Technology

Software-defined networking (SDN) and intent-based networking (IBN) offer an ability to revolutionize modern network architecture. Both of these concepts are relatively new, and your chief technology officer (CTO) has only heard them in passing. In fact, she pawned them off as the new “marketing fad” dressed up as a new concept. Since you have researched both technologies, you understand this is not a fad. When used in combination with virtualization and cloud computing, you know SDN and IBN could revolutionize how the organization operates, providing for reduced costs, efficiency, better management of the network assets, and security. However, you need to develop a white paper for the Caduceus CTO to highlight these benefits. Given the CTO has only heard the term in passing, you must describe in this white paper, the SDN and IBN concepts, their benefits, and what it would take for the organization to implement. Writing Your Paper In your white paper, use additional sources of information but also describe the concept in layman’s terms. Use visuals where appropriate. Describe how an SDN/IBN architecture would look different than network architectures we have traditionally deployed. Compare and contrast the network architectures and discuss the pros and cons of each. The paper should include the following sections: introduction to software-defined networking (SDN) (discussed in Week 3)introduction to intent-based networking (IBN) (discussed in Week 4)discussion on how virtualizing the desktop and now back-end infrastructure are a complementary and related discussion of how SDN and IBN are related. For more information read this:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software-defined_networking

This is a master dissertation. The similarity index is 40%. Please rewrite it and make sure that the similarity is lower than 10%. The following words are the teacher’s feedback. Please rewrite according to feedback. On the basis of the above criteria, the strengths of this work are…   It seems that you understand some theories regarding FDI motivation, location and entry mode choice. Some of your explanations on these issues regarding Chinese mobile phone companies’ internationalisation seems plausible. You have some knowledge about the current state of Chinese smartphone market and Chinese mobile phone companies’ outward direct investment with data for support.    Areas for improvement are…   This is not really a coherent dissertation. Although it is supposed to be about Chinese mobile phone industry’s internationalisation, a large proportion actually discuss China’s domestic smartphone market. Moreover, there isn’t a common theme that links the issues of motivation, location and entry mode choice. Hence the dissertation lacks a focus. Furthermore, it is unclear why the author wants to write on these issues and what the academic and practical importance this dissertation has. The dissertation does not provide sufficient information to allow reader to have an overview of China’s mobile phone OFDI’s location and entry mode. It claims to conduct case study, but there is not detailed information about individual mobile phone companies’ OFDI. It provides some detailed information about those companies’ market share and performance in overseas mobile phone markets, but this information has nothing to do with OFDI and is not relevant. On motivation, though the author provides some evidence on the deceased growth in the domestic market and argues this is the reason for OFDI by Chinese mobile phone companies, but this can just be a speculation and Chinese mobile phone started OFDI long before the saturation of the domestic market. The part on literature review is not really literature review. Rather, two of the three paragraphs are about the contents in the following chapters. In the methodology part, it is suggested to use case study, but there is no information regarding which cases are chosen and they are chosen, how specific information regarding those cases are collected. The English is hard to follow and the style of writing with frequent deviation makes it difficulty. There isn’t enough citation. Lastly, the dissertation has serious plagiarism issues and several paragraphs are wholly copied from internet sources.

Windows Server Deployment Proposal   Overview Each student will create a detailed, organized, unified technical solution given the scenario described below. The submission will be in a written format, with at least one diagram, and may include additional diagrams, charts or tables. The assignment is meant for students to enhance their mastery of the material and to provide a creative and realistic way in which to apply knowledge from this course.    Scenario “We Make Windows”, Inc. (referred to as “WMW”) has hired you as an IT consultant for implementing their Windows network infrastructure. WMW is a new advertising firm, and they are currently hiring staff, establishing two locations, and have a need to get their internal IT services configured. They do not yet have an IT staff, but when they do, the IT staff will take over all aspects of IT administration. You are required to supply WMW with a solution which describes the implementation and configuration of their core IT services. Cost is not a significant concern – WMW wishes to implement the “right” solution to fit their needs now and for the next 2-3 years.   There are several details about WMW which will have an impact on your choices: ·         WMW will start with 90 employees, in the following departments: o   Executives (9 employees) – manage and run the company o   Accounts and Sales Department (15 employees) – perform market research and maintain accounts o   Creative, Media and Production Department (49 employees) – advertising o   Human Resources and Finances (12 employees) – perform HR and financial duties o   IT (5 employees) – manage IT for the company o   WMW will have two sites, one in Los Angeles and one in New York. Most staff will be located in LA, with at least 1 person from each of the departments above located in NY. ·         Networking equipment is already in place for both sites. A secure tunnel (using IPSec) will be established between the two sites so that inter-site traffic will be securely tunneled over the Internet. You may make whatever other assumptions you wish about intra-and inter-site connectivity. Please be sure to state these assumptions. ·         Security mechanisms (e.g., firewalls, intrusion detection) will be handled separately, and there is no need to describe them. ·         Some departments will want their data to remain private from other departments (e.g., Finances personnel will not want Production staff to see the company’s financial details). You may make assumptions about how data should be shared or kept private, but they must be stated in your paper. ·         Assumptions can be made regarding any information not included here; all assumptions should be identified, however.   Topics to Cover Your document should cover the content presented in the course. The outline below contains recommended points to cover. You are free to add other related information.   Describe the technical and business reasons for each choice, citing other resources as appropriate.   The Windows Server 2016 operating system should be used for all aspects of the solution.   The topics include:   New Features of Windows Server 2016 ·         Describe new features of Windows Server 2016 that WMW can take advantages of.   Deployment and Server Editions ·         How many total servers are needed? Which roles will be combined? ·         What edition of Windows will be used for each server (e.g., Standard, Datacenter)? ·         Will Server Core be used on any servers? ·         Where are each of the servers located (which of the two sites)? ·         How will the servers be deployed? Manual or automated?   Active Directory ·         Number of AD domains? ·         Will there be any Read-Only Domain Controllers? ·         How will the second site factor into domain controller placement? How will AD sites be configured? ·         How will AD organizational units be organized (considering how group policy will be used and users will be organized)?   DNS and DHCP ·         DHCP scope design (e.g., lease times, number of scopes, address range) ·         Will a form of DHCP fault tolerance be implemented? ·         Will DHCP reservations be used for servers? ·         DNS namespace design (e.g., domain name(s) chosen, split DNS for Internet/intranet, zones) ·         How will DNS be handled for the second site?   Application Services ·         How will applications be deployed? If using Group Policy, what are the details on how Group Policy will be used to deploy the software? Which software applications will likely be needed?   File and Printer Sharing ·         What shares might be needed? ·         Explain File Permissions   Assignment Requirements There are specific requirements for the assignment: The final submission should contain at least 6 pages worth of text written by the student (not counting title page, images, diagrams, tables, or quotations), but may be longer, not to exceed approximately 10 pages worth of student-supplied text. (With the required diagram, and other images, title page, etc., the final submission may end up being more than 10 pages in length.) It must be double-spaced, have 1-inch margins, and use 12-point Times New Roman or 10-point Arial/Helvetica font. A title page is required; APA format for the title page is optional. ·         At least one diagram must be included (not counted towards the minimum length described above); this could be a diagram describing Active Directory components, DHCP/DNS design, file share hierarchy, or anything else that is worth displaying graphically to enhance the reader’s understanding of the proposal. Additional diagrams, images, or tables are welcome. ·         The submission must cover all of the 6 major topics outlined above. Each choice should be explained with technical and business reasoning. The solution should be reasonably detailed. Additional topics may be covered as desired. ·         The structure of the final submission is flexible. There is no specific format required, although it should be organized logically and represent a single, unified solution. It is likely that the format will include separate sections for each of the 6 topics required, as well as a summary. ·         At least two non-textbook, non-LabSim, non-Wikipedia reference is required; preferably, this would be a “best practice” guide or similar content from Microsoft or an experienced provider of Microsoft solutions. ·         Be sure to properly quote or cite any sources used. APA format is required for in-text citations and the list of works cited at the end. It is expected that you are already familiar with UMGC’s “Policy on Academic Dishonesty and Plagiarism.” It is available in the Academic Policies section of the Syllabus. In its simplest form, if you are using text from a source, you must cite and/or quote it. If plagiarism is found, then there will be a penalty to the grade.

Write a paper that evaluates the management of technology in your organization (Yellow-Back Psychiatric hospital – fictitious company, to recommend best practices and improvements for technology management. Use a minimum of three key performance indicators or three areas from your selected scorecard/model for your evaluation. To facilitate the evaluation, you may use an existing scorecard/model. Include a minimum of three best practices and improvements in the organization for technology management based on your evaluation.

The Assignment should take the form of a persuasive academic essay, in which you will provide reliable evidence from at least four sources to support the argument for change that you are advocating. You will also need to address counter-arguments or misconceptions about your topic within the essay, as the ability to do so is a key component of a strong argument. Your persuasive essay will need to meet the following criteria:  APA 6th Edition format for the document, including an appropriately formatted title page and References page  A thesis statement at the end of the introduction  Well-developed paragraphs that include evidence from sources to support your argument for a specific change in your community  Four reliable sources should be cited within the text of the Assignment; at least one of the cited sources should be either a book/ebook or a periodical article. 3 sources will be for the change and 1 will be a rival source  All cited sources need to have full citations on a References page (except for any interviews you conduct, which only require in-text citations)  Standard English and a formal tone throughout the writing  Only the third person point of view should be used

Requirements: This is your final exam, the final exam requires researching content that will be applicable to a group or specific individual questions. Answer responses must be substantive and comprehensive addressing the questions, providing the relevant research while keeping the ethical theory or concept within context. If you use information from others, you must cite information where you list the information from others, place references in the references section. The length of this paper should be not more than 6 pages of content (the body of your paper) in length. As a guide for minimum content, papers should be a minimum of 2 pages of content (content is the body of your paper (the body excludes the title page, abstract and references pages). Use the included boxes to input your answers, or if you prefer to write out your paper in paragraph format, that is fine, but you must include all of the questions and respond accordingly. Step 1. Article(s)/Facts   A.    Research one or more articles that includes a technological or ethical topic. Students will list five or more relevant facts using complete sentences from the article(s). Write in the in-text citations for each fact where you list the information from your others/resources. Facts 1.   2.   3.   4.   5.   6.   7.   8.       Reference(s):     B.   Summarize the ethical values from above, what ethical/values are in question from the above facts? List more than three different facts than those from above- below: Facts Summary   1.   2.   3.   4.       C.      Who are affected/who may be affected? How are they affected by the dilemma/or could be affected?                   Step 3 Social Contract Theory- Negative and Positive Rights Major Ethical dilemma question: D.    Research a new article or resource that has elements of social contract theory. Discuss: what is social contract theory and why your article has a relationship with social contract theory. Interpretation of above analysis:   1.      Does the ethical question results validate negative rights being identified? Yes or No? How? 2.      Does the ethical question results validate positive rights being identified? Yes or No? How? 3.      Develop a social contract theory question that incorporates the article/resources and discuss why your question is relative. Example (how do warranties protect consumer rights)? Final outcome of analysis: Is the social contract theory applicable to your ethical question? How? Why?

SCENARIO: One of your organization’s internal departments frequently uses outside cloud storage to store large amounts of data, some of which may be considered sensitive. You have recently learned that the cloud storage provider that is being used has been publicly compromised and large amounts of data have been exposed. All user passwords and data stored in the cloud provider’s infrastructure may have been compromised. What is your response? Discussion questions • Does your organization have current polices that consider 3rd party cloud storage? • Should your organization still be held accountable for the data breach? • What actions and procedures would be different if this was a data breach on your own local area network? • What should management do? • What, if anything, do you tell your constituents? o How/when would you notify them?

The Quick Fix SCENARIO: Joe, your network administrator, is overworked and underpaid. His bags are packed and ready for a family vacation to Disney World when he is tasked with deploying a critical patch. In order to make his flight, Joe quickly builds an installation file for the patch and deploys it before leaving for his trip. Next, Sue, the on-call service desk technician, begins receiving calls that nobody can log in. It turns out that no testing was done for the recently-installed critical patch. What is your response? Discussion questions • What is Sue’s response in this scenario? o Does your on-call technician have the expertise to handle this incident? If not, are there defined escalation processes? • Does your organization have a formal change control policy? o Are your employees trained on proper change control? o Does your organization have disciplinary procedures in place for when an employee fails to follow established policies? • Does your organization have the ability to “roll back” patches in the event of unanticipated negative impacts?

SCENARIO: Your organization is located within a flood zone. Winter weather combined with warming temperatures has caused flooding throughout the area. Local authorities have declared a state of emergency. In the midst of managing the flooding, a ransomware attack occurs on your facility, making computer systems inoperable. What is your response? Discussion questions • Do you have a COOP (Continuity of Operations Plan) or DRP (Disaster Recovery Plan)? o If so, do you carry out an annual simulation to ensure the COOP or DRP is sufficient and running smoothly? • Do you have an Incident Response Plan (IRP) that specifically details ransomware steps? o What steps will you take if restoring from backup is not an option? o Does your IRP only take into account the financial implications of a cybersecurity incident, or does it consider the severity of the situation as well? o Do you have a plan in place for how to acquire bitcoin? o Have you considered that a targeted ransomware attack may require more bitcoin than is easily accessible on the market? • Do you have a backup for completing Emergency Operations Center (EOC) processes without a computer system? o Can you route emergency communications/processes through a neighboring entity? • Who do you need to notify, and how will you do so? o Consider that increased phone traffic may be congesting the lines.

Look at the attachment for more details on the assignment. In the word document, you need to be very detailed if it’s going to be more than three pages or less, please let me know.  Entity-relationship diagrams (ERDs) can be found in many styles. In this assignment, you will be building upon a provided ERD. Even within the style of the diagram provided, there are different options for representing relationships. You may choose any style to use, but you must be consistent within your diagram. If you would like to view different styles of diagrams, you can look at this variety of examples. Download this ERD, and save it to your computer in a folder where you save your assignments for this course. You will expand the provided diagram to include additional entities and relationships. As you will see, the diagram contains a general set of entities that might be used for employees of any type of organization. As you plan the expansion of your diagram, it is important to identify the type of organization or a specific organization that you are now designing the database for. You will add entities that relate to the existing ones in the diagram. Remember, each entity becomes a table when you build your database in your database management system. The provided diagram called Start_U3.drawio includes four entities, as follows: Department  Product/Service  Employee  Customer You must decide what organization your diagram is for and then determine what two new entities must be added to your diagram to fit the needs of your organization.