Analysis of the Proposed ICT Upgrade for Colour Ability Corporation (CAC)

Analysis of the Proposed ICT Upgrade for Colour Ability Corporation (CAC)
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Executive summary
Purpose and method of this report
Colour Ability Corporation (CAC) has purchased a new office building to house each of their four
departments on a separate floor. They have also have leased a small office in Sydney to house 8
employees. CAC wishes to and update their IT resources and to plan their emerging
networking and communications requirements.
The purposes of this report are to:
 Review the existing IT resources in the departments and their appropriateness
 Examine the roles of the employees and how existing IT infrastructure affects these roles
 Propose new infrastructure for the organization
 Analyze the cost of the upgrade
The information needed for the analysis of the existing infrastructure was extracted from the
background information and interview results provided by CAC. Operating systems, application
programs and computer hardware including processors, memory and printers needed to be examined
and recommendations given.
Findings and conclusions
CAC employees currently get from their ISP but CAC wants to provide custom email accounts for
employees to use while in CAC employ.
There is need for an infrastructure for easily sharing large files as well as small documents, as well as the
need for enforcing multi-level secure file access.
High speed, networked color printers are needed, with a restriction to only allow printing while in the
office. The networking is necessary to enable every work station to print without being physically
connected to the printer. This calls for wireless internet access to be made available in all five
departments.
Recommendations for the new infrastructure
Recommendations for new infrastructure for the organization include:
 Upgrading the operating systems to Windows 10.
 Investing in a cloud-based server for ease of sharing large files and for securing files.
 Introducing wireless networking for the offices.
 New laser color printers that support network access.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Table of Contents
Executive summary...................................................................................................................................i
TABLE OF CONTENTS...................................................................................................................................ii
INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................................1
Proposal.....................................................................................................................................................1
Methodology and timetabling..................................................................................................................1
Activity 1: Computer System Planning Form.....................................................................................2
Activity 2: high-speed, color copier/printer for the CAC offices................................................................6
Activity 3: network layout for CAC requirements.....................................................................................6
Activity 4: Comparison worksheet for local ISPs.......................................................................................6
Activity 5: Internal services.......................................................................................................................7
Activity 6.................................................................................................................................................7
Activity 7: sub netting and addressing schemes for CAC...........................................................................9
Activity 8: Security plan............................................................................................................................9
Budget Summary....................................................................................................................................10
Future plans.........................................................................................................................................10
Recommendations..............................................................................................................................11
Conclusion...........................................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES........................................................................................................................................12
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INTRODUCTION
Colour Ability Corporation (CAC) is a small marketing and advertising firm with currently
80 employees. They are planning a move to a new office building where they can allocate a separate
floor to each of their four departments, in addition to opening a new office in another city to carter to
clients there. The new office is to host 8 local employees. This new move and expansion can be a way to
increase productivity and profit for the organization and as such, an upgrade of IT resources is in order.
It is needful to strategize on how to meet the new company needs of having company emails,
networked printers, a wireless network, and a file sharing infrastructure. This will be achieved by
planning on installing a new operating system. A newer operating system offers improved hardware
support and security. Newer technology of printers enhances printing and thus production speed,
quality and durability if chosen well. To support a wireless network environment, a hardware upgrade is
advisable. This involves purchase of new computers, and wireless network access points.
Proposal
Needs for CAC
CAC wants an ISP that will provide custom email accounts to its employees for use only at work. This
email addresses are different from the ones CAC employees had before.
CAC wants a color printer that will be able to be shared by the members of the various departments at
CAC.
CAC wants a working network design that will suit the four-story building in Brisbane and also help them
in realizing the business profit.
CAC wants each of the five departments to be able to have access to wireless internet
CAC wants computers that will be able to enable them to efficiently and effectively perform their filming
activities that are of tight deadlines.
CAC would want an operating system that will support the software for film production.
Methodology and timetabling
The methodology used to present this proposal was through the use of activities where information was
collected, analyzed carefully before it was presented. The activities are one to seven mostly consisting of
plan forms. Activity one is making a computer planning system form, activity two is selecting a high
speed color copier printer for CAC, activity three is demonstrating a network design for CAC, activity four
is planning the internet connectivity, activity five is to determine which internal services will be offered
by CAC, activity six is to complete a network form, activity seven revolves around planning of the
network installation and activity eight addresses the network security measures
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