: Operating Systems and Networking - Assignment Example

Download file to see previous pages... The networking facilities were found indispensable for a better coordination among manufacturing, sales and marketing departments of the company. The Expert Tools business has expanded a lot in the recent years and there had been a long standing requirement of fast communication facilities from various departments of the company. Marketing staff had to report the deficient tools to the managers in manufacturing and administrative departments for in time manufacturing and trafficking of the tools and equipment to the concerned sectors in various cities. However, in the absence of networking facilities in the enterprise these managerial and administrative activities were quite slow and often cause an unwanted delay. The late submission of requirements to the manufacturing department ultimately, results in late deliveries to the marketing staff and shops across Kingdom. Requirement Analysis The networking facilities are now indispensable requirement for the sustained, coordinated and purposeful business environment in the company. The absence of enterprise level networking facilities are directly contributing in the business losses and the can also causing an under utilization of valuable company resources. The establishment of the company wide network will not only enhance the coordination but will also have a sound impact on the manufacturing and marketing activities in the company, thereby will result in business growth. The in time deliveries of items in demand will improve the competitiveness to the client and will ensure a better business oriented response by the company to the market forces. Network Architecture and Design A distributed network architecture design is chosen for Expert Tools. The client has it business establishments across the Kingdom therefore; a Network Operations Center (NOC) will be established in the company's headquarter at Surrey. This Network Operation Center will act is the hub of company wide networking facilities. It will maintain a Web Server, responsible to support all incoming users and request from outside the company headquarter. The Network Operations Center will all have a database server; this will act as the central data repository. Other major establishments include a sub-network at manufacturing factory in Hampshire. This network will provide support to the local users of the networking and will also provide the access to NOC at the company headquarter in Surrey. All updates regarding the manufacturing factory will be sent online through the Hampshire Web Server to the Surrey Web Server and all the way back. However, only the authorized users of the system will be allowed to access these networking facilities. Another important network segment of the proposed network design is the establishment of IT Centers in various cities of the Kingdom. These IT Centers will be connected to the headquarters through VPN connection over leased lines of their respective local telecommunication company. The role of these IT Centers is to provide network and resource access to various sales and services center users and local sales and services centers will be connected to IT Centers through a VPN Connection over the Internet. These users will access the IT Center Web Server through an internet connection provided by a local Internet Services Provider (ISP) and the IT Center Web Server will forward there data, requests and updates to the Surrey Web ...Download file to see next pagesRead More