How To Be A Digital Nomad

Introduction
You are the Network Manager at a major finance company. The company operates from a
single Head Office and employs two classes of sales staff who work from their homes.
Recently, the Management has set aside a budget to equip its sales force with a mixture of
portable notebook PCs and Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) so that staff can provide
appropriate advice to customers and also create suitable quotes for the company’s products.
As part of this development the sales staff will need to communicate electronically with head
office.
Senior Sales Staff
These members of the sales force will be supplied with a suitable Notebook PC and portable
printer so that they can deliver the company’s message via a PowerPoint presentation,
compile and print suitable quotations for insurance products, check a central database for
available products, perform queries on existing customer records, send and receive e-mail,
and complete sales orders online.
Normal Sales Staff
These staff members will be supplied with a suitable PDA which will allow them to perform
the following tasks; check a central database for available products, perform queries on
existing customer records, send and receive e-mail, and upload completed sales orders.
Note that the key function for both types of user is the ability to communicate with the
company’s central system and therefore the establishment of an appropriate secure data
communications method is of paramount importance.
However, before this can be achieved the expenditure has to be fully justified and a project
plan has to be produced to cover the expected work involved in the implementation of the
new system.
Aims
To produce a feasibility report outlining the case for the provision of a remote working
system within the company and to develop a comprehensive project plan for its
implementation. These two documents will form the basis of a presentation to the
management in order to convince them that the proposed solution is justifiable and practical.
In addition, you are required to produce a brief report detailing the role of Network Manager
in the proposed project.
This assignment has been designed to ensure that you are familiar with the various aspects of
designing, planning, and implementing such a system of remote working within an
organisation.
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International Diploma in Computer Studies
Networking
Networking
December 2003
HW
05/06/03
Final
NCC Education 2003
Task 1
Produce a report which outlines the benefits of implementing a remote working system for
the company. In your report you should:
• list the potential requirements of the basic scenario outlined in the Introduction
• explain the advantages and possible disadvantages of implementing a remote
working system within the company
• make estimates of the various costs of implementing a remote working system – remember
that, as well as the initial costs of buying the equipment, there will be costs associated
with security, support and maintenance, for example. (There may well be other costs and
benefits that you identify.)
Task 2
Produce a comprehensive project plan for the implementation of a remote working system
within the company. This should include the following:
• a brief overview of current data communication technologies which may be employed
including both wired and wireless solutions (detail both hardware and software required)
• a design for a suitable communications network using an appropriate topology for the
requirements of the company
• a list of the hardware and software required for the company’s remote working system,
• a schedule for the installation of cabling, communications links, hardware, network
operating system and associated applications software.
Task 3
Write a brief report detailing the various rights and responsibilities for your role as the
Network Manager in charge of the mobile communications project

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