Written Assessment (30%) General Information The purpose of this assignment is to select and discuss relevant online resources that exemplify the application of the topic(s) nominated each week (1 - 10). This assignment can (and should!) be completed progressively (i.e. each week). There are ten (10) tasks, one for each week: these are detailed below and in the template. The assignment is marked out of 30 and forms 30% of your total course marks. Note that late penalties apply (5% of the total available marks per calendar day late or part thereof). Assignments received 14 days or more after the due date will not be marked and will receive zero. Students may apply for extensions but must provide documentary evidence to support their request (for example, a medical certificate). Short extensions of one to two days may be considered if students include their nearly completed assignment (i.e. one or two tasks to yet be completed) in their extension request. It will be necessary for students to use online resources to complete this assignment, so please ensure you cite and reference any such materials using the Harvard format. Plagiarism detection will be used in this assessment. It is VERY important that you do not copy content directly from either the text or Internet resources: this assignment is to be in your own words. You will lose marks if you do not use your own words! Suspected plagiarism will result in the instigation of the student misconduct process. What do I need to do? Download the template [TO BE PROVIDED]. There are ten (10) tasks, one for each week: the tasks are detailed below (and in the template file). Each task requires you to collect and summarise one (1) publicly available online resource. The resource summary should be around 200-300 words. You should collect interesting and relevant resources that address the task. The resources should be easy to read and describe the topic/technology concisely and simply. The resources must be specific to the topic (i.e. just focus on a single technology or topic and not be about multiple topics). These can include (but are not limited to) online magazine/news articles, technical reports or documentation. Important - Academic resources such as journals, conference papers or books will generally be unsuitable for this assignment as they are generally not publicly available, are not concise, are not necessarily easy to read and often don’t focus specifically on the assignment topic(s). The resources should be substantial (producing a 300 word summary from a 400 - 500 word resource is inappropriate) and only contain information directly pertinent to the task. You cannot use the resource more than once in the assignment. The textbook and sites such as, but not limited to, Wikipedia, Techtarget, and HowStuffWorks are not suitable resources. Your summary should briefly explain: What the resource is about Why you selected it What are the main points or key information covered in the resource Why the resource was useful. For each task, there is a table to complete in the template. Please fill in the information required and submit the document via this page by the due date. Week Task 1 The text discusses conventional binary computing architecture. However, an emerging field of research focuses on the development of quantum computers. Find and summarise a resource that explains why there is so much interest in this type of computing (for example, the potential applications). 2 The text briefly makes mention of the Linux operating system, an open-source Unix variant developed in the 1990s. There are many popular Linux distributions (look up “Linux Distribution” if you don’t know what that means). Find and summarise a resource that describes the features and advantages of ONE of these distributions. 3 The text discusses the concept of virtualisation. There are several “type 2” or hosted virtualisation products (software) on the market (both commercial and open source). Find and summarise a resource that describes the features and advantages of ONE of these products. 4 TCP and UDP are examples of two Layer Four (L4) transport protocols that are discussed in the text. Find and summarise a resource that describes the features and uses of ONE other L4 protocol that is not discussed in the text (i.e. NOT UDP or TCP). 5 Cyber-attacks on governments or government assets are receiving increasing publicity and media attention. Find and summarise a resource that describes ONE recent cyber-attack (within the last 3 years) against a government website or asset. 6 Flood, fires and earthquakes are events beyond our control, yet impact heavily on ICT infrastructure. Find and summarise a resource that describes ONE example of an organisation’s ICT infrastructure being impacted by such an event and the resulting effects on the business and/or its operations. For example, you might want to search for “data centre fire” or “network cable earthquake” to find suitable resources. 7 The text briefly mentions crowdsourcing which is a form of social business that organisations employ to engage with the public to achieve a goal. Find and summarise a resource that describes ONE example of an organisation using crowdsourcing and the outcomes of the engagement. 8 With the advent of mass data collection and storage has come a surge of instances of data theft. Find and summarise a resource that describes ONE example where data has been stolen from a private company or corporation and explain the impacts on the customers. 9 The failure to adapt business processes and embrace technology, particularly ICT, has led to the downfall of many previously successful companies. Find and summarise a resource that describes ONE example of an organisation that failed to adapt to changes in technology and explain what the organisation failed to do/respond to. 10 Large, complex ICT projects are more likely to fail than succeed. Find and summarise a resource that describes ONE example of a large ICT project that failed and explain the impacts of the failure. Hints Hint 1: Do a bit every week This assignment is not onerous, especially if you complete each weekly section as you complete each week of the course – that means writing around 300 words per week. However, it will be much harder if you try to complete all ten sections in week eleven! Hint 2: Choose interesting and relevant resources You will be assessed on the relevance of resources. Choose specialised, specific resources that helped you gain a deeper understanding of the topic area. Do not use generic web pages from sites like (but not limited to) Wikipedia, Techtarget and “How-Stuff-Works”. Web sites like these list and define topics and technologies and they are not appropriate. Slide-shows or PowerPoint presentations are also unsuitable. Make sure the resource can be linked to/accessed directly – i.e. it is a public resource on the web. Links/permalinks to CQU Library online resources such as journal papers, conference papers and textbooks are not suitable as they are not publicly accessible resources. Hint 3: Look at [LINK] these examples. Note the reasons why the excellent response gets the marks. Pay special attention to why the second example would result in an academic misconduct case and the potential for you for fail the assignment or the unit!!! Hint 4: Ask! If something in this assignment description is unclear, or you are just not 100% sure about something, please ask for help. Your teaching team really do not mind if you ask us to clarify something. We do mind when we have to fail you because you haven't submitted what was asked or met the assignment requirements sad What do I need to submit? You are required to submit a single document in Microsoft Word format (.doc or .docx). Use the template [TO BE PROVIDED]as the basis for your submission. Apart from providing your response to the weekly tasks, do not modify the document - especially do not delete the marking sheet. Marking Criteria A detailed tabular marking criteria is provided as part of your submission template - please ensure you read it before attempting the assignment. You will be assessed on the relevance of the resources you select as well as the clarity and detail of your discussions.  COIT 20246 ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION Due date: Thursday Week 11 (2PM AEST) Part: Written Assessment Weighting: 30% of total assessment. Submission: Electronic (see course website for details) Instructions It will be necessary to use literature/online resources to complete this assignment, please ensure you cite and reference any such materials using the Harvard format. DO NOT copy content directly from either the text or Internet resources: this assignment is to be in your own words. You will lose marks if you do not use your own words! Please complete your assignment using this submission template file, inserting your responses where indicated. DO NOT delete the marking criteria page – changes are permitted to the formatting of other pages including the headers and footers. Please fill in the following details: Student Name Baljinder Kaur Student Number S0283044 Tasks There are ten (10) tasks, one for each week: the tasks are detailed below. There is a table to complete for each task. Please fill in the information required. Note: Each resource summary should be around 200-300 words. Week 1 The text discusses conventional binary computing architecture. However, an emerging field of research focuses on the development of quantum computers. Find and summarise a resource that explains why there is so much interest in this type of computing (for example, the potential applications). Title and Reference: Quantum computers https://cosmosmagazine.com/physics/quantum-computing-for-the-qubit-curious Summary: The selected article is about quantum computing. I have selected this because it explains why people have so much interest in quantum computing. Regular computers are based upon the strict rules of logic for their operation but electrons, photons like tiny objects break these rules. So quantum computing is better because it use the quantum rule breaking to process information. Quantum computers are much faster than regular computers This computing is very useful to perform major tasks like factoring very large numbers, recognising patterns in data. They could be great at building models to predict the future such as in long term forecasting. Quantum computers must be very useful when used in government agencies, research and development companies and universities to find solutions of big problems where regular computers are struggling to solve that problems. Many online security systems find it difficult to figure out and take huge amount of prime factors, any regular computers takes too many years to try every possibility one after another, his problem has been solved by quantum computers that performs this task in a few hours. One quantum computer can easily crack the codes that keep internet banking secure. The main information covered in this resource is that Quantum computing relies on the quantum bits or qubits that achieve a mixed state of superposition that means both of 0 and 1 at the same time. This ability to both “be” and “not to be” is the key to the power of quantum computing. This article explains why these computers are better than regular computers. This resource was useful because it discusses major use of quantum computers in many areas. Also it discusses the superposition phenomenon of Quantum computing that makes quantum computers to do fast processing than regular computers. Week 2 The text briefly makes mention of the Linux operating system, an open-source Unix variant developed in the 1990s. There are many popular Linux distributions (look up “Linux Distribution” if you don’t know what that means). Find and summarise a resource that describes the features and advantages of ONE of these distributions. Title and Reference: https://blog.udemy.com/debian-vs-ubuntu/ Summary: This resource explains the one of the Linux operating system that is Ubuntu. I have selected this resource because it clearly explains features and advantages of Ubuntu. This resource tells that Ubuntu is easy to install for inexperienced users. We can easily start the installation straightaway by downloading copy of the image onto a cd or pen drive. The author also tells that the Ubuntu have its own cloud service that makes it easy to move the cloud. The resource also covers the features that in Ubuntu the media management is user-friendly like windows. Author tells that it becomes clear advantage for the people who want to use Ubuntu on their local computer. Also this resource tells about one advantage of Ubuntu that Ubuntu is compatible with most current hardware and the old stuff because its developers had a worked a lot on it. Ubuntu provides large variety and volumes of software. The resource is very useful because it covers the points like Ubuntu provides excellent hardware support, software availability is a lot that works on Ubuntu and it is faster than windows operating systems. The resource is useful because it covers all the features like hardware and software compatibility, performance, stability and others. It include all the advantages like ease of installation, cloud storage, media management. Support  Week 3 The text discusses the concept of virtualisation. There are several “type 2” or hosted virtualisation products (software) on the market (both commercial and open source). Find and summarise a resource that describes the features and advantages of ONE of these products. Title and Reference: http://www.zdnet.com/article/oracle-releases-virtualbox-4-3/ This resource explains the one of the virtualisation product that is released by oracle and named Virtualbox 4.3. I have selected this resource because it explains all features and advantages of the new product. Summary: This resource explains the one of the virtualisation product that is released by oracle and named Virtualbox 4.3. I have selected this resource because it explains all features and advantages of the new product. The author tells that it is a multitouch use interface having new virtual devices and utilities. This feature will allow to support both webcams and session recording capabilities.This resource explains the main points like all the operating systems from Microsoft,Oracle and linux community will allow the product to be used on all traditional and new devices. Week 4 TCP and UDP are examples of two Layer Four (L4) transport protocols that are discussed in the text. Find and summarise a resource that describes the features and uses of ONE other L4 protocol that is not discussed in the text (i.e. NOT UDP or TCP). Title and Reference: http://www.ciscopress.com/articles/article.asp?p=484553&seqNum=2 Summary: This resource explains the one of the two layer Four transport protocol that is FCP(Fibre Channel Protocol). I have selected this resource because it explains all features and uses of the protocol. This resource explains that FCP uses the existing frame formats and services defined by the FC specifications. Also author tells that FCP works with the existing SCSI architecture,that means resource clearly explains the broad portfolio compatibility feature of FCP with many host systems. This resource describes that FCP provides a a set of network services that are already defined by FC specifications so to implement. FCP is easy for many product vendors because no further development required. Author tells that Week 5 Cyber-attacks on governments or government assets are receiving increasing publicity and media attention. Find and summarise a resource that describes ONE recent cyber-attack (within the last 3 years) against a government website or asset. Title and Reference: Summary:  Week 6 Flood, fires and earthquakes are events beyond our control, yet impact heavily on ICT infrastructure. Find and summarise a resource that describes ONE example of an organisation’s ICT infrastructure being impacted by such an event and the resulting effects on the business and/or its operations. For example, you might want to search for “data centre fire” or “network cable earthquake” to find suitable resources. Title and Reference: Summary: Week 7 The text briefly mentions crowdsourcing which is a form of social business that organisations employ to engage with the public to achieve a goal. Find and summarise a resource that describes ONE example of an organisation using crowdsourcing and the outcomes of the engagement. Title and Reference: Summary: Week 8 With the advent of mass data collection and storage has come a surge of instances of data theft. Find and summarise a resource that describes ONE example where data has been stolen from a private company or corporation and explain the impacts on the customers. Title and Reference: Summary:  Week 9 The failure to adapt business processes and embrace technology, particularly ICT, has led to the downfall of many previously successful companies. Find and summarise a resource that describes ONE example of an organisation that failed to adapt to changes in technology and explain what the organisation failed to do/respond to. Title and Reference: Summary: Week 10 Large, complex ICT projects are more likely to fail than succeed. Find and summarise a resource that describes ONE example of a large ICT project that failed and explain the impacts of the failure. Title and Reference: Summary:  MARKING SHEET - DO NOT DELETE Criteria 0 No Response <=1 Poor resource selection; resource is too broad or lacks relevance to the task; summary fails to explain what the resource was about; the relevance and/or usefulness of the resource has not been explained. <=2 Good resource selection; resource is relevant to the task; summary is adequate but may require either more detail or is too long; the relevance and/or usefulness of the resource has been explained to some extent, but needs additional information. <=3 Excellent resource selection; resource is highly relevant to the task (the resource is probably highly specialised); summary is detailed yet concise; the relevance and usefulness of the resource selection has been clearly explained. Key Deductions -3 -2 -1 Reference/URL provided does not link to resource (and resource cannot be located or determined from details provided) OR Reference/URL provided does not relate to the summary (i.e. summary is not of resource content / contains content not contained in the resource) Resource is generic AND/OR covers multiple technologies/examples rather than focuses on a single technology/example Resource not referenced correctly/not in Harvard format Week Marks Awarded 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TOTAL Comments: