...Huffman Trucking Operating System Overview Mark Jackowski Huffman Trucking began as a small, one tractor-trailer operation in 1936 in Cleveland, Ohio. The company has seen major growth over the years, and now employees over 1,400 individuals and operates over 800 tractors. Along with this growth over Huffman Trucking’s life have undoubtedly come many changes: changes in personnel, changes in locations and facilities, changes in business processes and functions, and changes in its information systems as well. What began as a small, simple operation has now grown into a large, complex network of employees that must work together and communicate effectively in order to provide quality services for its customers. Huffman Trucking’s information system provides its employees with many of the tools necessary to provide these services, and the operating systems that it employs are a major component of that system. The company primarily runs Windows based operating systems, including Windows 95, 2000, 3.X, 9.X, and Exchange, but it also operates on other Novell systems in certain locations. This variety of operating systems can provide a wide variety of benefits in many situations. One OS might be better suited to handle certain company processes and functions, while other systems would work better handling others. Throughout the growth of Huffman Trucking, the company may have felt that a particular location would operate better using one OS over the other available options...
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...Running Heading: Huffman Trucking Operating System ANTHONY MEREDITH HUFFMAN TRUCKING OPERATING SYSTEM CSS/561 January 17, 2011 Introduction Huffman trucking is a national transportation company. The company's 1,400 employees work in its logistical hubs located in Los Angeles, California, St. Louis, Missouri, and Bayonne, New Jersey; its central maintenance facility is in Cleveland, Ohio (University of Phoenix, 2005). Since Huffman Trucking has so many different location their network is often overlooked and their network is a big part in determining if they are going to successful or not. I will be taking a look at their operating system and determining the usefulness of their system. Huffman network consist of many different operating systems. Those operating systems that are utilized at those different facilities are mostly Windows based, with Windows NT, Windows SP, Windows 2000 servers, Microsoft Exchange and IIS. The Missouri office uses a mixture of different operating system, using several different windows base system and the use of Macintosh environment. That office also uses Lotus Notes for email rather than using Microsoft Exchange. The result of so many operating systems is developed over time and is due to the evolution of the company. The evolution of Huffman caused them to expand and add needed systems for the increase in demand for products or new business requirements. The expansion of the overall operating systems is due to necessity, but not necessarily...
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...Huffman Trucking Paper Huffman Trucking Tipton L. Jones University of Phoenix Huffman Trucking Huffman trucking is a national logistics organization. The company employs some 1,400 people in various locations throughout the United States. Huffman trucking uses logistical hubs located in California, St. Louis, and New Jersey ("Huffman trucking," 2012). The organization also has central maintenance facility located in Ohio. The company has expected earnings in excess of $600,000,000 during the 2004 fiscal year ("Huffman trucking," 2012). The company has implemented and deployed various operating systems throughout the company. The office in California uses Windows 3.X and Windows 9.X Environment. The California plant employs Windows 2000 server, Windows Exchange 5, Windows Proxy Server 2, and IIS 4.0 Web Server. In their Missouri office, Huffman Trucking has chosen to implement Novell 4.11 and Novell Border Manager. In the plant, the Missouri site had no documented operating system. In New Jersey, the office has implemented Windows 3.X and 9.X environment along with IIS 4.0 Web server. In the plant, we find that the New Jersey site uses Windows 3.X. Lastly, we look at the Ohio facilities. The Ohio office uses Novell 4.11 and Novell Border Manager. However, there were no documented operating systems found in the plant environment. The operating systems chosen throughout this organization were done so to increase the efficiency of their burgeoning business. However...
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...Huffman trucking uses the following operating systems in their various locations: Windows 3.1 Windows 3.x Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows 9.x Windows NT Windows 2000 Professional Windows XP Professional Windows Exchange Server 5 Windows Proxy Server 2 Novel Netware 4.11 MAC OS I believe these operating systems were chosen because, at the time they were put into use, they were state f the art operating systems. As the company has grown, focus has been on other areas of the company and its operations. As the company grew and the need for more computers grew, the company seems to have simply added the needed systems with whatever operating systems were current on the systems they purchased. The biggest implications of the operating systems in use by Huffman Trucking would be compatibility. As technology advances and older technology reaches end of life, the ability to maintain a network of computers using so many varied operating systems becomes increasingly difficult. Another implication is using so many different technologies (Windows-based vs. Novel vs. Apple) can cause problems in compatibility, rendering certain systems and software unable to do the tasks that are needed to be performed. Maintaining such an eclectic network likely requires many man-hours that would not be necessary if all of the systems were closer to current, and if they were more closely matched to each other. An example would be if the server software were more current, the desktop operating...
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...Huffman Trucking Paper University of Phoenix POS/355 Richard Andrews July 17, 2012 Huffman Trucking is a national transportation company with over 1000 employees. The main hub for this company are located in Los Angeles, California, St. Louis, Missouri, and Bayonne, New Jersey. The central facility of this company is located Cleveland, Ohio. Huffman Trucking currently runs the Windows 3.X and 9.X operating system. This operating system does not seem to be standardized between the current Huffman Trucking physical locations. Windows 3.X and 9.X are 16 bit OS that were originally designed for personal computers. Windows 3.X was released in the early 90's while Windows 9.X was released in the second part of that same decade. These OS became popular with companies when their ability to run virtual machines became evident. Windows 3.X and 9.X are out-of-date systems and no longer supported by any system. In November of 2008 Microsoft stopped selling licenses for these OS. These operating systems were commonly adopted by companies due to their complete compatibility with MSDOS applications. They offered extended memory that could attend to more than 640 kb and were praised for the improvements made to hardware support. When these operating systems were released they were considered top of the line and were indeed refined technology. Unfortunately, companies that are still using these OS are putting...
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...Huffman Trucking Operating Systems Huffman Trucking Operating Systems Huffman Trucking, a national transportation company, employs 1,400 employees. Huffman’s hubs are in Los Angeles, California, St. Louis, Missouri, and Bayonne, New Jersey. Huffman’s corporate offices and service center is in Cleveland, Ohio (University of Phoenix, 2012). Computers were basically still in an infantile stage when Huffman began his company in 1936. Companies need methods to assist them in standardizing their business processes. Computers can help companies meet this unique challenge. Operating systems (OS) are an essential part of any computer system. Any major OS will evolve over time because of hardware upgrades or new types of hardware, new services, and fixes (Stallings, 2009). However, one of the purposes of an OS is to provide an environment in which a user can execute programs in a convenient and efficient manner (Silberschatz, Galvin, & Gagne, 2009). Huffman was primarily focused on expanding his business and not much on standardizing business processes across company locations, let alone invest in additional technology to do so when he began his company. Furthermore, Huffman spent sufficient capital in increasing its fleet size and the acquisition of five Eastern regional carriers to add to its existing two Mid-West offices and plants. Additionally, Huffman was recognized as the first major freight carrier to outsource 100% of its information systems...
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...Huffman Trucking Paper Upon reviewing Huffman Trucking’s networking model, it appears that most of their IT components—software and hardware—are outdated. But I digress. The purpose of this paper is to answer the following questions: 1. Why do you think these operating systems were chosen? 2. What are the implications of the operating systems that are in use by Huffman Trucking? That said, I will not expound on why a company like Huffman Trucking should update their IT infrastructure as soon as possible, except to say that—for security reasons alone—the investment would far outweigh the costs. Rather, I will attempt to explain why Huffman chose a Windows operating system back in the late 90s when (it appears) their network was first implemented. Operating Systems (OS) are, of course, nothing more than a series of computer programs. But unlike your typical word processing application or favorite Tetris game, an operating system is the first piece of code that a computer executes when it is turned on. The operating system loads itself into available memory and then begins managing all of the resources inside the computer. Once up and running, it then provides a User Interface (UI) for other applications that any user can execute. At the time Huffman incorporated an OS into their business model, the company had three major players to choose from: Microsoft, Mac OS and Unix. (Linux, of course, was also available, but it was—and still is—used primarily by computer...
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...Huffman Trucking Operating System Huffman Trucking uses a Windows 3x/9x operating system, as well as Windows 2000 server with proxy server 2 and Windows Exchange 5. Many companies use Windows operating systems because they are simple to use right away as soon as they are implemented as hardware. Put simply, they are more user friendly. Being user friendly and easy to use right away makes for easier training of employees for the operating system and it’s programs. It also streamlines the aspects of the operating system for business applications. Other operating systems, such as Linux for instance, are more in depth with technical applications and require more skill and detail because of its flexibility with manipulating the program. The source code is available for this system, and more of a manual touch is needed. Windows eliminates the need for this, and comes with useful programs for businesses such as Huffman Trucking. Windows comes with helpful programs to help a business with their daily needs. Some of these programs are Word, Excel, and Outlook. These help a business such as Huffman Trucking with documenting, scheduling, inventory, database management, and e-mailing and communication. This particular company has different forms of Windows integrated into the network. Some of their locations have Windows 3x/9x, while others are more updated with Windows 2000. That can be a good thing, as integrating a new system or update all at once can cause confusion...
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...Huffman Trucking Robert Bennett POS/355 July 2, 2012 Ashok Rao Huffman Trucking Huffman Trucking is a company founded in Cleveland, OH in 1936 with only a single truck. The company’s growth came as a direct result of World War II as it became a carrier for factories from the Midwest to the East Coast ports. Now Huffman Trucking employs over 1350 people and has facilities in Ohio, California, Missouri and New Jersey. Within the offices and plants in each state the company uses computers running both Mac OS X and Windows OS which varies from Windows 3.X and 98 through XP and XP Pro. The only computers that are using Mac OS X are ones used by the marketing department are most likely used for photo/video editing and artwork for company advertising. I believe that windows operating systems were chosen because of the ease of use and compatibility with windows corporate servers. The implications of using mostly Windows computers are that you have a variety of communication options between clients. Windows computers have features such as peer-to-peer networking support for users to be able to share resources such as folders, printers, and peripherals, strong security with built in Kerberos support which allows fast and secure single logon to Windows 2000 and future servers. The last major advantage of Windows computers is in regards to mobility, computers running Windows OS offer an amazing remote desktop capability for users traveling without...
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...Huffman trucking originated in Cleveland, Ohio in 1936, because of World War II the company grew due to the increasing demand of materials. By 1945 the company had grown exponentially, thanks to the relationship forged with the United States Government. Today the company has grown to a nationwide transportation company with 1,400 employees and hubs in Los Angeles, California, Saint Louis, Missouri, and Bayonne, New Jersey with its central facility still located in Cleveland, Ohio. The company today has over 800 tractors, and has expected revenue of $600,000,000 for the 2004 fiscal year (Apollo Group, Inc, 2003,2004,2012). When reviewing all of the facilities and systems within every single facility it’s noticeable that they are all running independent systems, which some don’t even have firewalls installed for the network. Compiling all of the systems in the four offices, and plants we find different operating systems (OS). This OS include Windows 3.1, Windows 3.X, Windows 9.X, Windows NT, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP Professional, Mac OS, Novel Netware 4.11, Windows 2000 Server, Windows Proxy Server 2, Windows Exchange 5, and CISCO (Apollo Group, Inc, 2003,2004,2012). In addition, to different types telephonies systems, webmail servers, and different types of hardware in every location. I don’t believe the OS were chosen by the Ohio office per say. Looking at the history of the company Huffman trucking, by the end of the war the company had...
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...Trucking Operating Systems Overview POS 355 January 23, 2012 Hoffman Trucking Operating Systems Overview Hoffman Trucking is using a mix of operating systems based on technology which is at least ten years old. The company started out in Cleveland, Ohio and really started to grow with the acquisition of five other regional trucking companies from 1948 through 1976 and became a national carrier after 1980. The home office’s current operating systems consist of a mainframe system probably running Unix or Linux in the maintenance plant. The users interface with the mainframe through dumb terminals connected to a token ring network. The administrative offices use Novell 5.1 to handle directory services, Lotus Notes to handle e-mail services, Linux is used at the operating system for the web server, A Macintosh computer for marketing, Windows 2000 Workstation, Windows XP Pro and ten machines running Windows 2000 Server. These systems are also running on a token ring network with a Fractional T1 connection to the Internet to allow communications with the other offices. The Missouri office is a mirror image of the home office. The offices in New Jersey and California are also duplicates of each other but are totally different in architecture. The office system are very old as well centering around Microsoft operating systems ranging from Windows 3.1 which is a DOS based operating system to Windows 2000 Server running as the IIS server. Other operating systems consist...
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...Riordan Manufacturing Business System Proposal Paul Belanger, Aaron Ledger, Dacia Faulk, Ian Westerfield, Jennifer Gallaway University of Phoenix Introduction Being the industry leader in polymer materials and per our mission statement, Riordan Manufacturing must remain in step with industry trends. In order to effectively attain this objective, we must acclimatize, embrace, and take advantage of new and innovative technologies. In addition to identifying existing systems employed within the company that are in need of upgrades, the remainder of this paper will also address new systems as well as sub-systems needed and present a brief summary of why these systems would be advantageous to the future of Riordan Manufacturing. Finance and Accounting Overview Riordan manufacturing employs nine basic finance and accounting subsystems globally and three additional subsystems at the San Jose, California corporate headquarters. The atmosphere of interoperability between each of Riordan’s offices (California, Georgia, Michigan, and China) is at best hostile. At present, each operating entity has its own finance and accounting system resulting in a number of inefficiencies due to company-wide systems incompatibility, a lot of which stems from the Michigan and Georgia acquisition. To better establish potential interoperability between existing subsystems, it is first necessary to define the current subsystems of each Riordan office, existing software solutions, and how these...
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...LESSON 7 Knowledge Assessment Fill in the Blank: Complete the following exercise by filling in the blanks with the appropriate terms from this lesson. 1. The network load balancing method that assigns multiple IP addresses to a single host name is called ____dns round robin______. 2. The application high availability method that uses redundant servers with only one active at any time is called a __failover cluster________. 3. The Windows Server 2008 feature that enables end users to store copies of server-based documents on a local drive is called _offline files_________. 4. The servers in a network load balancing cluster continually exchange status messages called ________heartbeats__. 5. Windows Server 2008 servers can maintain multiple versions of a volume’s files using a feature called __shadow copies________. 6. The process by which servers are automatically added to and removed from a network load balancing cluster is called __convergance________. 7. A failover cluster stores its configuration database on a ___witness disk_______. 8. The role service that enables disconnected Terminal Services clients to reconnect to the same server is called _____TS session broker_____. 9. The application high availability mechanism that uses redundant servers, with all running simultaneously, is called ___network load balancing_______. 10. The Windows Server 2008 feature that enables a computer to verify an application before launching it...
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...process of hardening your network. Hardening is where you change the hardware and software configurations to make computers and devices as secure as possible. I choose the network layout workgroup. First with the workstations and laptops you need to shut down the unneeded services or programs or even uninstall them. I would also have installed reputable anti-virus software on the workstations. You also need a hardened image for all of your workstations. To do this you need to install a new copy of the operating system and then begin the process of hardening it. After you have one good hardened workstation you can use it as a model for all other workstations and laptops. As for the router you definitely need to protect it from unauthorized access. The router needs to be password protected and you should periodically change that password for added protection. For the cable modem you should keep all unwanted and unused ports closed. I would also schedule a regular scan of all the systems as part of my maintenance processes. These processes and procedures apply for all hardware devices. Disable remote administration, administration of your router / access point should be "local only", namely, there is no reason to let people from another country have access to your network hardware and If you need to make changes, you should be local to the device. Update the firmware. Believe it or not, consumer network hardware needs to be patched also. Check the support site of the vendor of the device...
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...Mac Memory Management For rough draft Mac OS is available on two processor architectures: the Motorola 68k series and the PowerPC. Mac OS has a flat address space, shared between all processes. There is no per-process memory protection. Application code runs in supervisor mode, so there is no instruction protection. Mac OS has virtual memory, in the limited sense that a larger fixed address space can be simulated, by storing the entire address space on disc. This size of this address space is fixed at boot time. The lowest part of memory is occupied by the system partition. This contains some system global values which applications should not access directly, although there is nothing to prevent them doing so. Historically, the Mac OS used a form of memory management that has fallen out of favor in modern systems. Criticism of this approach was one of the key areas addressed by the change to OS X. The original problem for the engineers of the Macintosh was how to make optimum use of the 128 KB of RAM that the machine was equipped with. Since at that time the machine could only run one application program at a time, and there was no fixed secondary storage, the engineers implemented a simple scheme which worked well with those particular constraints. However, that design choice did not scale well with the development of the machine, creating various difficulties for both programmers and users. References: The Memory Management Reference Memory management in Mac OS, en...
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