

human beings plays vital role in an organization. human being sets goals, carry out task, make decisions, serves clients and customers and in case of IT specialists, they provide stable and reliable technology and environment so the organization can run smoothly and gain a competitive advantage in a marketplace.

Human Beings are LEAST UNDERSTOOD...

since we are intellectual, we are least understood by the others because each of us has our own understanding in all things in our surroundings and we our own opinion that other people would not be agreed.

Human Beings are WORST to MANAGE...

we are intelligent in the extent that no human being wants to managed and directed and they were thinking that they are knowledgeable enough to compete with other people.

What do you think will the 21st -century corporations look like?

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COMPANIES IN THE 21ST CENTURY

In looking to the future, the managers and business professionals should become aware of the problems and opportunities presented by the use of IT and learn how to effectively confront such managerial challenges. Today’s internetworked e-business plays a vital role in the business success of an enterprise. For example, internet, extranet and intranet can provide much .

We are living in a period of great economic and political volatility. There are new global players entering every field of commercial endeavor and the political power brokers across the globe are changing rapidly.

India, China, Russia, Brazil, Mexico and a great many other countries are growing dramatically, creating new consumer societies and absorbing financial capital and human capital in their activities.

In the process new business models are emerging often being facilitated by the latest technologies.

Many of the issues facing our companies are common across the world. Even, the ability of the world to survive our economic activity is at stake.
Are we innovative enough to survive let alone thrive in this rapidly changing and risky environment.

But one thing will remain constant is that the business starts and end with the customer but exceeding customer expectations and keeping customers will become challenging.
The successful company will be those where strategy is based on change and continuous improvement. They will carry out constant research among their customer and work upon it.
They will make change stimulating instead of something to resist.

Based on your answers in Assignments 2 and 3, how can the university help you achieve what you want to be in the future?

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based on the assignment 2 and 3, we are assigned to make a reflection on how the university can help us to achieve our desired job in the future.

University of the Southeastern Philippines as we all know, before entering or even taking USePAT has a standard form of teaching in which becomes the reason of being so called "ilado" in Southern Mindanao. They also say it is sister university of the University of the Philippines. So they say "bagtik jud".

Upon entering this university all i'm thinking of is that I just want to finish my studies in a prestigious university not even knowing that I will have hard time in studying lessons.

But having hard lessons makes our intelligence grow amd so this university will help me a lot in achieving my goals in life.
Lacking of facilities in this universiy doesn't stop us in striving, instead it gives us strong determination for us to be resourceful in our studies.
It also challenges our skill to help our university to be uplifted.

Using the internet, examine five(5) different on-line job services and write a brief evaluation of the services and which do you like best and why.

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Computer programmer

Convert project specifications and statements of problems and procedures to detailed logical flow charts for coding into computer language. Develop and write computer programs to store, locate, and retrieve specific documents, data, and information. May program web sites.

http://www.careerplanner.com/Job-Descriptions/Computer-Programmers.cfm

computer system analyst

Analyze science, engineering, business, and all other data processing problems for application to electronic data processing systems. Analyze user requirements, procedures, and problems to automate or improve existing systems and review computer system capabilities, workflow, and scheduling limitations. May analyze or recommend commercially available software. May supervise computer programmers.

http://www.careerplanner.com/Job-Descriptions/Computer-Systems-Analysts.cfm

computer security specialist

Plan, coordinate, and implement security measures for information systems to regulate access to computer data files and prevent unauthorized modification, destruction, or disclosure of information.

http://www.careerplanner.com/Job-Descriptions/Computer-Security-Specialists.cfm

computer hardware engineer

Research, design, develop, and test computer or computer-related equipment for commercial, industrial, military, or scientific use. May supervise the manufacturing and installation of computer or computer-related equipment and components.

http://www.careerplanner.com/Job-Descriptions/Computer-Hardware-Engineers.cfm

computer and information systems managers

Plan, direct, or coordinate activities in such fields as electronic data processing, information systems, systems analysis, and computer programming.

http://www.careerplanner.com/Job-Descriptions/Computer-and-Information-Systems-Managers.cfm

the one I like most Is the security specialist because I will able to secure the systems from the hackers and viruses which possibly make the system destroyed.
but before becoming that security specialist i should study first so that i will able to fullfil my dreams.
all this job can be worked online by making own site in which all the client who would like to try my skill.

Think of the future, develop a Job Description for a job you would like to hold.

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Computer and Information Systems Manager

Job description:
Plan, direct, or coordinate activities in such fields as electronic data processing, information systems, systems analysis, and computer programming.

The managers tasks are:
Manage backup, security and user help systems.

Consult with users, management, vendors, and technicians to assess computing needs and system requirements.

Direct daily operations of department, analyzing workflow, establishing priorities, developing standards and setting deadlines.

Assign and review the work of systems analysts, programmers, and other computer-related workers.

Stay abreast of advances in technology.

Review and approve all systems charts and programs prior to their implementation.

Evaluate the organization's technology use and needs and recommend improvements, such as hardware and software upgrades.

Develop computer information resources, providing for data security and control, strategic computing, and disaster recovery
.

Control operational budget and expenditures.

Meet with department heads, managers, supervisors, vendors, and others, to solicit cooperation and resolve problems.

Develop and interpret organizational goals, policies, and procedures.

Recruit, hire, train and supervise staff, and/or participate in staffing decisions.

Review project plans in order to plan and coordinate project activity.

Evaluate data processing proposals to assess project feasibility and requirements.

Prepare and review operational reports or project progress reports.

Purchase necessary equipment.

Knowledge requirements:

Computers and Electronics -- Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

Administration and Management -- Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

Mathematics -- Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.

English Language -- Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

Design -- Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.

Clerical -- Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.

Engineering and Technology -- Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.

Economics and Accounting -- Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.

Education and Training -- Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.

Activities:
Getting Information -- Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.

Interacting With Computers -- Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.

Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events -- Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.

Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others -- Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.

Scheduling Work and Activities -- Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.

Making Decisions and Solving Problems -- Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.

Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships -- Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.

Thinking Creatively -- Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.

Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People -- Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.

Processing Information -- Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.

Reference:
http://www.careerplanner.com/Job-Descriptions/Computer-and-Information-Systems-Managers.cfm

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I want to hold this job in the future, because it sounds interesting...
I want to develop my skills in organizing data, programming and other field relating to informatiomnm system.
and also to develop my managing skill. but i think my managiing skill would start to develop by enrolling the MIS and HRM and I hope I would learn a lot in management and hope to use it in my day to day life and for my future job for the next 5 years or earlier.

assignment 1

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Identify a local organization(s) and discuss some of their best practices in HR... this should be well-supported with any evidences ...

[img]http://75.126.166.184/pub/2323/2323879iy0cuektjn.jpg[/img]
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT : San Pedro Hospital of Davao City Inc.

:?: Questions:

1. What are the goal and function of Human Resource of SPH?
2. What are the ways in recruiting or selecting applicants?
3. What are the services that would cater the employees?

HRM or the management of human resource means the managing of the employees’ profile, services, performance evaluation of the employees specifically in the San Pedro Hospital.

The HRM department was led by the human resource director, the main job of the human resource management department was not managing the system, not the hardware nor the software of the hospital but again it’s the employees’ profile, services, the performance evaluation of the employees in the organization.

It also includes the hiring, training and even firing of employees. Sometimes HRM department are responsible for the Daily time record of the employees and their payroll.

[b]San Pedro Hospital’s PROFILE[/b]

San Pedro Hospital of Davao City Inc. is a Catholic non- stock, non-profit, training institution committed to the care of the sick and the poor, the education of health professionals and the delivery of quality health care to all. The San Pedro Hospital is owned and managed by the Dominican Sisters of the Trinity, Inc.

At present San Pedro Hospital has 295 bed capacity and 20

bassinets. It is also accredited by the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation and provides services to various Health Maintenance Organizations.

[b]Accreditation[/b]

San Pedro Hospital is accredited by the Department of Health with the following

[b]License/Accreditations:[/b]

* License to Operate
* Clinical Laboratory
* Hospital Pharmacy
* X-ray Facilities
* Drug Testing Laboratory
* HIV Testing Laboratory
* Clinical Laboratories for Training of Medical Technology Interns.

It is also accredited by the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation and provides

services to various Health Maintenance Organizations.

San Pedro Hospital of Davao City, Inc. has also achieved International ISO

9001:2000 Certification.

[b]Vision[/b]

We, the San Pedro Hospital community envision persons experiencing the best

quality health care services in mercy and compassion.

[b]Mission[/b]

We, the San Pedro Hospital community of health workers commit to:

1. Provide the best quality and compassionate health care services in satisfying all individuals with respect and reverence of their person;

2. Deliver quality satisfying services expected of a training health care institution; and

3. Witness as a community the mercy and compassion of a loving God in the performance of individual and communal responsibility.

The HR directress was Ms. Teresa Magno.

San Pedro Hospital Human Resources' (SPHHR) goal is to provide responsive

service to the people who make the Hospital's best quality healthcare service possible.

* The Human Resources Department function includes a variety of activities, and the key among them is deciding what staffing needs you have and whether to use independent contractors or hire employees to fill these needs, recruiting and training the best employees, ensuring they are high performers, dealing with performance issues, and ensuring your personnel and management practices conform to various regulations.
* Activities also include managing your approach to employee benefits and compensation, employee records and personnel policies. However, they should always ensure that employees have -- and are aware of -- personnel policies which conform to current regulations. These policies are often in the form of Quality Procedure Manuals, which all department have for easy access to all employees.

"HR Department" as playing a major role in staffing, training and helping to

manage people so that people and the organization are performing at maximum capability in a highly fulfilling manner.

Employees Services is comprised of the following program areas.

[b]Recruiting/Selections[/b]

The mission of Recruiting and Selection is to ensure And promote fairness and

consistency in the recruitment, selection and retention of qualified applicants and provide service and guidance to upper management, employees and applicants.

[b]Leaves/Records/Worker’s Compensation/Performance Evaluations[/b]

The Leaves/Records/Worker’s Compensation/Performance Evaluations program area assists employees with workers’ compensation; return to work program; family and medical leave; sick leave pool; leave without pay; leaves with pay; employee performance evaluations; management of employee files; request for release of employees information; benefits and services awards.

Insurance/Retirement & Other Benefits

The Insurance/Retirement & Other Benefits program is responsible for assisting

employee with health, dental and insurance coverage (ECC); & retirement benefits.

[b]Human Resource Staff Development[/b]

Human Resource Staff Development is committed to enhancing the skills,

knowledge and professional development of SPH employees through quality training program and innovative training delivery techniques.

Our goal is to offer the best most effective, job related training possible with which

Employees can continue to improve the level; of service provided to our customers, both inside and outside the hospital. Our belief is in the value and potential of each individual we serve.

In hiring an applicant there are steps in which the applicants should undergo some procedures such as screenings and they will also check your previous employment records if you had. They will also check the background of your studies and will contact your character references. After passing through the screening you will undergo some interviews with the executive of the company. If you passed the interviews you will be given a chance to undergo training to test your performance in working, the training will last depending on the management in when they wanted you to be trained but most of the companies have their fixed length of training period. And you will be trained according to your desired position or field of expertise.

If the applicants will able to passed and finished the training the management will look into his performance. If the trainee has a good performance in their training period, there is a possibility that you will be hired but they should come up first into a decision making.

If they will hire the applicants, he will be signing a contract that addresses him to do his duties.

From the day he started to work his daily time record will be monitored by the management. If the applicant hired he would be given benefits and insurance by the Human resource management.

References:

http://sphdavao.com/sph_site/careers.php

http://sphdavao.com/sph_site/aboutus.php[b][/b]

2009-07-06T09:19:00.001-07:00

HRM or the management of human resource means the managing of the employees’ profile, services, performance evaluation of the employees specifically in the San Pedro Hospital.

The HRM department was led by the human resource director, the main job of the human resource management department was not managing the system, not the hardware nor the software of the hospital but again it’s the employees’ profile, services, the performance evaluation of the employees in the organization.

It also includes the hiring, training and even firing of employees. Sometimes HRM department are responsible for the Daily time record of the employees and their payroll.

San Pedro Hospital’s PROFILE

San Pedro Hospital of Davao City Inc. is a Catholic non- stock, non-profit, training institution committed to the care of the sick and the poor, the education of health professionals and the delivery of quality health care to all. The San Pedro Hospital is owned and managed by the Dominican Sisters of the Trinity, Inc.

At present San Pedro Hospital has 295 bed capacity and 20

bassinets. It is also accredited by the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation and provides services to various Health Maintenance Organizations.

Accreditation

San Pedro Hospital is accredited by the Department of Health with the following

license/accreditations:

License to Operate
Clinical Laboratory
Hospital Pharmacy
X-ray Facilities
Drug Testing Laboratory
HIV Testing Laboratory
Clinical Laboratories for Training of Medical Technology Interns.

It is also accredited by the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation and provides

services to various Health Maintenance Organizations.

San Pedro Hospital of Davao City, Inc. has also achieved International ISO

9001:2000 Certification.

Vision

We, the San Pedro Hospital community envision persons experiencing the best

quality health care services in mercy and compassion.

Mission

We, the San Pedro Hospital community of health workers commit to:

1. Provide the best quality and compassionate health care services in satisfying all individuals with respect and reverence of their person;

2. Deliver quality satisfying services expected of a training health care institution; and

3. Witness as a community the mercy and compassion of a loving God in the performance of individual and communal responsibility.

The HR directress was Ms. Teresa Magno.

San Pedro Hospital Human Resources' (SPHHR) goal is to provide responsive

service to the people who make the Hospital's best quality healthcare service possible.

The Human Resources Department function includes a variety of activities, and the key among them is deciding what staffing needs you have and whether to use independent contractors or hire employees to fill these needs, recruiting and training the best employees, ensuring they are high performers, dealing with performance issues, and ensuring your personnel and management practices conform to various regulations.
Activities also include managing your approach to employee benefits and compensation, employee records and personnel policies. However, they should always ensure that employees have -- and are aware of -- personnel policies which conform to current regulations. These policies are often in the form of Quality Procedure Manuals, which all department have for easy access to all employees.

"HR Department" as playing a major role in staffing, training and helping to

manage people so that people and the organization are performing at maximum capability in a highly fulfilling manner.

Employees Services is comprised of the following program areas.

Recruiting/Selections

The mission of Recruiting and Selection is to ensure And promote fairness and

consistency in the recruitment, selection and retention of qualified applicants and provide service and guidance to upper management, employees and applicants.

Leaves/Records/Worker’s Compensation/Performance Evaluations

The Leaves/Records/Worker’s Compensation/Performance Evaluations program area assists employees with workers’ compensation; return to work program; family and medical leave; sick leave pool; leave without pay; leaves with pay; employee performance evaluations; management of employee files; request for release of employees information; benefits and services awards.

Insurance/Retirement & Other Benefits

The Insurance/Retirement & Other Benefits program is responsible for assisting

employee with health, dental and insurance coverage (ECC); & retirement benefits.

Human Resource Staff Development

Human Resource Staff Development is committed to enhancing the skills,

knowledge and professional development of SPH employees through quality training program and innovative training delivery techniques.

Our goal is to offer the best most effective, job related training possible with which

Employees can continue to improve the level; of service provided to our customers, both inside and outside the hospital. Our belief is in the value and potential of each individual we serve.

In hiring an applicant there are steps in which the applicants should undergo some procedures such as screenings and they will also check your previous employment records if you had. They will also check the background of your studies and will contact your character references. After passing through the screening you will undergo some interviews with the executive of the company. If you passed the interviews you will be given a chance to undergo training to test your performance in working, the training will last depending on the management in when they wanted you to be trained but most of the companies have their fixed length of training period. And you will be trained according to your desired position or field of expertise.

If the applicants will able to passed and finished the training the management will look into his performance. If the trainee has a good performance in their training period, there is a possibility that you will be hired but they should come up first into a decision making.

If they will hire the applicants, he will be signing a contract that addresses him to do his duties.

From the day he started to work his daily time record will be monitored by the management. If the applicant hired he would be given benefits and insurance by the Human resource management.

References:

http://sphdavao.com/sph_site/careers.php

http://sphdavao.com/sph_site/aboutus.php

2009-07-04T13:00:00.000-07:00

1.
http://chronicle.com/free/2009/01/10296n.htm

Campus Computing Goes Green to Save Money

By JOSH KELLER

Relocate a college's server computers next to a solar-power generator. Replace AC power with DC power. Cool the servers only where they get the hottest. Put the servers in the ocean and power them with waves.

Those were a few of the ideas discussed last week at a conference, "Greening the Internet Economy," that was designed to address the problem of the soaring financial and environmental costs of information technology. The event, held by the University of California at San Diego, offered a sampling of a new generation of technologies that promise to help colleges make their IT departments both more efficient and more sustainable.

Many of the participants emphasized the importance of systems that could more intelligently measure energy use on the campus. In recent years, colleges have been hurt by the rising costs of powering and cooling their data centers, in part because those costs are difficult to measure and poorly understood (The Chronicle, January 9).

At San Diego, researchers have started work on hardware to help colleges and other organizations understand how to make their servers more efficient. The device, called the GreenLight Instrument, will deploy sensors and software to measure the energy use, humidity, and other variables in various parts of a Sun Modular Data Center, a popular, self-contained complex of servers.

The goal is to encourage engineers to try different computing strategies to reduce electricity consumption, said Thomas A. DeFanti, principal investigator on the project and a senior research strategist at the university's California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology.

"Right now there isn't enough information for somebody to make a definitive decision: Where do I save my money? Do I eliminate disks in my computers, or do I stop them? Do I use more RAM or less RAM?" said Mr. DeFanti. "Nobody has detailed information on this."
Aiming for Precision

Intelligent measuring systems like Greenlight should be extended to allow engineers to more precisely determine how to use energy, said Gary L. Baldwin, director of special projects at the University of California's Citris program. For example, he said, operators at a data center could direct cool air only where the facility is generating the most heat.

Another idea that shows promise, participants said, is to supply computers directly with local DC power. Computers generally use direct current, but the public electricity grid typically supplies alternating current, and 30 percent of the electricity can be lost in the conversion of one form to the other.

Some colleges have started projects to power their computers directly from solar cells or other sources of DC power on the campus, avoiding the energy loss altogether. At San Diego, administrators hope to build a "power ring" that will supply computers across the campus with DC power, said Mr. DeFanti.

The rethinking of how to supply campus power is part of a broader effort to "divorce ourselves from the electrical grid," said Bill St. Arnaud, chief research officer at Canarie Inc., a Canadian computer-networking organization. Power-transmission lines lose a significant amount of energy over long distances, he said, which means that supplying a campus with energy from faraway power plant can be inefficient.

A better strategy, Mr. St. Arnaud said, is to build campus data centers next to a renewable source of power, like a solar plant. High-speed optical transmission lines, he said, would ensure that the computers would seem "as close as next door."

2.
http://www.isc.uoguelph.ca/documents/061211GreenComputingFinalReport2006_000.pdf

Campus Computing and
the Environment
Report of the Green Computing Task Group to ISC
Executive Summary
In response to the release of the study Environmental Impact of Computer Information
Technology in an Institutional Setting: A Case Study at the University of Guelph the ISC
struck a Green Computing Task Group to review policies, guidelines and practices at the
University of Guelph with respect to the purchase, use and disposal of computers 1 , in order to
make recommendations that would mitigate the environmental impacts of computing on
campus.
Specific Objectives:
§ identify green computing policies and best practices elsewhere and benchmark
the University of Guelph against these practices
§ recommend a campus awareness program
§ identify energy conservation strategies and practices
§ examine the need for and nature of computing procurement guidelines
§ identify equipment disposal procedures
Task Group Conclusions:
When measured against the best practices in the environmental management of computers
throughout the product lifecycle
it is clear that the University of Guelph can improve its
policies and practices. However, the university should take pride in its advanced EWaste
Disposal program and the high level of participation on campus. The well crafted Policy on
Environmental Protection could be strengthened and enhanced by the further development of
sustainability policies and possibly the establishment of a monitoring board. However, the
top priorities identified by the task force involve education, assessment, and collaboration in
the establishment of environmental awareness, policy and practice on campus with regards to
“green computing”.
Top Priorities:
Campus Awareness Program – Raising awareness is the first step in changing practice and
behaviours. To properly define and develop an effective campus awareness campaign
regarding green computing principles and practices, the target audiences (IT staff,
management, student/faculty/staff users) should be surveyed to determine current awareness
of, participation in, and barriers to participation in current ewaste
and energy reduction
programs. The program will be lead by the Sustainability Coordinator but will require crosscampus
collaboration with IT personnel, campus communications, purchasing agents, and
physical resources. The campaign will employ social marketing theory based on persuasion
1 Computers are defined as desktop units, which typically include: central processing unit, monitor,
keyboard, mouse and external speakers; and laptop and notepad computers which include all of the
above components in a single unit.

Defining Green Computing
The definition of Green Computing used in this report is the positive (or least negative)
relationship between the physical computer and its impact to the environments in which it
moves through during its journey from cradle to grave. In this context the computer’s impact
to the various environments may be measured using any number of the following criteria;
From cradle: Materials from which components are manufactured (recycled or virgin
materials, materials which can be recycled, leasttoxic
materials); effluents/by products
produced in the manufacturing process (impact of effluents/by products on the
environment); assembly methods (ease the disassembly at end of life); packaging
materials used for components to facilitate storage and shipping (recycled or virgin
materials, materials which can be recycled).
Operational use: Power consumption of each component; interface with user; life cycle
(months/years before replacement is required); other consumables required to maintain.
End of use: Ability to reallocate if no longer required; supplier willing to take computer
components back under recycling program.
To grave: Effective recycling (ease of disassembly, recycle ability
of materials); CO2
travel points (number of miles travelled and fuel consumed to get all components to their
final destination); and responsible and safe disposal of toxic components

3.
http://charmj.blogspot.com/2008/09/green-campus-computing.html

Another campaign purused by my Management Information System school mates. I like this campaign since it promotes and encourages the students in every campus to be active in taking care or conserving our environment through many 'computing ' simple ways.
We all know, that technology seems to contrasting environment because the high technology scratches off every tree from the forest, or it contributes much with the greenhouse effect were experiencing. But with this campaign, computing is giving back what it has taken or damaged to somehow ease everything up.

we can adopt this concept through:

Turning the computer off overnight and on weekends;
Waiting until ready to use the PC before turning it on;
If the computer is going to be inactive for more than 16 minutes, consider turning it off. After this time, the energy needed to run the computer outweighs the start-up energy;
Do not turn on the printer until ready to print, even an idle printer consumes energy;
Try to schedule computer-related activities to do them all at once, keeping the computer off at other times;
If spending a large amount of time at the computer, consider reducing the light level in your office. This may improve cathode ray tube screen visibility as well as save energy.

go for the Automated Election

2009-07-04T12:35:00.000-07:00

Automated election

The Commission on Election (Comelec) has made a resolution in which they decided to convert from manual form of election to the modernized or automated form of election.

Since 2007 they made a resolution to prevent or lessen the election irregularities such as vote cheating.

In the post survey of June 2007 by the SWS regarding the prevention of election irregularities majority of the respondents are in favor of automated election.

Before converting the election system, the Comelec chairman said that after the resolution they will they will be heading a special bidding and who ever gonna won in this bidding would be able to manufacture the one of the biggest project of the government which is the machines that will be used during the election.

Last March 2009, the bidding of the different companies has started, it runs one and a half month to choose what company will handle this project.

There are two companies who won the bidding the Smartmatics and TIM (total information management Corp.)

Smartmatic (also referred as Smartmatic Corp. or Smartmatic International) is a multinational corporation founded in 2000 that specializes in the design and deployment of complex purpose-specific technology solutions.

It is organized around three business areas: Electronic voting systems, integrated security systems, and biometric systems for people registration and authentication for government applications.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartmatic

Total Information Management (TIM) Corporation is a wholly Filipino owned Information Technology (IT) company with nationwide operations offering varied products and services. It considers itself as "The Filipino IT Company" competing in a field dominated by multinationals.

In all its undertakings, TIM has pursued the challenge to excel. It is this intensity and dedication that enabled TIM to win accolades and recognition from its foreign technology partners every year. Consistently showing double digit growth rates in the last decade, TIM has always been counted among the country's top 1000 corporate enterprises.

http://www.timcorp.net/main/index.php?pg=about.tim

Before the bidding happens the ARMM voters undergo a post automation thru marking ballots that later fed into optical mark reader counting machines. The result of this post-automation is said to be excellent because the counting of votes was done in a short period o time.

The election irregularities such as vote buying, cheating the counting of votes, flying voters, and harassment of voters that commonly happens to the localities are proven and witnessed but no one complaint because of harm that can be caused. Most of the irregularities were done in the ARMM that’s why they call it Capital of Vote cheating in the Philippines.

Thats why the commission on election decided to make a resolution in the Philippines.

I just want to share the articles Ive read

I. SITUATIONER

The conduct of elections in the Philippines for the past four decades has remained largely

unchanged. Philippine elections rely heavily on manual tallying and canvassing of votes thus making

them vulnerable to control and manipulation by traditional politicians and those with vested interests.

The cost of winning an elective post is highly expensive, and the absence of mechanisms to check

and limit sources of campaign funds become fertile grounds for corruption and divisiveness.

In recent years, initiatives to reform the electoral system included the enactment of the

following laws: Republic Act (RA) 8046, establishing a pilot program modernizing the registration

and vote counting process in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, the Party List Law,

Fair Elections Act and the Absentee Voting Act. To address the inadequacies and limitations of the

electoral process, RA 8436 or the Election Automation Act of 1997, was passed authorizing the

Commission on Elections (COMELEC) to use automated election system for vote counting and

canvassing in the national and local polls. The law provided for the generation of a national

computerized voters list, establishment of a voters identification card system and the automation of

the vote counting.

However, sectoral issues still hinder reform efforts in the electoral process. The following

have been identified as basic problems afflicting the electoral system: (a) outdated electoral

process; (b) failure to implement the electoral modernization law; (c) limited administrative and

regulatory capabilities of the COMELEC; (d) ineffective educational/information campaigns on

new laws and policies; (e) weak political party system; (f) unaccountable political financing; and

(g) defective party list system (Governance Assessment, 2003).

II. GOALS, STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANS

To ensure a credible and transparent electoral process, the modernization of the electoral

system through computerization shall be supported to ensure the credibility of polls and correct the

deficiencies in the electoral system. Likewise, the Omnibus Election Code shall be further revised

and amended to respond to the needs of the present electoral system.

Measures to strengthen the party system and regulate the activities of political parties shall

be created. State financing of political parties shall also be considered through the passage of the

Campaign Finance Bill.

The COMELEC’s capacity to raise the level of political discourse and educate citizens

regarding their right to vote will be enhanced. This will be done through conduct of continuing

citizen and voter education through partnership with civil society groups and other government

institutions. The electorate must be empowered with information that would help them vote

intelligently. The challenge is to develop the people’s appreciation of their vote as a means to

reform the government and receive better services from it. Part of this challenge is the need to

raise the awareness of the electorate on relevant issues and the corresponding platforms of the

candidates, if the country is to shift from the politics of personality to the politics of party

programs.

http://www.neda.gov.ph/ads/mtpdp/mtpdp2004-2010/pdf/mtpdp%202004-2010%20neda_chapterx13_elections.pdf

Philippines says plan for automated election on again

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines will hold automated presidential elections next year after the partners of a joint venture that won a $150 million deal to supply counting machines patched up their differences on Friday, officials said.

"We're back to automation," Jose Melo, head of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), told reporters after Filipino company Total Information Management signed a joint venture agreement with Barbados-based Smartmatic to supply 82,200 counting machines.

Lawmakers, political groups and analysts have previously cast doubts over the automated process. Many feared chaos due to potential machine breakdowns and delays in results transmission, which could lead to a failed election and political limbo.

But analysts say even manual counting would expose the elections to the likelihood of fraud. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has faced four attempts at impeachment on charges she cheated in the last presidential election in 2004.

Melo said the incorporation papers of the joint venture to supply vote counting machines will be filed before the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday and the contract with Comelec will be signed on Friday, the final deadline to automate the elections in May 2010.

If no automation contract is signed by July 10, Melo said the Philippines will likely scrap the deal and hold elections manually.

The automation should provide results within two days of voting instead of the weeks it takes currently, the agency has said.

On Monday, Melo said the plan to automate polls was likely to be scrapped because Smartmatic's local partner broke off from the deal due to differences, but gave the partners until Friday to resolve their dispute.

http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-40785720090703

Even though the TIM backed out, I am still pro to automated elections because it enables the voter to cast their votes secretly in easiest and fastest way. Election can avoid from irregularities , malpractice or any form of election frauds. And the counting and recounting of the votes would be easily done by the Commission on Election.

COMMDAP

2009-07-04T11:44:00.001-07:00

Our facilitator required us to attend seminar in the Apo View Hotel. It was COMMDAP, an exhibit of the dealers and distributors of computer devices and other gadgets, that was held last July2-4, 2009 at the Grand Ballroom, Apo Bayview Hotel, Davao City.

But before attending the seminar we have to undergo processes. Our facilitator instruct us to visit our forum , in his website and look for his instruction there. We found lot of comments posted there asking of what website we should register and suddenly our classmate post a clickable link in which you will automatically go to the nexus group filling up page for registration for their seminar, in this page there is also check boxes in which you will be going to chose in what session you like to attend. Since our facilitator posted that we get the PM session so, we click the 1-2, 2-3, 3-4, and 4-5 sessions.

But when our facilitator met us two days before the seminar he told us that only two sessions our required for us to attend. So, we decided to attend the 1-2 and 2-3 session.

And then the time has come… whee! We together with our classmates were very excited because it was the first time that we will going to attend a seminar at the Apo View Hotel.

Before entering the grand Ballroom, we first go to the student registration booth in which the assigned staff gave us a sticker that serves as our ID to get into the hall. As expected, there were a lot of people there and booths of different company. We have first sightseeing to the products. And then we find the seminar room. Before entering the room, we first signed to the paper in which our name was printed and then we came into the room. Then the speaker also came in. oh my gosh! The speaker was quite cute hehehe… I thought only students will going to attend in the seminar but I was wrong because there are lot of company representatives are present during the seminar. We feel quite happy for attending seminars with businessmen and professionals.

The presentation of slide of the speaker has started. And it was all about the Dealer Management System

Sound interesting, a the speaker started to talk, huh? Was first come into my mind because It was actually all about a car dealership. I cant relate because car is not on my list of interest coz all I want is to ride a car. But still I listened and take notes for assignments purposes.

The DMS (Dealer management System) as the speaker said, “ is the complete and-to-end solution for auto dealers”. And this system helps them a lot for their sales and business transactions. The speaker introduces his self as a representative of the Jupiter Systems, Inc. from the main office in Luzon. Their company is said to be one of the pioneers in Enterprise resource planning system in the Philippines, some of the brands of cars their dealing are Mitsubishi, mazda, Volvo, Honda and Mercedes benz.

The DMS helps their company’s services to the clients and also for their operation in the company that includes the accounting, importation of products and other. It also helps in making financial reports. They also had modules in which it serves as their guidelines in managing the dealership.

They also had guidelines during pre-sales, and after sales which help them lot in dealing during this period of time, in which they undergo monitoring, in which the staff will monitor from the clients inquiry to the actual close of deal.

Second, the sales quotation processing, that presents the prize of the car and the details of its accessories.

Third, sales appointments, in which the clients sets appointments to the sales representative regarding the car he want to close deal with.

They also had vehicle sales administration, in which they sale brand new vehicles and even second hand vehicles. The VSA has the agreement processing that includes the reservation and deposit collection of the company, and pricing of the cars and how much Is the discount if the client will buy the vehicle in cash.

If they had pre-sales, of course they also had after-sales in which they present the parts and accessories of the car to the clients.

They also had service management, in which they offer maintenance of the car after sales.

It also includes the repair of the car and how much is the flat rate or the amount per hour of the services of their technician.

one of their good feature is that every services on repair has a limitation, so that the technician wouldn’t take advantage instead they work excellent and fast. In their Service management, also includes the warranty of the vehicle.

The second session, I’ve attended was also an interesting one because it is an endorsement of a portable CPU named thin client. This was endorsed by the second speaker, a representative from HP or Neoware,Inc. he introduced their product, he thin client, it is a computing device, that has no hard drive, and displays data and applications. The good thing about this thin client, that according to the speaker is that it is not dependent on servers.

It also has a high performance, in which you can easily be connected to the internet. And can browse easily to web application solutions. They also present the benefits you will get by choosing to use the HP products. Or the thin client to be specific.

First, it secures data because it has planted UPS (universal power saver) so you don’t need to buy UPS, so in case of black outs worry no more because you have enough time to save your work. And in case problems about viruses occur, the files you have in your computer will be secured because it was deep frozen in which the viruses will automatically erased if you turn of your computers.

Another advantage is that it is environment friendly, it can easily be managed because of portability and it is not time consuming because it was thin and of course you can have it at lower price. Because of its features and benefits many schools and universities, and business and government offices are using the thin client. After the presentation of all the features of the thin client, there was a question and answer portion in which the speaker gives a souvenir to the person who can answer to the question given.

five different IT online jobs

2009-07-04T11:18:00.000-07:00

Computer programmer

Convert project specifications and statements of problems and procedures to detailed logical flow charts for coding into computer language. Develop and write computer programs to store, locate, and retrieve specific documents, data, and information. May program web sites.

http://www.careerplanner.com/Job-Descriptions/Computer-Programmers.cfm

computer system analyst

Analyze science, engineering, business, and all other data processing problems for application to electronic data processing systems. Analyze user requirements, procedures, and problems to automate or improve existing systems and review computer system capabilities, workflow, and scheduling limitations. May analyze or recommend commercially available software. May supervise computer programmers.

http://www.careerplanner.com/Job-Descriptions/Computer-Systems-Analysts.cfm

computer security specialist

Plan, coordinate, and implement security measures for information systems to regulate access to computer data files and prevent unauthorized modification, destruction, or disclosure of information.

http://www.careerplanner.com/Job-Descriptions/Computer-Security-Specialists.cfm

computer hardware engineer

Research, design, develop, and test computer or computer-related equipment for commercial, industrial, military, or scientific use. May supervise the manufacturing and installation of computer or computer-related equipment and components.

http://www.careerplanner.com/Job-Descriptions/Computer-Hardware-Engineers.cfm

computer and information systems managers

Plan, direct, or coordinate activities in such fields as electronic data processing, information systems, systems analysis, and computer programming.

http://www.careerplanner.com/Job-Descriptions/Computer-and-Information-Systems-Managers.cfm

the one I like most Is the security specialist because I will able to secure the systems from the hackers and viruses which possibly make the system destroyed.

what would be my future career?

2009-07-04T10:12:00.000-07:00

Computer and Information Systems Manager

Job description:

Plan, direct, or coordinate activities in such fields as electronic data processing, information systems, systems analysis, and computer programming.

The managers tasks are:

Manage backup, security and user help systems.

Consult with users, management, vendors, and technicians to assess computing needs and system requirements.

Direct daily operations of department, analyzing workflow, establishing priorities, developing standards and setting deadlines.

Assign and review the work of systems analysts, programmers, and other computer-related workers.

Stay abreast of advances in technology.

Review and approve all systems charts and programs prior to their implementation.

Evaluate the organization's technology use and needs and recommend improvements, such as hardware and software upgrades.

Develop computer information resources, providing for data security and control, strategic computing, and disaster recovery

.

Control operational budget and expenditures.

Meet with department heads, managers, supervisors, vendors, and others, to solicit cooperation and resolve problems.

Develop and interpret organizational goals, policies, and procedures.

Recruit, hire, train and supervise staff, and/or participate in staffing decisions.

Review project plans in order to plan and coordinate project activity.

Evaluate data processing proposals to assess project feasibility and requirements.

Prepare and review operational reports or project progress reports.

Purchase necessary equipment.

Knowledge requirements:

Computers and Electronics -- Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

Administration and Management -- Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

Mathematics -- Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.

English Language -- Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

Design -- Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.

Clerical -- Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.

Engineering and Technology -- Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.

Economics and Accounting -- Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.

Education and Training -- Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.

Activities:

Getting Information -- Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.

Interacting With Computers -- Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.

Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events -- Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.

Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others -- Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.

Scheduling Work and Activities -- Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.

Making Decisions and Solving Problems -- Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.

Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships -- Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.

Thinking Creatively -- Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.

Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People -- Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.

Processing Information -- Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.

Reference:

http://www.careerplanner.com/Job-Descriptions/Computer-and-Information-Systems-Managers.cfm