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
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Huffman Trucking Disaster Recovery Plan CMGT/410 Huffman Trucking Disaster Recovery Plan Huffman Trucking is a privately held national company with six hundred million dollars a year in revenues. The company has hubs in Los Angeles, California; St. Louis, Missouri; Cleveland, Ohio; and Bayonne, New Jersey. The company maintains a truck maintenance facility at the hub in Cleveland, Ohio. Each hub maintains a data center, linked to the corporate offices through various Internet access methods
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Security Requirements and the Possible Risks associated with the Benefits Elections Systems of Huffman Trucking Company CMGT/442 Security Requirements and the Possible Risks associated with the Benefits Elections Systems of Huffman Trucking Company Huffman Trucking has sent out a service request regarding the development and installation of a benefits election system to support the tracking and reporting of employee (union and non-union) benefits (University of Phoenix, 2011). Per this
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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
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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
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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
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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
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neither enterprise level application nor database exist in Huffman Trucking as of now. Each department has their own way of doing things. Huffman trucking has operations, human resources, sales and marketing, finance and accounting departments. Driver log application is using FoxPro DBMS and all the other departments use Microsoft ACCESS as their DBMS. Enterprise DBMS Selection New Application is a web based system with front end developed in .Net and backend database is SQL
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2004, the Vice President of Industrial Relations for Huffman Trucking was informed of changes made to the health and dental insurance options for non-represented employees. Huffman Trucking has decided to move to a flex plan with several options the employees can select (K Colbert, Memo, March 22, 2004). To make this a smooth transition to the new benefit plan, Colbert is directing the development and installation of a benefit election system to support the tracking and reporting of employee (union
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Week 2 Individual Assignment Huffman Trucking started in 1936 in Cleveland, Ohio with just one tractor-trailer doing contract hauling in the same area. During World War II when the demand for moving of goods grew the company from 16 to 36 trailers by the end of the war. When the Motor Carrier Act of 1980 was passed, which deregulating the trucking industry, Huffman became a national carrier. The company does work for the Government, Auto manufacturing, consumer electronics, as well as raw materials
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