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Education Case 1 - One of the Largest Universities in the US Case 2 - Curriculum Qualification Authority
Case 1: The Customer
The Challenge
The Solution The new system is deployed on a J2EE environment, a Windows 2000 platform, and has an Oracle 9i database. The project used object wrapper technology from Microfocus. Currently more than 600 users use the legacy system for student information, accounting and budgeting, records & registration, admissions, financial aid and human resource purposes. The revamped system is also integrated with other internal applications of the University. Customer Benefits With the new system on board the University has initiated re-engineering of its business processes progressively through a prioritization of business requirements rather than vendor support requirements. Overall application management costs have reduced, as platform costs have reduced, and operational efficiency is increased. Case 2: The authority is a guardian of standards in education and training in the country. It works to maintain and develop the school curriculum and associated assessments, and to accredit and monitor qualifications in schools and colleges. It also:
The Challenge The authority embarked upon a very ambitious program of translating the Government's desire to conduct online examination for assessing 6 Million pupil's performance against the national curriculum level description for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in 4500 schools all over the country. The authority intends to develop online tests and supporting familiarization and practice materials for the tests, in a phased manner. The Solution Tata Infotech has implemented a cost effective, leading edge technology based software solution that fits the requirements of the authority. Tata Infotech designed the system as per the authority's needs and in conjunction with its staff and with the partner's assistance. As a major systems integrator and software services organization, Tata Infotech offered a unique perspective to this engagement. The solution involved the following major components. Central Management Shell - which resides at the central location. Interaction between the school sites and the central system, mainly relating to delivery of test packages to schools and return of results and audit data from schools, is through secure web pages and web services using HTTPS over the Internet. Administration Shell - resides at the school catering to the school specific requirements relating to test set up, supervision and return of results to the central system. Security was an important aspect of the entire project. PKI based security was used when transferring data files between systems. Tata Infotech's Fortiora™ CSAR™ Certificate Server product was used for generation; storage and distribution of Digital Certificates based on managed security policies. The digital certificates can then be used to cater to the requirements of the system for secure transfer of test data between different subsystems, ensuring confidentiality of the test data, authentication of the testing authorities themselves and preventing tampering or leaking of test papers and test results. Customer Benefits The customer has been able to minimize the costs of administering tests, standardized the training and assessment across the country. In addition, the dependence on personnel for administering the tests has been greatly reduced. |
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