Mohd Adam Suhaimi

Information systems outsourcing: Motivations and the implementation strategy in a Malaysian bank

Purpose – This paper aims to aid in understanding the motivations for information system (IS) outsourcing decision and its initial implementation at one of the top commercial banks in Malaysia. The scope of the study includes the motivating factors, the implementation strategy and managing the change process.Design/methodology/approach – The study adopts a case study approach where 40 interviews were conducted among the staff, covering the management as well as non‐management group.Findings – The findings of the study indicate that the motivating factors are the focus on core competencies, turning non‐profit activities into profit‐generating activities, and cost reduction. The implementation strategy involves the setting up of a two‐tier relationship between the bank and the service provider. The challenges involved in the transition phase include managing the partnership and handling the staff transition and morale.Research limitations/implications – To some extent, there may be some subjectivity involve...

Exploring factors that influence Muslim intention to purchase online

This paper focuses on the factors that influence Muslim intention to purchase online. There are mounting concerns among Muslims regarding online transaction from technological and Shariah perspectives which require researchers to examine. Discussion on the intention to purchase in e-commerce environment can be largely found in the literature; yet, it scarcely looks from the Islamic perspective. Library research is employed to search for information on essential factors underpinning intention to purchase online in e-commerce setting. Review of existing literature sheds light on some conditions related to aspect that influence intention to purchace online such as: Shariah compliant, trust, integrity, competence, benevolence, web quality, third party assurance, trustors propensity, religious commitment, trustworthiness and perceived risk. Investigating these factors will rationalize the concern of Muslim buyers online.

Information and Communication Technology Workforce Employability in Malaysia.

Purpose – The purposes of the study are to understand ICT workforce employability in Malaysia, to identify the causes that influence the growth of skill gaps in the ICT workforce, and to determine ways to reduce these gaps.Design/methodology/approach – The methodology of the study comprised project reports and a literature review.Findings – The findings show that not only Malaysia but also Australia and India are facing the challenges of demand‐supply gap as regards a quality ICT‐related workforce. The study also indicates that these countries do have similar obstacles and issues of sufficiently trained and experienced ICT graduates.Practical implications – This study suggests that in the light of the skills demanded by industries and organizations, ICT workers could be trained through an updated course curriculum in line with the needs of industry.Originality/value – The employability of the workforce in general has been discussed in many papers. This paper specifically discusses employability issues of ...

Acceptance and use of technology evaluation on insurance data processing system (Care Tech): A case study on insurance company in Indonesia

Insurance data processing system used by PT. Asuransi Takaful Umum is a system Care Tech. Care Tech System is a system designed for general data processing such as vehicle insurance, fire, property, and others with a web-based base that can be accessed online. During implemented since October 2013, Care Tech system has not been evaluated in terms of user acceptance. The purpose of this study was to determine the factors that influence user acceptance Care Tech system and also provide recommendations to the company PT. Asuransi Takaful Umum which can be used as a decision-making for the development of the next system. This study uses a model to evaluate the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT). Variables used in this research that performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, facilitating conditions and behavioral intention. Tests conducted variables include validity, reliability, normality test, multicollinearity, heteroscedasticity test and multiple linear regression tests using the tools of IBM SPSS version 22 and Ms. Excel 2007. The results of this study showed that the variables of performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence significant effect on the dependent variable is behavioral intention. While variable conditions facilitating no significant effect on the dependent variable behavioral intention.

Risks and harm on the internet among the teenagers in Bangladesh

Teenagers nowadays cannot survive socially without internet. This justifies a study on the factors that help to reduce risk and harm on the internet for the teenagers. The World Wide Web (WWW) should be able to bring them together and provide easy access to information. This will result with a new generation of teenagers having quality lives and more knowledgeable. Unfortunately, this may not be the case. A severe increase in child abuse is happening through online in Bangladesh. In response to this problem, this research intends to investigate the reasons behind this and search for several options to overcome the risk and harm on the internet among the teenagers in Bangladesh.

Pattern matching algorithm for artificial to natural DNA codes of a dementia brain

Natural to natural DNA sequencing has achieved high degree of accuracies in existing visualization and alignment techniques. This dementia brain research on animals used motif matching techniques in the natural to computer generated artificial DNA sequencing. The natural DNA sequence of dementia brain in a rat was extracted and visualized at the DNA analytical laboratory. The artificial DNA sequences are generated by a dementia-brain software at the brain-computing laboratory. The use of DNA thumbprint motif pattern matching showed significant levels of fitness in the natural-to-artificial as in the natural-to-natural DNA sequencing. The matching between the laboratory extracted DNA and the computer generated DNA will enhance the use of brain-computing in predicting neural degradation such as dementia.