The number of American telecommuters is expected to increase by 29 million telecommuters or 43% of the workforce by 2016 as more work gets performed from remote locations. Mobile workers can work from wherever they are and use the IT / IS technology necessary to access co-workers, company or corporate infrastructure, intranets, and other information sources.

Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:

1. Describe the impact of telecommuting on energy conservation, IT operational costs, “green computing”, and shifts in telecommuters’ lifestyles (e.g., parents, disability, etc.).
2. Describe how the business infrastructure should be designed so that employees will be able to continue to perform business functions in the event of a disaster (i.e., storm, hurricane, or earthquake) that destroys or makes it impossible to access the buildings. 
3. Determine four (4) advantages and four (4) disadvantages of telecommuting from an IT manager’s point of view. Elaborate on each advantage and disadvantage.
4. Examine the effect of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) to the IT infrastructure with regard to security, IT support, knowledge, and data management, green computing, and telecommuting.
5. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources. 

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Demonstrate and plan for the integration of emerging technologies.
• Describe and evaluate the core concepts of data and information architecture.
• Design plans for business continuity.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in enterprise architecture.
• Write clearly and concisely about enterprise architecture topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

  Topic: Hardware Firewalls

· Investigate how that type of firewall works.

· Investigate the vendors that provide that type of firewall. Is there a top vendor for that type?

· Investigate what types of situations are best suited for that type of firewall. What situations is it not well suited for?

· What other types of firewalls work best in conjunction with that type? Are there types that it does not work well with?

· What are the pros and cons of that type of firewall?

Research Paper Format

· The paper must be in the APA format

· At least ten pages in length plus cover, abstract and references.

· Graphs, illustrations, and spreadsheets are allowed, but will not count toward the 10-page requirement.

• Research Paper must have      at least 5 works cited of which 2 must be peer-reviewed works/articles      (note your book can be included as a reference)

PowerPoint Presentation

· 30-minute team presentation with PowerPoint slides (All participants must present a topic). 

· Must align with your paper

· Provides the highlights of your paper

Create a robust network plan for “A dual location medical clinic with doctors/physician’s assistants rotating between locations on different days.

 Make sure that for this network plan you are investigating, researching, and brainstorming stakeholder needs, identifying and addressing data access issues, identifying and planning for security concerns, considering disaster recovery and maintenance issues, and including a researched but estimated consideration of costs related to the network. This task is like our Initial Network Plan/Proposal except more in-depth and concerning a contextualized network. Make sure you robustly address the following topics/areas: 

• network topology (physical and logical/functional) – be sure to include both textual descriptions as well as visual diagrams with captions.
• hardware considerations (routers, gateways, switches, cabling, wireless access points, physical servers/nodes, etc.) – be sure to discuss both physical hardware as well as any virtualized hardware (IAAS).
• software servers/services (web, database, file, source control, patient portals, training intranet resources, etc.)- be sure to consider the needs of stakeholders and what servers/services, clients, and security or maintenance utilities should be considered.
• security policies/procedures and network systems/services (firewalls, IDS/IPS, spam/virus filtering, network monitoring/scanning, chokepoints, guest networks, DMZ’s VPNs, encryption, BYOD policies, etc.)
• disaster recovery/continuity of service/maintenance needs (backup hardware/software, storage locations, communication policies/procedures, recovery policies/procedures, etc.)

 Make your arguments as to why your solutions make sense for your chosen organization’s network. Don’t just say, “you need a wireless mesh network”, explain, discuss, and schematize why that makes sense for your context and stakeholder needs. 

 Submission of your Network Plan should be at least 10 pages in length, using no larger than 11point Times New Roman Font, single spaced,  with 1in margins (top, bottom, left, and right). Excessive sized images will cost 10% of your grade per image, so consider size and layout your visualizations effectively. 

Web design includes many different skills and disciplines in the production and maintenance of websites. In other words, you need to be sure that:

1. You make the site easy, efficient, and delightful to use.
2. You need to focus on the functional organization of the site’s pages and tools (buttons, links, menus…etc).
3. Ensures that the site is favourable.

In your opinion and own words, How the above tasks can be achieved?

Developing a plan for a computer forensics lab first requires you to create a business case to present to upper management for approval.  As part of the approval process, you should include an overall budget, risk analysis of how the lab would minimize potential litigation, as well as discover and analyze attacks on the network (both from inside and outside of the building).  
For your assignment submission, develop a plan for the development of a computer forensics lab for a medium sized business of 100 client computers that are networked to a server and connected to the Internet.  Include the justification for the building of a basic forensic workstation as well as the selection of computer forensics tools (both hardware and software).  Include the elements of acquisition, validation, reconstruction, and reporting, as well as the importance of using hardware and software write blockers.  This is just an overview and not an exhaustive analysis.  

Your completed assignment should be at least two (2) FULL pages in length (1 inch margins, Times New Roman 12pt font, double-spaced).  Proofread your completed essay to ensure proper spelling, grammar, capitalization, punctuation, and sentence structure.  Include at least one library or web reference in addition to your text and/or supplemental material provided that is presented in proper APA format that supports your submission.  

 Assignment Objectives:  
Justify the need for developing a computer forensics lab. 
Build a computer forensics workstation. 
Evaluate the computer forensics tools needed.