Part A Background Information
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* 1. School Finance Type: |
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* 2. School Curriculum Type: |
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* 5. Number of Staff (including non-teaching staff): |
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* 6. Year of Establishment: |
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Part B Network Infrastructure
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* 7. How many computers does your school have? |
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* 8. Does your school have the following type of computer room? (More than one can be chosen) |
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* 9. Which of the following type of servers does your school have? (More than one can be chosen) |
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* 10. Which parts of your school are connected by the Local Area Network? (More than one can be chosen) |
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* 11. Does your school employ wireless technology? |
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* 12. Which part(s) of your school is/ are covered by wireless technology? (More than one can be chosen) |
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* 13. Which technology is used for the backbone of the LAN in your school? |
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* 14. Which technology is used for the rest of the LAN in your school? (More than one can be chosen) |
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* 15. What percentages of computers in your school have Internet access? |
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* 16. How are your school's computers connected to the Internet? (More than one can be chosen) |
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* 17. What percentages of computers in your school will be considered as obsolete in 1-2 years? |
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* 18. What is the average number of network downtime per month? |
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* 19. Does your school have any backup strategy in case the main server fails? |
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* 20. Does your school have any alternative gateway for Internet access in case the existing network connection router fails? |
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* 21. Does your school have an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) in case of power interruption? |
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* 22. Does your school require passwords or logins for teachers and student to access its databases while at home? |
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* 23. Have any of your school data been illegally accessed or altered? |
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* 24. Does your school have a defined data security policy? |
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* 25. Does your school network implement any security measures? (More than one can be chosen) |
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* 26. What do you consider as viable to improve your school LAN performance? (More than one can be chosen) |
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* 27. Do you consider the thin client approach (i.e. a server-centric approach with a majority of applications performed by the servers) viable to deal with the obsolete computers in your school? |
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* 28. Will your school consider employing Virtual Private Network (VPN) approach for remote access school network or database? |
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* 29. Please prioritize the importance of each of the following factors when considering employing VPN. (Please rank each factor with a ¡§1¡¨ for most important, ¡§2¡¨ for second most important, ¡§3¡¨ for third most important and so on.) |
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Cost |
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| | Ease of use |
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* 30. Please prioritize the seriousness of each of the following problem(s) experienced in network implementation? (Please rank each factor with a ¡§1¡¨ for most serious, ¡§2¡¨ for second most serious, ¡§3¡¨ for third most serious and so on.) |
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Insufficient fund |
| | Insufficient knowledge |
| | Frequent change of technology |
| | Organisation inertia |
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* 31. Please prioritize the importance of each of the following factors in network implementation. (Please rank each factor with a ¡§1¡¨ for most important, ¡§2¡¨ for second most important, ¡§3¡¨ for third most important and so on.) |
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Security |
| | Performance |
| | Maintainability |
| | Availability |
| | Expandability |
| | Compatibility |
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| 32. Do you have any additional comment regarding school network? | | |
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