Assignment: Network Planning
Create a robust network plan for "A dual location medical clinic with doctors/physician's assistants rotating between locations on different days.
Make sure that for this network plan you are investigating, researching, and brainstorming stakeholder needs, identifying and addressing data access issues, identifying and planning for security concerns, considering disaster recovery and maintenance issues, and including a researched but estimated consideration of costs related to the network. This task is like our Initial Network Plan/Proposal except more in-depth and concerning a contextualized network. Make sure you robustly address the following topics/areas:
1) network topology (physical and logical/functional) - be sure to include both textual descriptions as well as visual diagrams with captions.
2) hardware considerations (routers, gateways, switches, cabling, wireless access points, physical servers/nodes, etc.) - be sure to discuss both physical hardware as well as any virtualized hardware (IAAS).
3) software servers/services (web, database, file, source control, patient portals, training intranet resources, etc.)- be sure to consider the needs of stakeholders and what servers/services, clients, and security or maintenance utilities should be considered.
4) security policies/procedures and network systems/services (firewalls, IDS/IPS, spam/virus filtering, network monitoring/scanning, chokepoints, guest networks, DMZ's VPNs, encryption, BYOD policies, etc.)
5) disaster recovery/continuity of service/maintenance needs (backup hardware/software, storage locations, communication policies/procedures, recovery policies/procedures, etc.)
Make your arguments as to why your solutions make sense for your chosen organization's network. Don't just say, "you need a wireless mesh network", explain, discuss, and schematize why that makes sense for your context and stakeholder needs.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
(1) The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
(2) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
(3) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.