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Network Technology Selection Criteria

Selection Criteria Name

Selection Criteria Description

Selection Criteria Value (Weighting in Points)

Ease of use

Technology should be easy to use for all users without any training involved.

6

Cost

It should be affordable to procure and maintain the technology.

8

Reliability

The network should always work regardless of any failure. All nodes should support each other.

7

Feasibility

The broadband should be affordable based on capital and operational costs

8

Accessibility

Ensure the network provides different paths so that all nodes get connected

7

Cyber security

This ensures detection and protection from data breaches, virus, or malware attacks

8

Network Technology Recommendation

Recommended Network Technologies

Description

Benefits

Aggregate Selection Criteria Score

Local area network (LAN

Local area networks connect groups of computers and low-voltage devices over short distances (within a building or between a group of two or three buildings very close to each other) to share information and resources. Businesses generally manage and maintain local networks. Through the use of routers, LANs can connect to wide area networks (WANs, explained below) to transfer data quickly and securely.

Most local area networks have a router that connects to the internet. So being on such a local area network, you can communicate with other devices on your network and are protected from internet-based sniffing and monitoring software (i.e. things on the internet can’t see your internal traffic between devices). And yet, you still have the ability to go out to the internet by simply entering an internet IP address in your browser’s URL field.

7

Wireless local area network (WLAN)

WLANs use wireless network technology, such as Wi-Fi. Generally seen in the same types of applications as local area networks, these types of networks do not require devices to rely on physical cables to connect to the network.

You can access network resources from any location within the wireless network's coverage area. Wireless access to the Internet and to company resources help your staff be more productive and collaborative.

You don't have to string cables, as you do with wired networks. Installation can be quick and cost-effective. You can easily expand WLANs where and as needed, because no wires are involved.

8

Network Technology Vendor Selection Criteria

Selection Criteria Name

Selection Criteria Description

Selection Criteria Value (Weighting in Points)

Quality of Product or Service

They must provide high quality services to meet organization goals. Services provided must meet the required market standards.

6

Price

Services must be affordable to the organization i.e. must be within the organization budget.

6

Network Technology Recommended Vendors

Vendor Name

Vendor Strengths

Vendor Weaknesses

Products/Services Provided to Project

Aggregate Selection Criteria Score

Cisco

Cisco maintains a strong lead in nearly every networking hardware category

Their gadgets are expensive

Video conferencing, network gadgets, switch, routers

6

Arista

Arista also recognizes the importance of diversification. They now offer network monitoring, automation, and analytics for hybrid cloud environments.

Arista appears weaker in areas of SD-WAN and security, which could affect their future agility.

They now offer network monitoring, automation, and analytics for hybrid cloud environments.

4

Network Technology Deployment Challenges

Deployment Challenge

Deployment Challenge Description

Infrastructure

Some of network technology is not compatible with some gadgets

Cost

It is very expensive to buy some of network technology

Usability

The issue can cause network problems when users do not get expected outcomes

Poor network performance

It limits productivity and does not offer full robust network output

Installation and configuration management

Settings can get performed in methods that are not required and cause improper actions

Connectivity

Issues can develop when there is no connection to the internet to produce network services

Scalability

The network can have issues when attempting to grow it or increase productivity

Accessibility

Inability to connect to servers and internet access produces network issues

Security

Issues like phishing, viruses, malware, or rogue usage causes problems

Resiliency

Problems due to limited ability to recover of network problems

Integration

Problems when attempting to connect networks to new systems

Technology Adoption Methods

Method Name

Method Description

Strategic planning method

Involve developing a technique to implement the technology, it also comprise measuring its progress and take needed corrective actions. This happens through the entire process of adoption.

Collaborative approach

This comprise involving intended users to help in identifying needs, goals, capacity and alignment. An investment of time and energy in the planning discussion encourages investment in the overall process which can ultimately promote the success of adoption.

Cost/Benefit Considerations

Benefits

Costs

Considerations

Indirect

Indirect

Adopt

Intangible

Intangible

Adopt

Database System Selection Criteria

Selection Criteria Name

Selection Criteria Description

Selection Criteria Value (Weighting in Points)

Performance

For the kinds of operations, the volume of data, numbers of concurrent user sessions, and transaction rate (if applicable) that my application will need to perform, can this DBMS meet organization required SLAs?

5

Philosophy

Does the design of the DBMS, its record types, how it handles scaling (up or out), how it handles multiple user access to the same data, schema versus schema-less, etc. match how my applications will need to use it?

5

Database System Recommendation

Recommended Database System

Description

Benefits

Aggregate Selection Criteria Score

Oracle

It’s powerful but complex. New users will want to invest in solid training to ensure they’re getting the most from the software.

Very secure

8

MySQL

MySQL powers commercial websites by the hundreds of thousands, and it also serves as the backend for a huge number of internal enterprise applications.

Open-source hence can be improved in terms of design and security by different developers

6

Database System Vendor Selection Criteria

Selection Criteria Name

Selection Criteria Description

Selection Criteria Value (Weighting in Points)

Reliability

Vendor must be reliable in terms of service delivery. They must be available to fix any form of downtime as well as provide risk mitigation guidelines

8

Certification

A vendor must be must be a member of a certified by a professional body to offer cloud services

8

Hosted solutions

Picking a suitable vendor who offers cloud-based solutions saves of productivity

8

Cost

Database costs depending on solutions offered is critical

8

Scalability

The database provider should offer a reliable method of adding or removing database resources as required

8

Security

The vendor should constantly perform security checks to determine database reliability

8

Accuracy

All data values must get stored correctly to increase reliable management

8

Flexibility

There should be constant working of the database without external productivity issues

8

Database System Recommended Vendors

Vendor Name

Vendor Strengths

Vendor Weaknesses

Products/Services Provided to Project

Aggregate Selection Criteria Score

Oracle

One can temporarily block all damages from an ally

Poor navigation makes it harder to move around in the database.

Database

6

MySQL

Easy to use

Open-source hence can be easily manipulated

Database

5

Database System Deployment Challenges

Deployment Challenge

Deployment Challenge Description

Integration

Some database system only work with specific gadgets hence hard to install

Cost

It is costly in terms of installation as well as maintenance to deploy database systems

Security/vulnerabilities

Installation of antivirus and penetration testing are crucial to promote productivity

Resource utilization

Problems occur due to increase in data volumes and unreliable storage spaces

Data migration

Finding an accurate method of connecting different data sources can create issues

High availability

The database can have issues and prevent user access

Technology Adoption Methods

Method Name

Method Description

Strategic planning method

Involve developing a technique to implement the technology, it also comprise measuring its progress and take needed corrective actions. This happens through the entire process of adoption.

Collaborative approach

This comprise involving intended users to help in identifying needs, goals, capacity and alignment. An investment of time and energy in the planning discussion encourages investment in the overall process which can ultimately promote the success of adoption.

Cost/Benefit Considerations

Benefits

Costs

Considerations

Indirect

Opportunity

Adopt

Intangible

Intangible

Adopt

Software Application Selection Criteria

Selection Criteria Name

Selection Criteria Description

Selection Criteria Value (Weighting in Points)

Compatibility

If the software needs to operate with a certain device (card reader, high capacity storage device, printer video camera) will you have to buy new devices? Are you dependent on the devices you have on the system that may be obsolete and unsupported by the new software when the software supplier upgrades the program?

8

Cost

Is it a buy-once and forget about it? Or is it a subscription service? Are there additional costs to make it work on your system?

8

Usability

The software should not require too many settings to ensure users understand its operation

8

Integration with other systems

It is imperative to migrate software through different systems like moving from legacy systems to current technology

8

Security

Use of antivirus software, firewalls, and regular backup are mandatory

8

Accessibility

Users and other devices need to find it easy to operate the software

8

Scalability

The software should operate effectively regardless of many users or activities

8

Software Application Recommendation

Recommended Software Application

Description

Benefits

Aggregate Selection Criteria Score

Microsoft

Develop operating systems and different types of applications

Widely used hence affordable

8

IBM

Develop server systems as well as hardware.

Secure to use

6

Software Application Vendor Selection Criteria

Selection Criteria Name

Selection Criteria Description

Selection Criteria Value (Weighting in Points)

Reliability

Vendor must be reliable in terms of service delivery. They must be available to fix any form of downtime as well as provide risk mitigation guidelines

8

Certification

A vendor must be must be a member of a certified by a professional body to offer cloud services

6

Software Application Recommended Vendors

Vendor Name

Vendor Strengths

Vendor Weaknesses

Products/Services Provided to Project

Aggregate Selection Criteria Score

Microsoft

Widely used hence compatible with many applications

Easily attacked by hackers

Operating systems and applications

8

IBM

Secure in terms of security

Expensive

Operating systems and applications

6

Software Application Deployment Challenges

Deployment Challenge

Deployment Challenge Description

Compatibility

Sometime a software can fail to integrate with some systems within the organization forcing the organization to buy new equipment.

Cost

Some software are very expensive to buy as well as maintain

Data migration

Issues like confusion and data loss can occur in the system

Time

Amount of time taken to ensure software applications operate gets affected

Technology Adoption Methods

Method Name

Method Description

Strategic planning method

Involve developing a technique to implement the technology, it also comprise measuring its progress and take needed corrective actions. This happens through the entire process of adoption.

Collaborative approach

This comprise involving intended users to help in identifying needs, goals, capacity and alignment. An investment of time and energy in the planning discussion encourages investment in the overall process which can ultimately promote the success of adoption.

Cost/Benefit Considerations

Benefits

Costs

Considerations

Indirect

indirect

Adopt

Intangible

Intangible

Adopt

Cloud Services Selection Criteria

Selection Criteria Name

Selection Criteria Description

Selection Criteria Value (Weighting in Points)

Cost

Services should be affordable in terms installation as well as cost as well as maintenance.

6

Bandwidth

Should have strong bandwidth to run any service that organization intend to run.

8

Cloud Services Recommendation

Recommended Cloud Services

Description

Benefits

Aggregate Selection Criteria Score

Amazon Web Services

Help businesses manage challenges and meet their organizational goals. It offers tools that support all industries.

Easy to use and adopt

6

Microsoft Azure

Widely used and offer wide range of services.

Easy few resources to roll out

4

Cloud Services Vendor Selection Criteria

Selection Criteria Name

Selection Criteria Description

Selection Criteria Value (Weighting in Points)

Reliability

Vendor must be reliable in terms of service delivery. They must be available to fix any form of downtime as well as provide risk mitigation guidelines

5

Certification

A vendor must be must be a member of a certified by a professional body to offer cloud services

6

Cloud Services Recommended Vendors

Vendor Name

Vendor Strengths

Vendor Weaknesses

Products/Services Provided to Project

Aggregate Selection Criteria Score

Amazon Web Services

Easy to use and adopt

High technical support fee

IaaS

PaaS

SaaS

6

Microsoft Azure

Easy to use

Expensive

IaaS

PaaS

SaaS

4

Cloud Services Deployment Challenges

Deployment Challenge

Deployment Challenge Description

Multi-cloud

Once application is designed for distributed deployment in multiple regions, it works in multi-cloud environment unless cloud specific services are used. However, application delivery comes as challenge.

Distributed Infrastructure

From monitoring point of view, some running machines may easily be hidden in a different region and keep contributing to the bill. From application point of view, cloud services needs a different design. When companies try to port traditional application to cloud, the efficiency doesn’t increase.

Technology Adoption Methods

Method Name

Method Description

Strategic planning method

Involve developing a technique to implement the technology, it also comprise measuring its progress and take needed corrective actions. This happens through the entire process of adoption.

Collaborative approach

This comprise involving intended users to help in identifying needs, goals, capacity and alignment. An investment of time and energy in the planning discussion encourages investment in the overall process which can ultimately promote the success of adoption.

Cost/Benefit Considerations

Benefits

Costs

Considerations

Intangible

Indirect

Adopt

Direct

Intangible

Adopt