User:RajBabu

Project Requirements:

* The network should be available 7 days in a week and 24hrs per day * We should have to design and maintain lawyer network in which the lawyers can access but this sort of network is expected to     have a high  traffic and also must be fast as well as efficient. This is also the network which has to interact with the installed terminals anywhere as well as with personal machines, laptops etc. The access to this network may also be from any given machine in any location though an Internet connection. This sort of access is desired at all locations of the firm. * The networking environment should be driven by standards so that the organization can easily mix and match equipment from different vendors. * Cost vs. Performance details should be laid to out with details where ever expensive hardware and routers are chosen for e.g.     fiber-optics over co-axial cables or high speed routers over switches and hubs etc.   * Detailed sketch of company’s internal LAN at its centralized data processing center should be provided with capacity and materials detailed. * Network at the datacenter should be redundant and should be designed to support the need of future expansion plans of the law firm, and also to efficiently support heavy traffic to service the requests coming from within the offices at different locations and also the outside internet solutions firms provides. * VLAN architecture to connect the offices at different locations is favored over other designs, with that said alternate solutions with sufficiently detailed advantages of the same over the prior are also welcome. * Due to sensitive nature of the data security considerations is critical, having controls in place for every possible TCP/IP layer preferred without adversely affecting performance. Setup of Firewalls, support for SSL and reliable VPN communications etc are some that falls under this. * Architecture overall should support protocols SFTP’s, SSH’s, HTTPS, SMTP (standard for network management), POP3, HTTP, TCP/IP and should be redundant in nature and also should take into consideration the factors that would reduce collision domains between subnets. * Most importantly all the data will require server backup in order to archive documents in a different geographic location. * The network must be secure from unauthorized users and network attackers. * Precise archiving of documents should be one of the main strong points of the proposed technology including solutions for document storage and retrieval for up to 15 years. * The network and all associated systems must be fully protected against intruders from outside the organization and from inside where highly sensitive data is stored. Firewalls, virus detectors, and other security provisions should be considered. Transmission and replication of administration information as well as confidential information should be done over secure channels to avoid unauthorized copying and changes * The response should include information about the vendor’s corporate stability so an evaluation of the vendor’s maturity, stability, and future potential may be conducted. Specifics are characteristics such as size, personnel, facilities, years in     business, corporate history, clients, revenues, investors, etc. * The technology needs to support Video Communication and Video Conferencing on a regular basis. * The proposed technology should provide comparisons to competing technologies and the benefits over the competitive technology(s).