...Office 365 Migration Office 365 migration reception by corporations worldwide has been amazing. This phenomenon has been facilitated by the rewards offered by office 365 migrations. Such benefits include massive savings in costs associated with information management, reducing information risks, and easier usage of the office 365 by the management. Additionally office 365 migration offers technical efficiency when compared with previous editions of information management systems. Vital steps in office 365 migration * Planning Office 365 migration is similar to a journey. Obviously when preparing for a journey you need to prepare in advance on when to start bearing your destination and other vital factors in mind. Likewise, office 365 migration requires ample planning considering all the challenges you might face on the way. Planning involves creating a migration schedule and creating a setup process. During this stage, you will need to inform your organization team about the migration. You will also at this point clarify a few issues about the migration such as the benefits, challenges and the effects expected after the migration. For successful migration, you should choose competent IT mail users for the task. Having a team of competent IT people around you provides you with a pilot group, which can help you in refining the migration process. Additionally, they are important in verifying important issues involved in the migration. * Scheduling office 365 migration After planning...
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...Assessments Data Migration Service ETL Solutions Ltd How sure are you that you have the best practices and staff to make your project a success? Data Migration Service Assessments These second party assessments cover two areas: project assessment and staff competency. They may be used individually or together before the migration starts to define best practice, as a ‘rescue’ service when the project is not going to plan, or if it is felt guidance to prevent failure is needed. Issue Data migration is usually a component of an important business programme such as implementing a new application, a merger, acquisition or divestiture. Migrating critical business or technical data is not an everyday activity for most organisations. It is often an afterthought and considered a purely technical discipline. If the business does not own and mitigate risk in the delivery of a data migration it can have profound impact on the overall success of the project. Sixty percent of data migration projects over-run or fail for a variety of reasons. The way organisations operate, store and use their information and knowledge is complicated. The success of a new system from a technical and business perspective often depends on the movement of the data to the exact requirements of the business. Complicating matters further, stakeholders can be from all areas of the business and from external bodies such as regulatory authorities. Reviewing best practice at the start of or during a project...
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...Technical Writing Project Cover Sheet Capstone Project Name: | Managed Service Provider Migration | Student Name: | xxxxxxx | Degree Program: | Bachelor of Science IT, Network Emphasis | Student Mentor Name: | xxxxxxxx | Table of Contents Capstone Introduction 1 Review of Other Work 3 Project Rationale 8 Systems Analysis and Methodology 10 Goals and Objectives 14 Project Deliverables 16 Project Plan and Timelines 21 Project Development 22 Accomplishments 26 Conclusion 26 References 28 Appendix: 29 Capstone Introduction With the rising costs of running a business and the goals to increase profits, organizations are constantly looking at ways to reduce operating expenses. In the technology realm of an organization, reduction of costs can be achieved by streamlining processes and automation. Another option that can be explored within organizations to reduce costs is the outsourcing of their technology departments to a manage service provider. Organizations are looking into options to utilize technology to reduce costs by migrating their technology to a 3rd party to managed their infrastructure. Concordia is mid-sized bank based out of California that has a wide area network consisting of 125 branch offices spread out through California and the surrounding states. Concordia has implemented a project to get out of the information technology area so that they can focus on their core principles of the banking industry. Concordia preferred to...
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...The Great Migration was based on a movement of more than 6 million African Americans who migrated from the Southern states to northern Midwest states in the 20th century. This caused a major change on the urban life in the United States. This was a voluntary, enacted movement of these African Americans. At the end of the civil war, the bulk of these freed men stayed in the south because they had no means of going anywhere and were stuck sharecropping. During this migration, for the most part, the early migration at the end of WWI and during WWI occurred in some 8 northern major cities, like New York, 2/3 of these African Americans moved to these major cities. It’s almost different after WWII, but to western and northern cities cites like Denver. The first great migration occurs in the outbreak of WWI, which includes 1 million African Americans. When the factory buttons go on, mass industrialization occurs not only in factories but with the growth of new railroads and need for automobiles. This causes a need for employment not just cause there’s more jobs but...
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...The literal meaning of OVER population explosion is “a pyramiding of numbers of a biological population” (Webster’s dictionary). The main factors affecting the population change are the birth rate, death rate and migration. Migration is the number of people moving in (immigration) or out (emigration) of a country, place or locality. The population change is calculated by the formula: Population change = (Births + Immigration) – (Deaths + Emigration) India, being a developing country, has had to face several economic and political challenges. One of the most important problems is the population explosion. India's population hit 1 billion in May 2000, increasing the urgency for the country to take steps to control its population growth. Some of the reasons for this population explosion are poverty, better medical facilities, and immigration from our neighbouring countries of Bangladesh and Nepal. The population density of India in 1996 was about 287 persons per square kilometre. Several solutions to decrease the rate of population increase have been tried by the government, some successful, some unsuccessful. Although the rate of increase has decreased, the rate has not reached the satisfactory level yet. The population in India continues to increase at an alarming rate. The effects of this population increase can be felt in the increasing poverty, unemployment, air and water pollution, and shortage of food, health resources and educational resources. The main reasons, effects...
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...Website Migration Project Chinnasut Nhurod CIS 210 – Systems Analysis and Development Dr. Wesley E. Phillips Strayer University September 15, 2013 Website Migration Project for Tony’s Chips Building the Web Architecture In order to build the web architecture, the system analyst would be required to analyse the business requirements of the organization and then develop a clear statement of goals of the organization. Since, the old site of the company is running it would be vital to understand the technological and business related issues associated with the previous website. Along, with that it should also be determined whether the IT staffs of the company possesses necessary experience and skills essential for the implementation of the project. The company might have to consider additional resources, training programs, and hiring of consultants for the project’s success (Nelson et.al, 2010). The project should be developed on a modular manner so the users can approve and test the various functional elements of the website. Since the Tony’s Chips website was already operating, it would be essential for the developer to gather the existing functional requirements for the website. During the data collection process the system analyst will conduct interviews of the people from the product support department, and they will gather the system documentation using the fact finding techniques (McArdle et.al, 2010). Once all the requirements are fulfilled the next step would...
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...community be today if they were all still living in the south? America would not be the country that it is today if people did not immigrate here from their respective countries, or migrate here from their respective areas. Due to immigration and migration, the culture in heavily populated cities, such as Harlem, Cleveland, Chicago, and Philadelphia, has given African-Americans, and European-Americans an identity and sense of belonging in the United States. Immigration is defined as the action to come to a country of which one is not a native, usually for permanent residency. Migration is defined as the action to move from a country, place, or locality to another. Why do Economist and Politicians seem to define blacks moving from the south to the north immigration? Certain groups of people still called the action of blacks moving from one part of the country to another immigration, instead of migration, because they didn’t see African-Americans as United States citizens. Economist believes migration has turned out to be a great strategy for the poor to make their lives a little better. African-Americans have migrated to the North for better opportunities, and the economy has boomed because of them. Economist can view the Great Migration and say that it resembles immigration in many ways. When foreigners immigrated to the United States, they did so with owning barely anything, and not knowing a single person. When Pershing Foster decided to migrate out West “Pershing had no idea...
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...are, first we will migrate exchange from 2003 to exchange 2010, and then we will need to decommission the exchange 2003 before working the last stage of upgrading the exchange 2010 to exchange 2013. The major stakeholders in this project include all the board of directors, Chief executive officer (CEO) of the company. The working stakeholder will be the Information Team (IT), each will be critical to the success of this project. The indirectly stakeholder will be all employees who can take advantage of the entire features in Exchange 2013. There will be two major steps for this migration, but fifteen minor steps that will need to be completed these minor steps are; Step One: Discovery Planning for Deployment Getting the environment ready for the upgrade Getting the servers ready for Exchange Testing disk performance Installing the Exchange 2010 Multi-Role Server Preparing the Exchange 2010 Migration Migrating Mailboxes to Exchange 2010 Step Two: Decommissioning Exchange 2003 Installing the first Exchange 2013 Server Preparing for Exchange 2013 Migration Migrating Mailboxes to Exchange 2013 Decommissioning Exchange 2010 Installing the second Exchange 2013 Multi-Role Server Ongoing Maintenance of Exchange 2013, Goodman, S. (2014, February 27). Measurable Organizational Value (MOV) will be set in four point’s measure increments of the minor steps. The stakeholders will determine these milestones prior to the physical start of the project. These milestones...
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...The topic of immigration and multiculturalism is a highly debated one with pro- and anti- groups each presenting strong and applicable arguments towards why immigration is damaging or enriching. Immigration has both the ability to damage and enrich a host society, however the affect it has, ultimately depends on the attitudes, policies and beliefs of the society’s people. The reception of migration may be influenced by personal values and way of life of citizens, however it can also be seen to be hugely swayed by political leaders. This essay will demonstrate these points through explanation and the exploration of the thoughts of those, both anti- and pro- immigration with within Australia. It will highlight the assets which migration can provide Australia – economically and culturally and give reasons why anti-immigration policies would damage the society instead of enriching it. Reasons why immigration is seen in a negative light will also be addressed, including national identity loss, unemployment and negative economic effects. Over the last fifty years, Australia has encompassed a large-scale immigration policy predominantly “concerned with population building and importing human capital and skills,”(Jackubowicz 2006). Multiculturalism, strongly linked and interchangeably used with immigration came around as a term in the 1970’s and was initially strongly advocated politically. However in more recent years questions relating to whether or not multiculturalism should...
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...EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Cockatoo Ridge Wines Limited (CKR), previously Adelaide Share Investments Limited, is involved in the investment of wine companies Cockatoo Ridge Pty Ltd and Playford Wines Pty Ltd including the Play ford vineyard at Waikerie in South Australia. Adelaide Share Investments Limited completed the acquisition of Cockatoo Ridge Pty Ltd and Playford Wine Holdings on 30th January 2002 and adopted the current name. Currently the company produces wine for the domestic market, but is looking to export to the US in particular. Cockatoo Ridge reflects the real taste of Australia. For over 20 years Cockatoo Ridge wines have been fruit filled and generous, drawing on the vast and spectacular wine regions of Australia. Our commitment is to provide quality Australian wine that is perfect for all occasions with family and friends. Cockatoo Ridge is available exclusively at selected Dan Murphy's and BWS Liquor Stores. BACKGROUND (CASE STUDY) Situated in the heart of the Barossa Valley in Australia’s largest wine region, Cockatoo Ridge Wines include white and red table wines made from a single variety of grape, as well as white and red sparkling wines. Using latest viticultural practices, their products are designed are designed as modern, low-cost wines. Cockatoo Ridge Wines currently exports 2000 cases per year. Two of its business objectives are to increase its exports from 25% of distribution to over 50% within the next 12 months and occupy a larger proportion of the domestic...
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...Todaro Model Traditional migration models were developed largely in the context of advanced industrial economies and hence implicitly assume the existence of full or near-full employment. In a full-employment environment, the decision to migrate can be based solely on the desire to secure the highest-paid job wherever it becomes available. However, developing countries are beset by a chronic unemployment problem, which means that a typical migrant cannot expect to secure a high-paying urban job immediately. Therefore, in deciding to migrate, the individual must balance the probabilities and risks of being unemployed or underemployed for a considerable period of time against the positive urban-rural real income differential. Considering these factors in addition to the traditional model, Todaro model was developed. Thus the fundamental idea of Todaro model is that migrants should consider the various labour market opportunities available to them in the rural and urban sectors and choose the one that maximizes their expected gains from migration. It is a theory that explains rural-urban migration as an economically rational process despite high urban unemployment. Characteristics: 1. Migration is stimulated primarily by rational economic considerations of relative benefits and costs, mostly financial but also psychological. * The theory assumes that members of the labor force, both actual and potential, compare their expected incomes for a given time period in the urban sector...
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... The Bandon Group Inc. is a family own company that is a distributor of copiers, electronic printers, faxes and other equipment. The company’s competition includes IBM and Xerox. Bandon Inc. has four divisions located in the western parts of the United States in states such as Salt Lake City, Arizona, Denver and Portland, where their corporate head quarters is located in Arizona (Sumner, 2005). After the company was split into four division each division has tried different ways to determine how Information Technology can improve the overall needs of the company. Each division attempted many different ways to implement its own Information Technology systems but was unsuccessful and cause errors with duplication, migration, data migration, technical support and training for four sales prospects and CRM solutions. Because of this it put the company at a disadvantage not allowing them to compete with the competition (Sumner, 2005). Step 1: Purpose and Scope of Study The purpose and scope of the case study, Bandon Group Inc. is to figure out a way that Information Technology can overall support the companies mission, goal, objectives, and opportunities. Changes need to be made to both the internal and external factors of the company. The company needs to find a ERP system that will be able to improve the lack of integration, duplication of data, data inconsistencies and the life of cross functional integration (Sumner, 2005). In order for this to be...
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...offering mid tier equipment at competitive prices. Bandon Inc. has four divisions located in the western parts of the United States in states such as Salt Lake City, Arizona, Denver and Portland, where their corporate head quarters is located in Arizona (Sumner, 2005). Over time the Bandon Company’s sales became successful which allowed growth. Since splitting into four divisions, each division has tried different attempts to determine how a new Information Technology can improve the overall needs of the company. Each division attempted many different ways to implement its own Information Technology systems that the whole company could benefit from. The attempts were unsuccessful and caused errors with duplication, migration, data migration, technical support and training for four sales prospects and CRM solutions. Because of this it put the company at a disadvantage not allowing them to compete with the competition (Sumner, 2005). Step 1: Purpose and Scope of Study The purpose and scope of the Bandon Group Inc. case study is to identify a way that Information Technology can overall support the mission, goal, objectives, and opportunities. Improvements and changes need to be made to both the external and internal factors of the company. The company needs to find a ERP system that will be able to improve the lack of integration, duplication of data, data inconsistencies and the life of cross functional integration (Sumner, 2005)....
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...BGCSE Coursework Question: 2 Study Sources C & D Explain the impact migrants had on social and economical development of The Bahamas in the twentieth century. (15 marks) Migration has always been in existence from the beginning of time. The Loyalist were the first who arrived to the Bahamas with their slaves in the late 1700's to our current date. There were many that migrated to The Bahamas such as; Chinese, Lebanese, Greeks, Haitians and the Jews. A single migrant may engage in three types of migration in his or her lifetime. These include, long stay residence short stay residence and return migration. The migration dynamic reflects the interplay of international, national and highly personal circumstances, Migration is a universal phenomenon. Millions of immigrants made The Bahamas their permanent residence, But how did these migrants impacted The Bahamas, socially and economically in the twentieth century. First I will be discussing the Chinese. The Chinese first began arriving in the late 19th century, but most immigrants arrived in the 1920's and quickly proved to be enterprising businessmen. According to (Gayle Saunders from-islanders in the steam), there were numerous that were skilled framers and they also contributed a lot to The Bahamas. There is where the Chinese who partnership and opened up their own restaurant. I can infer that Charles Chea and Henry Wong opened a Chinese restaurant on Bay Street which is still in operation today...
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...Results of network design testing Implementation plan with a project schedule Project budget with a return on investment calculation Design document appendix Executive summary * Move Fiction Corporation’s data center to a new, state-of-the-art data center with improved networking capabilities to provide support and service to the existing organization, retail centers and any future expansion * Ensure Network security is reviewed and improved upon * Ensure minimal or zero network downtime for existing business operations during the move Project goal * Seamless migration of the data center to the new location with minimal or zero disruption to the current business operations * Assess current security flaws and provide solutions to eliminate flaws * Quality assurance-monitor the status of remote systems and determine feasible success /failure toward seamless migration and updated network system Project scope * The scope of the project is to migrate the existing data center to a new location; to assess and eliminate current security flaws in the network * Upgrade and improve redundancy of WAN via T1 & ISDN backup connectivity * The data center move will include 2 large UPS, 4 RS/6000 AIX application servers, 10 virtualized servers and 20 PC servers * Any network performance problems with existing applications will be addressed * SNMP management system should be configured to detect and report status of the remote...
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