...Running head: Request for Proposal Request for Proposal You are a $10 million consulting company responding to a Request for Proposal for a prospective client. The client seeks an analysis of its existing network in anticipation of a large merger. This engagement would be worth over $5 million in revenue to your $10 million company. The client seeks to ensure that your small organization has the technical acumen to prepare, guide, and assess merging the two company networks. 1. Prepare an opening statement that specifies your organization’s capabilities to manage a deployment of this size. Our organization is a small sized network consulting company that specializes in LAN configuration, Inter-LAN routing designing, topology designs, and VLAN configurations. Our quality team of experts are all CCIE qualified in all the services we can provide for the merger of the two networks. Many of our consultants are highly rated in the industry. The following is a partial listing of some of the previous work that we have performed for a variety of enterprises. We can provide references upon your request. • We have designed a hierarchical LAN topology. • For a private network we designed their address scheme. • We provided additional network security by configuring port security on switches. • We have provided the designing and configurations for VLAN in many businesses. • We have provided consultations...
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...Proposal Merger Project Week 2 Case Study Top-Down network Design Prepare an opening statement that specifies your organization capabilities to manage a deployment of size? We are a average size network design consulting company. We specialize in many different types of consulting form network design, merger, routing designing, topology design, logical network design, and we specialize in our customer. Our network design team our is consist to experts in their field they are CCIE qualified in their services. We are high motive and very knowledgeable in our jobs and we will think of your customer as our when we plan this merger. Our previous working projects * Design and implementation of a 1.5 million Cisco data center. * Security design and implementation of a new Cisco enterprise network * Custom Cisco ASA and Cisco NAC workshop for UK service Provider * Large Cisco network re design for mobile services provider in Ireland * Cisco network design for African bank complete new network. * Designing and configuring VLAN and LAN topology. We have done many more network design these are just few of them that we have worked on. Our teams are very highly recommended in this business we proved excellent qualified people that professionally. We are the company that will provide excellent care of your customer and your business for this merger. Graphically depict and effectively promote your company’s structured development and services? ...
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...in the Student Center. Instructors, training on how to grade is within the Instructor Center. Assignment 1: Request for Proposal – Response Due Week 2 and worth 50 points You are a $10 million consulting company responding to a Request for Proposal for a prospective client. The client seeks an analysis of its existing network in anticipation of a large merger. This engagement would be worth over $5 million in revenue to your $10 million company. The client seeks to ensure that your small organization has the technical acumen to prepare, guide, and assess merging the two company networks. Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you: 1. Prepare an opening statement that specifies your organization’s capabilities to manage a deployment of this size. 2. Graphically depict and effectively promote your company’s structured development and services using Visio or its open source alternative software. Note: The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length. 3. Explain what the client can expect from your services. Our organization is a small sized network consulting company that specializes in LAN configuration, Inter-LAN routing designing, topology designs, and VLAN configurations. Our quality team of experts are all CCIE qualified in all the services we can provide for the merger of the two networks. Many of our consultants are highly rated in the industry. The following is a partial listing of some of the previous...
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...Case #2 – Vodafone AirTouch’s Bid for Mannesmann Mergers and Acquisitions Group 4 Mergers and Acquisitions 1 Executive Summary Mannesmann’s acquisition of Orange page 3 Vodafone’s proposal for the acquisition of Mannesmann page 5 Analysis of the different actors of the deal page 10 May 13th 2013 Mergers and Acquisitions 2 Mannesmann’s acquisition of Orange Companies’ backgrounds • Mannesmann is a German conglomerate created in 1890 and originally specialized steel tubes production. In 1990, it entered the telecommunication industry by creating the first private mobile phone network in Germany. Then, it quickly became one of the European leaders in the sector. • Orange was founded in 1994. At this date, it was the 3rd largest wireless operator in the UK with a 18% market share. It also had interest in Austrian, Swiss and Belgian telecommunication companies. NB : Orange was the last British operator that was not part of an international telecommunication company. Strategic and economic rationale for Mannesmann’s acquisition of Orange? On October 20 1999, Esser (Mannesmann’s CEO) announced Orange’s acquisition. For each Orange share, Mannesmann would pay £6.40 in cash and issue 0.0965 new shares. • Strategic rationale • The best strategy for Mannesmann to enter the UK market was to acquire a company which already had a significant market share. Orange was precisely one of the leader in the UK with the 3rd market share (18%)...
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...In response to your proposal our company, provide various services for your technology requirements. Such services can assist companies to profit from their existing resources through our services of fully upgrading and completing a full refit of the network to distinguish from other competitive businesses. Our company is headed by professionals of every competence from network design to conform to the correct topology to maximize architecture and array of applications to manage the integrity of the full network. We have hardware and software professionals to configure any software or hardware requests. In addition we have security specialists, analysts and management to assure the compromise of assets never happens, which provide the best in security enterprise software built in house. Our company’s network architect team utilizes a precise mix of technology to provide acceptable network data transfer for the network users' requirements. Network bandwidth is the amount of data that can be transmitted on a network in a particular time span. We noticed in the proposal that there are video and graphic applications which require higher data transfer which our company will provide the needs of your request. In our company we have some of the most competent technicians in this field and other technicians that can assist. There are Network administrators on board to assist with load balancing to ration network bandwidth to compensate for rigorous applications so they won't...
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...Case Study What are the main drivers of success in the airline industry? Critically analyze and comment on the evolution of the airline industry? The main drivers of success in the airline industry are dependent on what the customers value and where the organization (in this case the airline company) must excel to outperform their competition. Since the airline industry is very sensitive to changes in the economy, both passenger and freight demand need steady economic growth. Therefore a main success driver is to manage the high fixed costs, which are related to these areas. Also, it is important to have control over the cost item fuel, which is crucial to an airline since it’s also considered to be a fixed cost. It is also mentioned in the case that technological innovation and flexibility were considered to be key success factors for profitability. Another important factor is the relationship between airliners and aircraft providers, since this can ensure the airliners flexibility and renewal, which is of importance to the customers in this highly competitive industry. Airliners should also be considering their occupancy rates, which should be optimized to cover the fixed costs of every flight. To do this, fidelity programs and code sharing can be used as tools for success. The evolution of the airline industry starts with national clusters, and countries and governments have played a big part for the industry. The governments would support the (often state owned)...
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...Assignment 1: Request for Proposal – Response Due Week 2 and worth 50 points You are a $10 million consulting company responding to a Request for Proposal for a prospective client. The client seeks an analysis of its existing network in anticipation of a large merger. This engagement would be worth over $5 million in revenue to your $10 million company. The client seeks to ensure that your small organization has the technical acumen to prepare, guide, and assess merging the two company networks. Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you: Prepare an opening statement that specifies your organization’s capabilities to manage a deployment of this size. Graphically depict and effectively promote your company’s structured development and services using Visio or its open source alternative software. Note: The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length. Explain what the client can expect from your services. Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page...
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...RDI PHOTOGRAPHY NETWORK DESIGN PROPOSAL STRAYER UNIVERSITY CIS 532, Network Architecture and Analysis JANUARY 19, 2014 Abstract The analysis and proposed expansion of an existing network can be a daunting task for any company small or large. To be a truly successful company there should be the ability to manage not only the company, but to look to the future and investments in that future. This type of analysis and investment no matter the size of the company should not only be successful, but should be a seamless and virtually transparent operation. This paper will briefly address some elements of this analysis and proposed expansion upgrade starting with a brief history of what will be named the RDI Photography Company or RDI in future reference. This will be followed by a basic introduction for the consulting company followed by their proposed actions. This will include a brief project description and proposal breakdown of services, plan for merging the existing small networks and preparations for a possible company merger. Also included is possible considerations needed to meet project equipment needs, budget and time constraints, and conclusion. An inclusive plan if completely fleshed out could also incorporate the five process areas and nine knowledge areas of the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®), as well as a brief description of the projects risk and risk assessment and the monitoring and control plan. For this paper, this information...
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...Seagate Technology Buyout CASE SUMMARY In May of 1999, Seagate sold one of its companies, the Network & Storage Management Group (NSMG), to VERITAS in return for 155 million shares of VERITAS stock. The transaction made Seagate VERITAS’s largest stockholder, creating an ownership stake of over 40%. When a few problems regarding stock prices arose, concerned shareholders were not far behind. Following the transaction, the market was failing to recognize the value of Seagate’s stake in VERITAS, as evident from a 200% increase in VERITAS stock versus only a 25% increase in Seagate’s stock. The board felt that the market was incredibly under pricing Seagate’s stock. After two failed attempts to increase Seagate’s stock price and unlock its value from VERITAS, the company turned to Morgan Stanley for help. In early November of 1999, Morgan Stanley arranged a meeting between Seagate executives and representatives of Silver Lake Partners. After several months of discussion, Silver Lake delivered a proposal and potential solution to Seagate’s problem. This proposal involved a complicated two-step transaction. The first step would involve Seagate selling off its disk drive business, including about $765 million in cash, to a newly-formed company controlled by Silver Lake. The purchase would be financed through a LBO in which Silver Lake and other private equity investors would provide a portion of the selling price through equity, and the rest would be financed through debt The second...
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...Microsoft’s Bid for Yahoo! Timeline As early as in late 2007, Microsoft proposed a number of cooperation alternatives with Yahoo! ranging from commercial partnerships to a merger, which were rejected by Yahoo!. Regarding to Microsoft’s proposal of acquisition in 2008, here are some key issues: Late 2007 Yahoo! rejected partnerships or merger proposal from Microsoft 31/1/2008 Microsoft announced its bid for Yahoo! at US$31/share 11/2/2008 Yahoo! rejected the offer, saying that it undervalued the company 28/2/2008 Google released news that with willingness to acquire 20% Yahoo share 6/4/2008 Final call from Microsoft – threatened Yahoo! Board with a proxy battle 2/5/2008 Yahoo! asked for US$37, Microsoft rose to US$33 4/5/2008 Microsoft withdrew US$47.5 buyout offer 5/5/2008 Yahoo!’s value dropped to $34 billion 17/5/2008 Yahoo! accepted the price $33-34, but Microsoft only interested in search business, Yahoo decided instead to sign a search advertising deal with Google. Microsoft’s Motivation of Acquisition After the failure of the deal, Steven Ballmer was made fun by the public that his greatest contribution during his tenure was: not able to close the deal. Why would Microsoft pay such high cost to acquire Yahoo! at the first place? As we know, Google was the dominant player in this industry and it kept consolidating its dominance through acquisition. Microsoft was eager to content against its biggest rival. The combination...
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...Business Proposal Paper Lucionda Garnett ECON/561 October 22, 2014 Mr. David Grier Introduction In today’s society, it is imperative that businesses adopt an efficient and effective strategy, in order to stay ahead in this persistently fluctuating professional world. Every business should have an approach that will align with the shifting economy to sustain or even gain more business. The result of an ineffective approach may result in the loss of customers, profits, and consequently the demise of the business as well. In this paper the author will attempt to write a business proposal, with specifics about Verizon Wireless network, which is vital in this technological savvy industry. In this business proposal, the author will identify the market structure for Verizon Wireless network, identify elasticity of the product, and discuss how pricing will relate to the Network as a whole. The author will also discuss how changes in the quantity supplied as a result of pricing decisions affect marginal cost and marginal revenue, suggest some nonpricing strategies that Verizon will use to increase barriers to entry, and how the changes in operations may alter the mix of fixed and variable costs. And finally, the author will go in depth about the current...
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...You are a $10 million consulting company responding to a Request for Proposal for a prospective client. The client seeks an analysis of its existing network in anticipation of a large merger. This engagement would be worth over $5 million in revenue to your $10 million company. The client seeks to ensure that your small organization has the technical acumen to prepare, guide, and assess merging the two company networks. Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you: Prepare an opening statement that specifies your organization’s capabilities to manage a deployment of this size. Graphically depict and effectively promote your company’s structured development and services using Visio or its open source alternative software. Note: The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length. Explain what the client can expect from your services. Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length. Include charts or diagrams created in Visio or Dia. The completed diagrams...
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...Darrell Thompson COMM/470 March 8, 2012 Michael Zervos Business-To-Business Message In today' fast evolving business world, individuals and companies are using electronic communication to transact business with one another more than ever. What is more with the rise of digital technologies in electronic communication, businesses have opened the proverbial door to larger international customer base transactions. As companies, organizations, and individuals seek to increase annual business revenue, the way that they communicate has become the focus for targeting business to customer (B2C) and business- to- business (B2B) relationships. Because companies are beginning to compete aggressively for growing online e-commerce, business communication has become less formal as businesses vie to expedient electronic sales information more efficiently. Remaining relevant in today's business world requires that companies develop effective communication tactics to embrace not only the individual customer media but also industrial customer media as well. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to illustrate how the business communication process works, by analyzing three business communication messages to determine the sender, message, intention, technology, noise, receiver, and feedback contained within the message. Additionally, a sample business -to -business message will be written requesting a working relationship with another company, followed by an unfavorable response to...
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...Medco “The Merger” For 102 years of innovations, our company has thrived in the health-care arena and overcome the challenges and changes in the industry. Our researchers have helped the people around the world by finding new ways to treat and prevent illness and create healthier and brighter future for all people around the world. Today, Merck is the world’s largest drug manufacturer, thanks to the vision of the former management and directors who were able to see in the future and overcome all obstacles and competition and positioned the company as world leader. Ladies and gentlemen of the board, we are experiencing a rapid change in the industry of health-care and a different dynamic induced by the fierce competition not only in the U.S. but also all over the globe. Falling drug profits and increase spending in research and development are challenges that we have to face. As a result, analysts and CEOs in health-care share my view that there will be only few big drug makers left in the global market. Therefore, it is my job to find opportunities and growth to maintain our leadership and role in the industry and maximize our shareholders’ wealth. Merck’s acquisition of Medco is a bold step that will be the initiation of new era that will reshape the health-care industry and many rivals will follow in the future. After discussion with our top executives who casted their views and concerns over the merger. I have gathered information that weighed on my proposal and recommendations...
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