ISARS in SSM (E-Info System)

What is an ISARS actually ? does anyone knows ? haaa... here's an explanation for this part...

An information storage and retrieval system (ISRS) is a network with a built-in user interface that facilitates the creation, searching, and modification of stored data. An ISRS is typically a peer-to-peer (P2P) network operated and maintained by private individuals or independent organizations, but accessible to the general public. Some, but not all, ISRSs can be accessed from the Internet. (The largest ISRS in the world is the Internet itself.) 

CCM (Suruhanjaya Syarikat Malaysia)

The Companies Commission of Malaysia (Suruhanjaya Syarikat Malaysia or SSM) is a statutory body which regulates companies and businesses. SSM, which came into operation on 16 April 2002, is a statutory body formed as a result of a merger between the Registrar of Companies (ROC) and the Registrar of Businesses (ROB) in Malaysia.The main activity of CCM is to serve as an agency to incorporate companies and register businesses as well as to provide company and business information to the public. As the leading authority for the improvement of corporate governance, SSM fulfils its function to ensure compliance with business registration and corporate legislation through comprehensive enforcement and monitoring activities to sustain positive developments in the corporate and business sectors of the Nation. The head quarters of CCM is on Kuala Lumpur  and have a branch around Malaysia.

 SSM is responsible for the administration and enforcement of the following legislation:

                                i.            Companies Act 1965 (Act 125);

                              ii.            Registration of Businesses Act 1956 (Act 197);

                            iii.            Trust Companies Act 1949 (Act 100);

                            iv.            Kootu Funds (Prohibition) Act 1971 (Act 28);

                              v.            Any subsidiary legislation made under the Acts specified above such as:

                            vi.            Companies Regulations 1966; and

                          vii.            Registration of Businesses Rules 1957

In CCM's website there is an ISARS, which is the e-Info System .

e-Info

Purposes and functions of the IRS

·         To provide search and purchase of company and business information online.

·         To enables stakeholders and members of the public to access and procure corporate information online 24/7.

e- Info is an internet based service to provide search and purchase of company and business information online. Which are the alternatives to "over-the-counter" transactions. Accessible to everybody, with internet connectivity as well as appropriate medium of payment. Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by accessing www.ssm.com.my or www.ssm-einfo.my. The Products and services currently available under SSM e-Info Services are as follows:

• Company Profile (ROC)
• Business Profile (ROB)
• Company Charges
• Financial Comparisons
• e-Info Image
• Business Termination Letter
• Company Watch

E-Info Menu

With the establishment of this e-Info system it has become much easier for people who are looking to get the information right away, 

SSM acts to ensure strong and dynamic growth of the country’s corporate and business sectors. The creation of e-Info, part of SSM’s effort to “electronize” its high demand services and to support the Government’s call for greater service efficiency and higher accessibility, has helped thousands of those who wish to seek information about companies and businesses in Malaysia. With the existence of e-info, the users just go to www.ssm.com.my and purchase the information they need with either Visa or MasterCard at only RM15 per buy and they can even do it with their laptop at home after dinner. As conclusion, the “electronization” of SSM’s information purchase channel was just the beginning of a series of e-improvements to avail its services to the public 24/7, anywhere in the world. With effective enforcement, users will be able to educate the corporate and business sector to comply with existing legislations and enhance good corporate governance.

What is RFID system?

Based on wikipedia definition, RFID system means Radio-frequency identification (RFID) is the use of a wireless non-contact system that uses radio-frequency electromagnetic fields to transfer data from a tag attached to an object, for the purposes of automatic identification and tracking. Some tags require no battery and are powered by the electromagnetic fields used to read them. Others use a local power source and emit radio waves (electromagnetic radiation at radio frequencies). The tag contains electronically stored information which can be read from up to several meters (yards) away. Unlike a bar code, the tag does not need to be within line of sight of the reader and may be embedded in the tracked object.


RFID tags are used in many industries. An RFID tag attached to an automobile during production can be used to track its progress through the assembly line. Pharmaceuticals can be tracked through warehouses. Livestock and pets may have tags injected, allowing positive identification of the animal. RFID identity cards can give employees access to locked areas of a building, and RF transponders mounted in automobiles can be used to bill motorists for access to toll roads or parking.


Since RFID tags can be attached to clothing, possessions, or even implanted within people, the possibility of reading personally-linked information without consent has raised privacy concerns.



Example of RFID:

My previous experience

My previous company actually started to adopt RFID system in their company. RFID system actually can give lot of benefit through this implementation of this system. It can reduce the time and money. The work process actually can be more efficient compare to doing the manual system.


My group project also discussion about this system. For me itself, this system actually should be implement to SME's company since this system will incurred more cost. But it only effect for short term period. We can see the effectiveness this system through the implementation RFID system in work process. Mostly company use RFID system to track the inventory in and out. The company can identify which product was come and out. Other than that, in also can track the sell of the product. So, when the auditor want to audit the current product for the company, they can easily detect if there are having problem in inventory and management or not.

Hard Disk Failure & Troubleshooting

Hard drive failures are a fact of life that's why there are RAID arrays, backup systems and an entire infrastructure designed to prevent data loss and minimize the impact to an organization when drives stop working. But that doesn't mean you can't do anything to minimize hard drive failure. Google's landmark research document, "Failure Trends in a Large Disk Drive Population," published in 2007, provided a huge amount of information about consumer-grade SATA and PATA drives used in the company's servers. Much of this remains relevant when formulating disk drive failure reduction strategies today

Today hard drive failure which are also referred to as hard drive crash or hard disk crash is a number one cause of data loss and biggest computer problem one can face. It occurs when you cannot access the information on your hard drive because it is not functioning properly any longer for some reason, while your computer is correctly configured. There are 2 types of hard drive failure: logical and physical.

In case of logical failure, you cannot access your data because data structure on the disk is damaged. It can happen as a result of an accidental deletion of important system files, partitions/volumes, accidental hard drive formatting or deletion of hard drive, application conflicts, operating system corruption or virus attack) But the mechanically the hard drive is intact and working properly. Often, the drive still gets recognized by the BIOS, but would not boot. In this case, quality hard drive recovery software can resolve the problem.

For the physical hard drive failure meanwhile, if you’ve had a mechanical or electrical hard drive failure, recovery software won’t help. Only data / file recovery experts can retrieve back the information and even repair the hard drive. However, for all cases of data loss there are certain actions you should avoid to maximize chances of data file recovery. Physical hard drive failure is unavoidable, sooner or later. As a rule, hard drives either crash at the beginning of their life or may last for years. However, mechanical hard drive failure is something you can expect at any moment, especially if the warranty period is over. Also, there are typical warning signs that inform you with a high degree of probability about the upcoming hard drive failure. They require immediate reaction.

1.0              Hard Disk Failure Symptom

Clicking Hard Drive

A clicking hard drive can indicate a head crash, corrupt firmware on the drive's ROM chip, an electrical problem like a burned chip, blown heads, a bad pcb controller, overwritten servo's, damage to the hard drive's platters and alignment issues from being dropped, jarred or a power surge.

System Blue Screens

When your system blue screens when you try to boot or during the middle of an operation, it can mean the operating system has been damaged, there may be bad sectors on your hard drive that the system is unable to read, your hard drive could be failing, you might have a virus or trojan, someone may have deleted critical dll's or system files, the partition or file structure may have become corrupted or damaged.

Drive Not Formatted

A drive not formatted error usually indicates the hard drive's partition has been damaged, deleted or corrupted. It can be caused by a virus, a hard re-boot, a power outage or surge, disc partitioning utilities and sometimes updating software, anti-virus programs or simply installing new software can damage a partition.

Computer Keeps Re-Booting

The most common reason a computer keeps re-booting over and over is because the boot sector has been hijacked by a virus that creates a continuous loop. It keeps telling the system to go back to the boot sector and re-boot.

System Freezes or Hangs

When your system freezes or hangs while trying to boot or while accessing a file or programs it usually indicates that there are bad sectors on the hard drive and the system is unable to access the information it needs to open the file or load the program. It can be caused by a corrupt file or shared program files that have conflicting call procedures or too many system resources are being used (the system memory gets full or overloaded).

Drive or Device Not Found

When you get a message telling you the drive is not ready, hard drive or device not found it could mean the hard drive is bad, the boot priority in bios has been changed, the partition structure is damaged, or a virus has infected your system.

Operating System Not Found

An operating system not found message typically means that the operating system files are damaged, the boot device priority has been changed, the partition table is damaged or the hard drive has been formatted.

Lockups

Many times a hard drive will show early signs that problems are occurring. These can include a computer that locks up frequently. If a sector on a hard drive is bad, it may not be able to be read by the operating system. This can cause the operating system to crash or just display an error message appears on the screen.

Data Loss

A symptom of a hard drive problem is files that are located in a folder or the desktop that seem to disappear. This is a form of data loss that can occur when a hard drive is developing problems. This happens when sectors on the hard drive go bad where a particular file happens to reside.

Errors

An error message that appears when the hard drive cannot be found is a symptom that there is a problem with the hard drive or at least the connection. A cable that it not fully connected to either the hard drive or the motherboard can cause the system to have problems reading the hard drive. If a new hardware device was recently installed, it is possible the cable that connects the hard drive came loose.

Performance

Slow drive access is a symptom that something may be going wrong with the hard drive. Slow drive access can include excessive hard drive usage when attempting to open or save a file. When the performance of the computer system appears to significantly decrease, the hard drive should be checked for problems. 

How to Diagnose & Fix Hard Drive Problems

It's a good idea to use ScanDisk about once a month to check your hard drive to keep your system running well. ScanDisk can find and fix errors in the file allocation table, the file system structure lost clusters, crosslinked files and the directory tree structure. It can also detect and isolate sectors that have gone bad because of damage to the surface of your disk.

You should also defragment your hard drive on a regular basis to keep your system running well. In the course of normal usage, files are constantly changed and written or rewritten to the hard drive. The file system tries to pack the files tightly, but because they are not all the same size, it breaks them into pieces to fit where it finds space for them. Over time these pieces get scattered all over the drive. It begins to take a lot of head movement (and thus time) to read and write files. As a result, your computer's performance suffers, and worse yet, it's easier for errors to creep in. You might want to use Disk Cleanup to clean out the junk.

Check for Errors by Running ScanDisk  

Through normal use of your computer, your hard disk can become cluttered and a bit messy. Folders become cross-linked, file names contain invalid or unknown characters or become damaged, and file names become disassociated with their files. ScanDisk can fix these and other problems for you.