MIS 589

Atlas advertising: Atlas advertising is a regional advertising agency with offices in Boston, New York, Providence, Washington D.C., and Philadelphia. 1. Describe what types of networks you think they would have (e.g., LANs, BNs, WANs) and where they are likely to be located? 2. What types of standard protocols and technologies do you think they are using at each layer (e.g., please see textbook Figure 1-5)

Eureka! is a telephone- and Internet-based concierge service that specializes in obtaining things that are hard to find (e.g., Super Bowl tickets, first-edition books from the 1500s, Fabergé eggs). It currently employees 60 staff members who work 24 hours per day (over three shifts). Staff members answer phone calls and respond to requests entered on the Eureka! website. Currently, each staff member has a desktop PC with two monitors and a twisted pair connection (Cat5e) that offers speeds up t...

MIS 589 Course Project Week 1 Submission

MIS 589 Week 6 iLab; Exercise 1; Network Footprinting

Sally’s Shoes (mini case): Sally Smith runs a shoe store in the mall that is about 30 feet by 50 feet in size, including a small office and a storage area in the rear. The store has one inventory computer in the storage area and one computer in the office. She is replacing the two cash registers with computers that will act as cash registers but will also be able to communicate with the inventory computer. Sally wants to network the computers with a LAN. What sort of LAN design would you recom...

1. Describe what types of networks you think they would have (e.g., LANs, BNs, WANs) and where they are likely to be located? 2. What types of standard protocols and technologies do you think they are using at each layer (e.g., please see textbook Figure 1-5)

1. City School District (mini­case): City School district is a large urban school district that operates 27 schools serving 22,000 students from kindergarten through grade 12. All schools are networkedintoaregionalWANthatconnectstheschoolstothedistrictcentralofficeandeachother.Thedistricthas5,300clientcomputers.Thetableshowstheannualcosts.Calculatethe real total cost of ownership—TCO (without wastedtime). 2. What is an SLA? How is SLA calculated? Several statistics are important for SLA. Wha...

1. Question: (TCO C) _____ are companies that build a data and telecommunications infrastructure from which other companies can lease services for WANs and MANs. 2. Question: (TCO C) A _____ are devices that permit a user to connect to a digital T-carrier service. 3. Question: (TCO C) _____ are dedicated digital circuits that are the most commonly used form of dedicated circuit services in North America today. 4. Question: (TCO C) OC-3072 has a data rate of 5. Question: (TCO C) Which of ...

Week 6a: RISK ASSESSMENT 1 Belmont State Bank (mini-case) 2 What is the definition of CDP? 3 What is the difference between the firewall and the NAT? Week 6b:SECURITY SYSTEM 1 Biometric System: Explain how biometric systems can improve security? What are the advantages and disadvantages of using biometric systems? Are there privacy issues with biometric systems? 2 Please give two examples if exactly how biometrics improves security? 3 Good posting. What are the top three reasons why ...