Bus188 ExerciseSmall Business Architecture

Professor Kwan

10/28/08From example developed by Jeff Gaines

Case Details• You are starting an small/medium size accounting firm• You will have an office with an admin, a manager, a

conference room (w/video conferencing), and desks for drop-in resources and also has a business phone, fax/copier, and network printer for those working in the office

• You have 5 auditors that primarily work outside the office at client sites and must be able to securely connect from client sites, home, or on the road

• You have a website that is hosted internally containing marketing information but it also allows customers to access some information about there accounts

• You must be able to store and retrieve customer information in various formats and across various views.

Assignment

• Establish the needed architecture components of hardware, software, databases, and networks, and people (users and support)

• Diagram the architecture using PowerPoint• I will randomly select some solution to display• Save the outputs on your own flash drive

Tools and Templates

Hardware Classes

Hardware Devices

PDA Laptop/TabletSmartPhone Desktop/Workstation

Microcontroller Mainframe Supercomputer

Ultra-Mobile PC

Minicomputer/Various Servers

Use these devices as symbols

Software Categories

Program Symbol

Database Options

Hierarchical

Network

Relational

Various RepositoriesDatabaseSymbol

Network Options and Terms

• The three types of networks include:– Local area network (LAN)– Metropolitan area network (MAN)– Wide area network (WAN)

• Other network models– Intranet– Extranet– Virtual Private Network (VPN)

Types of Networks

The Network Components