COMDDAP REFLECTION

COMDDAP (Computer Manufacturers, Distributors And Dealers Association Of The Philippines) held a three days seminar at the Grand Ballroom, Apo View Hotel Davao City, which was held last July 2-4, 2009. The venue for the seminar was divided in two parts; there was a place for the exhibit of different things that the participants can buy some of the gadgets that they want, such as laptops, printers and a variety of cameras.
There were also some booth that offers freebies such as the sling from sandbox and free photo printing from the booth that sells inks. The other division of the venue was the rooms where the seminar or the presentations of the respected topics are being held. But the room for the seminar was a little bit small for the number of participants that are participating in the event. Well maybe because they have based the room capacity from the number of participants that have registered in their site ahead of time.

I went to the COMDDAPP Seminar at the second day which is July 3, 2009 Friday. The first speaker is Mr. Santos which presented the DMS or the Dealer management System. DMS is an Enterprise Resource Planning System inn the Philippines which is a 100% Filipino owned and has been in the business for 24 long years. DMS mostly deals about cars or any kind of vehicles. This system has really a lot to offer when it comes to vehicles such as the end to end for auto/vehicle management, back office operations, financial reporting, customer relationship management, vehicles sales and administration and the Service Management which has general features of, advance booking, operation maintenance, repair orders and estimates, customer service history, service invoicing and the reports and queries.
DMS is such a helpful tool for those people who plans to get a car so that they can choose the right car for them and so that they can be at peace that they can have the right terms and care for their car.
Actually I got a little bored with this topic because I can't relate with it. It was about cars and I don't really that much information about cars. Also the presenter was so serious and he don't communicate with the participants in a way that we could relate to his topic knowing that most of his crowds are students and not car agents. But the presentation was good in fairness to him.

The Second speaker presented the HP Thin Client. Most of the crowd in the room was excited of the topic because some of our classmates that have attended the seminar at the first day said that this topic is really interesting and that we can really relate with it and get good information from it.
HP Thin Client is a device that serves as an access device on a network. This solid-state device connects over from a network to a server where the bulk of the processing takes place. It is a computing device which has no hard drive, but displays data and applications from remotely located servers, blade personal computers or virtual desktops. With no hard drive and fan, thin clients have a much longer lifespan than standard computers and use significantly less power.
The typical computing solution for most enterprises is an unmanaged network.
Unmanaged PC computing has its advantages: user autonomy, the ability to work independent of a network, and the ability to utilize graphics-intensive applications. However, unmanaged computing has significant drawbacks that lead to higher costs: lower security, increased downtime, and increased soft costs. Users are able to add, delete, and modify programs and data. Diskette drives allow for users to remove confidential data and load (intentionally or otherwise) harmful viruses.
While the Thin Client Server a low maintenance device. As software application updates, virus scanning and patches can be executed on the server. Deployment costs are also reduced as thin clients can be remotely configured and do not need to be set up individually. Break-fix simply requires replacing the thin client. The Thin Client Server Computing model provides global integration that can significantly lower the cost of ownership to customers looking for mission-critical, centralized server-based computing with maximum security, standardized desktop deployment, and 100% remote client management tools. These are list of the major benefits offered by thin clients:
Rapid device/application deployment
Simplified IT management
Increased reliability and security

There are still many advantages of Thin Client Server and these are the following in different category:
Deployment (installs/adds/changes) The TCSC model allows a network administrator to deploy images and software locally to a server, which can be accessed by multiple thin client devices. The TCSC solution can reduce the time spent delivering upgrades and user downtime since applications don’t have to be deployed on individual clients.
Retirement and Moves The operational lifespan for a thin client is longer because a thin client is a solid-state device. Since all data and applications reside on the network, moves can be accomplished quickly and easily. There is no PC staging or hard drive management for, which means that new clients can be up and running in minutes.
Change Management Technology & Process Because software can be deployed to servers and accessed remotely on thin clients, there is little to no disruption to the end user. The administrator is able to configure user and network settings remotely.
Virus Protection Because there’s no data on the thin client, there’s no risk of a virus attack on mission critical data on the client. Additionally, administrators can ensure the server is fire walled and virus protected. Virus protection will vary from one operating system to the next. Please check with the software manufacturer for more information.
Data Management In server-based computing with thin clients, critical information is stored on network storage, automating data backup with no end user labor.
Performance Monitoring and Event Management
Thin client management software allows network administrators to remotely browse, diagnose, and repair problems without leaving their desks. Since all software resides on the server and a common image is deployed to all thin clients, troubleshooting is greatly simplified. Thin clients are inherently redundant. Each thin client device on a TCSC network provides an identical user experience. Load balanced servers can increase uptime and reliability.
Security Because all data resides on the server, end users typically cannot remove data or destroy it unintentionally.
Standards Compliance Thin clients allow administrators to choose what images and software can be deployed to the server and accessed by the thin clients. This ensures that clients all conform to standards set out by a company or organization.
Repair and Maintenance Because thin clients have no moving parts, they are more reliable mechanically than PCs. As a result, they rarely break down or require a service call. If a client becomes inoperable for some reason, it can be quickly and easily replaced. Since data, applications and user settings residing on the network, a user can be up and running in minutes with no loss of data and no need to reconfigure their system settings.

I was really amazed with what Thin Client Server can do. For me, it was amazing the features and even its appearance. Although it's small but, it's powerful. You really can't judge a thing by their appearance. I really like this topic. After the presentation, some questions were asked with t-shirts and flash drives as the prizes. Unfortunately I was not that lucky enough to answer a question. Well, better luck next time…

The third speaker talks about Windows Server 2008. Windows Server 2008 is an operating system designed to power the next- generation of networks, applications and Web services. It can develop, deliver and manage rich user experiences and applications, provide a highly secure network infrastructure, and increase technological efficiency and value within your organization. New web tools, virtualization technologies, security enhancements and management utilities help save time, reduce costs, and provide a solid foundation for your information technology infrastructure.

This was the longest presentation among the three presentations that I had witnessed. The presentation is good and students can really relate to it. It also has a topic on networking which is interesting. And same as the second presentation, at the end of the presentation there was a question and answer portion. Again better luck next time to me….

COMDDAP was a great event for students and also for individuals who has the fond of knowing more on the new technology nowadays that can help them in choosing on what and where to go to cater there needs in areas of Information Technology, and many more. It is also a good event so that we could know which is better to use and also it is an event that could help students understand more the new technology and also the existing technology that has been in the market. I just hope that we could utilize what we have learned. And that more learning event like this would be pushed through in the future so that more and more individuals would have the chance to experience what we have experienced.

assignment 2-SAD-2

Enrolment is the registration/enlisting of students in the university or school that they want to attend to. And one important thing that should be given importance by the university when it comes to the enrolment process is the enrolment system. It has a big impact on the enrolment process for it is one of the key factors to decide on how the enrolment process will take place. Whether it will be fast and smooth sailing or make it the other way around. That's why choosing on who will make the enrolment system is a big and significant decision to make. Many factors should be considered, and one important factor is the cost.

Cost became a big factor because there is a big difference with the price of in-house sourcing and the out sourcing. As what we have known, University of Southeastern Philippines is a government school, so every little amount that will be spend should have a good reason to spend to. To understand more the difference between in-house sourcing and out sourcing let us define the two.
Outsourcing involves the transfer of the management and/or day-to-day execution of an entire business function to an external service provider. The client organization and the supplier enter into a contractual agreement that defines the transferred services. Under the agreement the supplier acquires the means of production in the form of a transfer of people, assets and other resources from the client. The client agrees to procure the services from the supplier for the term of the contract. Business segments typically outsourced include information technology, human resources, facilities, real estate management, and accounting.
Outsourcing is the transfer of the delivery of services which affects both jobs and individuals. It is difficult to dispute that outsourcing has a detrimental effect on individuals who face job disruption and employment insecurity; however, its supporters believe that outsourcing should bring down prices, providing greater economic benefit to all.
Some of the reasons on why organizations tend to practice outsourcing are the following:
1. Cost savings, the lowering of the overall cost of the service to the business. This will involve reducing the scope, defining quality levels, re-pricing, re-negotiation, cost re-structuring. 2. Focus on Core Business. Resources (for example investment, people, and infrastructure) are focused on developing the core business. For example often organizations outsource their IT support to specialized IT services companies. 3. 3. Improve quality. Achieve a step change in quality through contracting out the service with a new service level agreement. 4. Knowledge, access to intellectual property and wider experience and knowledge. 5. Contract. Services will be provided to a legally binding contract with financial penalties and legal redress. 6. Operational expertise, access to operational best practice that would be too difficult or time consuming to develop in-house. 7. Access to talent, access to a larger talent pool and a sustainable source of skills, in particular in science and engineering. 8. Capacity management, an improved method of capacity management of services and technology where the risk in providing the excess capacity is borne by the supplier. 9. Enhance capacity for innovation. 10. Reduce time to market, the acceleration of the development or production of a product through the additional capability brought by the supplier. 11. Risk management. An approach to risk management for some types of risks is to partner with an outsourcer who is better able to provide the mitigation.
If there are advantages there are also disadvantages of out sourcing, and some of these are: Quality risk, one such factor is opportunism by suppliers due to misaligned incentives between buyer and supplier, information asymmetry, high asset specificity, or high supplier switching costs. Quality of service is measured through a service level agreement (SLA) in the outsourcing contract. In poorly defined contracts there is no measure of quality or SLA defined It may also be lower quality through design to match the lower price. Staff Turnover is higher under an outsourcer and key company skills may be lost with retention outside of the control of the company. Company knowledge, outsourcing could lead to communication problems with transferred employees. Security before outsourcing an organization is responsible for the actions of all their staff and liable for their actions. When these same people are transferred to an outsourcer they may not change desk but their legal status has changed. They no-longer are directly employed or responsible to the organization. This is one of the most complex areas of outsourcing and requires a specialist third party adviser.

While, In-house sourcing is the opposite of outsourcing; often defined as the delegation of operations or jobs from production within a business to an internal (but 'stand-alone') entity that specializes in that operation. In- house sourcing is a business decision that is often made to maintain control of critical production or competencies. In- house sourcing is widely used in an area such as production to reduce costs of taxes, labor, transportation, and etc. In- house sourcing was becoming more common by 2006 as businesses had less than satisfactory experiences with outsourcing.

With the decision now of the University of tapping our own programmers to do the university's system, I could say that they have done a good decision. Cause for me, they cannot only save in money but they can also be assured that the system will be properly maintain, and doing in-house sourcing also shows that they have this trust in their own employees.

Engr Michael Angelo Cagape and Mrs. Tamara Cher Mercado are just two of the good professors in the Institute of Computing. They are not only good as professors who impart their knowledge to their students but they are also good programmers in their own way. That is why as a student of the Institute of Computing it is a good thing to know that the one who teaches us are really very much capable of teaching us for they don't only have learned it through reading but also through their experience.

While, with the question that if I would be given the chance by our University President to evaluate the new enrolment system implemented this sem, and to enumerate my observations/ comments and give my suggestion/s on possible areas and ways where improvements can be made would be really a great opportunity. I do believe that they have done a great job in developing the newly university or enrolment system, but I or we also know that there is no such thing as perfection. That is why if we could contribute on improving our system why not do it by sharing our thoughts and our ideas for the improvement of the system. As a student who is the one who really experience or the direct client of the system, we are the one who could really contribute and help our programmers to be able to improve more the system (if improvement is really needed).

Well first, I would like to share my observations starting with the diagram or with the flow chart that is being shown in the tarpaulin which shows on how or what the students should do during the enrolment proper. The first part on the tarpaulin was for the new students and the transferees.

The steps:
1. First the student should go to the UGTO:
• Encoding of Student Information
• ID Number Assignment
2. Then, if you are a scholar you proceed to the OSS:
• Scholarship Application
• Releasing of Scholarship card, then proceed to the ROTC/CWTS
* If you are not a scholar proceed directly to the ROTC/CWTS
3. ROTC/CWTS:
• Registration and Sectioning of CWTS/ROTC
• Receiving of CWTS/ROTC slip
4. College:
• Prepare Enrolment Requirements
• Advising/ Pre- registration
• Payment of other fees (Local Council/OCSC/Headlight/and Insurance)
• Encoding
• Assessment of Fees
• Temporary COR printing
5. There are two options in step 5
For Scholars:
• Submit Temporary COR
• Posting of Accounts
For Non-Scholars:
• Submit Temporary COR
• Payment Of Matriculation
• Printing of Official Receipt
6. And the Last, Students should proceed to the Registrar:
- Submit Enrolment Requirements
• Form 138(High School Card)
• Photocopy of NSO Birth Certificate
• USEPAT Entrance Exam Result
• Admission Slip
• Medical Certificate
• Certificate of Good Moral(Original)
• 2 pcs. 2x2 recent ID picture
• Prospectus of the Enrolled course
• 1 pc. Long brown envelop
• Official Receipt of Tuition and Other fees
- Printing of Official COR.
-At last, after all the steps, now you are officially enrolled.


My observation with regards to the steps and the image below, which is I name as image 1.1, is that the alignment of the steps is not that aligned properly, particularly in the Step 2 and Step 3, the OSS & ROTC/CWTS part. Only scholars are required to go to the OSS Office but in the illustration step 2 and step 3 are just in straight line which should not be. Because others who might not read the phrase (for scholars only) might think that they still need to go to the OSS Office but instead of going directly to the ROTC/CWTS Office. It should be that the Step 2 should be step 2.1 and step 3 should be Step 2.2. And the illustration should be like in how step was illustrated. So step 4 would now be step 3, followed by the other steps.

Image 1.1




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SAD2 ASSIGN1 -- hear my Say!!!

Enrolment is the registration/enlisting of students in the university or school that they want to attend to. And one important thing that should be given importance by the university when it comes to the enrolment process is the enrolment system. It has a big impact on the enrolment process for it is one of the key factors to decide on how the enrolment process will take place. Whether it will be fast and smooth sailing or make it the other way around. That's why choosing on who will make the enrolment system is a big and significant decision to make. Many factors should be considered, and one important factor is the cost.

Cost became a big factor because there is a big difference with the price of in-house sourcing and the out sourcing. As what we have known, University of Southeastern Philippines is a government school, so every little amount that will be spend should have a good reason to spend to. To understand more the difference between in-house sourcing and out sourcing let us define the two.
Outsourcing involves the transfer of the management and/or day-to-day execution of an entire business function to an external service provider. The client organization and the supplier enter into a contractual agreement that defines the transferred services. Under the agreement the supplier acquires the means of production in the form of a transfer of people, assets and other resources from the client. The client agrees to procure the services from the supplier for the term of the contract. Business segments typically outsourced include information technology, human resources, facilities, real estate management, and accounting.
Outsourcing is the transfer of the delivery of services which affects both jobs and individuals. It is difficult to dispute that outsourcing has a detrimental effect on individuals who face job disruption and employment insecurity; however, its supporters believe that outsourcing should bring down prices, providing greater economic benefit to all.

Some of the reasons on why organizations tend to practice outsourcing are the following:
1. Cost savings, the lowering of the overall cost of the service to the business. This will involve reducing the scope, defining quality levels, re-pricing, re-negotiation, cost re-structuring. 2. Focus on Core Business. Resources (for example investment, people, and infrastructure) are focused on developing the core business. For example often organizations outsource their IT support to specialized IT services companies. 3. 3. Improve quality. Achieve a step change in quality through contracting out the service with a new service level agreement. 4. Knowledge, access to intellectual property and wider experience and knowledge. 5. Contract. Services will be provided to a legally binding contract with financial penalties and legal redress. 6. Operational expertise, access to operational best practice that would be too difficult or time consuming to develop in-house. 7. Access to talent, access to a larger talent pool and a sustainable source of skills, in particular in science and engineering. 8. Capacity management, an improved method of capacity management of services and technology where the risk in providing the excess capacity is borne by the supplier. 9. Enhance capacity for innovation. 10. Reduce time to market, the acceleration of the development or production of a product through the additional capability brought by the supplier. 11. Risk management. An approach to risk management for some types of risks is to partner with an outsourcer who is better able to provide the mitigation.

If there are advantages there are also disadvantages of out sourcing, and some of these are: Quality risk, one such factor is opportunism by suppliers due to misaligned incentives between buyer and supplier, information asymmetry, high asset specificity, or high supplier switching costs. Quality of service is measured through a service level agreement (SLA) in the outsourcing contract. In poorly defined contracts there is no measure of quality or SLA defined It may also be lower quality through design to match the lower price. Staff Turnover is higher under an outsourcer and key company skills may be lost with retention outside of the control of the company. Company knowledge, outsourcing could lead to communication problems with transferred employees. Security before outsourcing an organization is responsible for the actions of all their staff and liable for their actions. When these same people are transferred to an outsourcer they may not change desk but their legal status has changed. They no-longer are directly employed or responsible to the organization. This is one of the most complex areas of outsourcing and requires a specialist third party adviser.

While, In-house sourcing is the opposite of outsourcing; often defined as the delegation of operations or jobs from production within a business to an internal (but 'stand-alone') entity that specializes in that operation. In- house sourcing is a business decision that is often made to maintain control of critical production or competencies. In- house sourcing is widely used in an area such as production to reduce costs of taxes, labor, transportation, and etc. In- house sourcing was becoming more common by 2006 as businesses had less than satisfactory experiences with outsourcing.

And with regards to the question on what do you think is/are the reasons why the university decided to tapped in-house resources, and if was it a good decision, well for me, the university did a good decision on tapping our own resources like our instructors; Engr. Michael Angelo Cagape and Maam Tamara Cher Mercado for they are not only good at their professions as instructors but also as programmers.

As what I have knew they were also the one who made the previous enrolment system of the university before the former administration tapped out sourcing, which for me, is not a so good idea. Because, being an Icean or a student of the Institute of Computing it made me feel proud to be part of the college where instructors are not only good at the classroom but also in making use of what they are teaching. That is why I was surprised when I learned that the administration had tapped out source when they already have their own resources. When the only disadvantage that I have seen when Sir Cagape was still in-charge of the university's system is that it keeps him so busy that sometimes it divides his time on teaching and maintaining the system.

And now, what happened to the out sourced system? It only lasted for almost a year; it seems that the administration had just wasted money and time on out sourcing especially when it did not last long enough. Maybe now they have realized their fault. That is why they have decided to give back and make use of the in- house programmers in the university, not only they can easily communicate with them whenever they have concerns regarding with the system also they can save extra expenses.

bye King of Rap

At a young age of 44, francis "Kiko" Magalona has
finally face the creator....

Many are sad and felt the big whole
in the industry because of his death...

But as what his family have said,
he may have lived a short life,
but his life has been lived well...
He already fulfill his purpose and become a
good son of God...

May You Rest In Peace.....

CONFUSING JOKES!!!!!

1) A little boy was in a relative's wedding. As he was coming down the aisle he would take two steps, stop and turn to the crowd (alternating between bride's side and groom's side). While facing the crowd, he would put his hands up like claws and roar. So it went, step, step, “ROAR,” step, step, “ROAR,” all the way down the aisle. As you can imagine, the crowd was near tears from laughing so hard by the time he reached the pulpit.
The little boy, however, was getting more and more distressed from all the laughing, and was also near tears by the time he reached the pulpit.
When asked what he was doing, the child sniffed and said, "I was being the Ring Bear."

2) A little kid goes to his first movie alone. He buys one ticket and goes in.
A minute later, he comes back out to buy another ticket. The man at the counter asks, "Why do you want another one?"
The kid replies, "Because that man over there ripped the first one in half."

hehehe---have fun reading....---

POOHKWANG

LAST NIGHT, FEB. 1, 2009 SUNDAY I WATCHED THE POOHKWANG. IT IS A COMEDY CONCERT OF TWO OF THE KNOWN COMEDIANS HERE IN THE PHILIPPINES. THE SHOW IS REALLY GOOD. IT WOULD REALLY MAKE YOU LAUGH. LAUGHTER IS REALLY A GOOD MEDICINE. IT MAKES YOU FORGET YOUR WORRIES EVEN JUST FOR A SHORT TIME....

I HOPE KAPAMILYA WILL HAVE MORE FUNNY SHOWS TO OFFER, SO THAT THE FILIPINOS CAN HAVE A GOOD REST FROM ALL THE ECONOMIC CRISIS THAT ARE NOW ARISING...

- TAKE CARE PINOY -

a long time ago

I really don't know what to post...
I just have the feeling that I need to post something...

It's been a long time since I had posted something here in my blog...

SCHOOL:- still the same.."dawat-dawat" portion as usual...
- still having a hadr time on my major subjects..."nganong ni-apil"...

LOVE LIFE:- i guess I'm happy to be part of the NBSB clan...hehe

FAMILY:- I'm blessed....

("just practicing on typing")...hehe..

cramming....

Doing things in the last minute
when you can do it ahead of time,
Setting your goals
but breaking it all.

They said it's abnormal
but I guess it's normal,
That is why now I'm doom
for breaking my own goal.