High-powered computers with 3D rendering software could be a good idea for 3D software could be used for designing houses obviously the company will need more computers for the new office. Pc’s at the existing office would need be upgraded to work with the demanding 3D software. Both offices should be using the same software. Another upgrade that would be useful is the Microsoft office software that is used as the default office software.
Another piece of valuable software is lotus notes which
Integrates your most valuable messaging, collaborative and personal information management (PIM) resources—like e-mail, calendar, to-do list—to allow users to access them while connected with or disconnected from your network. If they want to use only Microsoft products outlook would be the next alterative.
If the company were after saving money the company could look into hot desking in an area this also would be a great idea for being a completely wireless business.
Possible Benefits from making the changes
There are a huge amount of benefits from the recommendations I have made to start with upgrading the network to a wireless one has a array of advantages, simply there is less clutter in the office as there is no wires, also pc’s can be moved around and be further apart, A user with a laptop and a wireless connection can roam their office building without losing their connection, or having to log in again on a new machine in a different location. There also has been some study into the connection time and it has been found that wireless technology stays connected longer than the normal LAN.
The benefits of having a T1 connection are obviously that of the high speed this is great for connecting the two offices together as they will be rather far apart and would require a high-speed Internet connection for sending house plans back and forth and even 3D house designs, that brings me on to the 3D software that would be great designing house plans and possibly finding certain faults and problems with the design before the house goes to construction. A simple reason why both office could consider using just Microsoft office products is because when files are sent between employees’s there are no compatibility issues. Lotus notes is great for fast internal communication, it’s also so simple
Possible Disadvantages from making the changes
There are some disadvantages to my recommendations, while there are many benefits to wireless networking, there are also some disadvantages, these fall into three categories: speed, cost and security. For instance the speed of a wireless network tends to be slower than that of a wired network; cost is a big issue as wireless networks can cost 3 times as much as of a LAN, the most important disadvantage: security Wireless networks also give rise to their own security concerns, since poorly secured networks can be pried open by hackers. Moving on to the T1 connection the major disadvantage of this is the extremely high cost and is only possible if the business is in a T1 area. The 3D Software upgrades is similar to the T1 as usually this software is very expensive, it also needs a skilled user to use this software efficiently.