There are now four new LANs at NDASs Tampa headquarters, and President Coone says he is getting requests for new LANs from all over the place, even from Peter Browne of the Fleet Maintenance Division! You notice that he seems to be a bit upset over this situation. He says that Les Coone, now manager of the Information Service/ Data Processing Division (no longer acting manager) has complained that things are getting out of control. Instead of going through a planned, orderly movement to an integrated NDAS data communications network, everyone wants to move their departments to new LANs, all at once.

It is clear that President Coone is worried. Although he did not say it, he implied that things are getting out of control in your area data communications. And it was, in a way, your fault for encouraging many departments to ask President Coone for new LANs .

You talk to Bob Jones about the problem. He says that you dont want to get President Coone upset with you. He suggests that the best thing to do is to show President Coone that the system will talk together and that you have everything under control. You resolve to do this immediately, and you set up an appointment with President Coone.

Map of Facilities:

Refer to the facility map of the NDAS headquarters to answer the question below. Assume that there are LANs in four department offices (Data Processing, Accounts Payable, Information Services, and Agent Operations) and at Fleet Maintenance and Dispatch in the secondary building.

What type of BN do you recommend for NDAS headquarters? Be prepared to justify your recommendation. Remember to consider the expected growth of the company.

President's Office Accounts Payable and Security Data Processing Payroll Accounts Receivable Sales and Marketing Conference room Customer service Lobby and Reception = Agent operations = Intrastate Operations = = Information Services Human resources Interstate Operations Mall room Main building Fleet Maintenance Dispatch Parking lot Secondary building President's Office Accounts Payable and Security Data Processing Payroll Accounts Receivable Sales and Marketing Conference room Customer service Lobby and Reception = Agent operations = Intrastate Operations = = Information Services Human resources Interstate Operations Mall room Main building Fleet Maintenance Dispatch Parking lot Secondary building