GLOBAL ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS:
I have a case study where in this scenario
we have a company of 150 employees operating in various satellite office around the world. Each of its 20 offices has 5 to 10 staff members. For each offic, there is one main support staff member for every four engineers or consultants. Currently only one office-the headqrtrs office is networked which runs on Win-NT Server. The clients in all offices run Win-NT Workstation as well. Notes is their e-mail system an provides access to all types of documents in the company but none of the 19 offices are networked. This requires each person to dial in with a modem to Hdqtrs every time they wish to check e-mail. It also requires each person to have their own printer. All use the same software: Windows NT Workstation, Lotus notes, & Microsoft Office Professional. They also have a homeade accounting & payroll software package which they are happy with.
HELP-DESIGN A SOLUTION:
dECIDE WHERE THEIR INFORMATION WILL RESIDE. dECIDE WHAT HARDWARE, IF ANY, NEEDS TO BE PURCHASED. NETWORKING EACH OFFICE WILL REQUIRE NIC’s FOR EACH PC AND CABLING TO LIK THEM. DECIDE WHAT SOFTWARE, IF ANY NEEDS TO BE BOUGHT AS WELL. DECIDE IF THERE WILL BE CHANGES IN THEIR CURRENT NETWORK AND HOW NETWORK MANAGEMENT MIGHT CHANGE. FINALLY, COMM UP WITH A BUDGET FOR THE CHANGES YOU PROPOSE. This company wants to stay on the cutting edge of technology. They want to keep their proposa creation process as streamlined as possible, to get project proposals to clients before their competitiros do. This means keeping things simple for the users, and keeping information easily accessible.
HARDWARE?
SOFTWARE?
NETWORK AND MANAGEMENT?
COMMENTS?
Thnx in advance for anyone out their with interests to HELP A STUDENT IN NEED?
mark.quiroz@deluxe.com
