IT Networking Assignment: Analyzing a Biomedical Company Network

This IT networking assignment analyzes a biomedical software development company's current network infrastructure and proposes upgrades to improve its business operations. The company, currently using older technology, aims to expand and requires enhancements in communication, data speed, and network architecture. The assignment highlights the benefits of upgrading to Microsoft Excel 2012 and recommends implementing an ERP software (SAP) for efficient communication, increasing Wi-Fi and ISP capacity, and utilizing Skype for video conferencing. The analysis covers user requirements, technical goals, and a description of the current setup, providing a comprehensive plan for the company's network improvement and future growth. The report provides a detailed comparison between the older and new versions of Microsoft Excel, emphasizing the advantages of the newer version in terms of speed, data storage, and features. The report concludes that the company should implement the suggested changes to enhance its business processes.

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Executive Summary
The following assignment is the analysis of the biomedical company organizational
structure and what is its current component. According to the case study the company intends an
overall development of its network structure and tined to more software work in the field. The
assignment analyses the ways the company can upgrade its system and also recommends various
software which is required by the company and it is best in the market

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
2. Analysis of User Requirements...................................................................................................3
Business goals..............................................................................................................................3
Technical goals............................................................................................................................3
3. Description & Analysis of Current Setup....................................................................................6
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................6
References........................................................................................................................................8

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Introduction
The following assignment is the analysis how an organization can improve its business
operation. This assignment discusses about a biomedical software developer organization that
needs to update its business operation in terms of communication, data speed, and network
architecture. The assignment enlist the benefits of adopting 2012 version of the Microsoft excel
and finally enlists the ways the organization can update its business operation.
2. Analysis of User Requirements
Business goals
The company which is given in the assignment is a biomedical software development
company who designs and c odes the software which is used in the biomedical industry.
According to the case study the company is still using the 2008 version of the Microsoft excel.
The company is currently in low scale with only 250 employees in the two building. In both the
building there are over forty computers (Stein et al .2012). The company network architecture is
a hub with a single switch in the entire server. According to the case study the company an
overall three LAN’s which all of them are connected to the same router which enables the
employees only to use the desktop for their works and not laptops or tablets. Therefore according
to the company organizational structure and the devices they are using it is implied that the
organization is small with less production and fewer employees.
Technical goals
The company has the vision of expansion and overall up gradation of the entire systems
of the company. Therefore the difficulty it is facing while the expansion is listed:

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Firstly if the company wants to expand then it needs more software project and to complete these
projects it require more employees.
Secondly if the project increases and the employees are also increasing then it needs to build a
better network architecture for its system which will allow efficient exchange of the data
between the departments of the business (Sharma, Venkataramani and Sitaramanz 2013).
Thirdly if the project increases then the pressure on the employees also increase to deliver the
project on time for which they require to work from home for which they need to work from the
laptops which is not possible in the current network architecture of the company
Lastly according to the case study the organization is still using the 2008 version of the
Microsoft excels which has various drawbacks and not fit for the company vision of the
expansion.
The Difference between the window server 2008 and the window server 2012
On the basis of the IIS (International information service)
The 2008 version of the Microsoft excel has the 7.0 version of the IIS while the 2012
version of the Microsoft excel contains the 8.0 version. The IIS basically contains the
information related to the file contents and its related securities identities. Its other function is to
check which URL can be mapped into the applications. Beside the IIS the 2012 version also
supports the application like visual studio and the shade point of the Microsoft version.
On the basis of the operating system
In the 2008 version of the Microsoft the window server supports both 32 and 64 obit of yard
operating system while the 2012 version of the software support only 64 bit operating system

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(Seibert et al. 2012). The 64 bit operating system of the Microsoft has more capability of
carrying and storing the data at a time which make it more fast and efficient in carrying the
operation. Thus the 2012 version of the Microsoft is fast and efficient which the company desires
as the employees in the company increases.
On the basis of the direct access
Direct access is features which allow the action referred to the unified remote access
having the feature of the VPN. It main function is to provide easy access to the internet to the
person which is connected to the internet. The direct access feature is much different from the
VPN technology which is terminated and used by the external action of the user. Thus the direct
access will enable automatic connection to the internet.
Therefore from analyzing the above advantages it is evident that the 2012 version is better in
terms of speed data storage and features.
According to the case study the current structure of the company has overall three LAN’s in its
network (Hanna 2012). It is using the 2008 version of the Microsoft excel. It only contains the
desktop and the main focus of the company is on the production and not on the computer works.
Therefore the company seeks to expand its network and focus on the software part when is web
designing and 3d printing and other technological innovations. Therefore following activity is to
be done by the company to upgrade its system (Antoniadis Tsiakiris and Tsopogloy 2015).

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3. Description & Analysis of Current Setup
Firstly the main intention of the company is efficient communication within its department and
with the data center of the company thus it needs to implement the ERP software (Ahmad and
Cuenca 2013). The best ERP software available in the market is the company of the SAP.
Secondly for faster and efficient exchange of the data the company needs to install the 2012
version of the Microsoft excel which is faster and with more features as compared to the
previous version.
Thirdly if the employee increases then the computers and laptops in the organization increases
therefore more wives and the ISP for the network is required in the organization for faster
network and exchange of the data.
Lastly the organization demands an video conferencing so the first criteria is to install a better
internet service provider and secondly it needs the video conferencing software the best software
n the market is the Skype software which is used by the maximum company (Roseberry, Hirsh‐
Pasek and Golinkoff 2014).
Conclusion
From the assignment it can be concluded that for the company to upgrade its business
process. Firstly it needs the 2012 version of the Microsoft excel secondly it requires more Wi-Fi
and ISP for the connection thirdly it needs and ERP software for the efficient communication
between its department and lastly it requires the Skype software for better video conferencing
from the head office. The 2012 version of the Microsoft is much better, faster and with more
features than the previous version.

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