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BIODATA - NIK ZAFRI
NIK ZAFRI BIN ABDUL MAJID,
CONSULTANT/TRAINER
Email: nikzafri@yahoo.com, nikzafri@gmail.com
https://nikzafri.wixsite.com/nikzafri
Kelantanese, Alumni of Sultan Ismail College Kelantan (SICA), IT Competency Cert, Certified Written English Professional US. Has participated in many seminars/conferences (local/ international) in the capacity of trainer/lecturer and participant.
Affiliations :- Network Member of Gerson Lehrman Group, Institute of Quality Malaysia, Auditor ISO 9000 IRCAUK, Auditor OHSMS (SIRIM and STS) /EMS ISO 14000 and Construction Quality Assessment System CONQUAS, CIDB (Now BCA) Singapore),
* Possesses almost 30 years of experience/hands-on in the multi-modern management & technical disciplines (systems & methodologies) such as Knowledge Management (Hi-Impact Management/ICT Solutions), Quality (TQM/ISO), Safety Health Environment, Civil & Building (Construction), Manufacturing, Motivation & Team Building, HR, Marketing/Branding, Business Process Reengineering, Economy/Stock Market, Contracts/Project Management, Finance & Banking, etc. He was employed to international bluechips involving in national/international megaprojects such as Balfour Beatty Construction/Knight Piesold & Partners UK, MMI Insurance Group Australia, Hazama Corporation (Hazamagumi) Japan (with Mitsubishi Corporation, JA Jones US, MMCE and Ho-Hup) and Sunway Construction Berhad (The Sunway Group of Companies). Among major projects undertaken : Pergau Hydro Electric Project, KLCC Petronas Twin Towers, LRT Tunnelling, KLIA, Petronas Refineries Melaka, Putrajaya Government Complex, Sistem Lingkaran Lebuhraya Kajang (SILK), Mex Highway, KLIA1, KLIA2 etc. Once serviced SMPD Management Consultants as Associate Consultant cum Lecturer for Diploma in Management, Institute of Supervisory Management UK/SMPD JV. Currently – Associate/Visiting Consultants/Facilitators, Advisors for leading consulting firms (local and international) including project management. To name a few – Noma SWO Consult, Amiosh Resources, Timur West Consultant Sdn. Bhd., TIJ Consultants Group (Malaysia and Singapore) and many others.
* Ex-Resident Weekly Columnist of Utusan Malaysia (1995-1998) and have produced more than 100 articles related to ISO-9000– Management System and Documentation Models, TQM Strategic Management, Occupational Safety and Health (now OHSAS 18000) and Environmental Management Systems ISO 14000. His write-ups/experience has assisted many students/researchers alike in module developments based on competency or academics and completion of many theses. Once commended by the then Chief Secretary to the Government of Malaysia for his diligence in promoting and training the civil services (government sector) based on “Total Quality Management and Quality Management System ISO-9000 in Malaysian Civil Service – Paradigm Shift Scalar for Assessment System”
Among Nik Zafri’s clients : Adabi Consumer Industries Sdn. Bhd, (MRP II, Accounts/Credit Control) The HQ of Royal Customs and Excise Malaysia (ISO 9000), Veterinary Services Dept. Negeri Sembilan (ISO 9000), The Institution of Engineers Malaysia (Aspects of Project Management – KLCC construction), Corporate HQ of RHB (Peter Drucker's MBO/KRA), NEC Semiconductor - Klang Selangor (Productivity Management), Prime Minister’s Department Malaysia (ISO 9000), State Secretarial Office Negeri Sembilan (ISO 9000), Hidrological Department KL (ISO 9000), Asahi Kluang Johor(System Audit, Management/Supervisory Development), Tunku Mahmood (2) Primary School Kluang Johor (ISO 9000), Consortium PANZANA (HSSE 3rd Party Audit), Lecturer for Information Technology Training Centre (ITTC) – Authorised Training Center (ATC) – University of Technology Malaysia (UTM) Kluang Branch Johor, Kluang General Hospital Johor (Management/Supervision Development, Office Technology/Administration, ISO 9000 & Construction Management), Kahang Timur Secondary School Johor (ISO 9000), Sultan Abdul Jalil Secondary School Kluang Johor (Islamic Motivation and Team Building), Guocera Tiles Industries Kluang Johor (EMS ISO 14000), MNE Construction (M) Sdn. Bhd. Kota Tinggi Johor (ISO 9000 – Construction), UITM Shah Alam Selangor (Knowledge Management/Knowledge Based Economy /TQM), Telesystem Electronics/Digico Cable(ODM/OEM for Astro – ISO 9000), Sungai Long Industries Sdn. Bhd. (Bina Puri Group) - ISO 9000 Construction), Secura Security Printing Sdn. Bhd,(ISO 9000 – Security Printing) ROTOL AMS Bumi Sdn. Bhd & ROTOL Architectural Services Sdn. Bhd. (ROTOL Group) – ISO 9000 –Architecture, Bond M & E (KL) Sdn. Bhd. (ISO 9000 – Construction/M & E), Skyline Telco (M) Sdn. Bhd. (Knowledge Management),Technochase Sdn. Bhd JB (ISO 9000 – Construction), Institut Kefahaman Islam Malaysia (IKIM – ISO 9000 & Internal Audit Refresher), Shinryo/Steamline Consortium (Petronas/OGP Power Co-Generation Plant Melaka – Construction Management and Safety, Health, Environment), Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (Negotiation Skills), Association for Retired Intelligence Operatives of Malaysia (Cyber Security – Arpa/NSFUsenet, Cobit, Till, ISO/IEC ISMS 27000 for Law/Enforcement/Military), T.Yamaichi Corp. (M) Sdn. Bhd. (EMS ISO 14000) LSB Manufacturing Solutions Sdn. Bhd., (Lean Scoreboard (including a full development of System-Software-Application - MSC Malaysia & Six Sigma) PJZ Marine Services Sdn. Bhd., (Safety Management Systems and Internal Audit based on International Marine Organization Standards) UNITAR/UNTEC (Degree in Accountacy – Career Path/Roadmap) Cobrain Holdings Sdn. Bhd.(Managing Construction Safety & Health), Speaker for International Finance & Management Strategy (Closed Conference), Pembinaan Jaya Zira Sdn. Bhd. (ISO 9001:2008-Internal Audit for Construction Industry & Overview of version 2015), Straits Consulting Engineers Sdn. Bhd. (Full Integrated Management System – ISO 9000, OHSAS 18000 (ISO 45000) and EMS ISO 14000 for Civil/Structural/Geotechnical Consulting), Malaysia Management & Science University (MSU – (Managing Business in an Organization), Innoseven Sdn. Bhd. (KVMRT Line 1 MSPR8 – Awareness and Internal Audit (Construction), ISO 9001:2008 and 2015 overview for the Construction Industry), Kemakmuran Sdn. Bhd. (KVMRT Line 1 - Signages/Wayfinding - Project Quality Plan and Construction Method Statement ), Lembaga Tabung Haji - Flood ERP, WNA Consultants - DID/JPS -Flood Risk Assessment and Management Plan - Prelim, Conceptual Design, Interim and Final Report etc., Tunnel Fire Safety - Fire Risk Assessment Report - Design Fire Scenario), Safety, Health and Environmental Management Plans leading construction/property companies/corporations in Malaysia, Timur West Consultant : Business Methodology and System, Information Security Management Systems (ISMS) ISO/IEC 27001:2013 for Majlis Bandaraya Petaling Jaya ISMS/Audit/Risk/ITP Technical Team, MPDT Capital Berhad - ISO 9001: 2015 - Consultancy, Construction, Project Rehabilitation, Desalination (first one in Malaysia to receive certification on trades such as Reverse Osmosis Seawater Desalination and Project Recovery/Rehabilitation)
* Has appeared for 10 consecutive series in “Good Morning Malaysia RTM TV1’ Corporate Talk Segment discussing on ISO 9000/14000 in various industries. For ICT, his inputs garnered from his expertise have successfully led to development of work-process e-enabling systems in the environments of intranet, portal and interactive web design especially for the construction and manufacturing. Some of the end products have won various competitions of innovativeness, quality, continual-improvements and construction industry award at national level. He has also in advisory capacity – involved in development and moderation of websites, portals and e-profiles for mainly corporate and private sectors, public figures etc. He is also one of the recipients for MOSTE Innovation for RFID use in Electronic Toll Collection in Malaysia.
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Artikel ini merupakan promosi kepada bengkel 'Hi-Impact' yang bakal saya adakan berdasarkan pengalaman mengadakan bengkel yang sama di banyak syarikat. Kandungan artikel ini tidak bermaksud untuk diaplikasikan kerana ianya perlu diselaras dan disesuaikan dengan jenis industri, perilaku organisasi, sistem yang dibangunkan dll.
Sudah banyak pihak samada individu mahupun kolektif telah berjaya bukan sahaja menguruskan syarikat dengan baik malah berjaya dalam membangunkan diri sendiri.
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Dari
kajian rambang saya, kegagalan usahawan dalam perniagaan
mengikut skala masing-masing (dari IKS sehingga syarikat yang besar)
adalah disebabkan perkara-perkara berikut (Professional dan Peribadi)
:
Tiada
pengalaman bekerja
dengan organisasi-organisasi yang telah berjaya sebaliknya terus
memasuki bidang perniagaan,
Berpengalaman
kerja tetapi organisasi-organisasi
yang tidak mematuhi kehendak undang-undang
serta tidak layak dijadikan sebagai pengalaman contoh,
Takut
untuk bekerja dengan syarikat-syarikat multinasional, GLC dan
antarabangsa kerana kekangan bahasa, pengetahuan teknikal, kelayakan
yang terlalu tinggi dsb.
Kesukaran
mendapatkan pembiayaan
kerana tanggapan
syarat yang sangat ketat yang ditetapkan oleh pihak perbankan,
kewangan mahupun agensi-agensi kerajaan sendiri,
Cara
pemasaran
yang tidak strategik
– samada dari segi kajian, periklanan, penjenamaan, kehendak
pasaran, persaingan yang tidak sihat/monopoli dsb.
Pengurusan
aset
dan harta yang salah,
Perancangan
yang tidak lengkap
dari segi pembelian, perakaunan, kewangan, pelaburan
Pengurusan
sumber manusia yang tidak mengikut undang-undang
dan panduan,
Pengurusan
tertinggi tidak memberikan sokongan
moral dan material terhadap kakitangan,
Latihan
dan Pembangunan, pendidikan dan kemahiran tidak dipentingkan,
Sistem
Dokumentasi dan Rekod tidak teratur
atau tidak ada dalam organisasi,
Operasi
yang tidak sistematik dan berkaedah
– pertemuan dan mesyuarat yang tidak mengikut prosedur, pengurusan
logistik yang tidak berkesan, kurang pemantauan dan pemeriksaan,
kesalahan dan kerosakan tidak diendahkan, aduan pelanggan tidak
diperbetulkan, dll
Tiada
usaha peningkatan berterusan, gagal memasuki pasaran kebangsaan dan
global dsb.
Tiada
pesanan semula, disenaraihitamkan
dsb.
Penipuan
jenayah
kolar putih
disebabkan ketidakstabilan dan memanipulasi sistem kerja yang lemah.
Termenung tidak akan
menyelesaikan masalah,
tindakan perlu diambil
Apa
yang dipaparkan di atas adalah tip
of an iceberg
sahaja. Sebenarnya, sebab-sebab yang lebih intrinsik dan mikro
contohnya sebab-sebab tekanan di rumah dan tempat kerja yang
menyebabkan masalah yang lebih besar berlaku.
Modul
yang pernah dan bakal saya perkenalkan ini ini adalah berkonsepkan ‘hi-impact’,
satu cara motivasi diri yang diterapkan dengan unsur-unsur
professionalisma diharapkan dapat meminimakan permasalahan yang
sering timbul dalam organisasi.
Modul ‘Hi-Impact’ semakin
mendapat tempat di Malaysia terutamanya sektor-sektor korporat kerana
keberkesanannya. Modul ini boleh dijalankan secara dwi-bahasa iaitu
Bahasa Malaysia dan Bahasa Inggeris. Ianya juga sesuai dijadikan
sebagai program motivasi dan pembinaan pasukan – outbound
dan inbound
serta boleh diringkaskan dalam masa 1 hari atau diperincikan sehingga
5 hari.
Selaras
dengan itu, mana-mana pihak menjadi nadi utama untuk membangunkan secara
seimbang untuk pekerjaan berpendapatan tinggi, pemilikan syarikat
besar dan dalam sektor-sektor pertumbuhan tinggi ekonomi, maka
pengenalan modul ini disasarkan ‘kena pada tempatnya’ agar
komplimentari dengan modul-modul pengurusan dan kewangan yang
sediada.
Sasaran
modul ini adalah kepada syarikat-syarikat kecil dan industri kecil
dan sederhana kerana sektor ini amat penting menjadi tiang utama
kepada syarikat gergasi bumiputera dalam usaha menjadi pembekal,
sab-kontraktor, vendor dan francaisi yang lebih bermutu tinggi.
Kejayaan tidak datang bergolek,
carilah jalan kejayaan
BAB
PERTAMA – PENINGKATAN
Peningkatan
diri
Keluarga
Persekitaran
Rakan-Rakan
Sejawat
Kumpulan
yang lebih besar/Organisasi
Masyarakat
Daerah
Negeri
Negara
DUNIA!
Keterangan
:
Peningkatan
faktor diri sendiri, keluarga dan persekitaran amatlah penting kerana
ianya mempunyai pengaruh yang kuat terhadap peningkatan diri,
rakan-rakan sejawat dan persekitaran organisasi itu sendiri.
Tanpa
ada sebarang persediaan mental di rumah, maka persediaan mental untuk
melakukan kerja akan pasti terganggu. Senario ini menjadi pencetus
perasaan seperti tidak ada apa-apa perubahan/perbezaan yang boleh
dilakukan apatah lagi ke peringkat lebih besar termasuk dunia. Hidup
peribadi dan professional dirasakan sebagai stereotaip.
Bab
ini akan cuba mencungkil dilema yang dihadapi dan memberikan
penyelesaian-penyelesaian yang konkrit untuk memaksimakan potensi di
tempat kerja bagi memastikan terdapat jalan keluar dari sebarang
permasalahan yang timbul.
Moto
: Jika kita tidak dapat menjaga yang urusan yang kecil, bagaimana
untuk menjaga urusan yang lebih besar
BAB
KEDUA – MELAKUKAN PERUBAHAN
Apakah
yang boleh individu lakukan untuk membuat perubahan di dunia yang
didiaminya?
Apakah
sumbangan individu bagi merealisasikan perubahan tersebut?
a) Memberikan derma
kepada mereka yang memerlukan
b) Membuka peluang kerja
c) Menyertai kumpulan
sukarela/membuat kerja secara sukarela
d) Menjadi sumber
inspirasi kepada orang lain
e) Membuat kajian
terhadap penawar/vaksin terhadap sesuatu wabak atau penyakit.
Keterangan
:
Modul
ini ialah untuk membentuk jiwa individu bagi mengenali tanggungjawab
sosial korporat ke atas persekitarannya bertujuan mendidik jiwa untuk
bukan melakukan sesuatu kerja hanya untuk gaji dan keuntungan
semata-mata.
Bagi
melakukan sesuatu perubahan, seseorang individu harus melakukan
sesuatu yang jarang dilakukannya contohnya memberikan derma semasa
diri sendiri masih kekurangan. Ini akan menggalakkan lagi individu
itu bekerja lebih keras bagi demi kebaikan dirinya dan organisasinya
serta masyarakat yang memerlukan bantuannya.
Moto
: Jika kita tiada masa, maka 'cipta' masa!
BAB
KETIGA – MERANCANG
Rancang
secara teratur – mewujud, melihat kembali dan menambahbaik program
kerja, pelan produk dan perkhidmatan, tandaras, KPI/KRA, Wawasan,
Misi, Objektif, Sasaran, Dasar dsb.
Sumber
– mewujud, melihat kembali dan menambahbaik sistem belanjawan,
sumber manusia, mesin dan peralatan, ICT dan suasana kerja yang
kondusif.
Keterangan
:
Perancangan
sememangnya mudah disebut tetapi amat rumit unuk dilakukan.
Banyak
perancangan walaupun mempunyai sistem berasaskan ISO 9000 sekali pun
masih gagal menunjukkan hasil yang dirancang oleh sesebuah
organisasi.
Modul
ini akan mengenalpasti samada sesebuah organisasi itu melaksanakan
sistem pengurusan hanya berdasarkan trend, kerana meniru organisasi
lain, kerana terpaksa melakukan dsb.
Moto
: Gagal untuk merancang dan merancang untuk gagal
BAB
KEEMPAT – BEKERJA DENGAN BIJAK DAN BEKERJA LEBIH KERAS
a)
Mencuba perkara baru
b)
Mempelajari perkara baru
c)
Tingkatkan penjenamaan
d)
Tingkatkan pembangunan perniagaan
e)
Peka akan persekitaran
f)
Memasuki pasaran
g)
Mengambil beberapa langkah ke hadapan
Keterangan
:
Modul
ini disasarkan kepada organisasi yang hanya kekal dengan satu jenis
perniagaan sahaja dan enggan untuk 'diversify'.
Tidaklah menjadi sasaran modul ini untuk menyaran sesuatu organisasi
itu untuk meninggalkan jenis perniagaan yang telah berjaya tetapi
untuk melabur dalam perniagaan baru bagi memaksimakan keuntungan.
Moto
: Tidak boleh berpuashati dengan apa yang ada, teruskan perjalanan
BAB
KELIMA – ANTARA INOVASI DAN CIPTAAN
a)
Ciptaan berbeza dengan Inovasi
b)
Ciptaan adalah sains dan inovasi adalah teknologi,
c)
Ciptaan perlukan inovasi
d)
Inovasi perlukan ciptaan
e)
Inovasi terhadap ciptaan yang sediada dipanggil “Ciptaan Baru”
f)
Mencipta inovasi baru juga dipanggil “Ciptaan Baru”
Keterangan :
Modul
ini bertujuan membentuk jiwa inovatif dalam setiap individu agar
dapat memberikan idea-idea yang bernas.
Ianya
juga menyasarkan agar individu lebih banyak melakukan kajian dan
penyelidikan yang komprehensif terhadap sesuatu idea baru di samping
belajar bekerja dalam satu kumpulan.
Moto
: Inovasi dan Ciptaan adalah perkara yang sama, hanya pendapat yang
membezakannya.
BAB
KEENAM – PENAMBAHBAIKAN
a) Mengurangkan kadar
kerosakan dan kesalahan dalam operasi sesuatu produk
atau
perkhidmatan,
b) Akademik (Belajar dan
Membaca) dan Kompetan (Praktikal dan Berdasarkan
Pengalaman) –
Kedua-duanya diperlukan
c) Latihan dan
Periklanan – Resipi kejayaan utama organisasi
d) Tidak merasakan diri
sudah mahir kerana akan ada yang lebih mahir, sentiasa
memberikan
pertandingan yang sihat.
e) Jangan terlalu lama
berada pada zon yang selesa,
f) Mencabar dan mencari
kelemahan dasar yang ada kini bagi memastikan ianya
lebih menepati
dengan skop kerja/perkhidmatan/produk yang dibekalkan
g) Sentiasa melangkaui
kehendak pelanggan
Keterangan :
Modul
ini bertujuan mengurangkan trend kerja secara ala-kadar (mediocrity) dan
memastikan segala kehendak dan spesifikasi dalaman dan luaran
sentiasa difahami, dilaksanakan dan dilangkaui.
Modul
ini juga untuk memastikan setiap kajian yang dilakukan akan dianalisa
bagi mendapatkan langkah-langkah penambahbaikan yang lebih konkrit
bagi memastikan kekerapan perulangan kesalahan yang sama dapat
diminimakan.
Moto
: Organisasi tidak mahu dikenali atau dijenamakan sebagai sebagai ‘selalu buat silap’ dalam apa
juga kerja yang dilakukan atau perkhidmatan/produk yang dibekalkan kepada pelanggan
BAB
KETUJUH – MASA HADAPAN
Modul
ini adalah modul yang agak bebas dalam ‘Hi-Impact’ bertujuan
mendidik individu dan organisasi membuat ramalan dan jangkaan yang
tepat serta meminimakan risiko.
Moto
: Yang lalu tidak boleh diubah lagi, yang akan datang yang perlu
difikirkan.
Syukur, walaupun ada isu politik dan pihak yang cuma mengeruhkan keadaan malah ada yang dari luar negara atau luar dari tempat bencana - memandai-mandai hendak menyebarkan fitnah, namun RAKYAT MALAYSIA tidak kira bangsa, agama, keturunan, kaya/miskin, susah/senang, kerajaan BN/UMNO, PAS, DAP, PKR dsb. serta parti-parti komponen, agensi, ATM, TUDM, TLDM, NGO, medias, Duli-Duli Yang Maha Mulia Raja-Raja Melayu, orang perseorangan dan ramai lagi:
BERSATU HATI - JIWA DAN RAGA.
ANDALAH WIRA DAN PAHLAWAN!
I thank God, despite hiccups of politics and some people trying to worsen the situation even those from outside the country or outside the danger zone - spreading rumours which are untrue, MALAYSIANS - regardless of race, religion, rich/poor, government - political parties BN/UMNO, PAS, DAP, PKR etc. and all the respective component parties, agencies, Military, RMAF, Navy, NGOs, medias, HRH the Sultans, individuals and so many more :
Sebentar tadi ke Taman Greenwood - Pusat Pengumpulan Bantuan Mangsa Banjir di Pantai Timur (berhampiran dengan kawasan perhentian bas ekspres - di hadapan Shell Taman Greenwood) dan beberapa sukarelawan "Golongan Tidak Bernasib Baik - GTBB" untuk meninjau bantuan orangramai untuk rakyat Pantai Timur yang dikelolai oleh Encik Hazmi dan anggota RELA. Para sukarelawan termasuk Encik Hazmi sudah 6 hari berulang-alik untuk menghantar bantuan. Sudah lebih 90 jenis barangan telah dihantar dan dilihat masih belum mencukupi. Encik Hazmi kelihatan keletihan masih mahu melayan temubual ringkas dengan saya. Saya dengan ini merayu barangan-barangan berikut dapat didermakan/disumbangkan dengan seberapa segera : - Pakaian dan selimut, Pampers, Beras 10 @ 5 kg, Air Mineral, makanan dalam tin, Makanan kering pelbagai, Ubatan, Powerbank, Barangan Mandian, Lilin, lampu suluh dll
(Juga terdapat permohonan agar bantuan ditumpukan ke Machang dan Tanah Merah - kerana setakat ini bantuan hanya tertumpu lebih kepada Kuala Krai, Gua Musang dll)
The Internet of Things (IoT) is the interconnection of uniquely identifiable embedded computing devices within the existing Internet infrastructure. Typically, IoT is expected to offer advanced connectivity of devices, systems, and services that goes beyond machine-to-machine communications (M2M) and covers a variety of protocols, domains, and applications.
The interconnection of these embedded devices (including smart objects), is expected to usher in automation in nearly all fields, while also enabling advanced applications like a Smart Grid.
Things, in the IoT, can refer to a wide variety of devices such as heart monitoring implants, biochip transponders on farm animals, automobiles with built-in sensors, or field operation devices that assist fire-fighters in search and rescue. Current market examples include smart thermostat systems and washer/dryers that utilize wifi for remote monitoring.
According to Gartner, there will be nearly 26 billion devices on the Internet of Things by 2020. ABI Research estimates that more than 30 billion devices will be wirelessly connected to the Internet of Things (Internet of Everything) by 2020.As per a recent survey and study done by Pew Research Internet Project, a large majority of the technology experts and engaged Internet users who responded—83 percent—agreed with the notion that the Internet/Cloud of Things, embedded and wearable computing (and the corresponding dynamic systems will have widespread and beneficial effects by 2025. It is, as such, clear that the IoT will consist of a very large number of devices being connected to the Internet.
Integration with the Internet implies that devices will utilize an IP address as a unique identifier. However, due to the limited address space of IPv4 (which allows for 4.3 billion unique addresses), objects in the IoT will have to use IPv6 to accommodate the extremely large address space required.
Objects in the IoT will not only be devices with sensory capabilities, but also provide actuation capabilities (e.g., bulbs or locks controlled over the Internet). To a large extent, the future of the Internet of Things will not be possible without the support of IPv6; and consequently the global adoption of IPv6 in the coming years will be critical for the successful development of the IoT in the future.
The embedded computing nature of many IoT devices means that low-cost computing platforms are likely to be used. In fact, to minimize the impact of such devices on the environment and energy consumption, low-power radios are likely to be used for connection to the Internet. Such low-power radios do not use WiFi, or well established Cellular Network technologies, and remain an actively developing research area.However, the IoT will not be composed only of embedded devices, since higher order computing devices will be needed to perform heavier duty tasks (routing, switching, data processing, etc.).Companies such as FreeWave Technologies have developed and manufactured low power wireless data radios (both embedded and standalone) for over 20 years to enable Machine-to-Machine applications for the industrial internet of things.
Besides the plethora of new application areas for Internet connected automation to expand into, IoT is also expected to generate large amounts of data from diverse locations that is aggregated and very high-velocity, thereby increasing the need to better index, store and process such data.
Diverse applications call for different deployment scenarios and requirement, which have usually been handled in a proprietary implementation. However, since the IoT is connected to the Internet, most of the devices comprising IoT services will need to operate utilizing standardized technologies. Prominent standardization bodies, such as the IETF, IPSO Alliance and ETSI, are working on developing protocols, systems, architectures and frameworks to enable the IoT.
Intelligence
Ambient intelligence and autonomous control are not part of the original concept of the Internet of Things. Ambient intelligence and autonomous control do not necessarily require Internet structures, either. However, there is a shift in research to integrate the concepts of the Internet of Things and autonomous control,with initial outcomes towards this direction considering objects as the driving force for autonomous IoT. In the future the Internet of Things may be a non-deterministic and open network in which auto-organized or intelligent entities (Web services, SOA components), virtual objects (avatars) will be interoperable and able to act independently (pursuing their own objectives or shared ones) depending on the context, circumstances or environments.
Embedded intelligence presents an "AI-oriented" perspective of Internet of Things, which can be more clearly defined as: leveraging the capacity to collect and analyze the digital traces left by people when interacting with widely deployed smart things to discover the knowledge about human life, environment interaction, as well as social inter connection and related behaviors.
Architecture
The system will likely be an example of event-driven architecture,bottom-up made (based on the context of processes and operations, in real-time) and will consider any subsidiary level. Therefore, model driven and functional approaches will coexist with new ones able to treat exceptions and unusual evolution of processes (Multi-agent systems, B-ADSc, etc.).
In an Internet of Things, the meaning of an event will not necessarily be based on a deterministic or syntactic model but would instead be based on the context of the event itself: this will also be a semantic web. Consequently, it will not necessarily need common standards that would not be able to address every context or use: some actors (services, components, avatars) will accordingly be self-referenced and, if ever needed, adaptive to existing common standards (predicting everything would be no more than defining a "global finality" for everything that is just not possible with any of the current top-down approaches and standardizations). Some researchers argue that sensor networks are the most essential components of the Internet of Things.
Building on top of the Internet of Things, the Web of Things is an architecture for the application layer of the Internet of Things looking at the convergence of data from IoT devices into Web applications to create innovative use-cases.
Complex system
In semi-open or closed loops (i.e. value chains, whenever a global finality can be settled) it will therefore be considered and studied as a Complex system due to the huge number of different links and interactions between autonomous actors, and its capacity to integrate new actors. At the overall stage (full open loop) it will likely be seen as a chaotic environment (since systems have always finality).
Size considerations
The Internet of objects would encode 50 to 100 trillion objects, and be able to follow the movement of those objects. Human beings in surveyed urban environments are each surrounded by 1000 to 5000 trackable objects.
Space considerations
In an Internet of Things, the precise geographic location of a thing—and also the precise geographic dimensions of a thing—will be critical. Open Geospatial Consortium, "OGC Abstract Specification" Currently, the Internet has been primarily used to manage information processed by people. Therefore, facts about a thing, such as its location in time and space, have been less critical to track because the person processing the information can decide whether or not that information was important to the action being taken, and if so, add the missing information (or decide to not take the action). (Note that some things in the Internet of Things will be sensors, and sensor location is usually important. Mike Botts et al., "OGC Sensor Web Enablement: Overview And High Level Architecture") The GeoWeb and Digital Earth are promising applications that become possible when things can become organized and connected by location. However, challenges that remain include the constraints of variable spatial scales, the need to handle massive amounts of data, and an indexing for fast search and neighbour operations. If in the Internet of Things, things are able to take actions on their own initiative, this human-centric mediation role is eliminated, and the time-space context that we as humans take for granted must be given a central role in this information ecosystem. Just as standards play a key role in the Internet and the Web, geospatial standards will play a key role in the Internet of Things.
There are multiple approaches to solve this problem, one of them called the "predictive interaction",where cloud or fog based decision makers will predict the user's next action and trigger some reaction.
For user interaction, new technology leaders are joining forces to create standards for communication between devices. While AllJoyn alliance is composed the top 20 World technology leaders, there are also big companies that promote their own protocol like CCF from Intel.
This problem is also a competitive advantage for some very technical startup companies with fast capabilities.
AT&T Digital Life provides one solution for the "basket of remotes" problem. This product features home-automation and digital-life experiences. It provides a mobile application to control their closed ecosystem of branded devices;
Nuve has developed a new technology based on sensors, a cloud-based platform and a mobile application that allows the asset management industry to better protect, control and monitor their property.
Muzzley motd controls multiple devices with a single application and has had many manufacturers use their API to provide a learning ecosystem that really predicts the end-user next actions. Muzzley is known for being the first generation of platforms that has the ability to predict form learning the end-user outside World relations with "things". 'my shortcut' is an approach that also includes a set of already-defined devices and allow a Siri-Like interaction between the user and the end devices. The user is able to control his or her devices using voice commands;
Realtek "IoT my things" is an application that aims to interface with a closed ecosystem of Realtek devices like sensors and light controls.
Manufacturers are becoming more conscious of this problem, and many companies have begun releasing their devices with open APIs. Many of these APIs are used by smaller companies looking to take advantage of quick integration.
Sub systems
Not all elements in an Internet of Things will necessarily run in a global space. Domotics running inside a Smart House, for example, might only run and be available via a local network.
Frameworks
Internet of Things frameworks might help support the interaction between "things" and allow for more complex structures like Distributed computing and the development of Distributed applications. Currently, some Internet of Things frameworks seem to focus on real time data logging solutions like Jasper Technologies, Inc. and Xively (formerly Cosm and before that Pachube): offering some basis to work with many "things" and have them interact. Future developments might lead to specific Software development environments to create the software to work with the hardware used in the Internet of Things. Companies such as ThingWorx,Raco Wireless,nPhase and Carriots and EVRYTHNG are developing technology platforms to provide this type of functionality for the Internet of Things.
The XMPP standards foundation XSF is creating such a framework in a fully open standard that isn't tied to any company and not connected to any cloud services. This XMPP initiative is called Chatty Things. XMPP provides a set of needed building blocks and a proven distributed solution that can scale with high security levels. The extensions are published at XMPP/extensions
The independently developed MASH IoT Platform was presented at the 2013 IEEE IoT conference in Mountain View, CA. MASH’s focus is asset management (assets=people/property/information, management=monitoring/control/configuration). Support is provided for design thru deployment with an included IDE, Android client and runtime. Based on a component modeling approach MASH includes support for user defined things and is completely data-driven.
Manusia hari ini memang sangat suka percaya perkara yang belum dapat dipastikan kebenarannya. Dakwaan dan akuan sememangnya sangat suka dilakukan tetapi menunjukkan tanda-tanda yang menimbulkan kecurigaan dan keraguan. Berawaslah dengan perangkap yang dibina nampak seperti rumah yang cantik. Ramai sudah yang menjadi mangsa perangkap seperti ini. Akhirnya bila sudah gugur di medan perjuangan, barulah sedar bahawa usaha selama ini adalah mengikut ilusi dan nafsu - kerana selama ini disangkakan ianya adalah perjuangan menegakkan kebenaran. Berawaslah wahai sahabat-sahabatku. Segala yang bersinar dan berkilat itu bukan semestinya ada harga. Hanya jauhari yang mengenal manikam.
Hari ini, saya lihat dan ada pengalaman tersendiri iaitu kebanyakan manusia yang suka mendakwa diri mereka lebih dari segi rohani atau jasmani atau kedua-duanya itulah manusia yang ingkar, jahat hatinya, suka berilusi, mendapat publisiti murahan dan buruk akhlaknya tetapi manusia spesi ini sukar untuk kita kenali kerana luarannya nampak begitu cantik sekali.
Berikut adalah antara peristiwa-peristiwa lucu :
1) Ada satu orang ni mengaku dirinya jutawan besar atau hartawan besar tetapi bila saya jumpa, saya lihat dia minum air sejuk jer kat Hotel 4 bintang (mulanya kat McD). Saya mengerling sekali imbas pakaiannya - tuxedo dengan tie...jadi rasa saya lain macam sikit tapi saya teruskan jua. (Nota : Tuxedo, biasanya dipakai dengan 'bow' dan bukan 'tie' kecuali jenis-jenis tuxedo tertentu yang mirip kepada lounge suite)
Lepas tu boleh lagi 'berlagak kaya' tu. Saya pun duduk dan pesan air sejuk dan mulalah dia membuka 'drawing' lapuk, kertas kerja yang lapuk dsb. dan mulalah bercakap besar. Menteri semua bertemu dengannya. Dalam hati saya, "mengalahkan Eli Najem nih".
Kemudian bertanya saya, "tak order makan ke?" - saya jawab sinis "tak perlu, kita nak discuss jer kan"
Kemudian dia dah boring dan mula bertanya "You nak buat ke tak nak buat projek ni?"
Saya pun jawab "You yang call saya atau saya yang call you?" Terus dia diam. Kemudian mood dia dah hilang, dia bangun dan bersalam dengan saya, terus keluar.
Semasa dia menanti di lobby, saya order 'medium rare sirloin steak' dan 'mixed fruit juice'. Sengaja saya tunjukkan padanya yang saya tengah makan dan dia ternampak di celah-celah cermin.
Sehingga sekarang tidak lagi saya bertemu dengannya.
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2) Kisah kedua - seseorang datang dari luar KL - sememang saya dah kenal dgn manusia ini tetapi tidaklah rapat dengannya. Macai politik la ni - kira-kiranya.
Dia kata kat saya, dia ada projek sivil yang boleh dia masuk bertemu dengan PM. Dari 'first impression', saya sudah tahu - ada 'something wrong' dia ni.
Lalu saya terus mengikutnya ke Putrajaya tetapi saya yang memandu. Saya buat-buatlah macam tak kenal Putrajaya dan JPM. Sepanjang jalan, dia 'hint' saya bahawa 'saya kena bayar duit' baru boleh jumpa PM. Lalu dia membawa saya merata-rata tempat sampai tersesat ke sana sini. Saya masih diam. Masa tu, mulalah dia sms la, call kawan la dll.
Lalu ternampaklah dia akan JPM (Parcel B) - (chewah, konon-kononnya tahu la ni) Lepas tu dia suruh saya berhenti kat tempat parking dan berjalan kat pengawal. Saya tergelak kecil dalam kereta melihat dia berjalan terus ke dalam sehingga pengawal kena panggil suruh daftar. (Dia suruh saya nanti dalam kereta dan saya mengikut je sebab nak tengok sejauh mana 'permainannya')
(Info : Parcel B adalah Kompleks JABATAN PM dan bukannya PEJABAT PM (kat Parcel A) - macamana pula saya tak tahu, saya terlibat dalam pembinaan semenjak 'pecah tanah' lagi akhir 90-an)
Saya lihat dia menuju ke D7 iaitu JAKIM. Lepas dia 'hilang dari pandangan', lalu saya menelefon seorang kawan di PEJABAT Perdana Menteri dan juga di JAKIM. Kedua-dua rakan bertanya saya, mereka tak kenal pun kawan saya ni malah bertanya kat saya :
"ini mesti Nik ni nak mengena orang - saya tahu lah perangai Nik ni..ini mesti orang nak 'pau'...aaah biar, dia tak kenal lagi siapa Nik ni"
Akhirnya muncullah kawan saya ni datang ke kereta, saya cepat-cepat tutup telefon. Lalu dia datang ke kereta memberitahu saya bahawa 'contactnya' perlukan 'wang saguhati' sebanyak RM400.00 kalau 'nak projek'. Saya tidak tahan lagi nak tergelak, lalu saya paksa dia naik ke kereta dan saya terus ke Precint 9 tanpa sebarang ragu-ragu. Sehingga dia hairan tengok saya macam biasa di tempat itu.
Setelah tiba di restoran mamak kegemaran saya, selepas memesan makanan, saya dengan terus-terang memberitahunya dengan nada yang bersahaja bahawa tempat yang dia pergi itu adalah JAKIM dan Jabatan Perdana Menteri - bukan Pejabat Perdana Menteri serta saya memberitahunya bahawa saya terlalu biasa dengan Putrajaya ni. Dia hanya diam dan akhirnya meminta saya menghantar ke stesyen komuter Kajang.
Sehingga hari ini, dia amat hormatkan saya.
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Cukuplah dengan 2 kisah lucu ini. Masih banyak kisah lucu saya nak kongsikan agar kita jangan mudah percaya.
Saya ni bukannya apa sebab macam-macam manusia dengan karekternya ni...
Ibarat kata pepatah 'mat salleh' - saya ubah sedikit..
"It's this kind of business people who gives us (the genuine businessmen) a very bad name"
Walaupun begitu, seorang rakan pernah berkata 'wasting our precious time' jer...tetapi saya ni kadang-kadang 'kesian' kat mereka ni...They want to be someone, they want to be heard and seen, but the way they are doing it is so WRONG.
Siap ada 'pengikut' lagi tu...memang lucu. Yang 'memimpin' pun lucu, tetapi yang 'pengikut' lagi lucu. Yang saya hairannya, 'ada juga yang percaya tuh'...tak boleh kenal permata dgn kaca.Samalah kesnya dengan pengikut ajaran sesat.
Tetapi yang menjadi mangsa - yang paling saya kesihan tu. Habis semua duit mereka ditipu. Kalau yang ajaran sesat tu, habis harta dengan isteri pun dijualnya...MasyaAllah.
Jadi patutlah kalau kita kongsi pengalaman masing-masing semoga menjadi panduan. Janganlah percaya pada dakwaan, gunakan mata hati yang bersih untuk menilai, bukan mata hati yang dibutai oleh benda yang haram tetapi cuba dihalalkan dan dijustifikasikan.
One lie if told a thousand times will eventually becomes the truth...
E-Sastera Malaysia is the only; if not the earliest; portal in the SEA Region promoting 100% literary works in Bahasa Melayu (Malay Language) especially poetry in the cyberspace. It is founded by Professor Dr. Irwan Abu Bakar along with Mdm Hasimah Harun - his wife and other inspiring people in the industry who supported the brilliant idea.
E-Sastera is open to all walks of life - regardless of country, nationality, race, religion, age etc. (if you are interested in literature especially if you are shy to show your talent - poetry, essay etc. - this is the place you should be considering)
What surprises me most is the fact that Professor Dr. Ir. Wan Abu Bakar is a Professional Engineer cum Professor in Department of Biomedical Engineering in the leading university in Malaysia - University of Malaya (UM) - basically a technical person having genuine enthusiasm in the field of literature.
I am one of the earliest associate in early 2004 by suggesting and contributed a Challenge Trophy dubbed as E-Sastera HESCOM Award a.k.a. Nik Zafri's Challenge Trophy - the main prize for the best cyberspace literary works on e-sastera.
The rest is history. They become a registered association (Malaysian E-Literature/Arts Activist Association - Persatuan Aktivis E-Sastera Malaysia), publishers, making headlines in the media etc - basically geared towards becoming a major empire of cyber literature enterprising - drawing the attention of big names in Malaysian literature such as Dewan Bahasa & Pustaka (Malay for The Institute of Language and Literature) (abbreviated DBP) is the government body responsible for co-ordinating the use of the Malay language in Malaysia and Brunei) and famous & legendary poets, writers, GAPENA (National Writers Association), corporate sectors etc.