Assignment:
Pick one of the Problems presented on the middle of the page and write a short two page paper about this topic, citing at least one major IT magazine or academic review.
1 Identify and briefly describe at least three ways that networks contribute to business suectm.
2 Briefly describe the traffic. services. and hardware trends in business networks.
3 Briefly define convergence and desenbe the major business benefits of convergence. Briefly describe the characteristics of unified comma IVO and describe how.
4 Identify and briefly describe the four types of communication traffic carried by busi- ness networks.
5 Why has optical fiber cabling become common in enterprise network infrastructures? Why is wireless transmission becoming more widely used by businesses?
6 Why has distributed processing become common in business networks?
7 Contrast the function of application software with that of interconnection software. Contrast the major characteristics of WANs with those of LANs and MANS.
8 Do some online research on the characteristics or software as a serv-ice (SaaS). plat-form as a service (PaaS). and infrastructure as a service (laaS) Write a shots paper describing the differences between these unites and identifying some of the major providers of each type.
9 Find and view several YouTube videos on unified communications. Identify the URLa for three that you think do a particularly good job illustrating the characteris¬tics and capabilities of VC systems. Stied the one that you think is best and briefly justify your selection
10 Do some online [mem ch to find information on several businesses that ham benefited from impkmenting unified communications. Write a %Wit paper sksaibing how:why they are using unified communications and the business benefits that they have realized.
11 Do some online research to find infisrmation on several businesses that have imple• invited IPTV. Write a short paper describing how:why they are using IPTV and the business benefits that they have realired.
Id Do some online research on MANs and Metro Ethernet. Write a shon paper com¬paring Metro Ethernet to other MAN alternatives that are available for business use.
12 Use Skype. Yahoo Instant Messenger. or a similar tool that combines real-time soiee. video (Webeam). and chat to establish a communication session with a friend or fam-ily member. Use one or more screen captures to document the convergence of voice. video. and chat for the communication session and paste these to a word processing document in a format (such as .does) that can be opened by your instructor. Your screen capture(s) should include Webcam windows for yourself and your Inendi family member and a window illustrating your real-time chat.