PAKOR INCORPORATED Technology Upgrades Brent Pavlovich

The Problem Current technology dates back to pre Windows XP No easy and reliable data movement system No way to access company recourses outside the office

Ways to Mitigate the Problem Allow employee access away from the office Upgrade department workstations Create a background resource network

Data Mobility 58% of adults use smartphones and tablets at work Employees need to be able to use these devices within the organization Can range from accessing to full control of company computer

Employee Workstations Traditional desktop towers and monitors Cheap workhorses No portability Thin Clients Cheap Little processing power

Employee Workstations Laptops and docking stations Portable Expensive for high power models Tablets and Ultra-portables Extreme portability High cost Low processing power

Background Resources Software Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software Windows Server 2008 Controllers for thin clients

Background Resource Hardware Traditional Servers Thought of as powerful computers One operating system per server During a hardware failure, entire system is offline Cheaper set up cost Virtual Servers Share one large pool of system resources Easy to create a new operating system During a hardware failure, system pulls from pool Expensive set up cost

Recommendations for Pakor (Data Mobility) Use SaaS to implement an ERP system Allow employees to use tablets and smartphones Estimated cost $650,000

Recommendations for Pakor (Workstations) Executive Department HP Z1 G2 desktops Apple iPad Air tablets Warehouse and Sales Microsoft Surface 2 tablets Pro edition for sales All other departments HP AiO thin clients Estimated cost $30,000

Recommendations for Pakor (Servers) Blades for Virtual Resource Pool HP ProLient BL680c G7 Storage Area Network for ERP System 200 terabytes of storage HP Store Easy 1630 Estimated Cost $320,000

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Ways to Mitigate the Problem Allow employee access away from the office Implement ERP systems as SaaS Upgrade department workstations Upgrade workstations to either desktop, laptop, thin client, or tablet Create a background resource network Use blades for a virtual server resource pool