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Edmond Labule
CIS 599
Strayer University
Abstract
more than $35 million dollars per year. Brontech Solution Inc. will be merging with a
multinational corporation Skyhigh Software Inc. of equal size, as a result of joining it produces
Ravitech Software Inc., and we will be responsible for developing a project plan to integrate all
systems strategically which will include infrastructures and databases. Ravitech Software Inc.
will be responsible for providing the best software product to benefit both Brontech Solution Inc.
and Skyhigh Software Inc. With such report, Ravitech is to remain successful in years to come
because the network design ought to be able to keep pace with new technologies, applications,
and techniques allowing the organization are able to increase revenue, be able to communicate
Brontech Solution Inc. is an IT company having twenty-five employees. They are Project
members, Project Managers, system administrators, software developers, sales and Marketing
persons, People in other development departments. We have started to use new technology and
needed guidance. We tried to develop our process but were overwhelmed by the task. We just
couldn't afford to establish and maintain it, so merging with another company of similar size will
ease the financial burden. With a team of five programmers who understands the company's
technology and its method of application. By creating our software of high quality, robust,
flexible, with an active developmental process, it gives the company high velocity with features
at a faster pace. Knowing the core application and expanding on functionality, the desire to
expand into data warehousing arise base on the relational databases and operational systems of
the organization. With some terminals connected in LAN to a central server, it allows for
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connection of Internet to the entire facility. In meeting the needs of the company, redesigning all
software and hardware is compulsory since the company has an onsite and hosted solution.
Brontech is expected to integrate technologies from various service providers to incorporate best
interested in cloud technologies and virtualization with the implementation of proper security
protocols. Brontech has one primary data center operation which is going to migrate to a new
headquarters building. Brontech will ensure a smooth transition and upgrade of all equipment, as
well as network emphasizing on infrastructure's security to ease the move (Kurose & Ross,
2008).
According to Afzal (2015), business activities include new software development, which
is the application software for the requested clients. The IT department of Brontech is looking at
designing and creating a cost-efficient network internally that will extend throughout the
country. For proper functioning, the system administrators are solely responsible for developing
a system that will be able to connect both emerging companies and remote data warehouse
operations to provide an all-around clock service to both employees and customers. Within this
project, the requirement is to update the existing LAN from one to three floors to be able to
connect the corporate headquarter, as well as Skyhigh Software Inc. Accessing of the wireless
network (WAN) by the sales department, marketing, accounting, employees, and customers
allows for easy access to information about the organizations' product and services. With the
system, Brontech will be able to have access to sales invoices, revenue reporting, inventory
management, and sales management. Lowering cost permits Brontech to provide onsite services
while designing the system because being able to deliver a high-quality system allows Brontech
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to provide one hundred percent of its the time to this project which will reduce any delays. This
report presents recommendations that enable Brontech to remain successful for years to come.
According to Davidson (2010), both outsourcing and offshoring are a means of which a company
performs to save money, but only offshoring can hurt a nation's economy because it involves the
Outsourcing
company or third party to conduct a particular process. For Brontech to speculate on outsourcing,
it will depend on Brontech's daily operations to whether the assigned task needs an outside
provider. Brontech's decision to outsource its services focus primarily on saving money by
lowering its rates, better quality of work, and sense of acquiring a strategic edge over the
competition. Outsourcing is performing services for Brontech for individuals that are not full-
time employees of the enterprise. Selecting the right provider to outsource task is essential
because it will lower cost, maximize time, better productivity, and more likely profitable.
Offshoring
other countries of the world (overseas). Brontech’s decision to send jobs to another country will
solely depend on if there are no providers within its host country that can perform the task
imperatively. Brontech’s sole concern will focus on security to ensure the approach meets the
goal.
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According to White (2016), for any business to function properly, its core duties are to be
able to conserve data for competitive advantage. The necessity for using relational databases by
warehousing is now becoming a priority due to the analyzation of an enormous amount of data
with the diverse sources from which data comes. Brontech gathers data by using Web analytics
and operational systems to develop an overview of solutions that will incorporate the use of data
warehousing.
Operational Systems
Operational systems optimize the preservation of data integrity and speed of recording of
business transactions through the use of database normalization and an entity-relationship model.
Functional system designers follow the Codd rules of database normalization to make sure there
is the integrity of data. In improving performance, purging previous data periodically from the
A database record data, while a data warehouse analyzes the data recorded in the
database. Every company uses some type of data creation system such as accounting systems,
human resources, operational systems which generates a lot of data these data has to undergo a
relational data, network, and hierarchical data. Databases contain data in which Brontech uses to
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manage and or manipulate the stored data. Objects such like queries, tables, and reports
data, as well as filtering and organizing. Data warehousing helps facilitating reporting and
analysis of information. A data warehouse has tools for extraction, transformation, and loading
of data into the repository, and also helps to manage and retrieve Meta data. Generally, data
with each other to help maximize current company’s resources and control cost. Cloud
computing need virtualization to work and function properly, but it is not cloud computing. With
the combination of virtualization and cloud computing help build a cloud infrastructure.
will use the technology of cloud computing can and often includes products of virtualization to
be able to present computer services. With cloud technology, Brontech can provide elasticity,
automated management, scalability, and self-service capability. Brontech is more like to use a
private cloud because it is its virtualized environment which will give the users more control and
create dedicated sources because virtualization is the underlying technology to power cloud
technology. With virtualization, it is possible for Brontech to run multiple operating systems and
multiple applications at the same time on the same server. Brontech will use VMware to enable
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cost reduction, flexibility, to increase efficiency and utilization of previous computer hardware.
According to Harwood (2016), the network infrastructure is the software and hardware
communication, and management of the entire system. The network infrastructure is the IT
infrastructure interconnected with the system for internal and external communication and
consists of the network hardware, networking software, and the network services.
Network Infrastructure: With the network infrastructure, Brontech Solution Inc. will
use a router (wired and wireless), wireless LAN, wired LAN, cables, operating systems,
firewalls, and network security applications to ensure the entire system has protection to prevent
loss of data.
to individuals of malicious acts. Brontech Solution Inc. will design a secure IP/MPLS
infrastructure to help defend against malicious attacks and threats because of continuous change
in behavior and characteristics. Brontech Solution Inc. will implement multilayered defense
system, be able to control the behavior of the network, and finally the visibility of the network
behavior.
Conclusion
concurrence among all according to the objectives of the lifecycle. The significance of the
creation phase is mostly for new development to discuss business risk before carrying out the
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project. Most importantly, the inception of a project plan ensures that the project is worth doing
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