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The final project for this course is an operating system upgrade implementation project, consisting of a written implementation plan inclusive of an information assurance presentation. The document should utilize the completed case studies as a guide to the implementation of an operating system upgrade plan. Using the scenario given, you will identify the implementation plan for the operating system upgrade.
With the continual evolution of operating systems, corporate software, and hardware technologies, IT managers are required to upgrade their organization to newer operating systems every three to five years.
The process of migrating workstations to the next version of an operating system or upgrading a user’s hardware after a lease expires can be an expensive and time-consuming project.
Organizations typically face numerous challenges during operating system upgrades. Without careful planning and preparation, this is likely to lead to high costs, lost time, and lower quality to both end-users and IT staff. In most cases, hardware or operating system migration projects are planned case by case and are always customer-specific, although the process, challenges, and requirements can be similar.
Your final project will satisfy the RFP request from Fusion Works Services; details are below.
General Infrastructure Information
Fusion Works encompasses three primary buildings – General Operations Facility, Service Dispatch Facility, and International Operations Facility. The General Operations facility is the core data center for the majority of the primary functions and systems (Finance System, outlook exchange server, including tape backup system. The International Operation Facility (built-in 2009) serves as the data center for most of the Fusion Works International operations (file server, email). It also serves as the redundant back-up system for the General Operations facility data.
The new World HQ facility (IT infrastructure) was built to a scale so that it could house all Fusion Works IT functions. Fusion Works is exploring ways to upgrade and migrate operating systems, establish virtual computing, security measure, user creation, and information sharing. Environment details are below:
Operating Systems
User workstations: Windows XP, Windows 7. There is approximately 50 workstations company-wide. The current Finance system resides on three workstations. It is expected the new system will be used by 15-20 users with varying access permissions.
Servers: HP Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 or greater. Virtual server environment hosted by Microsoft Hyper-V. Fusion Works does not host its website on-site. However, there is a department website (allows outside users to access white papers via web) that is hosted on a server at the General Operations Facility.
Hardware/Software
HP and Dell servers and HP and Dell workstations
Microsoft Office 2007 Suite
Microsoft Exchange Server and Outlook
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 and 8
Accounting/Finance Department: LOCIS: Fusion Works Financial application Win32 front end & Comet DB Backend, handling payroll, AP/AR/GL. The current system is on four workstations. It is expected the new system should be on 15-20 workstations with varying levels of permissions.
Fusion Works has an Avaya VOIP telephone system for all primary locations.
Symantec Anti-Virus and BackupExec
VPN Access: Some users utilize Cisco VPN Client utilizing 3DES/AES encryption
Inventory Management System – ASAP Systems – Inventory, Asset, and Item Tracking. The current system is ideal for inventory management but not ideal for fixed asset management. The desired solution will either interface with the current system or provide a new system, with the end goal of the elimination of redundant processes.
Connectivity between buildings
Fusion Works has three (3) primary general locations (General Operations Facility, International Operations Facility, and Dispatch Facility. Buildings are currently connected through point-to-point T1 lines. T1 contracts are expiring soon. Fusion works have discussed alternative options including using site-to-site VPN tunnels using our Cisco firewalls to increase speed. Software solutions must be able to be efficiently accessed at all locations.
The following elements must be addressed:
Identify business requirements.
Determine business requirements.
Identify utilization and growth in servers, networks, and storage.
Identify software (custom or commercial off-the-shelf).
Diagram infrastructure architecture
Determine costs and cost trends.
Find the solutions needs.
Compare business requirements to vendor offerings.
Identify application interoperability
Determine where applications will be hosted (virtual, physical, or cloud).
Evaluate which applications should be upgraded.
Define hardware components to retain, upgrade, and acquire.
Identify software and hardware vulnerabilities (physical, software, bootloader, firmware)
Determine the technology needed.
Define network architecture requirements.
Calculate storage requirements.
Assess the ability of new architecture to meet compute requirements.
Develop a project plan with a timeline
Develop backup and disaster recovery functionality
Software and hardware vulnerabilities remediation plan (OS Security plan, access control, physical).
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