Tasks
There are ten (10) tasks, one for each
week: the tasks are detailed below. There is a table to complete for
each task. Please fill in the information required. An example of a
completed task is below. Note the first response is good – so aim for
something like this. The second response is not acceptable, so if you
submit anything like it, you won’t pass the assignment! The reasons?
Poor resource selection (Wikipedia), no Harvard reference and a block
cut and paste from the site (no citation, no original content).
Week 1 |
Task |
The past decade has witnessed tremendous advances in computing, wired
and wireless communication, and storage technologies. Discuss the main
features and applications of two mass storage technologies namely: direct-attached storage and network-attached storage. |
Summary |
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Summary:
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Week 2 |
Task |
Real-time operating systems are operating systems that guarantee a
certain capability within a specified time constraint. Discuss the main
benefits of real-time operating systems for the health sector. |
Summary |
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Week 3 |
Task |
Mobile Cloud computing has gained a wide acceptance for organisations
as well as individuals by introducing computation, storage and software
based services. Explain the security and privacy issues in relation to
the use of the mobile Cloud computing in the finance sector. |
Summary |
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Week 4 |
Task |
TCP/IP is consists of communication protocols used to transfer
packets between computer hosts within the network. In TCP/IP, the
transport layer is responsible for providing the application layer with
session and datagram communication services. Discuss the common
standards at the transport layer. |
Summary |
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Week 5 |
Task |
The Internet of Things (IoT) is a system of interrelated computing
devices that are provided with unique identifiers and the ability to
transfer data over a network without requiring human-to-human or
human-to-computer interaction. Discuss the cyber security challenges
faced by the health sector in this IoT era. |
Summary |
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Week 6 |
Task |
Internet of Things (IoT) Cloud is a model designed to facilitate the
information society, enabling advanced services by interconnecting
physical and virtual things based on, existing and evolving,
interoperable information and communication technologies through
ennoblement of ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a
shared pool of configurable computing resources. Explain the importance
of real time data capture capability, data visualisation, data
analytics, and API protocols in the application of IoT Cloud. |
Summary |
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Week 7 |
Task |
A Social Network Service (SNS) is a kind of web service for
establishing a virtual connection between people with similar interests,
backgrounds, and activities. However, there are different security and
privacy threats that target every user of social networking sites.
Provide five solutions to deal with these security threats. |
Summary |
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Week 8 |
Task |
Big data has been considered to be a breakthrough technological
development over recent years. Big data is based on large volumes of
extensively varied data that are generated, captured, and processed at
high velocity. Discuss the main challenges as well as the social and
economic values for organisations in adopting big data. |
Summary |
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Week 9 |
Task |
There has been a growing interest in the application of agile and
lean practices for software development. Discuss the benefits of agile
and lean practices and their impacts on project constraints. |
Summary |
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Week 10 |
Task |
The availability and implementation of information and communication
technologies (ICT) is increasingly vital to all dimensions of a nation’s
inclusive, equitable and sustainable economic development and growth
strategies. Discuss how ICT is fundamentally changing the nature of
economic, environmental, and social relationships globally. |
Summary |
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MARKING SHEET - DO NOT DELETE
(Up to 3 marks per weekly task) |
Criteria |
0 |
No Response |
<=1.0 |
Poor resource selection; resource is too broad or lacks relevance to
the task; summary fails to explain what the resource was about; the
relevance of the resource has not been explained. |
<=2.0 |
Good resource selection; resource is relevant to the task; summary is
adequate but may require either more detail or is too long; the
relevance of the resource as been explained to some extent, but needs
additional information. |
<=3.0 |
Excellent resource selection; resource is highly relevant to the task
(the resource is probably highly specialised); summary is detailed yet
concise; the relevance of the resource selection has been clearly
explained. |
Key Deductions |
-1.0
-3.0 |
Resource not referenced correctly/not in Harvard format
Resource not referenced/Resource cannot be traced with details provided. |
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