1. Technology in Practice
Is $80,000 Enough ?
(COLLABORATION EXERCISES and cases pg 136)
Quadeisha D Daniels Vanessa G Dripaul Anne M Gage Michael P Glynn
MGS
Chapter 4
GROUP A

2. Sales and Marketing Department Requested Computer Budget Report for year 2011
Corporate Operation officer allocated $80,000 in the budget for computers
COO expects confirm or change of proposed budget in two days from Department Manager

3. Budget analysis results
Due to the employee job descriptions the computer systems required imposes the purchase of 23 new computers
Only 19 can be upgraded to satisfy computer specifications
Due to Moore’s Law computers continue to become faster and cheaper
Computer Companies sell inexpensive standard packages with higher requirements than established
Thus, the Proposed Budget of $80,000 is sufficient

4. HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS FOR THREE CLASSES OF COMPUTERS
CLASS OF COMPUTERS
CURRENT HARWARE SPECIFICATION
HARDWARE REQUIRED AFTER UPGRADE A
256MB, 0.5 GHz, 30GB
1GB, 1GHz, 80GB B
512MB, 1GHz, 80GB
2GB, 2GHz, 150GB C
1GB, 2GHz, 2 X 125GB
4GB, 2GHz-DUAL, 2 X 250GB

5. NEW COMPUTERS/OLD MODIFIED
DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES/COMPUTER REQUIREMENT TYPE/ALLOCATIONS OF NEW AND EXISTING MODIFIED COMPUTERS
JOB TITLE
EMPLOYEES
REQUIRED
TYPE
NEW COMPUTERS/OLD MODIFIED
Product Manager 8 B
Laptop
8 x New Laptops
Telesales 13 A
Desktop
6 Existing B Desktops
4 Existing B Laptops modified
with Keyboard, Mouse, Screen
3 Existing B Laptops modified with
1GB RAM, keyboard, mouse, screen
Department Administrator 2
2 B Laptops modified with
1GB RAM keyboard, mouse, s creen
Marketing Communications Manager 4
4 New B Laptops
Marketing Analyst
C(desktop)
Both, a desktop
4 New c Desktops
B(laptop)
laptop
Marketing Programs Manager 6
4 Existing C Desktops modified
With 2GB RAM & 150GB Hard Disk
2 New B Desktops
Manager(you) 1
1 New Laptops

6. Required hardware Class A and B Computers
Status of existing Class B and C computers to be modified to meet Class A and B specifications
Current Hardware Class B and C Computers
Required hardware Class A and B Computers
Reallocation of computers to 15 Employees with Class A and 4 with Class B Computers
6 Class B Desktops fulfills requirements for Class A Desktops computers
1GB,1GHz, 80GB
From Marketing programs Manager
2 go to Department Administrators
4 Go to Telesales
4 Class B Laptops fulfills requirements for Class A Desktop computers by modifying them with keyboard, mouse, screen
From Marketing Analyst
4 Go to Telesales
5 Class B Laptops fulfills requirements for Class A Desktop computers with 1GB RAM upgrade, keyboard, mouse, screen
512MB, 1GHz, 80GB
From Marketing communication Manager
4 go to Telesales
From product Manager
1 go to Telesales
4 Existing C Desktops needs 2GB RAM, 150GB upgrade to fulfill Class B Desktop computers
1GB, 2GHz, 2 x 125GB
2GB, 2GHz, 150GB
From marketing Analyst
4 go to Marketing Program Manager

7. HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, NETWORK AND SERVER COST PER UNIT
Laptop
Desktop
Price of Class B Computer
$649
$799
Price of Class C Computer
$1420
Vista Software Charge
$75
Office 2007 Software Charge
$100
Network and Server Charge
$1,200
total per unit software cost
$1,375
Price of 1GB RAM
$40
Price of 2GB RAM
$70
Price of 150GB Storage
$190
Price of keyboard, mouse, screen pk
$290

8. COMPUTERS /HARDWARE PARTS HARDWARE COST
TOTAL HARDWARE COST
17 x New B Laptops
17*649
$11.033
2 x New B Desktops
2*799
$1,598
4 x New C Desktops
4*1,420
$5,680
5 Existing B Laptops modified
with 1GB RAM, Keyboard, Mouse, Screen
5*(270+40)
$1,550
4 Existing B Laptops modified
with Keyboard, Mouse, Screen
4*(270)
$1,080
4 Existing C Desktops modified with 2GB RAM & 150GB
4*(70+190)
$1,040
TOTALS
$21,981
Software, Network and server total cost = 42*1,375
$57,750
COMPUTER BUDGET ANALYSIS
$79,731

9. DELL STUDIO HYBRID LAPTOP ($799) SPECIFICATIONS > 2ghz, 150gb
PROCESSOR Intel® Pentium® Dual Core T4300 (2.1GHz/800MHz FSB/1MB cache)
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic Service
MEMORY GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz (2 DIMM)
HARD DRIVE GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
MONITOR inch SX2210 Widescreen Flat Panel with Webcam
KEYBOARD & MOUSE Dell USB Multimedia Keyboard & Optical Mouse edit
SPEAKERS Dell AX210 Stereo Speakers

10. DELL STUDIO 14Z DESKTOP( $649) SPECIFICATIONS>THAN 2GB,2GHz,150GB
PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T6600 (2.2GHz/800Mhz FSB/2MB cache)
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium
LCD PANEL ” High Definition+ (900p) Bright LED Display with TrueLife™ and Camera/Facial Recognition SW edit
MEMORY GB Shared Dual Channel DDR3 at 1066MHz
HARD DRIVE Size GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM) edit
VIDEO CARD NVIDIA® GeForce® 9400M G
WIRELESS CARDS Dell Wireless g Half Mini- Card

11. Dell PRECITION T3400 375W DESKTOP ($1,420)
PROCESSOR Intel® Core™2 Duo E7400 (2.80GHz/1066MHz/3MB L2/375W)
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® 7 Professional Bonus- Windows XP Professional downgrade
GRAPHIC CARDS MB PCIe x16 nVidia NVS 290, Dual Monitor DVI Capable
MEMORY GB, 800MHz, DDR2 SDRAM Memory, ECC (2 DIMMS)
OPTICAL DRIVE X DVD-ROM with Cyberlink Power DVD™
HARD DRIVE/RAID CONFIGURATION C1a, All SATA, NO RAID for 2 Hard Drives
HARD DRIVE GB SATA 3.0Gb/s with NCQ and 8MB DataBurst Cache™
2ND HARD DRIVE GB SATA 3.0Gb/s with NCQ and 8MB DataBurst Cache™
MONITOR Dell E Series E1910H 18.5in Wide Monitor, VGA Only
SPEAKERS Dell™ AX210 Speakers, Black
KEYBOARD AND MOUSE
FLOPPY & MEDIA READER Internal USB Media Card Reader