Data Communications Network Task Force Report 1

PRESENTATION OUTLINE I. TASK FORCE PRODUCT COMMITMENT II. ASSESSMENT OF TECHNICAL SUITABILITY OF INITIAL ARCHITECTURE AND DEPLOYMENT STRATEGY III. IMPLEMENTATION ANALYSIS IV. ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT V. RECOMMENDATIONS 2

TASK FORCE PRODUCT COMMITMENT CREATE A COORDINATING COMMITTEE CREATE A STEERING COMMITTEE DEFINE THE TASK FORCE PURPOSE DEFINE TASK FORCE PRODUCT S 3

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP COORDINATING COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP: PLANNING AND SUPPORT STAFFS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNATED TECHNICAL REPRESENTATIVES STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP TASK FORCE MANAGER NETWORK ENGINEERING AND PLANNING AOS FUNDAMENTAL PLANNING AOS IMPLEMENTATION - FUTURE TECHNOLOGY - COMPUTER OPERATIONS DATA COMMUNICATIONS PLANNING V CURRENT PLANNING & TECHNICAL SUPPORT TECHNICAL CONSULTANTS, COOPERS & LYBRAND 4

TASK FORCE PURPOSE THE TASK FORCE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED TO: COMPLETE TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS OF THE ADVANCED OFFICE SYSTEMS (AOS) AND LOCAL AREA NETWORK (LAN) SERVING ARRANGEMENT WITHIN 60 DAYS COMPARE THE S SERVING ARRANGEMENT WITH INDUSTRY AND TECHNOLOGY TRENDS IDENTIFY EARLY IMPLEMENTATION TECHNICAL PROBLEMS AND ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED COORDINATE RESOLUTION ACTIVITIES COMMUNICATE DATA COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT ACTIVITIES AND PROBLEM STATUS PROMOTE TEAM EFFECTIVENESS IDENTIFY A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT FOR DATA COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK SERVICES 5

THE TASK FORCE WILL PROVIDE: CAPITAL AND EXPENSE COST DATA, ONE-TIMEAND RECURRING FOR EACH COMPONENT AND FACILITY PROVIDED, PER USER AND IN TOTAL A TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE ISC AND LAN SERVING ARRANGEMENT AND ITS SUITABILITY FOR CURRENT APPLICATION AND COMPATIBILITY WITH FUTURE TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT STRATEGY FOR THE DATA COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK: STOP NOW, CAP AT SOME FUTURE (IDENTIFIED) POINT, OR DEPLOY FOR ALL OF COMPANY 6

TASK FORCE PRODUCT (Con’t) A PLAN FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT FOR THE USER FOR ALL DCN “SYSTEM’ NEEDS - FOR INITIAL MOVE-IN AND ONGOING OCCUPANCY VERIFICATION THAT THE ISC AND THE LAN SERVING ARRANGEMENT ALIGN WITH TECHNOLOGY TRENDS AN INDUSTRY SCAN OF TECHNOLOGY USED BY OTHER MAJOR CORPORATIONS INSIGHT INTO THE NEXT STEPS NECESSARY IN THE CREATION OF A FUNDAMENTAL PLAN FOR ADVANCED OFFICE SYSTEMS 7

ASSESSMENT OF TECHNICAL SUITABILITY OF INITIAL ARCHITECTURE & DEPLOYMENT STRATEGY INITIAL SERVING ARRANGEMENT 9-85 NETWORK SERVING ARRANGEMENT RECOMMENDED NETWORK SERVING ARRANGEMENT RECOMMENDED USER SERVICES ARRANGEMENT PROPOSED AOS DEPLOYMENT ARRANGEMENT 8

INITIAL SERVING ARRANGEMENT 9

9-85 NETWORK SERVING ARRANGEMENT GENERAL ARCHITECTURE APPROACH IS WORKABLE NEEDS TUNING DATA CENTER 10

Recommended Network Serving Arrangement BETTER PERFORMANCE FOR NATIVE TERMINALS LOWER COST FOR: NETWORK ($1, ) 11

Recommended User Services Arrangement IMPROVED LAN PERFORMANCE & REDUCED USER RESPONSE TIME FUTURE REDUCTION IN COST OF SUPPORTING PRODUCTION WORD PROCESSING ($ ) 12

Proposed AOS Deployment Arrangement 13

OTHER TASK FORCE PRODUCTS ANALYZE CAPACITY AND PERFORMANCE OF LAN AND AOS -- JOINT DG JOINT DG/DCA/UB PRELIMINARY STUDY JUST COMPLETED DEFINE SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT FOR USERS SERVICE QUALITY --NORTH COMPARE RECOMMENDED ARCHITECTURE TO INDUSTRY TRENDS RECOMMENDED ARCHITECTURE IS COMPATIBLE OBTAIN INSIGHT INTO STRATEGY FOR COMPANY-WIDE AOS AND NETWORK -- INTER-BUILDING ECHOPLEXING NOT ECONOMICAL -- NUMBER OF MINICOMPUTERS A MAJOR CONCERN -- X.400 VS. IBM DIA/DCA FOR AOS INTERCOMMUNICATIONS 14

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS CAPITAL COSTS Expenditures as of 7/20/85 $ Projected completion using: “Initial Serving Arrangement” $ Projected completion using: “Recommended Serving Arrangement” $ Savings due to implementation of Recommendations $ 2,200,000 15

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS COST PER USER One Time Capital $5,900 Recurring Annual Expenditures: LAN 836* ISC 427 $1,263 BEP: 1.3 years * Includes $510 per user for DNTC 16

ARCHITECTURE USE LAN IN FOR GENERAL DATA COMMUNICATION CONNECTIVITY LIMIT DCA DEPLOYMENT TO EMULATION EMPLOY MORE THAN ONE AOS -- AFFILIATED: OPERATIONAL SYSTEM -- UNAFFILIATED: PROFS OR CEO -- PROVIDE INTER-SYSTEM COMMUNICATION MOVE TOWARD LOCAL INTELLIGENCE -- DEPLOY MICROS FOR PRODUCTION TYPING -- LIMIT CHARACTER ECHOING OVER NETWORK LIMIT DEVICE TYPES SUPPORTED BY USERS LIMIT SOFTWARE DEPLOYED ON DATA GENERAL 17