A bi-directional SOAP/SMS gateway service
- Authors: Halse, Guy A , Terzoli, Alfredo , Wells, George C
- Date: 2002
- Subjects: Broadband 2 SATNAC 2002
- Language: English
- Type: Conference paper
- Identifier: vital:6600 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008293
- Description: Many applications need the ability to do real-time notification when events occur. Often the people who need to be kept aware of events are in a remote location. This paper looks at a bi-directional gateway between networked computers and the GSM short message service. The gateway is implemented as a web service, and uses the Simple Object Access Protocol to facilitate data communication. The service interacts with a database in order to facilitate retrieval of sent or received messages, as well as provide accounting abilities. It is intended as a practical proof-of-concept application demonstrating some ofdemonstrating some of the capabilities of the Simple Object Access Protocol.
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- Date Issued: 2002
Open source in South African schools : two case studies
- Authors: Halse, Guy A , Terzoli, Alfredo
- Date: 2002
- Subjects: Open source
- Language: English
- Type: Conference paper
- Identifier: vital:6601 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1009321
- Description: One of the major problems facing schools in South Africa is the difficulty in obtaining modern, up-to-date computer facilities. This paper looks at the use of open source solutions in two government schools in South Africa to demonstrate that it is possible for schools to utilise almost any existing computer to provide effective network solutions.
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- Date Issued: 2002