FADA: Framework for Animations of Distributed Algorithms

Patrick Wanjohi

The high cost of doing concern have driven out a figure of houses from the Central Business District in hunt of broad but cheap business offices outside the metropolis centre. One such as investor is Saint Patrick Mathenge who have moved to Mombasa Road's Vision Plaza where he is pushing a new venture in technology.

Mr Mathenge is the chief executive officer of Mullard Electronic Limited, a house that supplies hardware and software system solutions. The company is bringing in and distributing software system that tin bend a single computing machine into 10 workstations to salvage costs and gain investors upper limit net income from their investments.

"The personal computing machine is designed for usage by a single trusted user. Instead of purchasing 10 CPUs, you only necessitate to have got the software system and reduplicate it to 10 CPUs," states Mister Mathenge.

There is a pick of two softwares- the Desktop Multiplier, which is suitable for normal business office and general usage and Discover station for public computing. With the Discover station software, one can command access, implement use bounds and even use complaints directly to the user's accounts.

The software system system system system was developed by a Canadian house and Mullard was appointed by Netsys Computer Inc, the Linux Africa distributer to provide the software in Kenya.

"The opportunity to administer the software came when I visited an ICT exhibition last twelvemonth at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre. I met Netsy Computer Inc Company functionaries who were looking for a distributer and I expressed my interest. After two years they called me to their business business office and presented the opportunity," the former soldier says.

The software system splits the central processing unit resources to the figure of the workstations in an office. The central processing unit resources are shared equally amongst the workstations. "No user can access information, if it is not his or her workstation. Information stored in the difficult disc is labelled per monitor. Different users necessitate to have got secret watchword to entree information. A user cannot entree a colleague's work," Mister Mathenge said in his business office at Vision plaza.

The 55-year-old electronic applied scientist states computing machine users no longer necessitate to worry about viruses, undercover agent ware or unauthorised access. "The suggested retail terms for the software system is Sh9,000 compared to over Sh 25,000 for a personal computer if you are using other softwares," said Mister Mathenge.

A client is required to obtain a central processing unit which have 3.0 GHZ, Couple Core processor, 2GB random-access memory and an enlargement slot to suit couple caput picture cards. "These criteria cut down computing machine dumping in Africa," he says.

On the other hand, the central processing unit cannot support more than 10 workstations, as its May slow up the computer. There is no care cost once the software system system system is installed.

"By using the software you will be able to salvage up to 50 per cent of the money that you would utilize to purchase CPUs . There is one Internet connection, decreased powerfulness back up requirement, created work space and reduced heat energy generation," he said.

Mr Mathenge state he have invested Sh5 million which have been spent in marketplace survey of the software, equipping, preparation and buying the product. Having started out last year, Mullard have got sold out the software system to the Ministry of Young Person and few individuals. Mullard have been authorised to provide the software system system system to the digital villages.

But Mister Mathenge states they are looking for a reseller of the software at the territory and provincial levels, who will also administer them to the digital villages.

The Government have bought over 100 workstations to be used in digital small towns and have partnered with the Young Person ministry to develop immature people on the concern benefits of software.

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"We are capable of providing software system system and hardware solutions in line with the 1 to 10 central processing unit to schools by gap a software and hardware centre", Mister Mathenge said. But, he desires the authorities to follow a modern computing machine course of study to open up chances for to immature IT professionals.

The South African authorities have adopted the software system to be used in authorities offices, states Mister Mathenge.

"Digital small town is a solid undertakings and demand not to be delayed anymore so as to catch up with the other African countries", he said.