Thursday 26 January 2012

Universiti Pahang Malaysia Moves Forward with Oracle Solutions

Kuantan, Pahang – Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP) has just announced that it has deployed Oracle Database 11g and Oracle Real Application Cluster (RAC) as part of its growth in technology infrastructure.




From L-R: Roslan Bin Awang Abd Rahman, Deputy Director, PTMK UMP; Saiful Lizam Mohd Khamis, Director of Technology Sales Public Sector and MRD, Oracle Corporation Malaysia; Prof Dato’ Dr Daing Mohd Nasir Daing Ibrahim, Vice Chancellor UMP; and Prof Dr Badhrulhisham Bin Abdul Aziz, Assistant Vice Chancellor (Academic & International), UMP



The implementation of these Oracle solutions helps to provide UMP with fault tolerance to maximize the availability of the Main Academic Portal, Time Attendance system, Student Management system, Online Examination system and Financial and Human Resource (HR) Management system, which in turn will result in a better service level for students and staff alike.


Thanks to this new system, efficiency of the university's workforce is also improved as it offers automated management capabilities that frees up staff time that were previously spent on manual administrative work.


“To improve its service level, UMP undertook the project to ensure prompt and reliable delivery of critical campus services, while stabilizing and easing workload and as a result, we are able to increase efficiencies that bring benefit to our students and staff so they can focus more on their core competencies,” said Professor Dato’ Dr. Daing Mohd Nasir Daing Ibrahim, Vice Chancellor of Universiti Malaysia Pahang.
http://www.hardwarezone.com.my/tech-news-universiti-malaysia-pahang-moves-forward-oracle-solutions
By Daniel Goh 
18 Apr 2011

UiTM Student and Junior Lecture Win Top Awards at British Invention Show

UiTM student and junior lecture have won top awards at the British Invention Show in London, which just ended. The medals won were a Diamond, the Best Invention by Salon Archimedes (Russia), a gold and 6 silver medals.
The British Invention Show, which was held between 12 and 17 Oct 2009, is the largest innovation and technology expo in Britain. Uitm submitted 8 entries of which all won medals.
The Diamond was won by junior lecturer Amalina Amir, 26, of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, who contested her product, MIM Route, a device to produce complex metal metalwork. Other than diamond, Amalina also won a gold and the best Invention by Salon Archimedes (Russia). MIM Route is a metal injecting moulding process which can boost mass manufacturing of complex metalwork. Products that need high precision moulding are jewelry, sporting goods, eyeglasses, wristwatches or medical equipment. Other than the mass production this new procedure is environment friendly as it uses a recyclable biopolymer binder. 
The gold winning student was Ahmad Zainizan bin Sahdan, 25, who is pursuing his PhD at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering. He participated his project on nanowire synthesis using low cost gas blocker in catalyic thermal CVD. His idea was having a semi-conductor nonowire for solar cells where a gas blocker was invented to obstruct the gas flow in a 2-furnace CVD system. The gas blocker produced a better control of gas flow that enables stronger UV emission. Upon winning, Ahmad Zainizan said his invention is suitable to be used as light emitting device such as laser diodes. 
The other 6 silver medals were won by Azizah Hanom Ahmad who contested her invention on Silicon and Dammar as Coating Materials, Khudzir Haji Ismail for his Water-Tetralin Co-solvent System for Coal Liqefaction, Zukifli Abdul Rashid a software for Waste Management, Nor Hayati Avdul Hamid Pre-Cast Hollow Core Wall which can endure earthquake shocks, Ahmad Faizar Jaafar Self-Charging Machine in Libraries, and Mohd Haris Kamarudin Egg Shell Thermal Insulation Board.
http://www.rdmag.com/News/Feeds/2009/10/environment-uitm-student-and-junior-lecture-win-top-awards-at-/
 By ResearchSEA
Thursday, October 22, 2009

Good News: University of Malaya is 39 out of 200 Asian Universities





Six out of seven Malaysian universities improved their ranking on the QS Asian University Rankings this year, with Universiti Malaya (UM) climbing three spots to 39th.Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) also jumped 20 slots to 57th out of 200 Asian universities.


No Malaysian university entered the top 10 ranks while the National University of Singapore (NUS) retained its third place.QS also said in a statement the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST) knocked the University of Hong Kong down to the second spot.


The global higher education information specialist noted that Malaysia had seven universities in the top 200 Asian universities compared to Thailand’s nine and Indonesia’s eight. Japan was the best-represented nation with five universities in the top 10 ranks and 57 in the top 200.


In contrast, China had 40, South Korea 35, Taiwan 16, India 11, and Hong Kong had seven universities in the top 200 Asian institutions.


The QS Asian University Rankings last year showed that the top Malaysian university was UM at the 42nd spot while Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) was the second best university here at 58th.


The ranking of public institutions in Malaysia has dived throughout the past years to the point of dropping out of the top 200 universities in the QS World University Rankings last year.


QS noted that the “dynamism” of the Asian region was bolstered by the fact that one out of five universities in the top 50 universities was less than 50 years old.


The rankings were based on the following factors: academic peer review (30 per cent), recruiter review (10 per cent), student/ faculty ratio (20 per cent), papers per faculty (15 per cent), citations per paper (15 per cent), and 2.5 per cent each for international faculty review, international student review, and inbound and outbound student exchanges.


UM Vice-Chancellor Dr Ghauth Jasmon had reportedly urged Malaysia’s oldest university last year to take world rankings seriously if it wanted to remain globally competitive.
http://dinmerican.wordpress.com/2011/05/23/good-news-university-of-malaya-is-39-out-of-200-asian-universities/
By Boo Su-Lyn@www.themalaysianinsider.com
May 23, 2011

Monday 16 January 2012

AirAsia Reaps Global Award for Excellence in Technology

AirAsia, the world’s best low cost airline, reaped a prestigious global award for its outstanding use of information and communication technology (ICT) to advance business.


AirAsia received the Global ICT Excellence Award in the private sector category from the World Information Technology and Service Alliance (WITSA) in an awarding ceremony on Wednesday in Amsterdam.  The ceremony was held during WITSA’s 17th World Congress in Information Technology, which attracted some 2,000 delegates from 80 countries.


Of the seven winners, AirAsia is the only one from the ASEAN region.


WITSA, whose members make up over 90 percent of the global ICT market and are from 74 countries, gives the Global ICT Excellence Awards every two years.


“The success of AirAsia as the region’s leading budget airline is reflected not only in its fast growing passenger volume but also from the ICT perspective,” WITSA said.


“A very high majority of AirAsia’s passengers book online, partly because of AirAsia’s ICT-based business model, and partly because of the motivation of the population to secure free or very cheap seats through online booking. In this sense, AirAsia succeeded in creating a compelling reason to use e-commerce through this ICT business model,” WITSA added.
Tony Fernandes, AirAsia Group CEO, said, “AirAsia has always believed in the power of technology and communication to drive business.  Our services are technology-backed – from booking and payment to check in.  This year, we’ll get even more aggressive in our use of technology to improve our guests’ experience with AirAsia.”


Tony also thanked Malaysia-based PIKOM for nominating AirAsia for the award.  PIKOM, or the Association of the Computers and Multimedia Industry in Malaysia, counts among its members over 1,000 companies engaged in the whole range of ICT products and services. PIKOM’s member companies account for 80% of Malaysia’s ICT trade.


AirAsia has invested heavily in technology to grow the business across all fronts.  ICT has allowed AirAsia to offer cutting edge products and to continuously offer quality service to its rapidly expanding passenger base.  All areas of AirAsia’s operations are supported by ICT.
http://www.etravelblackboardasia.com/article.asp?id=68626

Malaysia Airports Collaborates With NuSuara Technologies To Offer Flight Information Self-Service Interactive Voice Response

 


SEPANG - In an effort to provide more value-added service to travellers, Malaysia Airports today introduced a Flight Information Speech System (FISS) called "KLIA 1 Touch", a self-service interactive voice response (IVR) dedicated to provide callers with flight information.

Users can obtain flight information directly from KLIA 1 Touch at 03-8776 0888. For arrival flights, queries can be made based on either flight number or flight's origin city. Meanwhile, for departure flights, queries can be made based on flight number or flight's destination city.

The service is available 24 hours a day. KLIA 1 Touch is capable to handle 30 concurrent calls at any one time. Currently, two language options are available - Bahasa Malaysia and English. Local network provider's charges will apply.

KLIA 1 Touch is capable of recognising the caller ID if the caller makes subsequent calls using Malaysian mobile telecommunication services. KLIA 1 Touch is able to recollect the caller's previous query and will enquire if the caller wishes for an updated flight information or fresh query.

Y.Bhg. Dato' Azmi Murad, Senior General Manager Operations, Malaysia Airports said: "Apart from giving more value added service to customers, we are also always looking at ways to enhance our customer services, and we believe that KLIA 1 Touch will be a service which the public will find very helpful."

He added: "In today's competitive marketplace, businesses are looking for ways to more effectively improve the bottom line and keep pace with market demands. To achieve these objectives and remain competitive, companies are focusing on ways to enhance customer services. One of the most powerful means for achieving these goals is through the automation of repetitive or routine activities using IVR technology."

At the moment, KLIA 1 Touch is only available for KLIA and LCCT-KLIA users in obtaining flight information. "However, plans are in the pipeline to have this service extended to other airports in Malaysia, as we would like to ensure this service reaches our costumers nationwide, Dato' Azmi added.

Y.Bhg. Dato' Ramli Abbas, Chief Executive Officer of NuSuara Technologies said: "We are pleased to collaborate with Malaysia Airports in offering this service to travelers, and we are confident travelers will find KLIA 1 Touch handy in planning their travel, as it is a time-saving information retrieval system, at the convenience of the customers, a user-friendly enquiry service provided free and accessible 24 hours."

NuSuara Technologies is the service provider for KLIA 1 Touch. NuSuara is a venture-backed software company in the business of practical voice solutions and speech recognition technology as its core business offerings.

ZTE, Axiata Sign Cooperation Agreement

Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE has announced that it has signed a five-year global strategic cooperation framework agreement with the leading Asian operator Axiata.
This agreement reportedly served as a procurement platform agreement, under which ZTE will supply communications products to Axiata and its subsidiary Opcos.
The five-year global strategic cooperation framework agreement aims to enhance the links and cooperation between the two parties. Based on the procurement platform, ZTE will create value in products, solutions, and services to save time and improve efficiency, so as to raise Axiata's business penetration. In addition, the agreement will improve the two parties' information exchanges concerning technologies, products and services in the procurement field; enhance Axiata's understanding of ZTE's technology development; and realize faster cooperation between the two parties.
ZTE also announced that it will again cut its stake in Nationz by selling four million shares at the average price of CNY24.75 per share. After this transaction, ZTE will still hold a 13.55% stake in Nationz.
http://www.chinatechnews.com/2011/06/30/15405-zte-axiata-sign-cooperation-agreement
June, 30 2011