Wednesday, February 27, 2008

CICT USEFUL LINKS

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iSchool-CICT

Asian Institute of Computer Studies

OSIAS COLLEGES



Click the link below to access Eskwela-"Ang Kwelang Eskwela" Online Resources and Other Useful Sites
eskwela.wikispaces.com

Opensource - Open Source Web Site

Openbrr - A Framework for Evaluating Open Source Software

Navicasoft "The Open Source Maturity Model is a vital tool for planning open source success"

Edubuntu - Download EduBuntu

Openoffice - Open Office

Scribus - SCRIBUS - This is a desktop publishing solution to create newsletter, business cards, invitations and flyers. It runs on both Linux and MS Windows operating system

Nvu - NVU Web Authoring - This software is an authoring tool to create website pages, and transfer files to the site host.

Sun - Sun Microsystem

Opensourcelistl - Open Soure List like Internet, Media, Games, Education, Utilities, IT and Miscellaneous

Devside - Web Developer Server The Web-Developer Server Suite is an open-source WAMP-based [Windows, Apache, MySQL, PHP] web-server distribution for Windows that is fully configured and ready to run.It is a complete turnkey solution that is capable of creating and deploying a personal website for the average individual, or an Internet presence for a business. Create, test, publish, and maintain your website in-house, on your local system, where you are in full control.

Joomla - Joomla CMS Joomla! is an award-winning Content Management System (CMS) that will help you build websites and other powerful online applications. Best of all, Joomla! is an open source solution that is freely available to everybody.

Edublogs- WordPress Blog Wordpress is a popular blogging technology that allows on-line publication in the Internet. The system can be used to create on-line newsletter, lesson plan, etc.

wiki.opengarden.org - MindTouch Deki Wiki is a free open source wiki and application platform for communities and enterprises. Deki Wiki is an easy to use and sophisticated wiki for authoring, aggregating, organizing, and sharing content. Deki Wiki is also a platform for creating collaborative applications, or adding wiki capabilities to existing applications.

Dokeos - Dokeos LMS Dokeos is a learning management system (LMS) used in more than 600 companies and public administrations to manage e-learning and blended learning programmes.

Atutor- Atutor LMS Atutor is an Open Source Web-based Learning Content Management System (LCMS) designed with accessibility and adaptability in mind. Administrators can install or update ATutor in minutes, develop custom templates to give ATutor a new look, and easily extend its functionality with feature modules. Educators can quickly assemble, package, and redistribute Web-based instructional content, easily retrieve and import prepackaged content, and conduct their courses online. Students learn in an adaptive learning environment.

Tecnick - TCExam TCExam is an assessment software system that enables educators and trainers to author, schedule, deliver, and report on surveys, quizzes, tests and exams. The software is used all over the world by universities, schools, companies and independent teachers.

Eresence/- ePresence Interactive Media ePresence Interactive Media is the world's first open source webcasting and conferencing solution. It is designed to support conferences, online meetings, seminars, and demonstrations by broadcasting them live over the internet, or making them available as on-demand webcasts. ePresence is developed at the Knowledge Media Design Institute at the University of Toronto, and is offered under an Open Source BSD-style license.

demo.miller-group.net - Centre Student Information System Centre is a free student information system for public and non-public schools. Centre is a web-based, open source, student management product with features that include student demographic info, scheduling, grade book, attendance, report cards,eligibility, transcripts, and more.

nzdl.sadl.uleth.ca/cgi-bin/library - Greenstone Digital Library Greenstone is a suite of software for building and distributing digital library collections. It provides a new way of organizing information and publishing it on the Internet or on CD-ROM. Greenstone is produced by the New Zealand Digital Library Project at the University of Waikato, and developed and distributed in cooperation with UNESCO and the Human Info NGO.

dspace.slu.edu.ph - Dspace Digital Library Open Source Digital Asset Management system that enables services for access, provision, stewardship and re-use of digital assets with a focus on educational and research materials.

library.org.nz/cgi-bin/koha/opac-main.pl - Koha Library System Koha is the first open-source Integrated Library System (ILS) use worldwide. The development is steered by a growing community of libraries collaborating to achieve their technology goals. Koha's impressive feature set continues to evolve and expand to meet the needs of its user base.

Cobian - Cobian Backup Cobian Backup is a multi-threaded program that can be used to schedule and backup your files and directories from their original location to other directories/drives in the same computer or other computer in your network. FTP backup is also supported in both directions (download and upload)

clamwin - ClamWin Antivirus ClamWin is a Free Antivirus for Microsoft Windows 98/Me/2000/XP and 2003. ClamWin Free Antivirus comes with an easy installer and open source code. You may download and use it absolutely free of charge. It features:
High detection rates for viruses and spyware;
Scanning Scheduler;
Automatic downloads of regularly updated Virus Database.
Standalone virus scanner and right-click menu integration to Microsoft Windows Explorer;
Addin to Microsoft Outlook to remove virus-infected attachments automatically.

inkscape - Inkscape Graphics Editor Inkscape is an Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, Freehand, CorelDraw, or Xara X using the W3CScalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format. Supported SVG features include shapes, paths, text, markers, clones, alpha blending, transforms, gradients, patterns, and grouping. Inkscape also supports Creative Commons meta-data, node editing, layers, complex path operations, bitmap tracing, text-on-path, flowed text, direct XML editing, and more. It imports formats such as JPEG, PNG, TIFF, and others and exports PNG as well as multiple vector-based formats.

gimp-win.sourceforge- GIMP Image Editor GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It works on many operating systems, in many languages.

winplanner.sourceforge.net- Project Planner
Planner is an open source project scheduling tool.
Among its important features are:
Definition of tasks with start/end dates and durations
Dependancies between tasks
Sub-tasks can also be defined
Project calendars with holidays
Definition of resources
Assignment of resources to tasks
Resource specific calendars
Project schedules stored in XML format
Open source software
Included in most major Linux distributions
Web site provides aids in use

turbocashuk- Turbo Cash TurboCASH is much more than a simple 'home finances' or small business bookkeeping system (compare us to Quickbooks and Sage and see why). Small business accounting software providers typically release a low-end product for £100 that excludes such basic features as stock control. TurboCASH includes most functions a business will ever need: debtors, creditors, general ledger, full stock control, VAT accounting, invoicing, bank reconciliation, trial balance, balance sheet and income statements, full reporting and analysis, as well as mutli-company and multi-user capabilities.

pdfforge- PDFcreator PDFCreator is a free tool to create PDF files from nearly any Windows application.
Key Features:
Create PDFs from any program that is able to print
Security: Encrypt PDFs and protect them from being opened, printed etc.
Send generated files via eMail
Create more than just PDFs: PNG, JPG, TIFF, BMP, PCX, PS, EPS
AutoSave files to folders and filenames based on Tags like Username, Computername, Date, Time etc.
Merge multiple files into one PDF
Easy Install: Just say what you want and everything is installed
Terminal Server: PDFCreator also runs on Terminal Servers without problems
And the best: PDFCreator is free, even for commercial use! It is Open Source and released under the Terms of the GNU General Public License.

nvu.com/index- NVU Web Authoring This software is an authoring tool to create website pages, and transfer files to the site host.

scribus - Scribus This is a desktop publishing solution to create newsletter, business cards, invitations and flyers. It runs on both Linux and MS Windows operating system

openoffice- OpenOfficeThis contains application suites to do word processing, spreadsheet calculation, multimedia presentation, object drawing, and PDF file creation. The program is capable of opening and saving Microsoft Office documents. It runs on both Linux and MS Windows operating system.

Thursday, January 3, 2008

IE 5D Case Study

www.medtronic.com -

Check the Medtronic Web Site for the mission and statement. How can the mission be related to the operations strategy and operations decisions?

www.wallmartstores.com

Go to "about Wal-Mart" and read about the culture and international operations. Come to class prepared to discuss the sets Wal-Mart apart from its competitions and how Mal-mart is approaching global operations.

www.3m.com

describe the new product recently introduced by 3M. How 3M remain an innovative company.