How can computing help you? What is the hardware and software selection process? What are the security, network and backup considerations? How NBN Internet get installed? Where can I get more resources to answer these questions.

1. Computing andYou
ADVANCING YOURSELF WHILE AVOIDING THE PITFALLS
BY MATTHEW BULAT
M.ENG.TECH MACS CP
NQ ACS CHAIRMAN
CQU ICT LECTURER

2. Computing andYou
• Software
• Apps
• Computing Devices
• Computing Device Selection
• Operating Systems
• Security
• NBN Internet

3. Why Compute?
• Join 3.8 Billion Internet Users
• Connect with 85% of Australia via the Internet
• Buy and sell products and services globally
• Access global entertainment options
• Quickly source information and news
• Allow new ways of doing business
• Provide new ways of gaining education

4. What do you want to do with computing?
• Email
• Calendar
• Word Processing
• Spreadsheets
• Databases
• Presentations
• Business diagrams
• Business applications
• Cloud applications
• Project Management
• Social Media
• Instant messaging
• Music
• Videos
• Games
• StreamingTV
• eBooks
• Photography
• News
• Video conferencing
• Video Editing
• Audio editing
• 3D design
• Programming
• Virtual Reality
• Mobile apps
• Web Design
• Virtual machines
• Artificial Intelligence
• Business Intelligence

5. What do you want to do with smartphones & tablets?
Smartphone's Tablets
Phone calls Music Internet Browser Games
Text messaging (SMS) Email Photography Social media
Calendar Internet Browser Video camera YouTube
Instant messaging Flashlight Email Music
Social media Podcasts / Radio shows eBooks / eMagazines Video conferencing
Photography Voice recorder StreamTV / movies Document reading
Map navigation Calculator Digital News eLearning

6. Computing Devices
Laptop Chromebook Tablet
Smartphones Google Home –Voice controlled Amazon Show –Voice controlled

7. Processor (s) = Computing brains
1 2 4 4-8 12+
Smart appliances Chromebook
Cheap laptop
Cheap
smartphone
Laptop
Smartphone
Desktop
Chromebook
Desktop
Server
Data centre
server
How many processes do you need to operate at the same time?

8. Permanent Storage
8GB 16-64 GB 128-256 GB 500 GB –
1TB
1TB –
8TB
8TB +
Cheap
Smartphone
Smartphone
Chromebook
Tablet
Storage can be
expanded
Tablet
Laptop
2 in 1
Solid state
storage
Laptop
Desktop
Media server
Desktop
Server
Network
Attached
Storage
Storage
Area
Network
For
Data Centre
1TB = 1024 GB , 1 GB = 1024 MB , 1 MB = 1024 kB , 1 kB = 1024 bytes, 1 byte == 1 character storage.
How much storage do you need for applications, audio, video, documents

9. Memory – Temporary Storage
1 GB 2 GB 4 GB 8-16 GB 16+ GB
Cheap smartphone
Cheap tablet
Smartphone
Chromebook
Cheap laptop
Tablet
Smartphone
Chromebook
Laptop
Tablet
Laptop
Desktop
Server
Server
Virtual machine
server
1 GB = 1024 MB , 1 MB = 1024 kB , 1 kB = 1024 bytes, 1 byte == 1 character storage.
How much space does your applications need while running?

10. Backups
• Local Storage Backup
• USB Flash drive 1-64 GB
• External USB Hard drive 1-2TB
• Network Attached Storage 1-16TB
• Storage Area Network 10-512TB
• Cloud Storage Backup
• Dropbox (2 GB free) $ for more
• Apple iStorage (50 GB paid)
• Google Drive (15 GB free) $ for more
• Microsoft One Drive (1TB paid)
• MicrosoftAzure Storage
- 2.4 cents / GB / month (SE Asia)
• AmazonWeb Services S3 (Australia)
- 2.5 cents / GB / month
How safe is your information in case of disaster? Hardware failure, theft, fire, cyclone, lightning etc

11. Operating Systems / Software
Android iOS Windows Mac Chrome
Smartphones
Tablets
iPhone
iPad / mini / pro
Laptop
Desktop
Server
Laptop
All in One Monitor 5k
Mac Mini
Chromebook
Chromebox
Chromebit
Google apps
Google Play apps
Over 1 million apps
iTunes apps
Over 1 million apps
Microsoft Store apps
Office 365
Web apps
Mac App Store
Web apps
iOS development
Chrome Browser
Google apps
Web apps
Free cloud storage
Free photo cloud
storage
Google Cloud
compute
Paid cloud iStorage Paid One Drive cloud
storage
Azure cloud platform
iCloud Drive for Mac
and iOS (5 GB free)
Paid storage to 2TB
Free cloud storage
Google Apps for work
Google Apps for
Education
No antivirus No antivirus Antivirus needed Antivirus needed No antivirus

12. Security

13. NBN Connection
• Audit your phone line usage and Internet usage
Alarms, EFTPOS, Phone handset count etc
How many computer / tablet / smartphone users
Do you want to streamTV / Movies / Shows
Will you want advanced NBN speed uses?
Video conferencing, remote work, cloud computing etc
• Contact your phone or Internet provider
Provide details from above
Get an estimate of NBN install date for your suburb
Ask if you need a new router or modem
Pick a NBN speed based on your usage
• Review if you want any changes to home networking
• Project plan over NBN installation period
Do Nothing Option
• Phone lines eventually stop working
• ADSL Internet eventually stop working
Townsville has the most NBN fibre in Australia – 18 suburbs

14. Resources suggested by Matthew Bulat
• https://www.slideshare.net/matthewbulat
10 presentations including NBN, networking, storage and coding
• http://www.matthewb.id.au/index.html
200+ resources including categories on NBN, websites, cloud
computing, skills, Internet ofThings and computing efficiency
• https://mva.microsoft.com/ MicrosoftVirtual Academy 250+ courses free
• https://code.org/learn Hour of Code - 20 x 1 hour modules
• https://www.acs.org.au/content/dam/acs/acs-
publications/Australia's%20Digital%20Pulse%202017.pdf
Australian Computer Society - Australia’s Digital Pulse 88 page PDF
• https://www.youtube.com/user/acsno ACSYouTube channel