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Development of InfoVis software for digital forensics.
No full textIEEE International Conference on Computer Software and Applications Workshops (36th : July 16 - 21).Information Visualisation techniques are one
method that may be used to combat the growing complexity and data sizes associated with digital forensic investigations. This work outlines the processes, challenges, trials and tribulations of developing proof-of-concept forensic software designed to create interactive Information Visualisations from digital evidence sources
Are the financial transactions conducted inside virtual environments truly anonymous? An experimental research from an Australian perspective.
No full textThis paper examines the identity and payment method verification procedures implemented by a number of popular massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs) and online financial service providers (OFSPs) to determine if the systems they currently have in place are sufficient to uncover the identities of those who may wish to use such environments to conduct money laundering or terrorism financing activity. The paper also investigates whether the payment instruments or methods used by account holders to place funds into their account(s) hinder or assist investigators to expose the real-world identity of the account holder. The paper then discusses whether it is feasible and/or desirable to introduce know your customer (KYC) and customer due diligence (CDD) legislation into virtual environments and illustrates an effective KYC approach which may assist MMOGs and OFSPs to correctly identify their account holders, should legislation be put in place
Welcoming remarks by Prof. Tjama Tjivikua, Vice Chancellor, NUST, on the occasion of the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the NUST and the Namibia Training Authority, 13 November 2012, NUST Hotel School.
No full textMemorandum of understanding between the NUST and the Namibia Training Authority (NTA) (2012 Nov. 13 : NUST, Windhoek
Global supply chains, logistics clusters and economic growth: What could it mean to Caribbean territories?
No full textConference on the Economy (2012 Oct. 11-12 : Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
An integrated tool-support for small team meetings in organisations.
No full textTeams collaborate in different contexts within organisations to share information with its members in achieving their targets. Collaborations with face-to-face meetings are prevalent despite the emergence of numerous tools to support distributed team collaborations. However, the nature of tool-support for team collaborations in the last decade was focused on supporting distributed and web-mediated meetings. Furthermore the tools were either not designed to support all the processes within team collaboration or not readily adopted by users. Literature on developing an integrated tool-support that includes all the potential processes within a meeting, and learning lessons whilst designing tools to improve the state of their adoption is largely unexplored. This paper reports on a qualitative study that observed twenty team meetings from five organisations in South Australia and analysed the data using a grounded theory approach to generate stories on team activities. The stories were used to develop a tool-kit framework and lessons on providing a tool support for team meetings. The proposed framework consists of a list of potential hardware and software tools that could be introduced within a team meeting to support the team activities.Lessons were learned on the potential processes that would require tool support, participants’ requirements and how technology could be introduced to provide assistance in team meetings.The results from the study in comparisons with an earlier study on simulated meetings identified that it is possible to provide an integrated tool-support for team meetings whilst the framework is grounded on the activities within them. Given, the results were based only on passive observations of team meetings, the framework and lessons will be used as a foundationfor a follow-up study in generating conceptsto initiate focus group discussions with team members. Thus, the framework and the lessons be refined and are aimed to provide more insights for system designers in developing an integrated tool-support for team meetings
Logistics in Namibia: Issues and challenges.
No full textLogistics is important for Namibia’s growth and development but there is currently a lack of information about the industry despite it being addressed in the country’s Fourth National Development Plan and the subsequent “Policy Note” from the World Bank.
This article summarises the first phase of a research project that investigated Namibia’s logistics sector. The investigation was principally qualitative in nature and used semi-structured interviews which were analysed using data matrices as proposed by (Nadin & Cassell, 2004).
Key findings included universal agreement on the importance of logistics to Namibia, the variety of understanding of the term logistics and the strength of the continuing influence of South Africa. There were contrasting views on the main factors limiting development that included: infrastructure, attitude, government, customs, training, railways, corruption and driver shortage. The findings are discussed drawing conclusions on the state of Namibia’s logistics industry and making recommendations for further work
Logistics service providers and the transport geography of global supply chains.
No full textInternational Geographical Congress (2012).Trade liberalization, advances in transportation and development of new telecommunication technologies has enabled industrial shippers to expand their supply chains on a global stage. But the globalization context has often forced companies involved in local as well as global
competition to revise their production strategies. Thus, huge changes have been arising in production processes because the scale of production networks has changed considerably. Existing production networks have been extended geographically. Then today production systems are abounding with global strategies. These inter-organizational strategies asked serious questions of the logistics system and require more attention in order to control the supply chain. In fact, underestimating the management of supply chains increases the risk of undermining the global distribution network responsible for the physical movement of goods, information and finance. Transnational corporations tend either not to want to be responsible
for managing the supply chain, or not to have the resources to carry out the logistics of traffic flows in space and time. These two factors have encouraged the emergence of logistics service providers. They are used to supporting industrial shippers in the development of logistics solutions to facilitate the mobility of traffic flow within the globalized freight system that underpins global production networks. A case study of the logistics service provider APL Logistics is presented as an example of mobilizing the concept of transport geography
Financial sector development and economic growth nexus in South Africa.
No full textThe study investigated the nexus between financial sector development and economic growth in South Africa using co-integration and error correction modelling and; the Granger causality tests. The results of the
study show that economic growth is explained by the financial sector variables and control variables such as inflation, exchange rate, and real interest rates.
The Granger causality test results show that there is generally a bidirectional
relationship between economic growth and financial sector development which implies that if the economy grows the financial services sector also grows and vice versa
Investigating the challenges faced by SMEs in Namibia
No full textThe main objective of the study was to establish the critical factors undermining the operations of SMEs in Namibia. In carrying out this study, we relied upon the use of two incubation centres in Namibia, namely, the Soweto and Dr. Libertina Amadhila incubation centres as laboratory test grounds. Primary data were obtained mainly from the use of questionnaires. However, observations, verbal interviews, including face-to-face interviews were also used in some ways to complement the data that was obtained from the use of questionnaires. Secondary data used were obtained from textbooks, manuals, journals and publications by the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Bank of Namibia and the Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Major challenges facing SME‟s implicated by the findings of this study as undermining the smooth operations of SMEs in Namibia cut across finance, training, government regulations, crimes, infrastructures, markets as well as technology. On the some minor challenges hampering the full transition of SME into fully fledged formal business include poor infrastructure and lack of trust from the suppliers. The study concludes that in order for Namibia to realise the full potentials of its SMEs, a lot still needs to be done by the Namibian government, including the private entities