IT Automation Research Articles

Legal directions for improving the activities of the State Agency for the Reconstruction and Development of Infrastructure of Ukraine

In this article, the authors conducted a systematic research of the legal areas of improvement of the State Agency for Reconstruction and Development of Infrastructure of Ukraine. The relevance of the research is due to the fact that at this stage of the State Agency’s activities there are a number of unresolved legal issues that require regulatory regulation, in particular, the establishment of a «legislative framework» for the reconstruction processes, distribution of powers between it, state and local authorities and other participants in the reconstruction process, introduction of an electronic document flow system from the contractor to the Treasury, unification of decision-making procedures in regional reconstruction services, etc. It is established that the competence of the State Agency was significantly changed after the full-scale invasion of the russian federation, in particular, in terms of ensuring the elimination of the consequences of armed aggression and reconstruction of infrastructure. That is why, given the short period of the State Agency’s functioning, the authors have analysed the key legal acts on the reconstruction and direct activities of this body, the involvement of international technical assistance in the reconstruction processes in Ukraine, and identified areas for improving its activities in accordance with the leading international practices and standards. On the basis of this analysis, the authors focus on the need to adopt a separate law to define the charter of the State Agency for the Reconstruction and Development of Infrastructure of Ukraine. It is substantiated that it would be strategically prudent to adopt the Law of Ukraine «On the Basic Principles of Reconstruction of Ukraine» (working title), which would provide for a special status for the State Agency for Reconstruction and Development of Infrastructure of Ukraine. It is concluded that the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine should decide to increase the number of employees of the State Agency to 190 and to enshrine the plan for the State Agency’s capacity and transformation in the Government’s programme documents. The State Agency is recommended to develop a target operating model of the Agency’s IT strategy and automation of business processes of the Reconstruction Services (in particular, ERP systems), and document management systems.

Optimizing IT Project Management in Ukraine's Aviation Sector: Challenges, Opportunities, and Strategic Insights

The Ukrainian aviation industry is undergoing digital transformation; however, the pace remains behind global and European standards due to several challenges. These include limited funding, a lack of skilled IT professionals, and a slow rate of modern technology adoption. The research, titled "Optimizing IT Project Management in Ukraine’s Aviation Sector: Challenges, Opportunities, and Strategic Insights," addresses the urgent need for improvements in IT project management to enhance efficiency, competitiveness, and technological advancement within the aviation sector in Ukraine. This article analyzes the sector's current challenges, including insufficient government and private sector investment, internet infrastructure issues, and a shortage of IT specialists. It also identifies opportunities in areas like automation, digitization, and the potential for public-private collaborations. The study's primary objective is to develop and evaluate an optimal IT project management framework tailored to Ukraine’s aviation industry. This framework aims to optimize resource usage, integrate modern technologies like AI, automation, and cybersecurity, and improve global competitiveness. Furthermore, the research offers a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) analysis of Ukraine’s aviation IT landscape, benchmarking it against European standards. A substantial gap exists between Ukraine and Europe regarding IT investment and automation, with European countries leading in adopting AI-driven systems, enhanced cybersecurity, and automated business and customer service processes. To bridge this divide, the study proposes an optimized IT project management model focused on strategic priorities such as investment in skill development, strengthening public-private partnerships, enhancing cybersecurity, implementing agile work methods, and supporting innovation through government initiatives. In conclusion, the study underscores that enhancing IT project management in Ukraine’s aviation industry is crucial for maintaining global competitiveness and improving operational efficiency. The proposed model offers actionable insights to address current challenges while capitalizing on new opportunities, thereby ensuring resilience in the face of ongoing global digitization and technological advancements.

What's the Difference Between AI and IT Automation?

What's the Difference Between AI and IT Automation?

The practical ethics of repurposing health data: how to acknowledge invisible data work and the need for prioritization.

Throughout the Global North, policymakers invest in large-scale integration of health-data infrastructures to facilitate the reuse of clinical data for administration, research, and innovation. Debates about the ethical implications of data repurposing have focused extensively on issues of patient autonomy and privacy. We suggest that it is time to scrutinize also how the everyday work of healthcare staff is affected by political ambitions of data reuse for an increasing number of purposes, and how different purposes are prioritized. Our analysis builds on ethnographic studies within the Danish healthcare system, which is internationally known for its high degree of digitalization and well-connected data infrastructures. Although data repurposing ought to be relatively seamless in this context, we demonstrate how it involves costs and trade-offs for those who produce and use health data. Even when IT systems and automation strategies are introduced to enhance efficiency and reduce data work, they can end up generating new forms of data work and fragmentation of clinically relevant information. We identify five types of data work related to the production, completion, validation, sorting, and recontextualization of health data. Each of these requires medical expertise and clinical resources. We propose that the implications for these forms of data work should be considered early in the planning stages of initiatives for large-scale data sharing and reuse, such as the European Health Data Space. We believe that political awareness of clinical costs and trade-offs related to such data work can provide better and more informed decisions about data repurposing.

Automation of Server Configuration Using Ansible

Abstract: System information like RAM, storage, IP address of the device, operating system, software’s installed are defined as the configurations of that system and to add, update or delete these configurations is known as the management. When a tool automates this same task, it is called a configuration management tool. A system engineer witnesses a couple of problems with manual configuration approach and an abundance of repetitive tasks which are time-consuming and are prone to human errors. Server configuration is a huge landscape that has to be maintained properly from the start. Hence, configuration management and provisioning tool like Ansible, Chef, Puppet or Salt are used. Ansible is one of the best open-source tools to automate and maintain the configuration. Ansible controls and configure nodes from a single machine. What makes it unique from other configuration management tool is that it makes use of SSH infrastructure and is very secure due its agentless property. Ansible is the solution to get rid of all the hassle in server management because it facilitates to build easy IT automation engine to save time and be more productive

Controlled DDoS Attack on IPv4/IPv6 Network Using Distributed Computing Infrastructure

The paper focuses on design, background and experimental results of real environment of DDoS attacks. The experimental testbed is based on employment of a tool for IT automation to perform DDoS attacks under monitoring. DDoS attacks are still serious threat in both IPv4 and IPv6 networks and creation of simple tool to test the network for DDoS attack and to allow evaluation of vulnerabilities and DDoS countermeasures of the networks is necessary. In proposed testbed, Ansible orchestration tool is employed to perform and coordinate DDoS attacks. Ansible is a powerful tool and simplifies the implementation of the test environment. Moreover, no special hardware is required for the attacks execution, the testbed uses existing infrastructure in an organization. The case study of implementation of this environment shows straightforwardness to create a testbed comparable with a botnet with ten thousand bots. Furthermore, the experimental results demonstrate the potential of the proposed environment and present the impact of the attacks on particular target servers in IPv4 and IPv6 networks.

Adaptive threshold modeling algorithm for monitoring indicators of power network server based on Chebyshev inequality

The business system server under the IT automation operation and maintenance platform generates massive data samples, based on which the threshold can be set to realize the allocation and management of hardware resources. The traditional threshold selection method is to determine an appropriate threshold based on human experience. If the threshold is too high, it will not play its due role. But if the threshold is too low, it will frequently produce false positives. To solve this problem, an adaptive threshold method based on Chebyshev inequality theory combined with kernel density estimation is proposed to determine monitoring indexes, and a new dynamic implicit threshold model is established to analyse the data generated by the business system server for real-time monitoring and alarm processing. Through the experimental study on the CPU utilization data of the power grid server, lower missing and false positive rate are obtained, which verifies the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed method.

Re-examining Border Clearance in the Age of E-Commerce

Traditional customs clearance processes for goods arriving in ports or at border crossings involve declaration, inspection, revenue collection, and release procedures focused in time and space at the point of arrival. This paradigm for government management of cross-border trade in goods has been incrementally impacted in the 21st century by change drivers ranging from heightened concerns about security and safety risks in international supply chains to the increasingly sophisticated use of prearrival data collection and IT automation in border management processes. Over the past decade, the rapid growth of online retailing, sometimes referred to as e-commerce, has led to an exponential increase in goods, often individually packaged, shipped directly from the seller to consumer. Existing border clearance models for international goods shipments were established in the context of an environment dominated by business-to-business commercial shipments of cargo for further distribution (for example, by retailers) in the country of destination. The rapidly expanding volume of cross-border direct-to-consumer shipments generates large numbers of small package consignments, presenting a challenge for existing goods clearance models in many countries. Contemporary border clearance processes may not be ideally suited to the rapidly expanding volumes of such shipments, and the limited reporting requirements often associated with such consignments may make effective risk management and revenue collection very difficult for governments. Border management modernisation initiatives spearheaded by multilateral organisations have generated some clarity in confirming that e-commerce’s effects do challenge traditional border clearance models, highlighting many of the underlying issues, but they have not generated a clear path forward on policy solutions. As a result, individual countries have been re-examining their national border clearance processes and are starting to take actions to tackle the e-commerce border clearance challenge on their own, highlighting the need for further multilateral work in this area to develop a consensus on policy measures to address the border management concerns identified.

Automation in Applications for Healthcare, Private, and Public Sectors in IT

The paper will examine the implementation of the new technology in the automation of the healthcare, private, and public sectors. The latest technological advancements tend to alter the modes of the normal behavior of different segments of life among the listed ones in their entire process and responsibly affect their operation. The technology sheds light on specific areas requiring adequate and superb services and offers obscure methods in the field of automation. In doing so, the credibility and accountability of the entire systems that are put in place are enhanced. To investigate how the automation of the application areas is influenced by IT regarding the equation of accountability, a range of documentations that are empirically implemented in the field of IT are explored. The exploration ranges from the purest forms of transactions that involve the automation of lower levels to the highly automated systems, which includes the technologies that analyze biometric fingerprints, among others. From the example, the accountable potential of the IT automation is discussed for the different applications with the hope of investigating the benefits that are brought about by the automation of the applications while doing away with the potentials that are unaccountable and hinders the functionality that may come from the usage of the systems applications on the different fields. Throughout the paper, much stress is on the importance of developing a balance that exists between the benefits of the automated applications in IT and the entire process of automation, including the system that may tend to reduce the efficiency of the applications and be able to bring up accountability.

Challenges of IT Adoption at Educational Institutions

Information and communication technology have become more potent over the years and its organization wide usage is ever increasing. New technology integration has been changing the way individuals work and organisations operate. However, despite the many benefits, technology adoption can also be at times problematic and disruptive. This research utilising the case study method investigated the nature of problems and their impacts due to IT changes and automation in educational institutions in Bangladesh. The findings reveal that there are problems related to network; process; interface; and hardware that are causing operational impacts such as disruption, efficiency loss, productivity loss and quality issues of various extent. Furthermore, the paper based on the results of the case study and expert opinion provides a set of recommendations for problem mitigation.

Improvement of Documentation Workflow in FMCG Chain Retailing Companies Based on Data Architecture Design

The presented study improves the model of top-level documentation workflow in FMCG chain retailing companies by building a special data architecture.Aim. The study aims to develop a model of top-level documentation workflow for building architectural solutions of FMCG chain retailing companies based on data architecture modeling.Tasks. First, it is necessary to examine the general documentation workflow system of FMCG chain retailing companies, identifying the major interested parties — participants of external, internal, and supporting workflow. It is also advisable to analyze certain types of internal workflow and to determine the relationships between them. Based on the conducted analysis, it is necessary to develop a conceptual model of data architecture and a documentation workflow model for FMCG chain retailing companies.Methods. This study represents the general documentation workflow system of FMCG chain retailing companies as three subsystems (external, internal, and supporting workflow). The authors examine the major channels of interaction between chain retailing companies and such interested parties as government authorities, suppliers, consumers, and third-party organizations. Based on the analysis of the elements of the workflow system, this study builds a top-level documentation workflow model and presents a conceptual model of data architecture for FMCG chain retailing companies with allowance for the above-mentioned entities. The model uses UML notation, which makes it possible to reflect key classes and relationships and to identify relationships that need to be simplified.Results. The study examines the process of improving documentation workflow in FMCG chain retailing companies in the context of active implementation of new IT solutions and automation of business processes to reduce costs and increase sales. The authors show the general documentation workflow system of FMCG chain retailing companies, identifying the major interested parties — participants of external workflow — and analyzing certain types of internal workflow. According to the results of the study, a top-level documentation workflow model for FMCG chain retailing companies is developed based on data architecture design.Conclusions. Large FMCG chain retailing companies are actively implementing new IT solutions and automate business processes to reduce costs and increase sales. Optimal documentation support for FMCG chain retailing companies is impossible without generating huge amounts of data. Methods of data storage and processing have a direct impact on the speed and quality of business processes. In order to improve documentation workflow, it is becoming increasingly important to develop and optimize data architecture. Data architecture is one of the fundamental models of company operation in terms of comprehensive digitalization. The obtained data model can be considered universal for FMCG chain retailing companies since it makes it possible to organize management in such a way as to ensure the development and efficient functioning of the architecture of chain retailing companies.

The relationship between IT capabilities and organizational effectiveness (Case Study: Welfare bank branches Golestan Province)

Ali RezaFadaei1 Ali AkbarAghaei2* A_A_Aghaei @nomail.comThe relationship between IT capabilities and organizational effectiveness (Case Study: Welfare bank branches Golestan Province)Objective: This study sought to the relationship between IT capabilities and effectiveness of the organization. The importance and role of automation and technological devices to provide new and better services and adapting the organization to meet With diverse and changing environments today. Role of information technology in knowledge management is an important issue for organizations that want to take advantage of technology to manage their intellectual capital. And also the importance of effectiveness for these organizations to continue their work. Then, by reading articles, Books, use the database to collect the literature in relation to IT automation capabilities and effectiveness of the actions and assumptions were developed.Methodology:The study population consisted of all bank employees welfare of Golestan province were selected. To gather the information needed and to test hypotheses and questionnaires were distributed Interviews and direct observations were studied.Results:According to the statistical methods including statistical analysis was performed and the average test mean difference test and researchers With the implementation of statistical methods to the conclusions and recommendations of case study organizations attempted to Ready to meet the objectives and effectiveness of the administrative system due to the use of information technology is possible. Conclusion:The results of this study also shows that the effectiveness of various aspects of information technology functions such as IT architecture, IT infrastructure, human resources and communication resources was significant.

МЕТОДИЧНІ ЗАСАДИ ФОРМУВАННЯ І РЕАЛІЗАЦІЇ СТРАТЕГІЇ СИСТЕМНОЇ ТРАНСФОРМАЦІЇ ПРОМИСЛОВИХ ПІДПРИЄМСТВ

The purpose of the work is to develop methodological recommendations for the formation and implementation of the strategy of systematic transformation of domestic industrial enterprises. Methods of system analysis, modern concepts of production management, analysis and synthesis, deduction and induction, comparison were used to achieve the purpose of the study. The main results of the study are the basic approaches to organizing the process of systemic transformation, which include transformation "on the small things" and a comprehensive approach to transformation. Requirements for the level of readiness of an industrial enterprise for system transformation have been also formulated. Before undertaking a system transformation at an industrial enterprise, there should be: the connection of the strategy with the goals of the enterprise; investments should be made only in the necessary technologies; it is essential to support transformation processes by top management; the accumulated information must be effectively used and the transformation strategy constantly reviewed. An important result of the research is the main steps that must be taken in the process of systemic transformation. The main activities include: corporate culture reform, a radical change in business model, optimization of internal business processes based on IT technologies and automation of interaction with customers, suppliers and partners. In addition, the main obstacles that arise for enterprises in the implementation of system transformation have been identified. The main ones are: legacy infrastructure, lack of skills, unwillingness or unpreparedness for digital change, rapid pace of change, lack of alignment with business goals, security issues. The paper also proposes ways to overcome these obstacles. The results obtained can be used to increase the efficiency of the process of forming a systematic transformation strategy of industrial enterprises, as well as to organize the process of its implementation. A promising direction for further research is the adaptation and concretization of the developed recommendations, taking into account the specifics of individual industries and the characteristics of specific industrial enterprises.

Educational Management in University on the Basis of Database Management System

In research article process of informatization of education from the point of view of automation of document flow in higher education institution is considered. Management of the office-work process proceeding in higher education institution treats the sphere of educational management. A technical basis of educational management in higher education institution is the unified information system (UIS) allowing to operate all processes proceeding in him. One of the UIS functions is administrative and information management within which UIS integrates means of IT support and automation of management of educational institution. The purpose of article is consideration of technology of system development automation of office-work on the basis of the database management systems (DBMS). At design of the database the special software of MySQL Workbench which application has allowed to accelerate working processes was used, and the issue of reliability of data storage has been resolved thanks to their storage on the server possessing high technical characteristics and working at uninterrupted food. The organization of the specialized interface is shown on the example of SQL-of inquiries to the database. Article can be of interest to experts of the sphere of the information technologies which are engaged in development of means of informatization in the context of development of the information and education environment of educational institution.

Are IT Skills Helpful to Manage Processes in a Small Business?

During last three decades, process management has become well-recognised method for planning, monitoring, controlling and transforming organisational operations. Often process management in organisation is associated with the development or implementation of IT systems and automation projects. However, this is just one of the aspects of the process management. Other approach, named Business process management (BPM) is a comprehensive system for transforming organizational operations and managing company performance.Skills needed for managing company are different to skills necessary for development of IT systems. Process approach for managing enterprise performance differs significantly from the process approach used for development of the IT solutions and automating workflows. Selection of appropriate approach requires sufficient knowledge and experience for manager in charge.Small business most of times faces challenge of limited resources and limited competencies. This also leads to often confusing and disappointing results from implementing process management approach in small and medium companies.Article review main differences in process management approaches for managing company performance and process automation purposes, and discuss results of focus groups on how manager's IT skills can facilitate or diminish success of the business process management initiatives in a company.

Redivivus Technologies Pvt Ltd

Mr. Govinda Mahajan, MD of Redivivus Technologies Pvt Ltd (RTPL) started the automation IT solution organization 2010 in Pune. He was going through the analysis phase of the current business model with the objective of achieving future growth. As an entrepreneur he wanted the business to expand from its current segment of Printing automation and Auditing Automation and other IT Automation solutions. The critical point came in, when one of his friends in manufacturing requested him to make a customized SME level ERP software solution. GM (As he was popularly known in his company) analyzed the feedback on this product and to his surprise it was very user-friendly product, giving good business returns to his friend. Since GM was looking to expand into new business segments with his organizational expertise, he saw a great opportunity in this product. Now the dilemma, whether SME level ERP solution could be the segment (where he could focus to increase his product portfolio for growth) was to overcome. Future marketing strategies of RTPL could be modified only if this major decision of foraying into SME level ERP segment was taken before the meeting in December 2015. GM had to take decision fast, as he did not want to miss out on the opportunity created by the Make in India Buzz. Govinda had multi fold challenges for Redivivus Technologies- 1) Was it possible to gain new and large number of customers in SME Level ERP solutions? 2) Analyzing about his organizational capabilities for SME level ERP segment. 3) Could RTPL compete with the established competitors? GM was very concerned about not losing focus from his current business, at the same time not ready to lose this opportunity. He had to prepare a complete blueprint of the plan before Dec 2015 so as to capitalize on the same. The case revolves around the marketing dilemma of Mr. Govinda on what should be the marketing strategy ahead. The case addresses issues of marketing strategy of small IT service businesses. The case also gives insights about entrepreneur's dilemma evolving in changing business scenario. It can be also taught for addressing issues of changing business models, service marketing, building brand equity and STP (segmentation-targeting-positioning). Learning Objectives of the Case : 1. To understand insights of a business model for an IT service organization. 2. To understand market development and product development in the context of a growth stage Startup Company. 3. To analyze the impact of marketing environment on the business model 4. To develop market development plan for Redivivus Technologies Pvt Ltd.

Novel Trends in the Development of Autonomation and Robotics in Metrology for Production in the Future

Abstract: Today's manufacturing industry is going through a period of transition to the novel production technology down to micro/nanoscale of complex shapes and increasing efficiency and functionality. To meet high-level demands both from industrial and from private customers in the future, manufacturing enterprises must be high flexible and agile enough to respond quickly to product demand changes also according technological developments especially in the field of precision engineering at micro, nano and pico scale production. New levels of manufacturing precision are the key requirements to enable advanced machining processes that demands improved techniques of metrology with high flexibility, universality and high accuracy. New models for alternative configurations of future industrial organisations in general which are usually applied and especially for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) need to be investigated. Those new models can be developed on the basis of intelligent production technologies and integrated management systems as well as extensive use of the IT technologies, automation, robotics, parallel-processing computing and advanced engineering data exchange techniques.

IT Service Management and IT Automation

IT Service Management and IT Automation

Harnessing ICT potential

PurposeThis paper aims to examine how effective higher education institutions have been in harnessing the data capture mechanisms from their student information systems, learning management systems and communication tools for improving the student learning experience and informing practitioners of the achievement of specific learning outcomes. The paper seeks to argue that the future of analytics in higher education lies in the development of more comprehensive and integrated systems to value add to the student learning experience.Design/methodology/approachLiterature regarding the trend for greater accountability in higher education is reviewed in terms of its implications for greater “user driven” direction. In addition, IT usage within higher education and contemporary usage of data captured from various higher education systems is examined and compared to common commercial applications to suggest how higher education management and teachers can gain greater understanding of the student cohort and personalise and enhance the learning experience much as commercial entities have done for their client base. A way forward for higher education is proposed.FindingsIf the multiple means that students engage with university systems are considered, it is possible to track individual activity throughout the entire student life cycle – from initial admission, through course progression and finally graduation and employment transitions. The combined data captured by various systems builds a detailed picture of the activities students, instructors, service areas and the institution as a whole undertake and can be used to improve relevance, efficiency and effectiveness in a higher education institution.Originality/valueThe paper outlines how academic analytics can be used to better inform institutions about their students learning support needs. The paper provides examples of IT automation that may allow for student user‐information to be translated into a personalised and semi‐automated support system for students.

BISE – Call for Papers, Issue 1/2011, IT Service Management and IT Automation – Methods and Models for Efficient IT Operations

BISE – Call for Papers, Issue 1/2011, IT Service Management and IT Automation – Methods and Models for Efficient IT Operations