Developing SOA wrappers for communication purposes in rural areas
- Authors: Samalenge, Jimmy
- Date: 2010
- Subjects: Computer network architectures , Computer architecture , Computer software -- Specifications , Rural development projects -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Web services , System design , Technological innovations -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc (Computer Science)
- Identifier: vital:11386 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/320 , Computer network architectures , Computer architecture , Computer software -- Specifications , Rural development projects -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Web services , System design , Technological innovations -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Description: The introduction of Web Services as a platform upon which applications can communicate has contributed a great deal towards the expansion of World Wide Web technologies. The Internet and computing technologies have been some of the factors that have contributed to the socio-economic improvement of urban and industrial areas. This research focuses on the application of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Web Services technologies in Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) contexts. SOA is a style used to design distributed systems, and Web Services are some of the common realizations of the SOA. Web Services allow the exchange of data between two or more machines in a simple and standardized manner over the network. This has resulted in the augmentation of ways in which individuals in a society and in the world communicate. This research aims to develop a SOA-based system with services that are implemented as Web Services. The system is intended to support communication activities of Dwesa community members. The communication methods identified as the most commonly used in the Dwesa community are Short Message Services (SMSs) and voice calls. In this research we have identified further methods (i.e. Multimedia Message Service, Electronic mail and Instant Messaging) to augment communication activities in Dwesa. The developed system, therefore, exposes SMS Web Service, MMS Web Service, Email Web Service and IM Web Service that are consumed in machine-to-machine, machine-to-person and person-to-person types of communication. We have also implemented a one-stop communication shop, through a web portal which provides interfaces to the different communication modules. Elaborate functional and usability testing have also been undertaken to establish the viability and end-user acceptance of the system respectively. This research has provided the initial validation of the effectiveness of the SOA-based system in ICT4D contexts
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- Date Issued: 2010
- Authors: Samalenge, Jimmy
- Date: 2010
- Subjects: Computer network architectures , Computer architecture , Computer software -- Specifications , Rural development projects -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Web services , System design , Technological innovations -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc (Computer Science)
- Identifier: vital:11386 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/320 , Computer network architectures , Computer architecture , Computer software -- Specifications , Rural development projects -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Web services , System design , Technological innovations -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Description: The introduction of Web Services as a platform upon which applications can communicate has contributed a great deal towards the expansion of World Wide Web technologies. The Internet and computing technologies have been some of the factors that have contributed to the socio-economic improvement of urban and industrial areas. This research focuses on the application of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Web Services technologies in Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) contexts. SOA is a style used to design distributed systems, and Web Services are some of the common realizations of the SOA. Web Services allow the exchange of data between two or more machines in a simple and standardized manner over the network. This has resulted in the augmentation of ways in which individuals in a society and in the world communicate. This research aims to develop a SOA-based system with services that are implemented as Web Services. The system is intended to support communication activities of Dwesa community members. The communication methods identified as the most commonly used in the Dwesa community are Short Message Services (SMSs) and voice calls. In this research we have identified further methods (i.e. Multimedia Message Service, Electronic mail and Instant Messaging) to augment communication activities in Dwesa. The developed system, therefore, exposes SMS Web Service, MMS Web Service, Email Web Service and IM Web Service that are consumed in machine-to-machine, machine-to-person and person-to-person types of communication. We have also implemented a one-stop communication shop, through a web portal which provides interfaces to the different communication modules. Elaborate functional and usability testing have also been undertaken to establish the viability and end-user acceptance of the system respectively. This research has provided the initial validation of the effectiveness of the SOA-based system in ICT4D contexts
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- Date Issued: 2010
Technology solutions to strengthen the integration of marginalized communities into the global knowledge society
- Hlungulu, Bulumko, Kunjuzwa, Dumani, Ndlovu, Nyankiso, Samalenge, Jimmy, Sikhumbuzo, Ngwenya, Thinyane, Mamello, Terzoli, Alfredo
- Authors: Hlungulu, Bulumko , Kunjuzwa, Dumani , Ndlovu, Nyankiso , Samalenge, Jimmy , Sikhumbuzo, Ngwenya , Thinyane, Mamello , Terzoli, Alfredo
- Date: 2010
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/430769 , vital:72714 , https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/5753005
- Description: Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has made it possible to explore novel and innovative mechanisms to leap-frog socio-economic development in rural and marginalized communities. An ICT for development intervention called Siyakhula Living Lab (SLL) has been underway in Dwesa, a rural community in the Eastern Cape Prov-ince, for the past four years. The living lab methodology, which enables user-driven innovation within a multi-stakeholder relationship of aca-demia, user communities, government and private industry, has facili-tated greater integration of the Dwesa community into the digital ecolo-gy and subsequently the knowledge society. This paper introduces the SLL intervention, discusses the SLL's supporting technical infrastruc-ture and the interventions that are undertaken towards long-term sus-tainability of the project. The developed eServices are also discussed, with a view to highlighting the key characteristics that contribute to in-creased context-sensitivity, ownership, and buy-in from the community.
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- Date Issued: 2010
- Authors: Hlungulu, Bulumko , Kunjuzwa, Dumani , Ndlovu, Nyankiso , Samalenge, Jimmy , Sikhumbuzo, Ngwenya , Thinyane, Mamello , Terzoli, Alfredo
- Date: 2010
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/430769 , vital:72714 , https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/5753005
- Description: Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has made it possible to explore novel and innovative mechanisms to leap-frog socio-economic development in rural and marginalized communities. An ICT for development intervention called Siyakhula Living Lab (SLL) has been underway in Dwesa, a rural community in the Eastern Cape Prov-ince, for the past four years. The living lab methodology, which enables user-driven innovation within a multi-stakeholder relationship of aca-demia, user communities, government and private industry, has facili-tated greater integration of the Dwesa community into the digital ecolo-gy and subsequently the knowledge society. This paper introduces the SLL intervention, discusses the SLL's supporting technical infrastruc-ture and the interventions that are undertaken towards long-term sus-tainability of the project. The developed eServices are also discussed, with a view to highlighting the key characteristics that contribute to in-creased context-sensitivity, ownership, and buy-in from the community.
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- Date Issued: 2010
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