UMMail/PerdanaMail
is a web based
email application
system that
has been used
by the UM members
(staff and student)
since 2002.UMMail/PerdanaMail's
administration
and maintenance
activities in
2006 involved
both technical
staff from Collaborative
and Communicative
Application
Division (BAKK,
PTM)and staff
from Data Centre
Management Division
(BPPD, PTM).
The maintenance
and monitoring
activities by
both parties
mentioned above
include the
following :
1)
upgrading
user's
quota
a.
Professional
and Management
Staff
- from
20MB up
to 50MB
b.
Special
Accounts
- from
20MB up
to 50MB
c.
Support
Staff
- from
10MB up
to 20MB
d.
Postgraduate
Student
- from
2MB up
to 10MB<
e.
Undergraduate
Student
- remain
2MB
2)
handling
spam/virus
email
issues
by :
a.
Proof
of Concept
of Ironport
for 3
months
(25/11/2005
- 14/3/2006)
b.
Proof
Of Concept
of Symantec
for 3
months
(15/3/2006
- 15/5/2006)
After
the proof
of concept,
Ironport
was chosen
and implemented
by BPPD,PTM
on 16/5/2006
to replace
existing
servers
(mailgw
dan network
box) to
handle
spam/virus
email
issues.
To improve
the UMMail
performance
further,
BPPD,PTM
bought
4
new application
servers,
2 Database
servers,
2 storage
servers
(for staff
and student)
and 1
mailing
list server
. The
ethernet
speed
for UMMail
system
was upgraded
from 100Mbps
to 1Gbps
On the application
part, BAKK
PTM also upgraded
the UMMail
application
to the new
version of
UMMail/PerdanaMail
Webcube starting
30/7/2006.
The upgrading
process include
migrating
existing 40GB
data, migrating
user's emel
addresses,
intergrating
with the Integrated
Student Information
Sistem (SIS)
/ Financial
Information
Sistem (FIS)
and system
testing (by
phases)
The new version
of UMMail/PerdanaMail
Webcube was
officially
opened to
UM's staff
student on
22/1/2007
The
upgrading of
the UM Website
project was
initiated in
10th October
2006. A special
web committee
was formed consisting
of the Dean
of FSKTM, Dean
of IPS, 3 Deputy
VCs', representative
of ICR, representatives
of PTM and 2
lecturers from
FSKTM. The committee
was headed by
the VC. Motionworks
Sdn Bhd was
designated as
the consultant
for the project.
Representatives
of the faculties
and responsibility
Centres consisting
of the Deputy
Deans and officers
were also appointed
to participate
in the information
gathering exercises.
The main objective
of the project
was to improve
on the UM branding
especially with
regards to the
international
viewers. Henceforth,
taking the objective
into consideration,
the consultant
proposed 3 project
implementation
phases consisting
of :
1.
Phase
I:
UMWeb
(Sales
& Marketing)
2.
Phase
II:
UMLife
(Internal
Site)
3.
Phase
III:
Alumni
(UMAlumni)
Initial
information
uploading
becomes total
reponsiblity
of the designated
consultant.
PTM' role
during this
processes
is more of
information
transfer intermediaries.
This is expected
to continue
until all
the phases
have been
completed
by the consultant.
Information
gathering
process for
phase 1 was
completed
in early January
2007 . This
has contributed
to the initial
success of
launching
the new UM
Website on
the 14th Janury
2007. The
project is
now in the
stage of information
gathering
for phase
2.
Beside acting
as the information
intermediaries
between the
consultant
and other
UM entity,
PTM is currently
developing
modules to
enable seamless
integration
between the
new website
and other
system such
as the HRIS(Lecturers
CV) , the
UMPortal(telephone
directory)
and video
streaming.
Such integration
will enable
dynamic information
from existing
system to
be published
directly on
the web with
minimum manual
intervention.
10.
Research Management
Information System
(RMIS) view
details...
Research
Management Information
System (RMIS)
was initiated
in 2005 after
recognising
the need to
systematically
record and manage
all facet of
information
gathered under
UM research
arm (IPPP).
Phase 1 development
covering the
area of consultation,patent
and exhibition
have been completed
in 2006. The
PTM team involved
has started
the development
of phase 2 which
will cover the
modules such
as Permohonan
Penyertaan Pameran
Online, Permohonan
paten online,
Permohonan geran
online and Pemantauan
projek penyelidik
UM
E-Learning
was first
introduced
to selected
lecturers
in UM in June
2005 after
undergoing
phase 1 customizations
which include
full integration
features with
existing Student
Information
System (SIS).
Up to November
2006, 322
lecturers
from 12 faculties
and 4101 students
are involve
using the
system.It
is a web based
Learning Management
application
system with
the capabilities
to manage
learning content.
The
Phase 2 UM
ELearning
development
project was
carried out
in 2006. The
phase enablke
integration
processes
of the Create
Course module
and Student
Registration
function with
the SIS.The
upgraded version
was then officially
open to all
UM's community
( staffs and
students )
in December
2006.
12.E-Learning
- CEBAR ,UM and
United Nation
Industrial Development
Organization (UNIDO) view
details...
Postgraduate
Diploma in
Biosafety
Programme
is jointly
organised
by CEBAR,
University
Malaya together
with United
Nation Industrial
Development
Organization
(UNIDO). The
programme
is the first
offered in
Asia.The first
session has
started in
September
2006 and scheduled
to end in
June 2007.
The course
faculty members
comprises
of 3 International
Biosafety
experts and
3 UM's Academicians
whilst 6 foreign
students and
5 local students
have registered
for the first
session.
PTM
involvement
in this project
cover matters
such as :
Support
UNIDO to
monitor
BINAS-UNIDO
Elearning
usage and
website
content
Ensure
the network
connection
availability
throughout
the Programme
is conducted
Monitor
and study
the usage
of the current
application
system and
infrastructure
used to
support
the current
distance
learning
operation
Provide
related
application
system (
eg. UM E-Learning
dan Integrated
Student
Information
System )
and infrastructure
for running
the Programme
( to support
UNIDO's
Elearning
)
UMPortal
was first implemented
in 2002 with
the objective
of separating
the information
to be viewed
by the staff
and information
that is intended
for public viewing.
UMPortal at
that point of
time was developed
using customized
PHPNuke application
( with PHP as
its language
and MySql as
the database).
The upgrading
project started
in September
2006. It covers
better and more
fleksible framework
for administration
of enterprise
sized portal,
new user interface
and more fleksible
method of viewing
assignment.
The new version
was completed
in Disember
2006 and successfully
launched on
the 16th January
2007.
14.
Central Authentication
Management System
(CAMS) view
details...
CAMS
or Centralized
Authentication
Management System
is the system
that provides
single sign
on services
to the staffs
and students
of University
of Malaya. Since
its inception,
more than 4,000
staffs and 30,000
students are
using the system
to authenticate
themselves to
various systems
in University
Malaya. Some
of the systems
include UMPortal,
UMISISWEB for
undergraduates,
UMISISWEB for
postgraduates
and IAMS.
In phase 2,
CAMS development
will concentrate
on redundancy
and replication.
This will include
capability of
handling enormous
concurrent authentications
and concurrent
accesses from
many applications
to CAMS, ensuring
increase in
availability
of CAMS with
automatic failover
and replication
of LDAP and
Kerberos in
real time.
15.Fasiliti
FPX-Pembayaran
online dengan
kerjasama MEPS
& Bank Islam view
details...
The
Online fees
payment facility
project was
requested by
Bendahari Universiti
Malaya. It was
developed by
PTM with the
help of MEPS
and Bank Islam.
It was successfully
implemented
in September
2006. The facility
provides an
online function
for the student
to settle back
logged payment
of more then
RM10 value.
Less than RM10,
the student
will have to
pay a the Counter
in Pejabat Bendahari.
16.
IAMS - Integrated
PTj Account Management
System view
details...
IAMS
was developed
using the Open
Source technology,TCL/Tk
and PostgreSql
as its database.
IAMS was implemented
in stages for
Klinik Pelajar
and Pejabat
Pentadbiran
PTM. The main
modules include
Peruntukan,
Wang Runcit,
Perbelanjaan
and Laporan.
The system has
currently about
10 users.
2007's plans
include enhancement
of the Module
Perbelanjaan
with features
to include commitment
and improvement
of Module Penerimaan.
This
system which
was originally
developed in
PHP & PostgreSQL
was transferred
into TCL/TK
platform. The
development
which was started
in Jun 2006
are temporarily
held back as
the development
team had to
concentrate
on completing
the e-Sebutharga
for JPPHB. The
pending jobs
will be continued
in middle of
May.
This
system uses
TCL/Tk as its
language on
AOL platform
and PostgreSql
as its database.
The development
project was
started in Jun
2006.
This system
function is
to capture all
the transactions
involved in
creating "sebutharga"
or tender. It
also generates
all letters
and notices
throughout the
tendering/purchasing
process.
All departments
in JPPHB are
now using the
system with
the number of
concurrent users
currently amounting
to about 100
from JPPHB.
E-Sebutharga
uses TCL/Tk
as its language
on AOL platform
and PostgreSql
as its database.
This development
started in September
2006. Similar
to the one developed
for JPPHB, the
function include
capability to
capture all
the transactions
involved in
creating a "sebutharga"
or tender in
Bahagian Perolehan.
It also generates
all kind of
related letters
and notices
throughout the
tendering/purchasing
process.
Selected Vendor
to
complete the
digitization
project for
Faculty of Dentistry
in November
2006. This project
was divided
into two parts,
scanning of
patient documents
and x-rays,
and development
of an application
system to manage
and retrieve
the scanned
documents and
x-rays. As of
now, the vendor
has completed
the digitization
part and is
at present embarking
on the indexing
process.
21. Sistem Permohonan
Pelekat dan Pendaftaran
Kenderaan Online
- Pejabat Keselamatan view
details...
Sistem
Permohonan Pelekat
dan Pendaftaran
Kenderaan Online
enables online
registration
and application
for car stickers
. It was initially
requested by
Pejabat Keselamatan
in early 2005.
It went into
operation in
July 2005 to
handle vehicle
registrations
systematically
for staff and
September 2005
for students.
To date, there
are approximately
5894 staff vehicles
and 2967 student
vehicles registered
in the system
The system was
upgraded upon
request from
Pejabat Keselamatan
in July 2006.
New feature
included was
additional function
to ease the
user record
updating process.
The
upgrading of
the Laman web
QAMU project
was started
in the year
2004. The project
includes development
of additional
modules such
as Dokumen SPK,
Semakan Dokumen
SPK, Audit,
Diari ,Minit
Mesyuarat, Auditor
Dalaman, visitor
statistic, Statistik
20 Dokumen SPK
Terlaris, E-Aduan,
E-Survey and
Reporting. 90%
of the development
processes have
been completed
in 2006 and
being tested.
23.
Sistem Portal Tamadun
Malaysia - Fakulti
Sastera dan Sains
Social (FSSS) view
details...
The
purpose of this
system is to
allow lecturers
from FSSS to
upload articles
and notes on
Malaysian Civilization
collaboratively.
The system will
enable the users
to access these
articles and
notes either
via internet
or intranet.
This
system is developed
to manage stocks
in PTj. The
development
of this project
started in January
2005 following
a request from
BPOP. Other
similar request
from other PTj
was then identified
to ensure enhancement
for bigger scope.
A more comprehensive
stock system
will enable
the administration
to track and
monitor usage
of whatever
in stock productively.
The modules
include Module
Alat tulis BPOP,
Module pakaian
seragam BPOP,
Module Alat
tulis PTj, Module
ICT PTM and
Module Unit
Stok JPPHB.The
BPOP module
(Module Alat
Tulis) had been
completed and
being tested
by BPOP.
C. Other Activities
in 2006
Other activities carried out
by members of the division in
2006 include :
