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A Conceptual Framework for Improving the Efficacy
of e-Governance in Rural Areas: An Indian Perspective -- Puneet Kumar, Dharminder Kumar and A K Sharma
Two-thirds of the Indian population live in villages and in order to achieve the supposed objectives of e-governance, they need to be given more attention. The rural areas of the country are plagued by problems like connectivity, communication, technical illiteracy, etc., in comparison with the urban areas. Therefore, a single policy for rural as well as urban masses cannot be viable, and hence the existing service delivery mechanism needs to be reengineered. In this paper, we have devised a new framework for improving the efficacy of e-governance in rural areas by enhanced capacity building mechanism, new modus operandi for interest generation towards IT, and inculcation of mobile and cloud technologies. Further, the proposed model also reduces the cost of infrastructure as well as delivered services, and enhances the scalability. © 2013 IUP. All Rights Reserved.
The Challenges Posed by Information Technology
to Secretaries: A Study with Reference to Federal
Polytechnic, Bida, Niger State, Nigeria
--Johnson Adegbenga Ajiboye, Mary Adebola Ajiboye
and Juliet Omozokpia
This study was conducted to identify the challenges of information technologies on secretaries in the Federal Polytechnic Bida, Niger State, Nigeria. The study was embarked upon to emphasize the importance or significance of secretaries as they face the challenges of the information technology in an ICT era. The research was carried out using 50 secretaries. The instrument used in the collection of data was a questionnaire and the data collected was analyzed using the SPSS software. From the analysis of data collected, it was found and concluded that among other things most secretaries lack necessary skills required for ICT in the modern office and most of them with just typing and shorthand skills are on the verge of losing their jobs. Although, it was discovered and concluded that secretaries will not be replaced by computers and that the ones with ICT skills are in high demand and with ample career opportunities in the modern office. It was then recommended that organizations should train and retrain their secretaries to be ICT-compliant and that the curriculum of secretarial study programs should be reviewed and widened to include ICT courses so as to give potential secretaries an ICT background. © 2013 IUP. All Rights Reserved.
Big Data Analytics: Applications and Benefits
--K V N Rajesh
Nowadays, companies are concentrating on more data to take informed decisions. Huge amount of investment is made in storing and processing large amounts of data to make better decisions. The term ‘Big Data’ is derived from the fact that the datasets are so large that typical database systems are not able to store and analyze the datasets (Manyika et al., 2011). The processing of big data is done by using MapReduce. However, big data entails a huge commitment of hardware and processing resources, making adoption costs of big data technology prohibitive to small and medium-sized businesses. Cloud computing offers hardware and processing resources for big data implementation. This paper describes benefits and applications of big data in various industry verticals, popular big data tools available in the market and their capabilities. Some of the areas like banking, travel and healthcare where big data finds application have been discussed. © 2013 IUP. All Rights Reserved.
Seclayer: A Plugin to Prevent Phishing Attacks
--Ayush Ghosh
Today’s phishing attacks are the combination of social engineering and technical exploits designed to convince a victim to provide personal information. The attacks are designed in a way to fool even a modern technical user who has a complete understanding of the Internet and phishing. The attacker even send spoofed message to complement the spoofed phishing mail they have sent to make the e-mail even convincing. We have done everything from SSL to installing toolbar and Add-on to counter them, but we still could not overpower the attackers. Human being, the weakest chain in all of this, falls as a prey in the attacker’s hand. To mitigate this widespread problem of phishing on the Internet, almost all modern-day browsers provide security indicators. A lot have been done to identify it, but still it remains an imminent threat on the Internet. In this paper, I have introduced a new project ‘SECLAYER’ to stop phishing attacks. This Add-on can detect malicious website with 100% success, if the attacker does not have physical access to the system. This Add-on interacts with its hosted companion to maintain a list of websites to prevent phishing on. © 2013 IUP. All Rights Reserved.
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