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Business Requirements for International Plastics Inc – Infrastructure

Business Requirements for International Plastics Inc – Infrastructure

Outline of Business Requirements for International Plastics Inc.

  1. High-Level Description of Current IT Infrastructure

Network Infrastructure:

  1. Corporate Headquarters (San Jose, CA):
    • Backbone: 100baseT
    • Administration: Multiple operational functions, 36 VOIP telephones.
    • R&D: 1000baseF network, MAC-based, 15 employees.
    • Servers: WIN servers (IBM HS20 blade), UNIX server (IBM p series), NAS for backup.
    • Communications: Satellite link (Ka band, OC1 data rate) with encryption, T3 connection.
  2. Albany, GA Plant:
    • Office Computers: 20 Dell Vostro computers, HP CP4225n Color Laser Printer.
    • Local Server: HP BL460P blade server.
    • Local NAS system.
    • Power Backup: 5KVA UPS.
    • Internal Network: 24-port Cisco switch.
    • WAN Connectivity: T2 connection.
  3. Pontiac, MI Plant:
    • Office Computers: 45 Dell Vostro computers, various HP LaserJet printers.
    • Local Server: HP BL460P blade server.
    • Local NAS system.
    • Power Backup: 5KVA UPS.
    • Internal Network: 24-port Cisco switch.
    • WAN Connectivity: T2 connection.
  4. China Headquarters:
    • Backbone: 100baseT
    • Administration: Multiple operational functions, 35 VOIP telephones.
    • R&D: 1000baseF network, MAC-based, 15 employees.
    • Servers: WIN servers (IBM HS20 blade), UNIX server (IBM p series), NAS for backup.
    • Communications: Satellite link (Ka band, OC1 data rate) with encryption, T3 connection.

Information Systems:

Applications:

Mobile Computing:

Data Management:

Business Intelligence:

Security:

  1. Overview of Operational Environment
  1. Corporate Headquarters (San Jose):
    • Functions: Centralized administration and R&D.
    • Computing Environment: Mixed, with MAC-based R&D and Windows-based corporate operations.
    • Core IT Operations: Data management, key decision-making, and strategic planning center.
  1. Albany, GA Plant:
  1. Pontiac, MI Plant:
  1. China Facility:
  1. How New IT Infrastructure Will Improve Business Performance
  2. Increased Efficiency
  1. Enhanced Security
  1. Scalability
  1. Improved Data Management
  1. Technology Hardware Upgrades and Business Performance Improvement
Hardware Upgrade Improvement
Upgrade Network Switches to 10GbE – Significantly increases data transfer speeds (Chang, 2014).
– Reduces network congestion and latency.
Implement Next-Gen Firewalls – Enhanced security with deep packet inspection and threat detection.
– Improved protection against cyber-attacks and data breaches.
Deploy High-Performance Blade Servers – Increases processing power and efficiency of business applications.
– Supports virtualization and cloud integration for better resource management.
Upgrade WAN Links – Faster data transfer, reduced latency, improved communication between sites.
Implement Advanced NAS Systems – Improved data backup, faster recovery times, enhanced data management.

References

Chang, Y. F. (2014). 6 40/100 GbE Physical Layer Connectivity for Servers and Data Centers. High-Speed Devices and Circuits with THz Applications, 125.

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Assignment Content

When it comes to working with infrastructure, assessing the current state of the business before starting the full project is a necessity.

Imagine this scenario: International Plastics Inc., a manufacturing company, hired you as a technology consultant to work with the company to review their resources and develop a plan for their infrastructure needs. Your first step is to become familiar with their current documentation and provide a status update to the executives.

International Plastics Inc

International Plastics Inc

Access and review the 6 documents located in the International Plastics Inc. Network Diagrams zip file.

Write an outline of the business requirements for International Plastics Inc. for an upcoming discussion with the CEO. As a general guideline, this type of outline could be used to create an executive summary later in the project. However, you will not be creating this executive summary for this course; instead, the information you gather in this outline will be used in your summative assessments in future weeks.

Include the following information for International Plastics Inc. in your outline:
A high-level description of their current IT Infrastructure, including network, information systems, applications, mobile computing, data management, business intelligence, and security
An overview of their operational environment
An explanation of how a new IT infrastructure will improve business performance
A chart listing at least 3 examples of technology hardware upgrades and how they will improve business performance

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