ICTMS Staff Attend Active Directory Training
Wednesday, 09 May 2012 11:01
The Information and Communication Technology Management Service (ICTMS) staff of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) attended a 4-day Training program on Active Directory (AD) entitled “Configuring and Troubleshooting Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Domain Services”. The training program was held at the DB Wizards training center in Makati last April 30 and May 2 to 4, 2012. The training instructor from DB Wizards was Michael Concepcion, a Microsoft Certified Trainor (MCT).
Participants include Dennis Asuncion and Ross Del Rosario from the Systems Administration and Integration Division (SAID) of ICTMS. Other staffs from ICTMS are scheduled to attend the same training program on a later date.
Basically, AD is a technology created to offer network services including LDAP directory services, DNS naming and Kerberos based authentication services. Developed for MS windows server platform, AD allows the IT administrators to implement the organizational structure in a logical way.
Working with Windows Active Directory can be complex without the right guidance and preparation. Through this Active Directory training program, the staff received information about this Windows technology that is highly beneficial to effectively work with AD.
The AD provides a central location for network administration and security. It authenticates and authorizes all users and computers in a Windows domain type network—assigning and enforcing security policies for all computers and installing or updating software. For example, when a user logs into a computer that is part of a Windows domain, Active Directory verifies the password and specifies whether the user is a system administrator or normal user.
AD is used by systems administrators to manage end user accounts, computer software packages, files and other network resources on medium to large-sized organizations. AD help save significant time and cost by eliminating the need to visit each computer individually to perform routine maintenance or upgrades.
Payment Reconciliation System WorkshopMonday, 19 March 2012 21:17
A pilot activity for the Pantawid Pamilya Payment Reconciliation System was conducted at the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Davao Regional Office Region XI last March 7 to 10, 2012 by the joint effort of the team coming from the Information and Communications Technology Management Service (ICTMS) and the Finance 4PS, in cooperation with the team from the DSWD Region XI. The 4-day workshop was attended by Financial Analysts coming from the different regional offices of DSWD. The workshop aims to introduce to the participants The Payment Reconciliation System developed by the Information Systems Development Division (ISDD) of ICTMS. The system will be used to counter-check that the computed grants have been disbursed to the beneficiaries. Assistant Regional Director Priscilla Razon officially started the workshop with a welcome address, while Undersecretary Mateo Montano delivered the opening remarks. Ms. Lalaine Encarnacion, Unified FM Specialist, enumerated the program objectives. The workshop was conducted by Mr. Lorenzo Quimzon, Information Technology Officer, and assisted by Mr. Ross Del Rosario, from the Systems Administration and Integration Division (SAID), and Mr. Edward Leano from ISDD, all from ICTMS, with the facilitation of Ms. Jubie Leah Mae Sabandal and Ms. Grace Paraiso, Financial Analysts from Finance 4PS. The photo above shows the team with the Regional Director of Region XI, Ms.Ester Acebedo-Versoza during their courtesy call.
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DSWD Receives ICT Equipment From USAID and UNWFPMonday, 19 March 2012 20:48
A Relief Goods and Inventory Monitoring System (RGIMS) Hardware Transition and Acceptance Ceremony, highlighting the Virtual Computing Hardware Platform, took place at the Information and Communications Technology Management Service (ICTMS) office at the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Central office in Quezon City last March 1, 2012. Representatives from the United Nations World Food Programme (UNWFP) headed by Mr. Stephen Anderson, UNWFP Country Director and Representative, and Ms. Karen Smith, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Program Resources Management Officer, was welcomed by DSWD Assistant Secretary Ms. Vilma Cabrera and ICTMS OIC Director Mr. Felino Castro V.
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