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Introduction to Company:
When I want to prepare my Assignment I visited "Islami Bank" Savar Branch. There
are really co-operative & provide me the information what I need.I was surprised to know
a lot of knowledge about the wide range of software & computer application use by
Islami Bank.
Research Questions
Answers were sought to the following research questions.
1. What types of computer are used in Islami Bank?
2. What types of software are used in Islami Bank?
3. What types of networks, digital network services, and information security tools
Banking computer include large mainframe computers which are often large enough to
fill intire rooms to smaller, hand held personal digital assistance.
(1) Mainframe computer are used for store clint records domestic operations and
other vital processing information. A large Bank with numerous branches may have a
mainframe computer for ime sharing with its branches.Time sharing is the abilityto
allow multipie users to access the same computers at the same time.
(2) Minicomputer allows to shift from centralization to destribute processing. Bank
use mini computers as file storage systems, to run email and performs internet
operations.
(3) P.C or Microcomputer is either function for a WAN or LAN or as independent is
used in banking sector and programmed to run spreadsheet, word processing,
database software, web browser & email clients. P.C used in Banks include tablets,
notebooks, laptops, desktop, palmtop,computor programme able calculators &
personal digital assistance.
Research Question No.
(2) What types of software are used in Islami Bank ?
The respondents were provided a list of different types of (1) operating system
software, (2) office suite software, (3) groupware software, (4) web authoring/design
software, and (5) computer languages. They were asked to mark all that were used by
individuals in their company.
The operating systems used by the majority of the companies were Windows 07 or 10
(90%) and Windows XP (85%). All operating systems listed on the survey are shown in
Table 1.
93
88
52
49
24
18
17
16
24
Percent
90
85
51
48
23
18
17
16
23
Microsoft Office Suite was the office suite used by the majority of respondents
(93%).The next two most popular suites were Corel Office Suite (16%) and Lotus Smart
Suite(14%). In the category of workgroup computing, Microsoft was again the company
that manufac-tured the most used software program. Microsoft Outlook/Exchange was
used by majority (65%) of the companies. However, Lotus Notes (28%), Netscape
Communicator(25%), and Novell Groupwise (22%), were also used by several of the
respondents.When examin -ing the type of web design software used, it was primarily
Microsoft FrontPage(52%) and various HTML editors (44%). Other Web design tools
used can be seen in Table 2.
53
Percent
52
45
14
13
10
9
44
14
13
10
9
The respondents were also asked to indicate the type of computer languages used for
writing and editing programs. There were a wide variety of languages. The three
languages used by the majority of the companies were visual basic (64%), COBOL
(62%), and SQL (61%).
Research Question No.
(3) What types of networks, digital network services, and information security tools are
used in Islami Bank?
Security
Login Password
Antivirus Program
Firewalls
Router Filters
Encryption
Secured Socket Layer
Intrusion Detection
Digital Signatures
No Device Used
97
94
83
37
36
29
20
18
2
Percent
94
91
81
36
35
28
19
18
2
The respondents were given a list of 10 general content/technical skill areas and non
technical skill areas. They were asked to indicate their opinion regarding the importance
of each area for a bachelors degree in Information Systems Technologies as well as a
position in the IT or IS field. These were calculated on a 5-point scale, and means were
determined. The means of these 18 areas (technical and non-technical combined) and the
standard deviations are provided in Table 4. The top six skills based on level of
importance, as indicated by the members of the Association of Information Professionals,
were all non-technical skills. These skills were thinking skills, teamwork, desire to learn,
personal characteristics, personal attitude and motivation, and communic
Table 4 - Technical and Non-Technical Skills
Content/Skill Area
Mean
Thinking Skills
Teamwork
Desire to Learn
Personal Characteristics
Personal Attitude and Motivation
Communication Skills
Systems Analysis, Design,
Implementation, and Maintenance
Standard deviation
4.40
4.38
4.35
4.33
4.33
4.29
4.16
0.43
0.47
0.54
0.51
0.53
0.54
0.65