N2N ICT Infrastructure Communication Systems Design 2003

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N2N ICT InfrastructureCommunication Systems
Design 2003
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Overview

• Organization
• Background
• Goals
• Achievements
• Before After
• Future tasks and recommendations
• Summary
• QA

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Organization - Team

• National University of Laos
• Kheuangkham Phothisan
• Anoulack Tepbualy
• Bouasoth Xayachak
• National Agriculture and Forestry Research Center
• Manoluck Bounsihalath
• Vilachith Phommasack
• IT University KTH
• Lotta Erickson
• Said Kashoob

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Organization

• Coach
• Alberto Escudero-Pascual
• Principals and stakeholders
• Bandith Ramangkoun NAFRI
• Bounthong Vongxaya NUOL
• Michael Victor/Carl Mossberg SIDA
• Other organizations involved
• Science and Technology Environment Agency (STEA)

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Background

• A result of the National University of Laos and
  the National Agriculture and Forestry Research
  Institute interest in a joint development of
  their ICT infrastructure.
• Our project focused on NAFRI organization and its
  needs
• IT Infrastructure
• Internet access and services
• Skilled IT staff

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Goals

• Design an IT infrastructure
• Introduce a high speed connectivity for NAFRI
  through NUOL
• Introduce basic services (E-mail, web, etc)
• Familiarize Laotian team members with IT
• Draft an Information Communication Technology
  (ICT) policy and master plan

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Achievements

• Connecting NAFRI to NUOL using a wireless link
• Setup necessary services
• ICT Policy Draft
• Training

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Connecting NAFRI to NUOL

• Study of current situation
• Research possible technologies
• Deciding suitable solution
• Fiber
• Wireless
• Design and Implementation of the chosen solution

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Setup necessary services

• E-mail said_at_nafri.org.la
• Web www.nafri.org.la
• FTP
• DHCP
• database

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ICT Policy Draft

• Survey and assesment
• NAFRI Information Technology Plan
• Two year strategy for
• Developing the NAFRI infrastructure
• Training of IT staff, researchers and end users
• NUOL IT Center
• A center that will provide certain services for
  NAFRI

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Training

• Training for the whole team
• ICT document development
• Wireless technologies
• Training for the Lao part of team
• Basic computer knowledge
• Advanced Internetworking labs
• Actual setup in Laos
• Training the end users
• Use of e-mail, web and FTP

External experts
KTH part of team
Lao part of team
Staff and end users
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Before - After

• Before
• No proper access to Internet
• No services of their own
• No proposed technical solution for the next years
• No awareness to share resources
• No IT skilled personnel

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Before - After

• After
• Dedicated Internet access through NUOL
  infrastructure
• Necessary services implemented
• A proposed strategy for further development
• Raised interest of sharing resources
• IT Trained personnel

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Future tasks and recommendations

• Ongoing training
• Revise, update and implement Information
  Technology Plan
• Workshop later on this year
• Follow up on NUOL IT Center
• Future CSD projects
• Fiber optic solution for NAFRI main center
• Connecting other centers

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Summary

• Achieved all predefined goals
• Raised the awarness of ICT at NAFRI
• Built a future ground for further joint projects
  between KTH, NUOL and NAFRI
• Click n go!
• ICT, ITC, CTI, TCI, CIT, TIC.. ??!?!?

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• QA
• Additional information is available at
• http//csd.ssvl.kth.se/csd2003-team1/