Networking Technologies: Proposal for Colour Ability Corporation

Networking Technologies
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Executive summary
Colour Ability Corporation has bought a four-story building in Brisbane suburb and want expand by moving in
to the building in three months time. Each of the four floors will be allocated to the each department in CAC.
The management of Colour Ability Corporation needs a functional network design proposal that will enable
them to comfortably relocate to the new offices in Brisbane Suburb and keep their business activities running
smoothly.
The purpose of the report is to review Colour Ability Corporations’ existing IT resources and suggest a proposal
that will make the company capitalize on the expansion of the business, examine the four departments in CAC
and examine how the proposal will enhance the quality of their work and quote the cost of the design. If there
is extra expenditure the company will put it under later consideration.
Findings and conclusion
The employees of CAC use email accounts provided with internet service providers like Gmail and yahoo which
they are able to access from their homes, but CAC wants their employees to have email accounts that they can
only use at work.
CAC wants the files shared either vast or small to be available for download at all times, there should also be an
establishment of file access level authentication and authorization to allow only department managers to view
the project files.
Access of the network wirelessly should also be enabled in the five departments of CAC, to enable printing by
various workstations using one high-speed color printer placed in each of the five departments.
The proposed network topology is to remain the same.
Recommendation
The management should upgrade the operating systems from windows 7 to windows 10.
The management should consider implementation of wireless networks in the five departments and
installation of high speed color laser printers that support wireless printing within the departments.
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Executive summary.............................................................................................................................................2
Introduction...........................................................................................................................................................4
Project Proposal...................................................................................................................................................5
Needs statement..............................................................................................................................................5
Methodology and timetabling.............................................................................................................................6
Activity 1............................................................................................................................................................6
Activity 2..........................................................................................................................................................10
Activity 3...........................................................................................................................................................10
Activity 4..........................................................................................................................................................11
Activity 5..........................................................................................................................................................11
Activity 6..........................................................................................................................................................11
Activity 7..........................................................................................................................................................12
Activity 8..........................................................................................................................................................12
Budget summary................................................................................................................................................13
Future plans........................................................................................................................................................13
Recommendation...............................................................................................................................................15
Bibliography........................................................................................................................................................16
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Networking Technologies
Introduction
This proposal comes as a response to Color Ability Corporation, which is a small marketing and advertisement
firm that currently has five departments four in Brisbane and one in Sydney, It currently employs eighty people,
to examine and analyze their current IT resources and suggest a proposition of how they would use their IT
resources to capitalize on making more profits for the business. The report consists of activities one to eight
that illustrate the proposal. 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. There is also a conclusion and recommendation to
the management of CAC.
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