For this project, you will utilize content from the readings of previous weeks, as well as the learnings from course labs to create a report describing the network design (and other host-based measures) necessary to address common security issues in a large, complex network for the fictitious company Liberty Beverages. In addition, you will select a specialty topic as described below to the extend the […]

 Much of the programming has turned app-based, be it web applications, native applications, or a hybrid of both. The goal behind the ‘app’ is to ensure that it can be used on as many devices as possible. This comes at the price of the app vendor having to know how each targeted operating system and hardware device works. Many app vendors, however, do not create […]

Your corporation hosts a web site at the public IP address 92.110.30.123. A router directs this traffic to a web server at the private IP address 192.168.11.100. However, the web server needs a hardware upgrade and will be down for two days. Your network administrato has asked you to configure the router so that requests to the IP address 92.110.030.123 are redirected to the backup […]

Assume you are designing a network infrastructure for Verbania, Inc. The company requires an efficient network that carries data, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), and Power over Ethernet (PoE). It also requires the effective use of a CRM system to pull customers’ social media data for review and analysis to improve user experience and generate profits.

TigerOne is newly formed Flight Operations Company that is targeting domestic travelers. The company needs a database to track flights, customers, fares, airplane performance, and personnel assignment. Since the company is promoting itself as providing “fast way out of town flights,” individual seats are not assigned. More specific notes about different parts of the database are listed below:

Assume you are the IT manager for a small business with 50 employees.  The company is growing rapidly and needs to implement a new Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution to help it more effectively and efficiently manage customer facing operations. The company needs help primarily with sales, marketing, and customer service functions, but would like the CRM system to have additional functionality they may use […]

One of the most time-consuming activities for system administrators is installing and updating software throughout a network. Software is updated on a regular basis, and new software is implemented in businesses regularly. Software deployment is a great place to implement scripts, and as a member of your IT group, you have been asked to help find some scripts or scripting tools that will help your […]

The New Plays Repertory Theater would like to computerize its ticket sales. The theater seats 500 people, offers seven plays each year, and sells season tickets and single-night tickets. The season tickets are all for performances at the same time during the week. Each play has 20 performances. The theater keeps a customer list of those people who buy tickets in order to send play […]

Microsoft makes money by designing, writing, and selling software. But there are people who do this for free. In fact there is a whole movement devoted to it. It’s called the “open source” software movement. In fact, if you use the Firefox browser or Wikipedia you are using software that was designed and programmed by many people all over the planet, all for free. Your […]

Building a new software application is just the start, as organizations invest in software to help solve business problems. For systems to be effective and have a positive influence on organizational goals, they need to address user experience and focus on how best to gain new system adoption. The ideas for a new strategy are compiled in a document titled a change management plan. This […]