The Austin headquarters

The Austin headquarters is home to the executive team and 750 employees. The headquarters also stores the corporate data and is the corporate internet backbone. It hosts the IT department that centrally manages all LAN services, including the wireless LAN. The IT department also manages the wide area network (WAN) that connects all of the offices via site-to-site virtual private network (VPN) tunnels.

The Minneapolis and New York offices host about 200 employees each. Approximately 50% of these employees are mobile (i.e., travelling more than 80% of the time). The New York office focuses on producing and disseminating large advertising media content to clients. For this reason, the New York office hosts the corporate media and web servers. The rural satellite office in Austin focuses on billboard ad designs and is connected to the corporate WAN with a wireless point-to-point bridge to the Austin headquarters data center. The rural office is home to 100 employees.

To hire and retain the best talents, Newton Ad Agency allows employees to work from home. This removes the constraint that employees have to live within commuting distance from the firm’s offices. Remote and mobile employees are provided access to the corporate network via a VPN client. The VPN client requires employees to have access to reliable internet services to allow for effective collaboration across teams, and for access to media content. The company provides all employees with a laptop with full disk encryption, data loss prevention (DLP), and antivirus software. The IT department manages all corporate laptops and has the ability to log into all systems for support. This means that all laptops are centrally managed by the one IT department.

Prompt: Here is the prompt for the final project as a whole:

How would you approach setting up the network at the location you have selected? What considerations are key in informing the systems and resources necessary to meet the organization’s needs and support the business goals and objectives?

Explain key considerations for identifying an internet service provider for the new location and recommend the appropriate provider to match the business case. Then, address considerations and make recommendations regarding hardware and software selection, printer configurations, and bandwidth that address business needs.

Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

1. Internet Service Provider (Note: This section is based on research into actual providers at the office location that youselect) THE LOCATION I CHOOSE IS NEW YORK.
   1. Explain key considerations for identifying an internet service provider for the newlocation.
   1. Compare at least two internet providers available in the location you have chosen in regard to speed, security, and reliability. Be sure to address how these specifics would impact business goals andobjectives.
   1. Based on your analysis, determine the appropriate internet provider for this location to meet the business goals and objectives. Be sure to explain yourreasoning.
2. AdditionalConfigurations:Inthissection,youwilladdressthe accompanyingconsiderationsforthe networkbasedonthe needsofthenewofficelocation.
   1. Makeappropriatehardwareandsoftwarerecommendationstomeettheneedsofthenewofficelocation.Besuretoexplainyourreasoning.
   1. Make appropriate printer configuration recommendations to meet the distance printing needs of the new office location. Be sure to explain your reasoning.

• Make appropriate bandwidth and device recommendations to meet the teleconferencing needs of the new office location. Be sure to explain your reasoning.

Guidelines for Submission: Your work must be submitted as a 3- to 5-page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and APA formatting.