Fundamentals of Networking for IT Solutions: A Case Study of Wisetech Global

This paper discusses the importance of networking in IT solutions through a case study of Wisetech Global. It covers the business and technical goals, network design, and hardware and software requirements. The study emphasizes the need to understand the fundamentals of networking and its impact on business processes.

Information Systems
Networking Essentials

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The digital transition is centred on networking. Today, the network is crucial for many corporate
processes, involving cybersecurity, business-critical data and operations, and much more. The network is essential
to many different professional pathways, therefore it's crucial to comprehend what it can do, how it works, and
how to defend it. This paper will contribute to a thorough comprehension of the fundamentals of networking by
looking at the recipient's numerous facets and perspectives. In order to explain the numerous components that
make up the IT solutions the company offers, it will be helpful to take into account the technological architecture
of real-world companies. It is also tempting to skip the stage of analysing business goals because many network
engineers find it more intriguing to examine technical goals like capacity, performance, security, and so on. The
study in question examines scrutinising technological objectives. In this research, will also tend to discover the
critical worth of evaluating the business goals and start picking up some tricks for adapting a network conceptual
design to a client's operational goals.

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION.........................................................................................................................4
Business and Technical Goals.....................................................................................................4
Designing of Network..................................................................................................................6
Hardware and Software requirements.........................................................................................8
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Any business's foundation is its computer network infrastructure. The so-designed
computer network supports or is the foundation for all of the tools, programmes, and tasks.
Therefore, a business's planning, design, hardware acquisition, and network security needs to be
a top concern. There are several security challenges and complexity levels in business network
design. For a small or medium-sized business, the networking module is composed of a
dependable internet connection that is provided via a connection from the ISP (internet service
provider). The relevant router is connected with this cable (Abdallah, Hammad and AlZyadat,
2022). The cable is used to connect to a switch after the firewall processes the information sent
through it. Thus, the focus of this report is on explaining networking fundamentals from the
perspective of an Australian IT SME. The organisation selected is Wisetech Global, a specialised
provider of IT solutions that assists several firms in utilising cloud native items to their fullest
potential. The company is a squad of more than 1,800 highly skilled, ambition driven, and
accomplished individuals who are united in their mission to develop ground-breaking products
that support and encourage those who own and operate the global supply chains. The corporation
is thus a pioneer in the field of global logistics software.
MAIN BODY
Business and Technical Goals
A business aim is a destination, feat, or objective the corporation hopes to reach in the
short- or long-term. They support the provision of important company benchmarks that might aid
an organisation in gauging its effectiveness or shortage thereof. In contrast, technical objectives
should be scalable, available, network performance, secure, manageable, usable, adaptable, and
affordable. The company may safely offer solutions that will meet the customer's expectations by
analysing the technological requirements of the client (Alqahtani, 2022). In terms of Wisetech
Global, this section of the study will aid in the clarification of both of these objectives.
Business goals: In order to achieve a company's overarching aims, specific and measurable
measures are taken known as business objectives. Since they are definite in nature, targets are
simple to define and keep track of. Wisetech Global set some demanding business objectives and
succeeded in achieving them as well. As follows:

 The company's objective is to improve global supply networks significantly better over
time. By using effective, highly automated, and integrated worldwide capabilities,
Wisetech aims to replace outdated, antiquated, proprietary, and domestic systems.
 WiseTech's objective is to develop ground-breaking products that enable and empower
people who own and manage the global supply chains of the world. Our strategic vision
is to be the operating system for global logistics (Banoth, Narsimha and Godishala,
2022).
 The goal of the approach is to use structural shifts to drive growth. To achieve this goal,
employees concentrate on the 3Ps: Production, Propagation, and Prosperity.
 The fundamental objective of ground-breaking software solutions is to offer strong
effectiveness, vast flexibility, thorough compatibility, extensive regulatory capacities, and
also a true global reach.
Technical goals: The digital IT ecosystem of today offers a nearly limitless space for innovation,
knowledge management, cooperation, and analytical techniques. In order to establish
connections, interact with a wider range of constituents, encourage openness, and achieve
visibility, abilities to record, handle, analyse, and extract massive volumes of information are
growing at an accelerating rate (Yew, Molla and Cooper, 2022). Thus, the main technical
objectives of Wisetech Global are as follows:
 Collaboration – Leveraging the dimensions of social media and a greater usage of mobile
audio and video conferencing technology, the organisation continues to make strides in
addressing the growing population that lives online. Personalized information and
messaging are delivered via today's collaborative tools and made available to personnel
as well as the general public and international audiences.
 Data integration and analytics – Although statistical data is crucial, smart business
analytics and intelligence may transform datasets into actionable insights to assist quick
decision-making and boost operational effectiveness. By using additional research and
analytical tools, the research department of the company will be able to give decision-
makers with more thorough and accurate reports that can be used to align core bureau
activities, create policy priorities, and spot emerging trends and foreseeable demands
(Chenouf and Aissaoui, 2022).

 Knowledge management – A methodical strategy to gathering, arranging, and recovering
information to support the division's operations and improve decision-making is known
as knowledge management. In order to improve the transfer of data across offices,
agencies, and posts, it entails the procedures for generating, preserving, exchanging, and
merging data. The discoverability of knowledge will be enhanced, and Wisetech Global
will continue to create knowledge control methods, techniques, and teaching.
 On demand access to information – Through the use of tools that enable our professionals
to seek advice from their peers, strengthen relationships amongst the co-workers, and
share expertise, the organisation must develop channels for employees inside the branch
to discuss things, data, and queries. The company will be able to maintain and exchange
information if we implement a company-wide social network that fosters collaboration
and links the Department's numerous experts in the field (Wang, Lin and Shao, 2022).
 Cybersecurity –Wisetech will collaborate with government organisations and business
titans to use best practises to train our IT personnel in order to successfully implement a
complete cybersecurity strategy. Additionally, to safeguard the privacy, integrity, and
accessibility of the company’s communications and data, user access to resources will be
restricted by allocating corresponding user rights and limits through using minimal
privileges approach (Chowdhury, Tiwary and Dey, 2022).
Designing of Network
A special blend of project management and technical expertise is needed to strike the
correct balance between network performance, security, redundancy, and cost. Prior to network
implementation, network design begins with the identification of business and technical needs
(when you actually do the work to deploy and configure what was designed). Method of
analysis, Network protocols, technology procurement, and project implementation are a few
examples of the components that make up network design. Network design is an easy process
with simple networks, such those found in most households and small offices. The network
design process is frequently highly complicated in large enterprise networks and involves a
number of parties. Wisetech Global operates in a manner akin to that of any other IT business
(Edeh and Hinson, 2022). The five fundamental elements of a network are clients, servers,

interface devices, channels, and operating systems. They are also explicable in this section of the
study.
 Servers - Servers, also known as hosts, are strong computers that link to services that are
distributed by users on the network and store information or applications.
 Clients - A client is a computer that a network user uses to access pooled services and
information (such as hard discs and printers). Therefore, a client is a personal computer.
 Channels - A channel is a network circuit in technical parlance. It is the route taken by
information as it moves back and forth between the various computers (patrons and
servers) that make up the network.
 Interface devices - Interface devices are what connect clients, servers, and occasionally
other networks to the channel. Network interface cards and modems are typical examples.
 Operating systems - It is known as the networking software for the companies. It fulfils
the function that an operating system in a standalone machine would (Kweka, Makindara
and Bengesi, 2022).
The Wisetech Global logical topology shows how information moves through the network.
Voice portals, common protocols, networking firewalls, IP addresses, and other things are
included. A logical network diagram can be utilized to swiftly rule out a firewall problem if
connectivity is down between two IP addresses. Logical diagrams are just as helpful in capacity
planning as physical network diagrams are. They enable Wisetech to visualise network growth or
modification and determine how one change will affect the others. The use of a specific
corporate network might now prove to be helpful for workers and machines to interact, share
documents, access control systems, and evaluate the results of an IT infrastructure that powers
commercial activities in order to satisfy the commercial as well as the technology-based goals.
Industrial networking is set up to provide a reliable communication route for carrying out
particular company tasks. Wisetech Global uses networks in the cloud. The business frequently
uses many cloud services to deliver distinct application components and services in order to get
the best possible balance of the cost, performance, and security provided by various cloud
models. Through the internet, typically through private and secure network channels, users can
access and manage the cloud resources and the services that are running on the hardware (Li,
Wang and Ni, 2022). Cloud networks might theoretically be thought of as a WAN (typically an

SD-WAN) that consists of a number of private or shared network subsets that are spread among
users of cloud computing services.
Hardware and Software requirements
Even when deploying Cloud services on an NSD node, follow the suggested CPU and
memory requirements for a CES node for Wisetech Global's Cloud services. Although the
storage can be slow for I/O operations per thread, object storage can support many threads, hence
a high CPU count encourages higher cloud tiering throughput. When choosing the company’s
hardware, choose sixteen or more CPUs. The minimum suggested memory size is 128 GB due to
the high memory requirements of cloud tiering services. As one add files to the cloud, it needs
more memory on your PC because the size needs grow as the number of files does. The company
should provide 10–20 times quite enough memory as is necessary so that the internet services
can cache their organizational information in the database (Mehanneche and Zemmouchi-
Ghomari, 2022).
The company uses Cargowise, an Integrated Logistics Execution Platform, a business
management strategy that is being more widely adopted to hasten product delivery and enhance
customer service. All departments, procedures, and resources operate as a single, synchronised
system under this approach. Operations are seamless as a result, and timely shipment of customer
orders is guaranteed. The integrated model highlights the importance of collaboration because
logistics span numerous areas and require peak performance. Companies benefit from cross-
functional cooperation because it enables them respond rapidly to shifts in consumer demand and
offers them a competitive edge. The cloud computing core server module is deployed on nodes
running RHEL 7.2 Linux operating system and higher in order to meet Wietech Global's system
specifications. Nodes running RHEL 7.2 on Power8 Little Endian can also have the cloud
services core server package loaded on them. Transparent cloud tiering and cloud data sharing
both use cloud services, which can use up a lot of WAN bandwidth. Customers must make sure
that there is enough WAN bandwidth available for conversions, recalls, and any additional WAN
usage they may need (Prybutok and Sauser, 2022). An operator can keep an eye on Wisetech
Global's operating systems and WAN utilisation when cloud services are active.

CONCLUSION
An inference can thereby be made that, data is the foundation for efficient
communication in the realm of information technology (IT). Consequently, a solid network
design will be more durable and enable overall greater performance. An effective network offers
the greatest platform for all the applications one want to utilise, operating swiftly and effectively.
One of the grounds it's crucial to think about the network design first before implementing any
adjustments or even when commencing with the initial installation is that any task that
employees are trying to accomplish will be impacted by latency or slow response time.
Computer networking serves as the backbone of everything as the greatest and most significant
IT solutions, and connectivity is the channel that enables us to drive our daily personal and
professional activities. Additionally, an organization's network system can be viewed as a
platform that facilitates data within the company when and where it is needed at a management
level. Furthermore, it can be deduced that the operating system manages all technical expertise,
including memory, CPU, and file storage, and assigns them to specific users and applications as
needed to complete tasks. As a result, the system software is a middle management and can
control the internal capabilities of a computer network.

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