Universal Transport – Architectural Diagram

This is an individual project. This project is related to the Case Study
project. Each student must complete an Architectural Diagram that
illustrates the placement of security and other technologies within the
converged network solution. The foundation for this project is the
requirements analysis and proposal document that you completed for the
Case Study project. The target audience will be the organization’s Chief
Information Officer (CIO). The Architectural Diagram deliverable is an
MS Word document.Company OverviewUniversal Transport,
Inc. (UTI) is a global logistics provider that offers fully integrated
freight and supply chain services through managed warehousing and
domestic and international freight forwarding. Services range from
door-to-door domestic and international delivery services to total
supply chain management. With branches across the United States and
Europe and partners worldwide, UTI continues to expand, and it has
experienced rapid growth through acquisitions.The Business ChallengeUTI
is competing in an environment where freight transport is as much about
keeping customers informed as it is about on-time delivery. The company
has adopted web- based technologies for tracking freight,
differentiating its services, keeping customers informed, and ensuring
the on-time delivery that is UTI’s hallmark. As a result, UTI enjoys a
very high level of customer satisfaction.Its mobile workforce has
rapidly increased, with drivers using PDAs to scan consignments, which
are then synced in real time via GPRS links to headquarters applications
that track the consignments. Customers use UTI’s web services to view
the progress of orders, from dispatch to warehousing to final delivery.
Customers also use UTI’s web-based systems to create freight
documentation and generate reports. With the EDI interface, invoices and
payments are transferred directly between the customers’ systems and
UTI, saving both time and money.As the company has expanded, the
data flowing in the system have increased as well. Now, with more than
5,000 employees and thousands of customers worldwide, UTI is suffering
from the effects of explosive growth. Demands on its wide area network
(WAN) are exceeding capacity. The main data center has experienced
several network outages and unscheduled downtime. The aging ISDN
telephone system is failing, as the company has avoided the costly
upgrades necessary to keep it operating at optimal performance.
Telephone bills have increased without warning, and the voice mail
system is overloaded.The OpportunityUTI wants to provide
increased bandwidth between all 47 of its US offices and the main data
center located in Chicago. There are three regional business centers
that have four to eight satellite locations that need to able
communicate and exchange data daily. These are located in Chicago,
Kansas City, and Tampa. The company desires a reliable and secure
network to accommodate its planned growth without exceeding 85% of
capacity.The company does not want to spend any more on telephone
services than it does today, and its goal is to upgrade the services
while protecting against escalating costs from its ISDN service
provider.Efficiency and productivity goals for this rapidly growing
company are of paramount importance, and there is a desire to provide
capabilities and services that incorporate technology solutions to
improve in those areas as well as retain the high level of customer
satisfaction. UTI is also interested in reducing travel between its
sites by implementing video conferencing.In addition, UTI wants to
be able to monitor and manage data and voice services, and ensure that
capacity and performance is consistent with its business needs.The DeliverableFor
this assignment, you will use your proposed solution for the UTI
requirements analysis. Briefly describe the proposed technology solution
and list the business requirements (including security requirements)
that are satisfied. This should be done on one (1) page. Then provide a
diagram that illustrates the placement of various communications
components within the context of developing an effective, efficient,
security posture for the proposed solution for TUI’s converged network.Your
deliverable will be one document that includes a 1-page business
requirements summary and an architectural drawing. Your deliverable will
be scored according to the scoring rubric below. Successful documents
use the bolded rubric attributes as major section headings. Be sure you
have incorporated all required aspects of the assignment.