Internet and Technology

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Are you as amazed by Computer Technology as I am?  Everything from your smart phone to the GE PLC shows the progression of technological advancement over the previous decades.  For instance the GE Fanuc series of component parts is the latest in a long line up of Computer Technology component parts that demonstrate this great advance in technology.  So what can we expect in the future years in regard to even further computer advancement?  It’s very difficult to gauge what will happen in the upcoming years but I think that we can safely assume that technology will continue to move forward at a rapid rate.  We all know how amazing the advancements in Computer Technology of 10 over the previous 50 years.  For instance the concept of a personal computer would’ve been foreign to someone in the 1950s and yet is extremely common today.  So what can we expect than 50 years time that would be unimaginable today?  Will smart phones play an even larger role in our lives than they currently do?  I think that this is one area that we can definitely bank on as smart phones have become indispensable to those who use them.  I think that we can also safely assume that technology as a whole will play a larger part of people’s day to day lives in the future because suddenly the trend has been heading this way for the last few decades.  50 years ago if very few people came into contact with computers now almost everyone is in constant contact with them so this trend will likely continue.

 

Forbes’s annual list of the fastest-growing technology companies is made based on some major criteria. Firstly, these companies must have minimum sales of $ 25 million and a sales growth of at least 10% over the latest 12 months. Secondly, average earnings per share growth estimates in three to five years are in double-digit territory. Finally, they were ranked on their five-year annualized sales growth no less than 10%. 

 

First Solar

First Solar is a leading manufacturer of the thin film solar panels used to convert sunlight into electricity. It becomes the first company to own manufacturing costs below $ 1 per watt, which puts the price of solar energy in line with conventionally produced power.

First Solar was founded in 1999

 

Neutral Tandem

Chicago-based Neutral Tandem is a telecommunications company offering voice, data and video services. Its switches allow wireless, wired, cable and broadband providers to exchange traffic among their networks.

Most major wireless, cable and broadband carriers in the U.S. have done business with this firm

 

Riverbed Technology

Riverbed Technology company partly describes its role in the computer communications business with the motto “Think fast”. It can enhance the speed with which business customers can access data and applications across wide area networks (WANs) thank to its Steelhead-branded appliances and embedded Riverbed Optimization System (RiOS) software.

This firm also provide customers cloud computing for commercial enterprise and the government

 

Illumina

Developing and making equipments and software such as DNA sequencing and gene expression are major missions of Illumina. Scientists from pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, universities or government agencies use its equipment for disease research, medicine development and the development of clinical tests

 

Cavium Networks

Integrated semiconductor products with intelligent networking, communications, storage, video and security applications supplied by Cavium Networks can be seen in a variety of networking equipment, such as routers, switches and servers

 

ViroPharma

The pharmaceutical company ViroPharma develops and provides patients medicines for diseases with few treatment options. It now offers two major products Vanocin, an antibiotic used when other antibiotics have failed, and Cinryze, a treatment for the autosomal disease Hereditary Angioedema

 

Rackspace Hosting

Rackspace Hosting not only offers Web-hosting services to businesses of all sizes worldwide but also features divisions focusing on cloud computing and e-mail & apps

 

Salesforce.com

Salesforce.com, an enterprise cloud computing company focused on business software, is famous for its customer relationship management (known as CRM) products that help businesses manage and organize their relationships with customers and clients

 

Celgene

The biopharmaceutical company Celgene emphasizes the discovery and development of therapies for cancer and immunological diseases. One of its notable products is Thalomid used in the treatment of newly diagnosed multiple myeloma

 

SolarWinds

SolarWinds has concentrated on network, applications and storage management software, which helps customers download software to maintain and monitor their IT networks

 

 

Article by Brenda Williams

The technology of computer science and its development mirrors the growing number of newer fields and many sub disciplines. Generally computer science deals with anything that has to do with computers. However, due to the ultra fast, technical development and rapid growth within the last couple of decades, computer science today covers many more subjects than just computers. There are so many sub fields involved like, general computer science, media informatics, technical computer sciences, networking, internet and such like.

The diversified field of Computer technology or more specifically the core discipline of computer science also deals with the sub disciplines like theories of programming languages, artificial intelligence, communication technology, databases, soft-ware engineering and bioinformatics.

Computer Science and this technology are interlinked to every aspect of today’s modern life and really provide extended help in finding progressive solutions to everyday problems. It also fills the gaps in our knowledge. Access to information is quite easy due to the fact that internet a progeny of computer technology is providing vast and interactive services to the entire world. The world is in turn becoming a global village, the distances of communication among friends and family having been virtually eliminated. The internet provides web services of different sorts such as, social networking services, chatting services which give real time interaction to users and portals providing free lance business opportunities. Moreover with the help of modern day e-commerce facilities businesses are on an upward curve of success.

Users of internet can locate the web sites of interests in a number of easy ways.There is a variety of online content available in easy access to the common man; merchants, online banking opportunities, educational and government entities and companies listed with trade and organization names. They can also surf the net with the assistance of various web related search engines, which work magic just like genies!

Advances in the computer technology have made greater efficiencies on the hard ware side as well. Most modern day computers are now general purpose computers and they feature a high degree of programming flexibility.

As computing technology has shifted from a stand alone activity to conduct increasingly over networks, the way computers work has changed as well. Most computers used in business, and many used in the home, no longer operate in the old self contained fashion.

It seems that every one was caught by the speed how millions of people using internet started buying things online. This development posed important challenges and has implications for the technological framework of the internet.Where, there are so many diversities found in the computer technology, software development stands as an inherently functional enterprise. Software provides the instructions that enable a computer to perform the tasks to serve the user’s needs. Soft- wares can actually control anything from the relatively simple operation of a clock to the highly complex operation of an airplane.

In the end, it would suffice to say that the computer science is about exploring the limitations of us the humans and gaining knowledge about expanding our horizons.

1. Shell

Website: www.shell.com.my

Industry: Oil & Gas

An excellent company to work for, Shell provides you with a platform for trainings and knowledge, while at the same time providing you with opportunity for growth while climbing the technical and corporate ladder.

2.  Intel

Website: www.intel.com, www.intel.com/jobs/Malaysia

Industry: Manufacturing

Intel is the world’s largest chip maker, also a leading manufacturing of computer, networking and communications products. Intel currently has the largest plant of all manufacturing companies in Penang & Kulim industrial area.

3. DHL

Website: www.dhl.com.my

Industry: Logistics & Freight Forwarding

DHL’s international network links more than 220 countries and territories worldwide. Around 285,000 employees are dedicated to providing fast and reliable services that exceed customers’ expectations in 120,000 destinations in all continents.

4. Petronas

Website: www.petronas.com.my

Industry: Oil & Gas

PETRONAS is an integrated international oil and gas company with business interests in 31 countries. As at end of October 2005, the PETRONAS Group comprised 101wholly-owned subsidiaries, 19 partly-owned outfits and 57 associated companies.

5. McKinsey & Co

Website: www.mckinsey.com

Industry: Consulting

As one of the world’s biggest consulting firms with offices all across the globe, McKinsey helps many of the world’s leading organizations think about and improve their strategies, organizations and operations.

 

6.  Maxis

Website: www.maxis.com.my

Industry: Communications

As one of the largest communications giants in this country, Maxis will be a preferred platform for aspiring executives to be part of in the quest to reach their career heights. There are so many opportunities available as Maxis is expected to continue growing in terms of size and profits.

7.IBM

Website: www.ibm.com/my

Industry: System/Hardware

To date, IBM has played a major role in delivering solutions to the customers to help solve business problems. IBM’s key strengths are in people, skills and experience in IT and complex projects, and worldwide infrastructure of international offices and laboratories from which they can quickly assemble the best expertise required by the customers in Malaysia and worldwide.

8. Motorola

Website: www.motorola.com/my/

Industry: Manufacturing

First established in Malaysia in Penang (1974), Motorola today is a total solutions provider for wireless telecommunications and energy products. It is the first Motorola Asia-Pacific Regional Integrated Manufacturing, R&D and Distribution Center. Capabilities include design & development of two-way radio products, world-class manufacturing and distribution to global customers.

9. ExxonMobil

Website: www.exxonmobil.com.my

Industry: Oil & Gas

A merge between Esso and Mobil produced ExxonMobil which is now the biggest oil and gas company globally, covering upstream, downstream, technology and chemical activities.

10. Hewlett Packard

Industry: Hardware/multimedia

Website: www.hp.com.my

HP is a technology solutions provider to consumers, businesses and institutions globally. The company’s offerings span IT infrastructure, personal computing and access devices, global services and imaging and printing for consumers, enterprises and small and medium businesses.

11. CIMB

Industry: Investment

Website: www.cimb.com.my

CIMB is the largest, award winning investment bank in Southeast Asia. They offer a full range of integrated capital markets and advisory solutions tailored to a diverse client base, including large corporations, financial institutions, private individuals and institutional investors. Requires talented and hardworking people, but you’ll be well compensated. Min yearly bonus average more than 6 months, depending on your performance.  In 2004 claim a record bonus payout of 13 months!

12. Ernst & Young

Industry: Financial & tax services

 

Website: http://www.ey.com/global/content.nsf/Malaysia/Malaysia_Home_Page

In Malaysia, Ernst & Young is one of the largest professional services firms with more than 2,400 employees in 17 offices in West and East Malaysia. It was established in early 1900s and was one of the first internationally linked public accounting firms in the country.

13. Citibank

Industry: Banking

 

Website: www.citibank.com.my

Citibank is part of Citigroup, the world’s largest banking entity, with operation in more than 100 countries and having more than 200 million customers worldwide. Citibank also offers one of the most comprehensive trainings to their sales force.

14. Dell Asia Pacific

Industry: PC/Hardware

 

Website: www.dell.com.my

Dell is one-stop PC and notebook supplier with state of the art assembly operation in Penang, supported by a world-class standard of customer service operation. At the heart of Dell’s Asia Pacific operations is the Asia Pacific Customer Center (APCC) in Penang, Malaysia. The 238,000-square-foot manufacturing facility opened in October 1995 and in February 2001, Dell’s second Asia Pacific Customer Centre (APCC2) of 370,000-square-feet began operations. Desktops, workstations, notebooks,
servers and storage products are manufactured to order for customers throughout Asia Pacific.

15. Accenture

Industry: Consultancy

Website: http://www.accenture.com/Countries/Malaysia

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, with operation in 110 offices worldwide. Accenture collaborate with its clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments. Accenture mobilizes excellent qualified people having the right skills and technologies to help clients improve their performance.

16. PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC)

Industry: Financial & Tax services

 

Website: www.pwc.com/my

PWC provides industry-focused assurance, tax and advisory services to build public trust and enhance value for its clients and their stakeholders. Their Malaysia operation is supported by a strong 1700 workforce in 9 locations.

17. Toyota

Industry: Automotive

Website: www.toyota.com.my

Toyota Motor Corporation is one of the world’s leading automakers, offering full range of models. As of March 2004, Toyota employs 264,000 people worldwide, and market vehicles in more than 140 countries. Their diversified operations include telecommunications, prefabricated housing and leisure boats.

 

18. Nokia

Industry: Mobile communications

 

Website: www.nokia.com.my

A leading player in mobile communications in the Asia Pacific, Nokia first started operations in the region in the early 1980s. It has since established a leading brand presence in many local markets, and business has expanded considerably in all areas to support customer needs and the growth of the telecommunications industry in the region.

19. Bank Negara Malaysia

Industry: Banking

Website: www.bnm.gov.my

Bank Negara Malaysia is the central bank for Malaysia, established on 26 January 1959. The functions of the Bank are carried out within the context of the broader goals of promoting economic growth, a high level of employment, maintaining price stability and a reasonable balance in the country’s international payments position, eradicating poverty and restructuring society.

20. Western Digital

Industry: Manufacturing

Website: www.wdc.com

Winner of Best Employers in Asia awards, Western Digital is really an excellent organization to be in. You’ll get a chance to get a closer look on the manufacturing operation of enterprise drives, desktop, external and mobile drives.

21. Air Asia

Industry: Aviation

Website: www.airasia.com.my

Air Asia has a record history of being a debt-ridden company turned into a multibillion organization within a span of merely 3 years. Headed by one of Malaysia’s most successful businesspersons, Datuk Tony Fernandez, there’s a limitless chance for your career to reach this sky, as of their planes, once you’re part of this ever growing company.

22. LogicaCMG

Industry: IT outsourcing

 

Website: www.logicacmg.com/my

Currently the biggest IT outsourcing provider in Europe, LogicaCMG is continuing to make impact in Asia Pacific. It provides management and IT consultancy, systems integration and outsourcing services to clients across diverse markets including telecoms, financial services, energy and utilities, industry, distribution and transport and the public sector. Formed in December 2002, through the merger of Logica and CMG, the company employs around 20,000 staff in offices across 34 countries and has nearly 40 years of experience in IT services.

23. KPMG International

Industry: Financial Services

Website: http://www.kpmg.com

KPMG International is the global network of professional services firms providing audit, tax, and advisory services with industry focus. Its aim is to turn knowledge into value for the benefit of its clients, people, and the capital markets. With nearly 94,000 people worldwide, KPMG member firms provide audit, tax, and advisory services from 717 cities in 148 countries.

24. Oracle Corporation

Industry: Software/system

Website: www.oracle.com

For nearly three decades, Oracle, the world’s largest enterprise software company, has provided the software and services that let organizations get the most up-to-date and accurate information from their business systems.

25. Federal Express (FedEx)

Industry: Logistic & freight forwarding

Website: www.fedex.com/my

Federal Express, part of transportation powerhouse FedEx Corporation connects areas that generate 90 per cent of the world’s gross domestic product in 24 to 48 hours with door-to-door, customs-cleared service and a money-back guarantee. The company’s unmatched air route authorities and infrastructure make it the world’s largest express transportation company,
providing fast, reliable and time-definite transportation of more than 3.2 million items in 220 countries each working day. FedEx has more than 138,000 employees, 50,000 drop-off locations, 671 aircraft and 41,000 vehicles in its integrated global network.

26. Deloitte Malaysia

Industry: Financial & tax services

Website: www.deloitte.com

Deloitte Malaysia is among the nation’s leading professional services firms, providing audit, tax, consulting, and financial advisory services through nearly 1,100 people in 8 offices throughout the nation. Having built a strong presence with a portfolio of clients spanning a variety of industries, Deloitte Malaysia has a proven record in providing services to some of the world’s largest multi-nationals as well as local enterprises, financial institutions, government bodies, public and newly privatized organisations.

27. Ericsson

Industry: Mobile communications

 

Website: www.ericsson.com/my

Ericsson is the leading telecom supplier in the world. In the Asia Pacific region, Ericsson has over 30 percent market share in mobile communications infrastructure. Ericsson’s net sales in the region for Q3 2005 accounts for 22% of Ericsson’s global sales.Ericsson has a strong presence in Asia Pacific, with 16 operating entities grouped into five market units: Australia & New Zealand, China, India & Sri Lanka, North East Asia (Japan, Korea, Taiwan), and South East Asia (Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos  and Brunei).

28. Samsung

Industry: Electronics

Website: www.samsung.com

In this region, Malaysia plays a key role in SAMSUNG’s strategy as both a manufacturing export base as well as a market for high-value technology products. They currently employ a total of 2200 employees in Malaysia. SAMSUNG Electronics offices in Malaysia consist of 1 subsidiary office and 2 manufacturing facilities. In recent years, SAMSUNG has evolved as a major
consumer technology brand. We consistently clinch top 3 positions across South-East Asia for televisions, monitors/LCD monitors, side-by-side refrigerators, washing machines and DVD players.

 

29. Sony Malaysia

Industry: Manufacturing/electronic

Website: www.sony.com.my

Sony has helped developed discerning Malaysians who have come to expect quality, integrity and reliability in audio/visual equipment. Sony’s cutting-edge technology brings sights and sounds, expectations and experiences into the home as well as the office.

30. Berjaya Corporation

Industry: Various

Website: www.berjaya.com.my

Berjaya Corporation is a major Malaysian conglomerate with annual revenue in excess of RM2.93 billion. Through a series of acquisitions, organic growth and the entrepreneurial leadership of Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Vincent Tan, Berjaya Corporation today has a total employee strength of over 17,000, and is engaged in the various core activities including property development, vacation & resorts, education, food & beverages, investment holdings and others.

TITLE:

COMPUTER FOR THE BLIND IN IRANAND ITS ROLE IN JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM.

Author:

Aliasghar Assadi

INTRODUCTION:

History Of Using Computers Between The Blind In Iran.

The more time passes, the more we are involved within a computerized society and everyone either becomes interested or is made learn technology to become or remain up to date.

And the blind as an inseparable part of the global society cannot be as an exception to this rule.

In Iran, the campaign urging the blind to learn computer is rather a young movement and it almost started in the late 90’s.

The first time a company namely Pactus started making accessible hardwares/softwares for the blind.

Their products consisted of applications working under DOS operating system and special Perkins-like keyboards and Braille viewers.

Since their products were very very expensive, we don’t know any blind person that could have purchased them unless using complex methods of being benefited from subsidies.

As a result, the only method the blind could see their products was to attend rehabilitation

centers using Pactus softwares and hardwares purchased using governmental aids.

Their software package was something that we can call it almost a Persian version of Office

package include a library for the blind to study hundreds of books on the Braille viewers,

editor for creating documents and printing them, bidirectional dictionary (English-Persian and vice versa), and a simple version of Chess game.

They have tried to update this package step by step and now it works under windows XP with more achievements.

From the very beginning, the most popular of their products was the keyboard braille giving the blind user to type Persian characters as if they were using Perkins Braillers.

Especially they were welcomed in public schools for the blind like where I work.

their softwares were self-speech using recorded audio files making their application database considerably large.

And they enabled the blind to do basics of computer works.

In early 2001 the blind knew Jaws for Windows as the best screen reader and consequently they became very seriously familiar with computers.

Mahna as an NGO for the blind and the deaf, was the first NGO that began computer training and workshops for the blind in Tehran.

They taught the first generation of blind computer users that undoubtedly were and still are the most successful generation of computer users in Tehran.

Saf (Science and Art Federation) played the same role in Isfahan, another Iranian city but they were more facilitated than Mahna since they vastly used subsidies as a governmental organization and they are still getting ahead in their way.

they developed their projects to other cities including Tehran and they recorded the first audio books for the blind in Iran as self-education of computer technology.

In fact, the first generation of computer users either in Tehran or Isfahan led the training process of the blind computer users and even this has become a serious job opportunity for them.

the computer education has been followed by other organizations and now it is seriously followed in public schools, too.

The basis of this education is upon softwares and Braille Viewers are not general at al.

Instead, the most used-hardware are embossers.

They are used simply by NGOs or rehabilitation centers to afford the daily-increasing requests from the blind students to emboss their documents specially for academic uses.

Now the Iranian blind people specially those familiar with foreign languages seek new doors for their education and knowledge enrichment by finding new friends abroad.

They try to learn new languages, take online courses and so on even if very limitedly.

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      Work Experience For The Blind Using Computers:

The first open door for blind advanced computer users was to become computer teachers but this vision is rapidly developing.

low-vision users have found job opportunities as typists or clerks using magnification

softwares like Zoom-text or Magic.

In very rare cases, the blind could make temporary income in repairing computers for other blind people or even for sighted people.

And some others are working as translators that undoubtedly this job has become possible simply when computers entered their lives.

They work at home or offices.

In any manner, these job opportunities are very limited and still don’t make a remarkable percentage of occupied blind persons.

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      problems the Iranian blind confront in using computers:

When we talk about computers in Latin-based languages like English or Spanish, since the operating systems including Windows know them rapidly and since the assistive technologies including TTS, OCR, and screen reader softwares and so forth are available from different brands for the blind speaking such languages, this is not a serious issue to talk about such softwares but the issue is making progress in the quality of such softwares.

But for Farsi, the language of Iran, the subject is different and it is availability of such softwares. Up to now, there is no acceptable, high-quality Farsi TTS or OCR.

So what?

Pactus was the first company claimed making a TTS for Farsi working with Jaws.

While their software was almost 550 dollars, it crashed many times.

Another company working on this project is “AIR Soft” and they produced the first Farsi TTS that was so cheap that everyone could buy it.

Their first software has many many bugs that some could be prevented and some others need a lot of work since they refer to the specifications of Farsi language.

The problem of making a Farsi TTS is that contrary to Latin languages like English, the vowel sounds are not written in Persian and the font system is not a standard national one.

So what can be done?

some believe that we may use a big database of recorded words that is not wisely since it will be quite slow, almost will cause crash and slow down the webpage reading process for the blind. So the best way is using the phonemes of Farsi like designing TTSs for other languages.

Farsi has at most 190 phonemes that can be recorded to make a TTS using a synthesized voice that can be very similar to human voice.

the most innovative idea in my opinion is what the manager of a new computer company once told me and it is giving the software artificial intelligence and training it to recognize the Farsi grammar.

This way the software will recognize the pronunciation of a word while it can be pronounced in 2-5 forms depending on the position it has in a sentence.

Another technology that can help the blind specially to convert the printed materials in to text or even audio files is OCR (Optical Character Recognition).

This normal technology for the West is a wish in Iran too.

Depending on Farsi specifications this one is somehow complex to be made too.

The non-standard fonts used in many cases and the right-to-left writing style of Farsi

in addition to the format of its alphabet that makes its recognition for OCT softwares very

hard, are the main issues in developing such a software in Farsi.

Another issue is accessibility and up to now there is no rule to make the software producers make their products accessible for people with disabilities.

Lack of such softwares in addition to the high prices of available products in the Iranian market is another serious issue.

A new legislation has been ratified in the parliament to support disability rights but technological needs have been ignored in this case.

Once Pactus was the only company working on assistive technology and as a result, the price was high and illogical but the new companies are entering the market and making a balance in prices.

Besides, the government must support the blind in this case since it is almost natural to see such softwares in high prices since a basic factor in reducing the price is the number of users of a software that naturally is limited in the visually impaired people market.

One movement might be campaigns to urge the government to consider blind needs seriously and to consult them while making blind-related decisions in general.

Pursuing such a purpose made the blind sign an open-letter written for Iran’s president to order a Farsi TTS and OCR to those companies working in this field for many years.

We have tried to convince the government that having a Farsi TTS and OCR doesn’t mean necessarily to invest for the blind community but for all the society including the economic sections that such technologies would enormously reduce the time spent for recording audio files for talking systems or archiving the hand-written materials as digital archives.

Another solution for the blind can be a vast comprehensive outline to teach them programming so that they can both localize softwares and create new ones suitable for their mother tongue.

One of the movements in this case has been classes in Mahna held once to teach principles of programming and also hardware basics but they were cancelled due to financial issues of this NGO.

Another thing is the efforts a group of volunteer blind people made to hold the first computer conference with an outlook to blind perspective as a national conference and the second one as an international conference that both were quite successful.

Anyway, the computer movement for the blind is still young but very active.

So we must wait to see the results in coming days.