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AlmostallITadministrator
sunderstandthesignifica
ntpartwhichITperforms
inbusinessthesedays.Bu
t,somepeopleinthebusi
nesscommunitydon'talw
ays
knowtherequirementforI
Tinvolvementinday-todayfunctions.
Communicationisanesse
ntialassetofallbusinesse
s.However,mostnon-IT
usersrarelyunderstandh
owthiscommunicationtak
esplace.Howwouldyou
usethelayersoftheOSI
modeltoexplainthecom
municationprocess
Oneofthemostimportant
rolesofITmanagersisto
makesurethatcommunic
ation
isavailableandworks24/
7formostcompanies.Wh
atarethemajorcommuni
cations
protocolsinusetodayan
dhowaretheymonitored
toensurecontinuousavail
ability?
BasedontheJones(2008)
article,whatisIndustrialE
thernetandhowdoes
Resource:PattonFullerCommunityHospitalVi
rtualOrganization
itaffecttheoveralloperat
ionofthenetwork?Whyw
ouldacompanybeinteres
tedinthistechnology?
Preparea1,4002,450wordpaperincludingt
hefollowing:
Identifyhowdataistransmi
ttedwithinthehospitalande
xternall
IdentifyanddescribetheO
SIlayersdirectlyinvolved.
Relatethisinformationtoth
eOSImodel.
Mostnetworkstodayareb
asedonEthernettechnolo
gy.Partofthisisduetoth
eease
Morebusinessesareusing
just-intimepurchasestoreduce
warehousingcosts
ofinstallationandreduced
costs.However,thereare
othernetworktechnologie
sstillinuse.
andensureanup-todateinventory.Howdoest
heuseoftheextranethel
pwiththisprocess?
Whataretheyandwhere
andhowaretheyusedmo
stprevalently?
Giveanexamplefromper
sonalexperience,research
,orthroughsomethingyo
u
readofanIntranetapplica
tionthatimprovedthewa
ysomethingwasdoneina
company.Howdidtheapp
licationimproveaparticul
arprocess?
Resource:PattonFullerCommunityHospitalNet
workingVirtualOrganization
Preparea1,4002,450wordpaperincluding:
Ananalysisofthenetworksy
stemsinuse.
Basedonyourreadings,defin
ewhatmaybemissingfromth
ecurrentnetworkarchitecture.
Identifywirelesstechnologyi
nuse,andhowitenhancesthe
hospitalnetwork.
Applicationsoftwareisess
entialtomakeworkersmo
reefficientaswellasmain
tain
Manybusinessesarepartn
eringtotakefullbenefitof
globaleconomies.Global
useofnetworking
companyinformation.Ho
wever,determiningthebe
stsoftwaretouseisoften
difficult.
technologyrequiresacoll
aborativeefforttobesucc
essful.Whatarethefacets
ofpartner
Yourcoursereadingsprovi
deanITPerformanceMod
eltodeterminehowsoftw
are
relationshipmanagement
andwhatnetworkconside
rationsmustbereviewedt
oensure
Resource:PattonFullerCommunityHospitalNet
workingVirtualOrganization
Preparea1,4002,450wordpaper.
Analyzethecurrentbusinesssy
steminplace:Who,what,when
,how,andwhy?
Researchoptionsforimproving
thecurrentsystems(including
ERP,CRM&KM),
andrecommendadditionstoth
esystembasedonyourassign
edreadingforthisweek.
Ecommercehasbecomea
wayoflifeforsocietyand
morecompaniesarerecog
nizing
thisastheyexpandtheirb
rick-andmortarstoresanddevelop
orexpandtheirWeb
presence.Whatarethem
ajorbenefitsofmaintainin
gthisdualpresence?
Manycompaniesaremovin
gtotheuseofmobilecom
puting.Employeesuse
Manycompaniesareutilizi
ngsocialnetworkingsites
foravarietyofpurposes.
smartphonesinsteadofa
laptoptoreducetheamou
ntofequipmentpurchases
andtomaintain24/7conta
ct.Foreverybenefittoac
ompanywhenchangingt
Inthebeginning,themajo
rityoftheseuseswerefor
customersurveysandmar
keting.
Whateffectdoesthishave
onthecurrentnetworken
vironmentofthecompany
?
echnologies,therearealso
somedrawbacks.Howist
hisaffectingnetwork
Resource:PattonFullerCommunityHospitalNe
tworkingVirtualOrganization
Preparea1,4002,450wordpaper.
Identifywhatservices,ifany,
areavailablethroughthecurr
entWebportal(ecommerceore-business).
Identifytheservicesthatothe
rhospitalwebsitesmakeavai
lable.
AccordingtoMusthaler(20
10),howeffectiveisthec
urrenttechnologyforverif
yinga
customersidentityinecommercetransactions?D
escribeandevaluatemeth
odsemployed
inthisprocess.
Telemedicine,WiFi,andgreencomputingareissu
esthatprovidenewmethodsfor
communication
effectivenessandefficiency
ofthenetwork.Whatarethe
semetricsandhowarethey
withincompaniesinternallyand
externally.Whataresomeofthe
mostrecentnewseventsinthe
se
usedtoimproveperformanc
e?
areasandwhateffectdothese
orothernewsworthyideashave
onnetworksofthefuture,such
astopology,equipment,andcus
tomerexpectations?
Telemedicine,
Businesseshavebeenusing
metricstohelpjustifytheirb
usinessprocessesfor
anumberofyears.ITalsoh
asdevelopedsuggestedmet
ricstohelpdeterminethe
Resource:PattonFullerCommunityHospitalNe
tworkingVirtualOrganization
Preparea1,4002,450wordpaper.
Describewhatstepsmustbe
takentoupdatethehospitali
nfrastructure(andsoftware)t
o
ensurethatpatientprivacyis
maintainedandallgovernme
ntalregulationsaremet.
Resources:PattonFullerCommunityHospitalVirtua
lOrganization,UniversityMateri
al,RFP
Consolidateallsectionsofthepa
perintoafinalsinglesubmission
includingapersuasiveconclusio
nthatwillconvincethehospital
executivesthatthesechangesar
efeasibleandnecessary.
Utilizeaminimumoftwoadditio
naloutsidereferencesperweeki
nadditiontothecoursetextsan
dwebsites.
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