UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK

Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology

Assignment/Tutorial/Practical Report Cover Sheet

Assignment/Tutorial/Practical
Number of Title :

Subject Code : TMF 6093 Subject Name : Research Methodology

Name: Mohamad Amiruddin Bin Jahari Matric No: 21030372

Phone No: 016-8570536 Email : mohamadamiruddin.jahari@gmail.com

Name of Lecturer : Dr. Mim

Due Date : 26th November 2021 Date received and approved
(for office use only)

Plagiarism and Collusion are methods of cheating that falls under PeraturanAkademikUniversiti Malaysia
Sarawak para 11: EtikaAkademik

Plagiarism
Plagiarism is the presentation of work which has been copied in whole or in part from another person’s work, or from any
other source such as the internet, published books or periodicals without due acknowledgement given in the text.

Collusion
Collusion is the presentation of work that is the result in whole or in part of unauthorized collaboration with another
person or persons.

Where there are reasonable grounds for believing that cheating has occurred, the only action that may be taken when
plagiarism or collusion is detected is for the staff member not to mark the item of work and to report or refer the matter to
the Dean. This may result in work being disallowed and given a fail grade or if the circumstances warrant, the matter
may be referred to a Committee of inquiry for investigation. Such investigation may result in the matter being referred to
the University Discipline Committee, which has the power to exclude a student.
Note: Assignments are returned after being assessed by lecturer and to be collected from the lecturer’s office. Students
should endeavour to collect their assignments prior to commencement of next semester. All unclaimed assignments
become the property of the faculty and will become subject to destruction.

Student’s Statement:

I certify that I have not plagiarized the work of others or participated in unauthorized collusion when preparing this
assignment. I also certify that I have taken proper case in safeguarding my work and have made all reasonable efforts to
ensure that may work not be able to be copied.
Signature : ………………………………………….

Comments:
MARK :

This cover sheet must be completed, signed and firmly attached to the front of the submission.

All work must be submitted by the due date. If an extension of work is granted, an assignment extension
acknowledgement slip must be signed by the lecturer/tutor and attached to the assignment.

Please note that it is the student’s responsibility to retain a copy of his/her own assignment.
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Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology

Dream Research Title: Feasibility Study for Development of Enterprise Data

Center in Sarawak

1. Background Info
This research proposal is submitted to propose Sarawak Government to conduct
feasibility study for development of enterprise data center in Sarawak. As we know, data
center plays a vital role in this information and communication era. With Sarawak’s
vision on Digital Economy, data center is a must have facility in order to attract
technology player to establish their company as we seen in many other countries such as
in Silicon Valley, California. According to Department of Statistics Malaysia[1], digital
economy in Malaysia worth RM 320 billion in 2020 and this contributed 22.6% of our
GDP.

2. Aims and Objectives

The feasibility study aims to provide detailed study on the geographical advantage
of Sarawak with relocation of Indonesia’s capital city to East Kalimantan, to study the
existing data center in Sarawak, conduct a requirement analysis and proposed a strategic
location for the data center. Besides that, major data center player will be identified and
recommendations will be provided for Sarawak Government to decide whether to proceed
with the development.

3. Research Questions
There are few main questions to be answered from this research.

For relocation of Indonesia’s capital, we will need to know the exact location for
the relocation, identify economic impact to bordering town, timeline for the relocation
and most importantly is to identify whether there is data center to cater needs by the
enterprises.
For existing data center in Sarawak, we need to answer whether there is available
enterprise data center in Sarawak, what tier of data center we have and who are the
targeted client for the data center.
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Besides that, we also need to conduct requirement analysis and location

identification. Probable questions to be answered from this research is on the tier of data
center will be required, is there any solution provider that can provide design and build
solution, is there any specific requirement on the power supply and water, and also
capacity of the data center to be built.
Other question to be answered in this research is whether data center player is
willing to establish their data center in Sarawak and determine what is their criteria to
establish data center.

4. Methodology
Proposed method for this research will be using interview for the main focus
group. Before we begin with this research, focus group will be identified and along the
way more organization or people will be identified for the interview. This is important to
have primary source of data to ensure the information is accurate and verified.

5. Project Management
Proposed team member for this research as below:
No. Team Member Number of Personnel
1. Researcher 2
2. Researcher Assistant 2

6. Costing
Most of the costs for this research will involves administrative costing such as
researcher’s allowance, research assistant allowance, printing, travelling and flights cost.

7. Summary
In summary, we strongly believe that this research that we proposed will generate
huge impact to Sarawak’s aspiration in developing Digital Economy and will bring
Sarawak to the eye of the world.
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Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology
References:

1. Department of Statistics Malaysia Official Portal. (2021, November 10). Department

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