Workshop 5

I have now had the easy decision of taking the IT Managers side of the Ruby on Rails ride for the rest of the workshops. It took me a whole of 2 seconds to make the decision after hours of frustrated ill attempts at being able to create a fully functioning rails app. I put this down to my network engineering major with little to no exposure to the realm of creating online systems.

Through vast research on the net I have found a variety of SMS devices but the one I am going to recommend is the SMS Prodigy version of a GSM modem sms hardware. This device can be configured to send personal SMS messages to the individuals that make a booking with the online taxi system. This device requires minimal system requirements.

Technical Data

The GSM Modem derives +5V DC power from the USB port, therefore, the PC must have a USB port conforming to the USB 2.0 standards. The device does
not require any external power supply for its operation.

Modem is dualband EGSM900 and GSM1800.

System Requirements

• Windows 2003, XP or Vista
• Pentium 1GHz and above
• 1 GB RAM
• 50MB HDD
• 1 free USB 2.0 Port

Information provided from http://smsprodigy.com/sms-hardware.html

The network needs for the taxi booking system will not necessarily change with the implementation of the SMS taxi booking system. Personnel will need to be trained and new people recruited for the implementation and everyday use/management of the new technologies and systems implemented.