Business Development Paper

Essay by professordebUniversity, Master'sB+, September 2007

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Business Development Paper

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Introduction

"An essential element in the operations and management of every business today is information." (Nickerson, p.8). Based on the fact that organizations rely on computer information and technology to function, it is imperative that organizations have a business development plan and cycle to conduct this business. Employees and organizations in general, seek to gather, utilize, analyze, and obtain information quickly and conveniently. In the fast pace environment of the business world today, information technology is a necessity. Business requirements are described for ABC Corporation.

Basic Definitions

Business Statement comprehend

1. Devise a method to get each computer in the organization running on the same operating system but not exceed a specified budget to accomplish it. This would help during technical support and allowing upgrades to be downloaded from the network. ABC Corporation researched found three operating systems presently running on the computers in the business-Windows 98, Me and Windows NT.

Should ABC switch over to an entirely new OS (Windows XP Professional Edition) or decide on one of the existing OS and bring everyone online with that one? This would also entail making sure the servers are converted to the same OS, which would make maintaining the servers and archiving and transferring files more productive.

Business Requirements Definition

Operating system requirements

Every application running only requires Window 98 OS, but in order to upgrade to Microsoft Office 2003-which is mandated to start in the next few months- ABC needs to run at least Windows XP. It is the latest OS on the market and until Microsoft releases another one, the system will be totally upgraded. The new servers will be upgraded to either the Windows Server 2003 or the Dell PowerEdge Tower Servers. Windows 2003 or XP...