Project Documentation

Network Technology Selection Criteria

Selection Criteria Name

Selection Criteria Description

Selection Criteria Value (Weighting in Points)

WLAN

Wireless network technology, like Wi-Fi, which is essential for the overall conduction of the project

9

PAN

Revolves around one person and is also managed from a single device

8

Network Technology Recommendation

Recommended Network Technologies

Description

Benefits

Aggregate Selection Criteria Score

Artificial Intelligence

Developing the computer systems to perform tasks which include human intelligence like speech recognition, decision making, visual perception, and translation between languages

Cost effective network designing.

Combination of Human Intellect and Creativity will help beyond developing the system by managing, maintaining, and protecting it.

7

Network Technology Vendor Selection Criteria

Selection Criteria Name

Selection Criteria Description

Selection Criteria Value (Weighting in Points)

Investment protection

Investments made will not be lost, which may be through fraud or otherwise.

8

Meeting the companies needs

Allows for the overall understanding and comfort that vendors will fulfill the needs of the company

7

Network Technology Recommended Vendors

Vendor Name

Vendor Strengths

Vendor Weaknesses

Products/Services Provided to Project

Aggregate Selection Criteria Score

Accuity Inc.

Optimizes payment pathways

A little more on the costly side

Delivers innovative solutions for payments and compliance professionals that manage risk and compliance and optimize payment pathways

6

Digital Check Corp.

Easy to use, convenient, improves efficiency

A little more on the costly side

Enables, automates, and improves efficiency where payment and deposit transactions are managed in financial institutions, businesses and points in between.

6

ADO-TECH

Easy to use, convenient, protection of confidential and private customer information

A little more on the costly side

ADO is focused on the development, delivery, and implementation of biometric, identity management, and authentication solutions.

9

Network Technology Deployment Challenges

Deployment Challenge

Deployment Challenge Description

Application Assurance

As we automate systems, the operators are becoming detached from the operations and need better tools to understand, help troubleshoot, and adjust policy

Networking Monitoring

There isn’t a consistent set of data and how it is gathered and represented, which makes analysis and correlation challenging. 

Technology Adoption Methods

Method Name

Method Description

Monitor and course correct

Introducing new technology is likely to cause a major disruption to workflow. Monitor your deployment and consider whether the implementation schedule may need to be revised into smaller more manageable stages.

Develop training approach early

One of the biggest risks to user adoption is lack of sufficient and customized training. People need to see and play in the system, prior to go-live.

Cost/Benefit Considerations

Benefits

Costs

Considerations

More employees/staff

$20,000

Improve productivity & efficiency

Database System Selection Criteria

Selection Criteria Name

Selection Criteria Description

Selection Criteria Value (Weighting in Points)

Development considerations

Data model, query functionality, available drivers, data consistency. These factors dictate the functionality of your application.

9

Operational considerations

Performance and scalability, high availability, data center awareness, security, management and backups. 

9

Database System Recommendation

Recommended Database System

Description

Benefits

Aggregate Selection Criteria Score

Operational database

Stores data, like customer information, inside of an enterprise. Critical to data warehousing and business analytics

Highly available, fault-tolerant, highly scalable and highly secured

9

Database System Vendor Selection Criteria

Selection Criteria Name

Selection Criteria Description

Selection Criteria Value (Weighting in Points)

Cost

Database must be cost effective for the company

5

Safety

Database should be protected and clear from all types of attacks, hacking, and jeopardy of client information.

9

Database System Recommended Vendors

Vendor Name

Vendor Strengths

Vendor Weaknesses

Products/Services Provided to Project

Aggregate Selection Criteria Score

Oracle

Powerful

Cloud support

Incompatibility and complexity, cost

Multi-model database management system 

8

Microsoft SQL server

Cloud database support, plenty of tools and applications

Complex performance tuning, expensive pricing

Supports a wide variety of transaction processing, business intelligence and analytics applications in corporate IT environments.

7

Database System Deployment Challenges

Deployment Challenge

Deployment Challenge Description

Data security

Increased incidence of cyberhacking and data theft

Data safety

When the computer is undergoing any errors, data may be affected

High availability

When server is not functioning than the company cannot function well

Technology Adoption Methods

Method Name

Method Description

Align technology and strategy

The purpose of introducing new technology to a business is to improve performance. Start with the goals you want to achieve, and then plan backwards, finding a technology that best supports improved performance. 

Monitor and course correct

Introducing new technology is likely to cause a major disruption to workflow. Monitor your deployment and consider whether the implementation schedule may need to be revised into smaller more manageable stages.

Develop training approach early

One of the biggest risks to user adoption is lack of sufficient and customized training. People need to see and play in the system, prior to go-live.

Cost/Benefit Considerations

Benefits

Costs

Considerations

More employees/staff

$14,870

Improve productivity & efficiency

Software Application Selection Criteria

Selection Criteria Name

Selection Criteria Description

Selection Criteria Value (Weighting in Points)

Market knowledge

To be most effective, it is essential to understand business and IT need, as well as software market.

5

Communications

When issues arise, communication helps to resolve problematic matters

10

Software Application Recommendation

Recommended Software Application

Description

Benefits

Aggregate Selection Criteria Score

Internet Browser

Software application for accessing information on the world wide web

Security is more guaranteed to ward off viruses from the internet, so that computer data is safe from theft and damage

8

Software Application Vendor Selection Criteria

Selection Criteria Name

Selection Criteria Description

Selection Criteria Value (Weighting in Points)

Undertake Cost-Benefit Analysis

It is very important to have a budget up front and sync the capabilities of the software to the budget. Also, the budget for software is not just the cost to get it developed and running, but also the cost to maintain it, and upgrade it from time to time.

10

Software Application Recommended Vendors

Vendor Name

Vendor Strengths

Vendor Weaknesses

Products/Services Provided to Project

Aggregate Selection Criteria Score

Microsoft

Cloud database support, plenty of tools and applications

Complex performance tuning, expensive pricing

Supports a wide variety of transaction processing, business intelligence and analytics applications in corporate IT environments.

7

Oracle

Powerful

Cloud support

Incompatibility and complexity, cost

Multi-model database management system 

8

Amazon Web services

Covers all products of software revenue

Professional service revenues not included

Provides software that is sophisticated

8

Software Application Deployment Challenges

Deployment Challenge

Deployment Challenge Description

Data classification

Companies use paper documents or unsystematic computer methods to record daily work, which takes a large amount of time.

Hidden costs

Although a new software system is applied to cut down operation cost and simplify the system, companies must be aware of additional costs.

Technology Adoption Methods

Method Name

Method Description

Align technology and strategy

The purpose of introducing new technology to a business is to improve performance. Start with the goals you want to achieve, and then plan backwards, finding a technology that best supports improved performance. 

Monitor and course correct

Introducing new technology is likely to cause a major disruption to workflow. Monitor your deployment and consider whether the implementation schedule may need to be revised into smaller more manageable stages.

Develop training approach early

One of the biggest risks to user adoption is lack of sufficient and customized training. People need to see and play in the system, prior to go-live.

Cost/Benefit Considerations

Benefits

Costs

Considerations

Hiring new staff

$4000

Ensure that the software is up and running properly without any problems

Purchasing new computers

$5000

So that computers are compatible with the newest version of a software.

Cloud Services Selection Criteria

Selection Criteria Name

Selection Criteria Description

Selection Criteria Value (Weighting in Points)

Security

Provider should make encryption available to protect both data at rest and data in motion and these services should work with high-performance file-transfer or data replication solutions.

10

Flexibility

Capable of dealing with unexpected problems or tasks effectively

7

Reliability

product, system, or service will perform its intended function adequately without failure

8

Cloud Services Recommendation

Recommended Cloud Services

Description

Benefits

Aggregate Selection Criteria Score

Dropbox

Let’s anyone upload and transfer files to the cloud and share them with anyone.

Free, easy to use, very secure, backup, file sharing and collaboration

5

Microsoft OneDrive

Allows users to upload files and access them from Windows PCs, Macs, and mobile devices

Free storage, easy organization, secure encryption

6

Cloud Services Vendor Selection Criteria

Selection Criteria Name

Selection Criteria Description

Selection Criteria Value (Weighting in Points)

BCDR

Indicates the service provider’s ability to reinstate the hosting service after disruption due to any sort of disruptive event such as a natural disaster.

9

Private server

A server that offers you dedicated resources without the interruption from other users.

7

Multi-layer security

A reliable cloud service provider must be able to manage the security at all three layers: host, network, and physical setup.

10

Cloud Services Recommended Vendors

Vendor Name

Vendor Strengths

Vendor Weaknesses

Products/Services Provided to Project

Aggregate Selection Criteria Score

Google cloud

Provide faster, innovative, and flexible resources to its customers. 

Small components, difficult to start, everything costs.

It offers services like storage, database, networking, etc.…

6

Amazon Web Services

These services help organizations move faster, lower IT costs, and scale.

Technology limitations, lack of relevant knowledge by team, technical support fee.

Amazon Web Services offers a broad set of global cloud-based products including compute, storage, databases, analytics, networking, mobile, developer tools, management tools, IoT, security and enterprise applications.

7

Cloud Services Deployment Challenges

Deployment Challenge

Deployment Challenge Description

Privacy and Security

Cloud architecture do not automatically grant security compliance for the end-user data or apps on them, so apps written for cloud have to be secure in their own terms. Some of the responsibility for this does fall to cloud vendors.

Reliability and availability

Cloud service providers still lack the round-the-clock service, this result in frequent outages. It is important to monitor the service being provided using internal or third-party tools.

Performance and Bandwidth Cost

Businesses can save money on hardware, but they have to spend more for the bandwidth. This could be a low cost for small applications but can be significantly high for the data-intensive applications.

Technology Adoption Methods

Method Name

Method Description

Align technology and strategy

The purpose of introducing new technology to a business is to improve performance. Start with the goals you want to achieve, and then plan backwards, finding a technology that best supports improved performance. 

Monitor and course correct

Introducing new technology is likely to cause a major disruption to workflow. Monitor your deployment and consider whether the implementation schedule may need to be revised into smaller more manageable stages.

Develop training approach early

One of the biggest risks to user adoption is lack of sufficient and customized training. People need to see and play in the system, prior to go-live.

Cost/Benefit Considerations

Benefits

Costs

Considerations

Hire more employees

$3000

Ensure control over the cloud services