SERVICE-ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE INTIATIVES WITH INFORMATION QUALITY: EXPLORING THE ISSUES

The implementation of service-oriented architecture (SOA) initiatives can help a business to leverage technology and to make it more agile and flexible to respond to rapidly changing requirements. However, enterprises cannot fully exploit its benefits, if bad information is delivered that is worthless to customers, suppliers and partners. In this context, there is a need for quality information management to build reliable SOA-based systems from the beginning. Organisations - whether engaged in work-in-progress or at the beginning of SOA initiatives - need to ensure every business process works correctly and according to business needs and requirements, by considering information quality in their initial plans. This paper reports case study research undertaken in seven organisations via semi-structured interviews. It highlights a number of information quality related issues that they encountered during implementation of their SOA initiatives, provides the reasons behind these issues and suggests possible guidelines. Consequently, dimensions of information quality associated with the issues are determined for the organisations? future reference for quality SOA initiatives

Theoretical Isotope Generator: An Alternative towards Isotope Pattern Calculator

A number of mass spectrometry applications are already available as web-based and windows-based systems to calculate isotope pattern and to display the mass spectrum based on the specific molecular formula besides providing necessary information. These applications were evaluated and compared with our new alternative application called Theoretical Isotope Generator (TIG) in terms of its functionality and features provided to prove this new application is working better and performing well. TIG provides extra features than others, complete with several functionality such as drawing, normalizing and zooming the generated graph that convey with the molecular information in a number of formats by providing the details of the calculation and molecules. Thus, any chemist, students, lecturers and researchers from anywhere could use TIG to gain related information on molecules and their relative intensity

Driving The Business Service-Oriented Architecture Enabled Initiative

Service-oriented architecture (SOA) continues to gain interest and deliver its business value as so many organisations are force to integrate increasingly diverse legacy systems and complex application environments. Organisations are moving towards implementing SOA initiative to become business SOA-enabled for reducing complexity and increasing business agility. Driving the initiative of SOA into business requires a set of requirements in order to successfully implement SOA. These requirements are four fundamentals of SOA initiative with associated seven elements of SOA which have been discovered via thoroughly literature analysis. A model therefore is proposed for businesses to understand how to implement and run SOA to actually achieving benefits from their SOA initiative

Architecture of Mobile Web Application for Generating Dynamic Route Map

Integrated Light Rail Transit (LRT) System in the capital of Malaysia connects some key districts where historical places, interesting places, business areas and shopping malls are concentrated. The train services are running independently but have points where they have interchanges. This may leads the traveler facing difficulty when they are choosing incorrect destination station especially on different LRT lines which contribute to time consuming and high costing. Thus, we present an architecture in developing mobile application that runs on a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) to provide the solution for traveler to reach the desired destination. It is use to dynamically generate dynamic route map by determining the nearest station according to the specific places. The architecture, web components and its implementation are proposed and discussed in this paper

Key Challenges Of Development Process Of Building Web-based Business Applications

World Wide Web benefits people by disseminating information limitless for various reasons. Web-based business applications as platform used greatly for communication between people and businesses. Thus, web developers facing some challenges throughout web-based business applications development include its processes to conform business excel. This paper examine the results of a research exercise involving comprehensive literature studies and other relevant information analysis, which aims to discover the key challenges during the development of web-based business applications. Such key challenges may consider important for web developers to building better web-based business applications

A Mobile Application Architecture for Measuring Shaft Misalignment

Shaft alignment task is one of the important issues in manufacturing maintenance particularly to personnel who daily facing misalignment problem. The importance increase as shaft alignment needs high accuracy and precise measurement will reduces bearing and seal damage, minimizes energy loss, and reduces production downtime. Thus, in this paper we present an architecture in developing mobile application for shaft alignment that could saves the user the arduous task of using dial gauges. The aim is to solve engineering maintenance problem that runs on a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) and brings the solution straight to the user’s fingertips. This would shorten processing time, provide reliable and better accuracy analysis and as a medium for data sharing thus increase communication level within a manufacturing plant

Destination-Oriented Route in Integrated LRT Web-Based System for Tourism

Light Rail Transit (LRT) Monorail and RapidKL are one of the major public transportations in Kuala Lumpur (KL), Malaysia and by traveling in LRT is said to be the most convenient public transport. In LRT RapidKL, there are three train-lines; Kelana Jaya Line, Ampang Line and Sri Petaling Line. This paper addresses the problem of selecting nearest destination station to a given places of interest such as shopping places, historical places and interesting places which may involve at least two LRT lines and need of interchange station. Thus, the traveler may face difficulty when they choosing incorrect station especially on different LRT lines which lead to time consuming and high cost. Producing web-based system for Internet applications in tourism has become wide spread and within this paper, the development of web-based application where destination-oriented routes need to be dynamically generated by determining the nearest station according to the specified places. In addition, this system provides detail information on interchange station (if any), estimated time arrive, total fares and operating hours

A Decision Support System for Programme Design Based on Learning Units

A module is the basic component in the education field. It is created based on a set of criteria and requirements that are clearly defined. Occasionally, modules generated manually could cause overlapping between modules where a large part of one module is taught in another one. This may then raise the question of whether the right knowledge is transmitted to students and whether the learning outcomes are met. In this paper, we describe a Decision Support System (DSS) that helps in the design and development of module content to avoid overlapping between modules and checks consistency of modules contents with regards to a specific body of knowledge. This will guarantee that most, if not all the knowledge described in the knowledge body is covered in a set of modules designed for a specific programme. In addition, modules are created based on predefined learning units and a set of constraints. Topics are divided into smaller units with clearly defined attributes for efficiency and effectiveness of module design. The constraints associated with learning units include pre-requisite, learning outcomes aims and objectives and required learning time

Vendor-Integrated Learning Model in ICT Education

Higher learning institutions around the world are aware that ICT is one of the most constantly changing industries. Learning in this field promises an exciting future by keeping up with technology in which constantly learning new things and developing new skills in various specialisations. Each specialisation is designed for a wide range of job opportunities in the fields of Information Technology, Multimedia and Communication. In view of that, we construct a Vendor-Integrated Learning Model (VILM) in efforts to bridge the knowledge gap between technology and skill sets in today’s competitive job markets. VILM emphasis is on the educational process, which put into practice in Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM) especially in Faculty of Information and Communication Technology (FTMK). There are three major learning elements namely Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Specialisation, Teaching and Learning Approach and Vendor-Based Certification that aims to provide our students with the knowledge, skills and attitude required to contribute towards and play major roles in a knowledge-based economy. The aim of constructing the model is to integrate the three learning elements to produce highly competent graduates