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Integrative Network Design ProjectGiven the proposed network design and security measures for Kudler Fine Foods, criticallyevaluate how the integration of VoWLAN, cloud-based services, and improved network securitycan contribute to the company’s growth. In your answer, address potential challenges that mightarise during the implementation of the network, and explain how these challenges could bemitigated.Word Count Requirement:750-1,000 words

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Kudler Fine Foods is one of the biggest and fastest growing food companies in the Unites States.Because of this fast expansion there are expected and often increased goals that must be done inorder to keep all parts of the company working as they should. One of these areas that must bekept up to date and secured at all times is its integrated network. Again because of the company’srecent growth there will be challenges that will happen especially with the network so a goodintegrative network design must be developed in order to continue this positive trend both inpresent and in the future. Kudler Fine Foods is taking the next step to upgrade the existinginfrastructure with new wireless technology which will provide a better communication link fornot only all of the stores, but for all of the employees as well.Kudler Fine Foods wants to implement a new network design that will connect their threelocations that is spreaded out across the U.S. With the new systems and servers the ability tomaximize the company’s profits will increase overnight. This new inventory system will allowthe stores POS systems to alert the warehouses to ship more products when they are running lowautomatically. This will eliminate the need of wasted man hours checking the stock.Using a Wide Area Network (WAN) would be the best choice for connecting the three locationstogether. They also want to implement a communication system throughout the network of theirstores and make the internal network in each store a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN). Thecommunication throughout all the stores will be upgraded with a VoWLAN system that will givethe employees the flexibility of taking calls and the ability maintain and provide the servicesneeded for each customer. The other technological advances that will be introduced will providereal time network analysis and security monitoring. Once the new network is completed it willbring Kudler Fine Foods to a new standard of service.Current Systems AnalysisWhen evaluating a network topology we must first have an understanding of what a networktopology is. In simple terms: Network Topology is the pattern in which your network operates.Wireless Mesh Topology seems to be favored for WAN and VoIP design. You would need towrite dynamic routing algorithms to communicate from node to node. In this network eachdevice needs to communicate routing information to other nodes in the network. Then that nodewill determine what it needs to do with the data that has just been received, pass the data on, orkeep the data. This kind of network is inexpensive, reliable, and resilient. The WLAN willprovide new ways of communication to take place, which will be by computer and by a newvoice over wireless local area network.Kudler Fine Foods is using the Bus network infrastructure which is at a point of extinction. TheBus network which is installed does not allow the stores to communicate with each other because

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they are on separate networks. This is a problem because there is no central location for anynetwork servers and no backups or security is set up. This is why an enterprise wireless widearea network is being rolled out. Having a network that provides mobility is essential in todaybusiness world and why it will become a corner stone for Kudler Fine Foods for years to come.The TimelineThe new network roll out for Kudler Fine Foods will not take place overnight. Designing thisnetwork is going to take some time since all the old technology is going to be replaced. The newdesired network should take about three to five weeks. An important factor of this build out is thedocumentation that will be taken at each phase. This information will be used to provide vitalnetwork information and proper network install accreditation for the client. The ability to keepbusiness up and fully operational is very important to the owners and is why implementation willtake place in three phases that is list below in figure1.Del MarLa JollaEncinitasPhase1InstallationInstallationInstallationCompletion1 week1 week.5 week |Phase 2 Testing and security checksTesting and security checksTesting and security checksCompletion | 3 weeks | 3 weeks | 1.5 weeks |Phase 3 | Removal of the old network. | Removal of the old network. | Removal of the oldnetwork. |Completion | 4 week | 4 weeks | 2 weeks |Total Weeks | 8 | 8 | 4 |Figure 1 Timeline ChartPhase I. The Del Mar site will be the first store to be upgraded because it will become thebackbone to the entire operation. This site will contain the POS server, inventory data base, Fileintegrity checker, security console for monitoring and the T1 line. The completion for the DelMar site will take eight weeks. Once this site has been completed the La Jolla site will begin. Theintegration for this site is expected to go smoothly; however, there could be some unknownfactors, so the expected completiontime for this site will be eight weeks as well. The Encinitas

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