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Colorado Technical University

IT401-1603B-02: Information Technology Architectures

Consultant’s Analysis Report on Enterprise Systems

A Student

August 21, 2016

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Table of Contents

Project Outline .............................................................................................................................................. 3

System Requirements .................................................................................................................................... 5

Architecture Selection ................................................................................................................................... 6

Resources and Timeline ................................................................................................................................ 7

Security ......................................................................................................................................................... 8

Final Analysis and Recommendations .......................................................................................................... 9

References .................................................................................................................................................. 10

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Project Outline

Mistobycur

Mistobycur is an online equine equipment sales company located in Lansing, Michigan

employing five associates in one office location. Established in 2010 the company made a

determination to provide quality products only available through an online sales channel with

product from one supplier. Two associates receive customer orders from the third party hosted

web server and application. One associate maintains accounting and payroll using locally

installed software and in house server. The remaining two associates provide support to

customers regarding sales, returns, billing and general questions by way of telephone and web

hosted email. Shipping of product is performed by the supplying vendor.

Experiencing successful growth in six years, the company agreed to increase the number

of suppliers from which it sells equipment by two providing a wider selection of brand names

and types of merchandise. The additional vendors create an opportunity for increased use of

technology and improved efficiency in processing. The existing third party web site hosting and

ordering system, server running Microsoft Windows Server 2008, two laptops and three desktop

PCs running Microsoft Windows 10 will prove to be inadequate for the anticipated increase in

sales.

Retained as a consultant, I am challenged to provide a comprehensive analysis of the

current configuration and provide a suggested technology plan aligned with the expected growth

of Mistobycur. The desire is to bring web hosting, ordering, and email communications in house

and provide a secure and redundant distributed system. In addition, the new configuration will

incorporate a single means of communication applying customer orders, returns and inventory of

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three different vendor systems. It is expected that the company will increase head count by five

associates to assist with accounting, ordering and customer service tasks upon implementation of

the new plan which has a desired completion of December 2017.

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System Requirements

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Architecture Selection

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Resources and Timeline

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Security

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Final Analysis and Recommendations

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References

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