Homework: Infrastructure Design- Business IT
Overview
This is the third in a series of five sequential homeworks (the course project) in which you continue to act as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of a hypothetical e-commerce start-up company of your design which is a company for educational information, training and tutoring.
In this third course project deliverable, you will create an infrastructure design that considers the key elements of software, hardware, security, and business process flow for your e-commerce startup company. You will also use graphical tools to create a supporting data flow diagram (DFD) for your infrastructure design. The infrastructure design provides an opportunity to visualize the key elements and how they are connected for maximum effectiveness.
Task
You will create 8 to 10 pages infrastructure design document to include key technical elements for your hypothetical e-commerce company's information systems infrastructure.
• Identify the major hardware and software components of your hypothetical e-commerce company's information systems infrastructure.
• Design your e-commerce company's hardware (database and proxy servers, network equipment) and software (analytics, big data, API, content management) from a size, scale, type, and interoperability standards perspective.
• Document the potential security vulnerabilities and a security design for your e-commerce company.
• Use graphical tools to create a data flow diagram (DFD) for your e-commerce company.
• Use three sources to support your writing.
• Choose sources that are credible, relevant, and appropriate.
Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:
• The answer must be using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, and typed, with one-inch margins on all sides.
• The response also includes a cover page containing the student's name, the title of the homework, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
• Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.