PhilNITS FE case studies
PhilNITS FE · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The Level 2: Fundamental Information Technology Engineers (FE) Certification Exam is a Philippine sitting of the ITPEC common IT examination, coordinated by the Information Technology Professionals Examination Council with cooperation from IPA, Japan. The source describes FE as aimed at individuals who have basic fundamental knowledge and skills required to be an advanced IT human resource and who possess practical utilization abilities - people who can handle tasks of a certain degree of difficulty, or part of the required tasks, on their own (an "Assist" level of autonomy). The PhilNITS FE case studies are 5 cases and about 4,654 words.
1Flash-Sale Overselling in a PostgreSQL Order Service
ShopLite is a Philippine online retailer running a three-tier application on PostgreSQL 14. The order service handles roughly 400 checkouts per minute during flash sales.
807 words, about 4 min2Segmenting a Flat /22 After Rogue Access Points
NorthPort Logistics has 480 staff across three floors of one building. Everything sits on a single flat VLAN using 10.20.0.0/22; the same range serves workstations, servers, printers and a guest Wi-Fi.
746 words, about 4 min3Choosing Between SaaS ERP, an In-House Rewrite, and Doing Nothing
Golden Harvest Foods is a 120-person food manufacturer with revenue of PHP 180 million. Its order-entry and invoicing system was written in Visual Basic 6 by an employee who retired three years ago; there is no documentation, and it has failed three times this quarter.
868 words, about 4 min4Earned Value at Week Six and Three Recovery Options
MetroBank's CRM rollout has a 10-week baseline and a budget of PHP 5,000,000. Work is tracked weekly by earned value.
1,097 words, about 5 min5Ransomware Three Days Before a Filing Deadline
Halcyon Accounting has 60 staff and prepares tax filings for 400 corporate clients. Its file server holds working papers for all clients.
1,136 words, about 6 min