International Journal of Managing Information Technology (IJMIT)

Dhishan Dhammearatchi Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology Computing (Pvt) Ltd  ABSTRACT  Network Forensics is fairly a new area of research which would be used after an intrusion in various organizations ranging from small, mid-size private companies and government corporations to the defence secretariat of a country. At the point of an investigation valuable information may be mishandled which leads to difficulties in the examination and time wastage. Additionally the intruder could obliterate tracks such as intrusion entry, vulnerabilities used in an entry, destruction caused, and most importantly the identity of the intruder. The aim of this research was to map the correlation between network security and network forensic mechanisms. There are three sub research questions that had been studied. Those have identified Network Security issues, Network Forensic investigations used in an incident, and the use of network forensics mechanisms to eliminate netwo...

Ashwaq AlQashami and Heba Mohammad Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud University, College of Computer and Information Sciences, Information Systems Department, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia  ABSTRACT  Nowadays, Information Technology (IT) plays an important role in efficiency and effectiveness of the organizational performance. As an IT application, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems is considered one of the most important IT applications because it enables the organizations to connect and interact with its administrative units in order to manage data and organize internal procedures. Many institutions use ERP systems, most notably Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). However, many projects fail or exceed scheduling and budget constraints; the rate of failure in HEIs sector is higher than in other sectors. With HEIs’ recent movement to implement ERP systems and the lack of research studies examining successful implementation in HEIs, this paper provides a critical literature ...

ABSTRACT Internet banking has the potential to provide fast and reliable services to customers for which they are relatively happy. Due to the technological changes taking place all over the world, many institutions, including the banking sector have taken giant steps to move in tandem with these changes. In this light most banks, with GCB Bank, Ghana, not being an exception have introduced electronic banking in order to decongest the banking halls of customers who spend time unending in order to transact business. The purpose of this research was to assess the Contribution of Electronic Banking to Customer Satisfaction at GCB Bank-Koforidua, to this end some objectives were set for the study. These were: To assess the availability of electronic banking facilities at GCB Bank, Koforidua. To assess the knowledge and patronage of internet banking services by customers, to examine the effectiveness of the usage of electronic banking facilities, to examine the problem facing an inte...

Kazeem Oluwakemi OSENI1 , Dr. Kate DINGLEY2 , Dr. Penny HART3 , Ayoade Iyabode ADEWOLE4 and Oluwakayode Abayomi DAWODU5 1,2,3School of Computing, University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom 4Department of Mathematics, Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, Nigeria 5Department of Computer Science, Michael Otedola College of Primary Education, Noforija, Epe, Nigeria ABSTRACT Developing countries lacking technology infrastructures experience most disasters such as tsunami, hurricane Katrina, earthquakes. Even though, many lives are saved in developed countries through the use of high-level or sophisticated technology, only the technology that is easy to use, inexpensive, durable and field-tested should be introduced and used during the relief operation. The effect of climate change and rapid population growth are probably exposed people inhabiting areas to substantial environmental risks. The authors highlight and identify current practices, particularities, and challenges i...

Ayman N. Alkhaldi Management Information systems Department, Community College, University of Hail, Hail province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ABSTRACT This study explores the adoption of mobile banking practices in Saudi Arabia. It focuses on the existence of sufficient infrastructure, and the possible challenges that m-banking services may face. Also, discovers the potential opportunities in the country. A sample of banks in Saudi Arabia was surveyed via questionnaire, with a particular focus on the staff in the related IT departments. The findings demonstrate that although m-banking is believed to be important, there is a general lack of awareness, and it is still not widely accepted by the public. M-banking services provided should be easier to use and offer more security to its users. Furthermore, findings reveal that cooperation among the concerned parties is currently not extensive. From this, the researcher recommends that governing regulations and policies should be pro...

Ehab J.Adwan1 and Ali Al-Soufi2 1&2Department of Information Systems, University of Bahrain, Kingdom of Bahrain  ABSTRACT  A growing awareness in the construction industry has emerged to pay a sharp attention to ICT as a catalyst that would mitigate the deficiencies characterized by this industry. In comparison with other cited review articles, this paper is aimed to 1) compile the research published on “ICT Technologies” in correspondence to “Construction Tasks” in the construction industry over the past two decades (1996- 2016), 2) demonstrate the trends and patterns in the use of different types of ICT Technologies 3) discuss the correspondence of the identified ICT Technologies to the identified Construction Tasks and 4) exhibit the construction needs of ICT. By the employment of a five phases profiling methodology, a set of 68 out of 202 articles and papers indexed by Elsevier’s Scopus database was considered relevant for the current review paper. This rese...

Lars Aagaard-Kirkeby MSc. In It, learning and organizational change. Aalborg University CPH. Denmark. Ph.D.-stud. in spe. DTU (Technical University of Denmark) Lars Aagaard-Kirkeby.  ABSTRACT  Auto socialization Theory[1][2]is a socialization theory, introduced by Swedish Social Psychology Professor Emeritus Lars Dencik, Roskilde University Center (RUC) on how humans socialize, attempting to be a part of a group by using a taxonomy in three stages. Even though the theory is based on socialization amongst minors, the adult human uses Auto socialization to navigate everyday life in all its aspects of interaction, including communications, collaborations through online platforms. By focusing on the Auto socialization aspect in an online context, it is possible to explain why online platforms e.g. Facebook, World of Warcraft are so successful in maintaining and increasing the numbers of stabile audience and why other platforms, offering learning on a massive scale, (MOOC...

Xue-ying Liu, Jian-sheng Yang, Xiao-yan Fei and Ze-jun Tao College of Science, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China  ABSTRACT  This paper provides the optimal investment strategy for the Goodgrant Foundation. To determine the schools to be invested, firstly we find the factors about improving students’ educational performance, including urgency of student’s needs, school’s demonstrate potential for effective use of private funding, the reputation of school, and return on investment etc; secondly, we utilize AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process) to determine the weight of every factor and rank the schools in the list of candidate schools according to the composite index of every school calculated from the weight. To confirm the investment per school and obtains the investment duration time, we use DEA (Data Envelope Analyse) to get changes of scale efficiency; and then according to the change trend, we determine time duration of investment and effective utilization...

Heba Mohammad and Hatem Tamimi Higher College of Technology, Computer Information Science Division, Abu Dhabi, UAE  ABSTRACT  Higher education institutions are adopting innovative solutions and tools to enhance their educational outcomes and attract more learners. Social network websites (SNSs) are example about such technologies, which attracted the attention of instructors as well as students. This research aims to understand the students’ perceptions regarding using Social networking websites within their learning process. Also, to understand if student gender and nationality has influence on using SNSs. Data had been collected using an electronic questionnaire distributed among undergraduate students of two well-known universities’; Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University which is located in Riyadh-Saudi Arabia and the second one is University of Jordan which is located in Amman-Jordan. Statistical analysis had been applied to the collected data. The results sh...