...Microsoft has introduced numerous administrative tools to simplify and enhance management of Windows Server 2008. One of the functions is Active Directory Federation Services. Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS for short) is a software component developed by Microsoft that can be installed on Windows Server operating systems to provide users with Single Sign-On access to systems and applications located across organizational boundaries. It uses a claims-based access control authorization model to maintain application security and implement federated. Claims based authentication is the process of authenticating a user based on a set of claims about its identity contained in a trusted token. Such a token is often issued and signed by an entity that is able to authenticate the user by other means, and that is trusted by the entity doing the claims based authentication. In AD FS, identity federation is established between two organizations by establishing trust between two security realms. A federation server on one side (the Accounts side) authenticates the user through the standard means in Active Directory Domain Services and then issues a token containing a series of claims about the user, including its identity. On the other side, the Resources side, another federation server validates the token and issues another token for the local servers to accept the claimed identity. This allows a system to provide controlled access to its resources or services to a user that...
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...4.1 Data Center Grouping of IT resources such as servers , databases ,networking and communication devices in close with each other rather than having them geographically dispersed. Advantages of Data Center :- 1. It allows for power sharing 2. Higher efficiency in usage shared IT resources 3. Improved accessibility for IT personnel(less management team is required) 4.1.1 Different Types of Infrastructures in a Data Center 1. Building Infrastructure:- “BUILDING SYSTEM” electrical system, fire suppression, lightning, security etc. 2. Data Center Infrastructure:- power, cooling racks, management, physical security, fire suppression etc. 3. IT Infrastructure :-“IT ASSETS” servers, storage, hypervisor etc. 4. Network...
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...Information System Proposal May Tia Lee BIS/220 November 14, 2012 Ralph Schwehr Informational System Proposal The following proposal summary has been prepared by the Information Technology (IT) team describing a new information system required by our Advanced Services Network Consulting Engineers (NCEs). The information provided has been summarized and is intended to provide an overview of the proposed project. Executive Summary Within our organization we have a group of Network Consulting Engineers (NCEs) that provide Planning, Design, Implementation, and Operational (PDIO) services to contracted enterprise and service provider clients. On a number of recent occasions, it has come to light that one NCE is struggling with a design or planning issue that has already been addressed by another NCE. And in some cases, the solutions provided to our clients were not consistent between the NCEs. It has been determined a new system is needed that will provide an orderly and organized data repository that would be available to all NCEs. This system needs to provide an easy method for the NCEs to access and leverage previously defined design solutions. This system will provide several key benefits to the NCE team: ▪ NCE will be able to search for data related to the solution being considered ▪ NCE will save time in that we will not "reinvent the wheel" ▪ NCE provided solutions will be more standardized ▪ Using the same solution repeatedly simplifies supporting...
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...Prepared by: Radames RamirezDate: 03/03/2016 | Approved by: | 1. Description of the service-summary In an attempt to provide end users with a well maintained network storage that would be easily accessible from any location while maintaining a secured connection. To provide an environment to minimize the use and maintenance of local servers, server space, connectivity, and redundancy. | 2. Intended clients or customers The intended client or customer would be the end users of the company, this end users vary from medical office assistants, physicians, office managers, nurses, administrative assistants, receptionist, finance dept, insurance dept, medical records, and materials management to name a few. | 3. Business objective statementThe business objective is to minimize the cost of maintaining 40+ servers on a specified region, meanwhile providing for data storage, redundancy, and fast access to network files that would be housed in the cloud. | 4. Application architecture descriptionThe application architecture would consist of building a system that in scalable for future growth, it would possibly include emails servers, data servers, instant messaging. | 5. Information provided to the clientsThe clients would be notified of the changes being made via email, departmental meetings, and online training in order to be able to find their files and incur minimal downtime. | 6. Basic requirementsSome of the basic requirements we would be looking at would be the cost...
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...The new web architecture is a complete change from the previous implementation of the site causing an entirely new template and architecture. Previous setup used manual ordering, so they would have to call in or physically come in to order the chips. The new architecture will allow for online ordering that will free up more user time in answering phones taking orders. I am assuming the previous network architecture is up to date and running properly. With this assumption, few technology upgrades will be fully required. Improving the technology infrastructure would require an upgraded internet connection to help offset the new traffic that will be occurring with the web site being hosted locally. A new physical server to become a web server, using one of the current servers and repurposing it to become the...
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...computer hardware, software, data management technology( organizes, manages, and processes business data concerned with inventory, customers and vendors), networking and telecommunications technology, and technology services. -Two major types of computer software used in business: system software and application software. System software coordinates the various parts of the computer system and mediates between application software and computer hardware. Application software is used to develop specific business applications. -Cloud computing provides computer processing, storage, software, and other services as virtualized resources over a network, primarily the Internet, on an as-needed basis. -Mangers and information systems specialists need to pay special attention to hardware capacity planning the scalability to ensure that the firm has enough computing power for its current and future needs. -Example: BART(bay area rapid transit) speeds up with a new IT infrastructure. Oracle’s Peoplesoft enterprise applications replaced legacy applications. Used blade servers, grid architecture, and virtualization, increasing server capacity utilization to 50% or more. It demonstrates IT’s role in using resources more efficiently, reducing computer energy usage, modernizing services. -IT infrastructure: provides platform for supporting all information systems in the business. -Hardware: types of computers: mobile devices, PCs, workstations, servers, mainframes, supercomputer, grid...
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...Hugh McCauley, COO, has requested that the HR system be integrated into a single application. This proposal documents my approach to gathering requirements and scoping the HRIS. In the following weeks I will outline the approach for implementing the entire HR system. The aim of this proposal is to help Riordan deploy a new HRIS. The new, modern HR system will make sure that each location can have a high level of compatibility through a standardized operating system. They will begin to implement the new system in six months, and it will be operational by next year's second quarter. Riordan's HRIS system will be updated by a developing team, who will come up with a project plan and tell management what resources they need. To understand the project goal, the problem's domain and stakeholders must be identified. Interviewing different users will pinpoint particular problems in the system and begin to develop a possible solution. “Requirement elicitation must focus on the creation of requirements, not design activities, in order to adequately address users’ concerns and not just developer needs” (Christel & Kang, p. 18, 1992). Sometimes it is an indefinite goal to gather a problem's requirements, and it is possible that design language makes the unclear specifications unverifiable. The following techniques will be used to find specific user requirements. * Workshops- that facilitating meetings with many stakeholders. * Surveys – collecting information from...
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...Conclusion………………………………………………………………….VII References……………………………………………………………………….VIII Abstract DRE Inc is a company that produces wrist watches for men and women. The company started in 1999 with just about 10 member staffs in Takoma, Maryland. Now more than 12 years later, DRE has grown to a company of over 500 employees, and has departments in Washington DC, Virginia, Maryland and the head quarters in New York City. This growth has allowed for an increased problem in the network infrastructure and management for the company. Introduction: DRE Inc has four major departments, sales in Maryland, Manufacturing in Washington Dc, Warehouse in Virginia, and the Accounting Department in New York City. The proposed network will have four routers, to serve each location. The Proposed Solution Figure 1a DRE Inc Organizational Chart The Proposed solution will include the following: 5 Cisco routers 1 Cisco PIX 500 Firewall 4 Cisco switches Mail Server, Print Server, database server, and Web Server. Methodology Figure 1b DRE Inc Network Diagram Figure 1c DRE Inc Backend Diagram Sales: This department is in charge of marketing and advertisement of company products. Manufacturing: This department is in charge of hardware and production. Warehouse: The warehouse is in charge of logistics and inventory of goods. Accounting: The accounting takes control of...
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...Everyone is on a first-name basis, even with Peter Charles, the president. Organization Structure Coastline Systems Consulting [pic] Information Systems Facilities PCs Each technician works uses a Dell notebook: o Pentium M class machines with 512 MB RAM, 30-50 GB hard drives The bookkeeper/receptionist has a Dell Optiplex desktop running a Pentium 4, 256 MB RAM, and an 80 GB hard drive: Operating systems - MS Windows Windows XP Professional Tools - MS Office 2003 suite plus other software depending on use Internet Browser – IE 6 and Mozilla FireFox E-mail Client - Mozilla Thunderbird Various inkjet and laser printers Servers Dell PowerEdge 2800 Server o 1 GB of RAM, 80 GB RAID-5 hard drive storage o Operating system - MS Windows Server...
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...Executive Summary The use of green data centers is getting popular. Such centers refer to a repository to store, manage and disseminate data. It has two purposes to meet: increase energy efficiency and reducing the impact on the environment as much as possible (Rick Bauer,2008). The mechanical, lighting, electrical and computer systems must work towards these two goals. Building and operating green data centers requires advanced technologies and strategies. There are various ways to implement the green data centers - reducing buildings’ footprints, utilizing low-emission building materials, ensuring sustainable landscaping, recycling waste, enhancing indoor environment quality and using hybrid vehicles. Going forward, as demand for data centre space increases in an energy-constrained world, the need for the sustainable development of data centers becomes more pressing. 1.0 Introduction of green data Center A green data center is operated with maximum energy efficiency with minimum environmental impact. The computing facility is constructed or built under green computing principle that will reduce significantly the operating expenses for IT infrastructure. Traditional the power required to run the data center non IT equipment such as fans, pumps, UPS system consumed about 60% total annual energy of the data center (Gartner, Inc, American information technology research). However with the implementation of the green data center, the total energy consumption can be reduced...
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...Network The way to begin developing the system architecture is to decide how the new system will spread information in different locations. Riordan Manufacturing's operational network allows each of their locations to transmit information for communication. Their corporate headquarters's new human resource system (HRIS) will be installed by NAS Iomega network storage. Riordan's three locations will be connected to San Jose by the wide area network connection (WAN), which communicates at T1 connection speeds. The network server relays its information to the human client computers each location uses. Each location's human resources department can then have access to important information, accessed via their local client server computers. Process All of the files that the human resources department needs for their procedures will be saved to the HR system on the main server at corporate headquarters. The HRIS system will store this information on its employees via Riordan's intranet: • Employee files – includes resumes, performance reviews, and other important information. • Job descriptions – explains a job's functions and the education it requires. • Electronic job posting – lists job openings in multiple locations. • Employee handbook – employees can access the handbook electronically. • Policies and procedures – a place to find the company's policies and operating standards. • Employee file updates – Lets...
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...Date: March 22, 2012 To: Mrs. Depano From: Joffrey A. Peji Subject: Web access to Novell Group Wise, Pegasus Mail, Lotus Notes and Mozilla Novel Group Wise GroupWise can operate on a number of server and workstation platforms. Server platforms include NetWare, Linux, and Windows. One client runs on Microsoft Windows platforms, and a Java client operates on Linux and on Mac OS X. Novell has delivered closer client-feature parity in GroupWise 8.[1] There are also GroupWise connectors for Microsoft Outlook and Novell Evolution. The basic features of this is a messaging and collaborative software platform from Novell that supports email, calendaring, personal information management, instant messaging, and document management. The platform consists of the client software, which is available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux, and the server software, which is supported on Windows Server, NetWare, and Linux. The latest generation of the platform is GroupWise 2012. Pegasus Mail (PMail) is suitable for single or multiple users on stand-alone computers and for internal and Internet mail on local area networks. Pegasus Mail has minimal system requirements compared with competing products, for instance the installed program (excluding mailboxes) for version 4.52 requires only around 13.5 MB of hard drive space. Since Pegasus Mail does not make changes to the Windows registry or the system directory, it is suitable as a portable application for USB drives. Language packs are available...
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...simplifies the many network connections and computer systems involved in online services. In fact, many network diagrams use the image of a cloud to represent the Internet. This symbolizes the Internet's broad reach, while simplifying its complexity. Any user with an Internet connection can access the cloud and the services it provides. Basically, instead of storing all of your information on your phone, hard drive, etc. and taking up space, you can store it in a “cloud”. Otherwise known as a server. Companies purchase server space (i.e. Cloud) instead of actual hardware to back up their files. A cloud computing solution can help your organization at home or your work achieve multiple benefits, including: * Faster time to market due to on demand deployment * Cost Structuring: Predictable operational expenses and IT resources matched to your actual needs compared with implementing and managing excess costs to meet demands. * Increased productivity due to ease of IT management * Easy access for approved users from internet There are many cloud computing companies out there. The few that people recognize are iCloud, Google Drive, and Microsoft SkyDrive. However...
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...Week 9 Capstone Most businesses relies heavily on information an information systems for the delivery of services and management of resources and must therefore ensure that its information assets are well protected. Failure to adequately protect the business information assets through the implementation of appropriate security controls puts the business at risk. This policy applies to business records and all other information that is in the custody or control of the business. This policy serves the following purposes: * Provides a security classification scheme for the business information that can be referenced in other policies, guidelines, standards, and procedures relating to information. * Outlines the responsibilities that members of the business community have with respect to information security. Use of information means any access to, collection, storage, transmission, processing, or destruction of information. Custody of information means the keeping, care, watch, preservation, or security of information for a legitimate business purpose. Control of information means the power or authority to make a decision about the use or disclosure of information in a business records. An information security breach involves one or more of: a circumvention of information security controls; the unauthorized use of information; the unintended exposure of information. Restricted information is the subset of confidential information where the protection of such...
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...COMP 7680 Internet and World Wide Web Term Paper: Management of Web Server System for Robustness Hard Deadline: 6 December 2013, 11:55pm Description A company is running a web server system to support its online business. Its income primarily comes from this online business. Therefore, it is very important to ensure that the web server system is robust. For example, when there are hardware failures (e.g., disk failures) or unfavourable incidents (e.g., electricity shutdown), the web site should still be operational. Suppose you are the IT Manager in the above company. In this term paper, you describe how you would manage the computer and human resources to ensure that the above web server system is robust. Specifically, you are required to address this problem from the following perspectives: 1. Automatic monitoring (e.g., monitor the server status and alert the staff when there is any server failure) 2. Equipment redundancy 3. Data redundancy 4. Manpower redundancy 5. Other redundancy (such as electricity and Internet connection) 6. Server room configuration For each perspective, you identify the possible problems, describe how you would prevent these problems from happening, and propose the actions that you would take when these problems arise. Example: You may tackle “data redundancy” as follows: Problem identified: When a hard disk fails, the company loses its data. When the lost data is important (e.g., business transaction data), the company suffers from significant...
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