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Widgets R Usa Case Study

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The integrating of Widgets R Us and Widgets USA into one single network has its issues. I will cover the infrastructure of these two different companies. The reason I am covering the infrastructure is because we need to know which each company can provide for the integrating.
Widget USA uses a peer-to-peer type network. This means that all three company computers are linked together. The three computers are located on the manufacturing floor, manager’s office, and the reception area. This network has no internet connect and only is backed-up when the computer systems manager thinks about it. The network data is backed-up to CDs which are kept in the reception area desk which is not secure enough for company data. The network does not have an anti-virus program which is not secure because there are different ways for a virus to be introduced to the network. Orders are track by use of three different spreadsheets. These three spreadsheets are the ordering spreadsheet, the shipping spreadsheet, and the …show more content…

There are several personal computers which access this network and these computers run Windows 7 Professional or Windows 8 Professional; meanwhile, the servers use Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials operation system. These computers share a folder in the network. Bitdefender is used for anti-virus protect. The Bitdefender website says that Bitdefender, “uses machine-learning to fight off cyber-threats without impacting your device’s performance.” (Bitdefender, 1997-2016) The network is backed-up using the Memopal online backup program. The Memopal website says, “Your files are safe no matter what happens.” (Memopal, 2015) All sales are recorded using a shared Excel workbook. A sales person at Widgets-R-US,” is responsible for ensuring their own orders are packed and shipped. Each sales person has their own method for communicating with the shipping team and ensuring their orders have been shipped.” (University K. ,

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