...summary Project goal Project scope Design requirements: a. Business goals b. Technical goals c. User communities and data stores d. Network applications 7. Current state of the network Logical design Physical design Results of network design testing Implementation plan with a project schedule Project budget with a return on investment calculation Design document appendix Executive summary * Move Fiction Corporation’s data center to a new, state-of-the-art data center with improved networking capabilities to provide support and service to the existing organization, retail centers and any future expansion * Ensure Network security is reviewed and improved upon * Ensure minimal or zero network downtime for existing business operations during the move Project goal * Seamless migration of the data center to the new location with minimal or zero disruption to the current business operations * Assess current security flaws and provide solutions to eliminate flaws * Quality assurance-monitor the status of remote systems and determine feasible success /failure toward seamless migration and updated network system Project scope * The scope of the project is to migrate the existing data center to a new location; to assess and eliminate current security flaws in the network * Upgrade and improve redundancy of WAN via T1 & ISDN backup connectivity * The data center move will include 2 large UPS, 4 RS/6000 AIX application...
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...Watson, Barbara H. Wixom, and Linda Richardson Business intelligence (BI) managers must be both reactive and proactive. They must be reactive because a change in the business environment can lead to changes in the business strategy, which in turn leads to new BI requirements. They must be proactive because the demand for new BI capabilities requires having the people, processes, and technology in place to meet the demand. For the environment-strategy-BI link to work well, companies must have people and processes in place (e.g., steering committees) to ensure that new business strategies and plans are communicated and supported by BI. To ensure that BI can support the new demands, an appropriate BI infrastructure must be in place. In most cases, the development of this BI infrastructure is a long-term, evolutionary process, which can be described by a BI maturity model. For example, TDWI’s maturity model developed by Wayne Eckerson has prenatal, infant, child, teenager, adult, and sage stages (the model is available at tdwi.org/bimaturityassessment; short registration may be required). Firms must be mature along multiple dimensions—scope, sponsorship, funding, delivery or reporting, development, data, architecture, and value— all of which contribute to the firm’s BI capabilities. Norfolk Southern Corporation (NS) provides an excellent example of an organization that has responded to changing environmental conditions with new business strategies and greater BI maturity. There are...
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...E-Commerce Website for ABC Corporation Tammy Semelsberger Managerial Applications of Information Technology – IS535 DeVry University, Keller Graduate School of Management August 18, 2012 Table of Contents Abstract 3 Company Background 3 Business Problems 4 High-Level Solution 5 Benefits of Solving the Problem 6 Business/Technical Approach 7 Business Process Changes 7 Technology / Business Practices Used to Augment Solutions 9 Conclusions and Overall Recommendations 10 High-level Implementation Plan 10 Summary 11 Summary of Recommendations 11 References 13 Development of an E-Commerce Website for ABC Corporation Abstract ABC Corporation (ABC) is a clothing store in Chicago, IL. They are a local store that needs to increase profitability and competitiveness. Designing a custom e-commerce online store on their current website, that is tailored to ABC’s goals and customer needs, is key in attracting and maintaining a customer base, and increasing profitability. The business problem to be solved is how to implement, market, and maintain a successful e-commerce site while building customer loyalty, increasing profitability, improving strategic planning, and expanding the market. ABC will use an outside source to develop, produce and maintain this store. There will be reporting systems in place to analyze data, in-turn allowing management...
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...Insurance Corporation, Project X Demetrius Norris Sr. LDR/531 October 10, 2012 Dr. Ferguson Citizens Property Insurance Corporation is Florida’s leading insurance company in the state of Florida. “Citizens is a not-for-profit, tax-exempt government corporation whose public purpose is to provide insurance protection to Florida property owners throughout the state. The corporation insures hundreds of thousands of homes, businesses and condominiums whose owners otherwise might not be able to find coverage.” Because Florida is prone to suffer from hurricanes, tornados, and floods, many other insurers have discontinued property policies in the state. Citizens have incorporated thousands of external customers and have rapidly grown into a huge corporation. Departments within the organization, believed the growth administratively, financially, and technological. Recently, top executives for the company tasked the information technology (IT) Department to expand its Data Center while migrating with two other centers. Demetrius Norris, the director of the IT department, accepted the task and immediately began planning. In the following paragraphs, Demetrius will demonstrate his strategies and ability to execute this year-long plan. Currently, the main data center...
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...Patrick Lacerra 89 St. John’s Avenue, Yonkers, N.Y. 10704-2912 914.964.6831 ( H ) 646.731.8174 ( C ) Email: PLacerra@gmail.com Senior Quality Assurance professional expert in the design and delivery of cost-effective, high-performance technology in support of growth with budget responsibilities up to all phases of Quality Assurance, the project life cycle, from initial feasibility analysis and conceptual design through implementation and enhancement. Effective at building culturally diverse, team-centered operating units, with excellent business process and strategy development skills. Expert at planning, managing and executing all life cycle activities such as test strategy, defect tracking, testing estimation and test planning. | | | | SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS Knowledge & Expertise - 25 plus years of expertise in Software Testing/Quality Assurance Management, Risk Management, Data Warehousing, Defect Management and Resource Management. Process improvement and optimization focus - Improve software quality, meet customer expectations and reduce defects by supporting proven software quality practices as well as implementing practical and effective process improvement methods. Flexible - Demonstrated ability to excel in process oriented organizations requiring strict adherence to regulations as well as those requiring out of box thinking for new and effective process implementation and adherence. Self motivated fast learner - Constant...
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...Technical Paper Project Information Technology Project Management (CIS517) Date: Introduction There is an old adage which insists “time is money.” While simple, in concept, it has been proven true, in fact. In a global, technologically driven society, however, the very idea of time has changed. Having once implied a spanning space between the hours of “nine to five” relative to the person or organization from whose vantage money was viewed, time is now irrespective of person, organization, or location; it is, literally, “24/7.” With this shift in perception, organizations, especially, have taken on the greater challenge of ensuring efficiency in their operations, allowing their customers the freedom and peace of mind to have access to the products or services they purchased without interruption. Working behind the scenes, as it were, are the IT companies that make the realization of this freedom and peace of mind possible. In the scenario with Fiction Corporation, it is quite evident that the role of IT is paramount to the success of the business, in general, and to the company’s decision to- move, in particular. Big-Proj will receive the “big break” for which it is looking by ensuring compliance with the goals set forth in regards to the scope of the project, the timeline projections, and the budgetary requirement of $500,000.00. Scope Big-Proj has chosen to name this project “Fiction Corporation’s Data-Center Move” to avoid any confusion with possible...
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...Dissertation 8 2. Literature Review 10 2.1 Introduction 10 2.2 The 21st Century Business Environment 10 2.3 The Notion of Technology 11 2.4 The SWOT Framework 14 3. Research Methodology 17 3.1 Introduction 17 3.2 Justification of Theoretical Approach 17 3.3 Research Paradigm 17 3.4 Research Methodology 18 3.5 Ethical considerations 21 3.6 Challenges Encountered 21 3.7 Alternative Approach 22 4. Discussion and Findings 24 4.1 Introduction 24 4.2 Case Discussion and Analysis 24 4.3 Case Findings 29 5. Conclusion 31 5.1 Key Findings and Recommendations 31 5.2 Limitations 31 5.3 Future Research Options 32 6. Appendix 33 Appendix A: References 33 Appendix B: Interview Questions 36 Appendix C: Activity Plan 37 Abstract Gone are those days when firms used to just blindly invest in technology and forget. In this era of rapidly changing market needs and increasing use of technology, it is extremely significant and almost mandatory for firms to formulate a strong socio-technical network involving both technical and non-technical artefacts and structured around the organizational business strategies in order to attain set goals. Corporations all across the world especially Multi National Corporations (MNCs) which work twenty four hours round the clock and possess some of the best brains of the world, innovatively use technology as part of their business and operational processes. Similarly, this piece of study attempts to explore...
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...Project Mrs. Constance Jolly March 8, 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS Business: 4 Organizational Chart: 5 Preliminary Investigation: 5 Project Definition Document 6 Problem Statement: 6 Project: 7 Mandatory Objectives: 7 Desirable Objectives: 7 Priority of Project: 7 Project Scope: 7 Terms of Reference: 8 Time/Business Deadline: 8 Assumptions: 8 Systems Analysis: 10 Data Dictionary: Data Elements 12 Data Dictionary: Data Flows 15 Data Dictionary: Process Descriptions: 18 Data Dictionary: External Entities 21 Data Dictionary: Data Store 24 List of Constraints: 25 Forms and Reports: 26 Alternative Solutions: 29 E-commerce Web Design by Triad Web Design along with IntruGuard E-commerce Network Security 29 Maintain production in-store with implemented software upgrades and hardware installations: 30 My Recommendation: 31 System Design to Include 32 Input Screens for New System 32 Website Login Screen: 32 Website Contacts Screen: 33 Ziggy’s Suit Department Screen Report: 34 BOM (Bill of Materials) 35 Software Plan: 35 Hardware Plan: 35 Testing Plan for New System: 36 Training Plan: 36 Network Diagram: 37 Implementation: 38 A) Description: 38 B) Changeover Method: 38 C) Conversion Plan: 38 D) Gantt Chart: 39 E) Maintenance Contract Plan: 39 Zachary Powe ITM 5400-System Analysis and Design Mrs. Jolly January 12, 2012 Business: Ziggy’s Suit Department sells suits, shirt and tie combinations,...
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...Red Cloud Rising: Cloud Computing in China by Leigh Ann Ragland, Joseph McReynolds, Matthew Southerland, and James Mulvenon Research Report Prepared on Behalf of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission September 5, 2013 Revised March 22, 2014 After the publication of this report on September 5, 2013, Microsoft brought to the authors’ attention new information about its partnership with Chinese company 21Vianet. The original version of the report inaccurately characterized certain aspects of the Microsoft-21Vianet partnership. A revised discussion of this partnership is provided on pages 32-34. The authors would like to thank Microsoft for their assistance in clarifying the details of 21Vianet’s Windows Azure service. Disclaimer: This research report was prepared at the request of the Commission to support its deliberations. Posting of the Report to the Commission's website is intended to promote greater public understanding of the issues addressed by the Commission in its ongoing assessment of U.S.-China economic relations and their implications for U.S. security, as mandated by Public Law 106-398 and Public Law 108-7. However, it does not necessarily imply an endorsement by the Commission or any individual Commissioner of the views or conclusions expressed in this commissioned research report. i About Defense Group Incorporated Defense Group Inc. (DGI) performs work in the national interest, advancing public safety and national security through innovative...
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...Zhe Pei I am writing to share with you my interest in applying for the MBA program at Redlands University in order to more deeply explore the best practices of accounting and business methods used in this field. After careful consideration, it has become clear to me that developing a successful career in accounting in the modern business environment requires advanced training in accounting and related subjects. Having performed and worked in the accounting area for almost one year, I would like to learn profoundly the business principles and practices to make my career path go further. In reality, I would love to focus my career on accounting and global business field in importing and exporting corporation, which requires profound knowledge and rich experience. If one were to ask my friends to describe me they would describe me as a very pleasant, active and intelligent woman. I am a woman with technical aptitude and an interested in business and accounting. I also have a passion understanding different corporation cultures. I got my bachelor degree in Public Affairs Management in China. During my undergraduate program, I realized that I am especially interested in accounting and business major. Going abroad to pursue accounting and business majors is my study plan. Working in a global corporation is my career target. Last year in May, I graduated from SUNY at Albany with my master accounting degree successfully. From the two years master accounting program, I learn basic...
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...DQ 1 & DQ 2 Latest 2016 March DQ 1 Virtualization in the Enterprise (graded) The practice of virtualization allows us to use our network resources more efficiently, spend less time managing devices, reduce IT staff, recover faster and more easily from network failures, and lower overall IT cost. Explain how virtualization makes all of these things possible. DQ 2 Virtualization in the Cloud (graded) Virtualization is the foundation for cloud computing. How are the two related? Provide and discuss at least one specific example. Devry NETW471 Week 3 Discussion DQ 1 & DQ 2 Latest 2016 March DQ 1 Big Data (graded) What is Big Data, and why are IT professionals concerned about it? What impact do you think that Big Data will have on current and future technologies? DQ 2 Data Science and Data Analytics (graded) What is the difference between Data Science and Data Analytics? How can these two related subjects be used to improve the operation, productivity, or revenue for a company? Devry NETW471 Week...
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...DQ 1 & DQ 2 Latest 2016 March DQ 1 Virtualization in the Enterprise (graded) The practice of virtualization allows us to use our network resources more efficiently, spend less time managing devices, reduce IT staff, recover faster and more easily from network failures, and lower overall IT cost. Explain how virtualization makes all of these things possible. DQ 2 Virtualization in the Cloud (graded) Virtualization is the foundation for cloud computing. How are the two related? Provide and discuss at least one specific example. Devry NETW471 Week 3 Discussion DQ 1 & DQ 2 Latest 2016 March DQ 1 Big Data (graded) What is Big Data, and why are IT professionals concerned about it? What impact do you think that Big Data will have on current and future technologies? DQ 2 Data Science and Data Analytics (graded) What is the difference between Data Science and Data Analytics? How can these two related subjects be used to improve the operation, productivity, or revenue for a company? Devry NETW471 Week...
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...project says that the fiction corporation data centre is moving its primary data centre miles away by upgrading its network and correct any security flaws its infrastructure in the part of its move with a capital budget of $500,000 without interrupting business operations. . MCC helps in controlling costs, improving operational excellence and mitigating risk during device network and software refreshes with systematic, comprehensive, efficient approach on upgrading the network infrastructures.Fiction Corporation—a detailed project overview, and the identification of all stakeholders, including both Big-Proj and Fiction Corporation, as well as the 500 retail outlets. Initiating the project Project initiation is the reference that determines the scope and the process activity to solve on a problem in establishment of projects to achieve the aim and objectives representing the roles and responsibilities of the organization and its goals of customer expectations and requirements Designing the business need: Here, the initial step of business plan is considered as the most important entity as it provides a roadmap for success on a thoughtful and long term business plan. Business plan is illustrated as the description of the business future. It’s a document which predefines the projects plans and the business strategy consisting the set of resources which is based on the potential elements of business which depends on the change and growth of the business. Setting the objectives:...
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...EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Parks Corporation is a company that concentrated mainly on R&D business, doing projects for the Department of Defense. Parks Corporation has changed it’s focus over the years from predominantely R&D business to a low-cost production facility. The recession resulted in the company retrenching a number of employees, the staff compliment going from 6700 to 2200. In 1975, the corporate strategy changed again with the upturn of DoD spending. Parks began to beef up it’s R&D engineering staff. Owing to the salaries that Parks was offering their access to experienced engineers was limited so they opted to employing mainly young inexperienced engineers, straight out of college, like Gary Anderson. Gary was an outstanding production engineer and was promoted to senior scientist responsible for all R&D acitivities performed in the Mechanical Engineering department. In January 1978, Parks Corporation decided to bid for Phase I on the Blue Spider Project, with Lord Industries as the prime contractor for the Army’s Spartan Program. The project was to improve structural capabilities and the age life of the short range tactical missile, which was exhibiting fatigue failure after 6 years in the field. The criteria for a subcontractor was not only a low bid, but technical expertise and management performance. Parks Corporation felt that they had a distinct advantage over most competitors, as they had worked on other successful projects for Lord Industries. From the...
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...of the simple fact that they have been exploited until customers report the issues to these companies and corporations. Many times, more than thirty days goes by before someone alerts the company of a possible security breech. Cost of an electronic exploit can be greater than a million dollars per incident as reported by the FBI. This information is found in the FBI’s (Federal Bureau of Investigation) report of cyber threats in the United States. In order to help counterbalance this, smaller to midsized companies could spend less than $5,000 to harden their systems and operating systems to put a statefull firewall in place. As stated in this paper, these companies often lack the resources, materials and funds to do so. With the FBI report showing reported incidents, there are thousands of incidents that go unreported. Often these incidents are yet to be discovered. With this number of small to mid-size corporations ignoring or slowly implementing security measures, more and more electronic computer crimes are beginning to take place throughout the U.S. With extortion now moving into the digital age, many corporations do not report intrusions to law enforcement in order to avoid negative publicity. Reports of an intrusion could directly have a negative effect on the company’s sales and position in a global competitive market. Approximately 35% of corporations don’t report electronic intrusions to keep their competitors from gaining any type of advantage. Today’s modern...
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