1 Problem Context uSoft.com is a private biomedical software development company. It has two branches spread over the Gold Coast region. The companys local area network (LAN) is captured in the topology below: SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND TOURIMS. The company has expanded, and it has decided to redevelop its HQs existing LAN (see the above diagram) to achieve the companys following business and technical goals.

The Business goals:

Improved communications, wireless, VoIP, etc.

Protect company information

Technical goals:

Scalability company plans to increase employee by 15% in next 12 months;

Remote Access- employees have access to company resources from both company and home (different servers);

Performance network performance must be high

Security protection of company information and other IT assets

Flexibility- network should be flexible enough to create logical grouping as required.

Availability wireless network access is available in all employees as well as some outdoor areas for software developers and employees

You are free to make as many assumptions you wish regarding the existing organizational structure including management hierarchy, business requirement, etc. which will need to be documented in the appropriate sections of your report. You are contracted by the company to help with the network redevelopment.

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