Architecture Case Studies Samples For Students

The recommended architecture to be used for the payroll program is that of client/server architecture. With this architecture, there is one application which is installed in the main server of the company. One application will be installed in the server which is located at the main data center in the headquarters. This is where the main applications will be installed. The users who are located in the different branches will access the application through the network. This will mean that there is no need to install the applications in different computers. There will only be one application being installed. ...

Information architecture is a core step when designing and developing a website. It enables the developer to figure out what is to be done and construct a blueprint of the actual website. Information architecture entails the definition of the goals of the site and shedding light on every important aspect. It also entails audience identification and classification. (Squishy 2010).
The present information architecture structure and visual design of the website has not been given consideration. This implies that the website has not focused on the requirement of different groups of audience. During the design and development process, the web content needs ...

Ancient Egypt The Egyptian applies symbolic art that is highly developed to depict a complicated realistic mixture. Symbolism plays a part in establishing order. The hierarchical scale of a drawing depicts the importance in the society.
Cartouche: This is an oval with a horizontal line in one end to depict a royal name. A cartouche replaces the earlier serekh. It uses the horizontal line for the name to fit.
Gothe style The French in 12 A.D apply this style of medieval art that encompasses sophistication due to the use of figurative, illumination of manuscripts, and fresco.
St. Denis, Laon, Notre Dame, ...

Question 1 Describe a 'future state' that improves upon their architecture.

The current state of the organization is where there are proper organization and integration of information systems. There organization has key components of the enterprise architecture include; the point-of-sale system (POS), enterprise resource planning (ERP), human resource management system (HRMS) and warehouse management system (WMS) (Spewak, & Hill, 1993). Having investment in that entire information technology infrastructure is key to development of the organization. The BJs are focusing on the future state where there will be high demand for technological services. The organization has a lot of online shopping stores with a lot of members who access the system. There is a need ...

The concept of enterprise architecture plainly refers to the extensive use of data management systems in the organization of businesses. A single corporation may feel the need to harmonize different types of data from its constituents for the purposes of decision-making. Enterprise architecture proves to be the best solution from Polizzi’s perspective. Through this, he argues that the company will be able to integrate the different aspects of its stretching potential into a single managerial core. As a result of its increased business transactions, it is unable to organize its sales and product variability and seeks to solve this problem ...

The Tugendhat House is one of the classic examples of Mies van der Rohe’s architecture. The structure fits in with its surroundings in the wealthy suburb of Brno and has a sense of modernism without being too stark and bland. The emphasis on horizontal planes with the ground and the roof supported by vertical elements is an important and crucial part of the whole building.
The plan of Tugendhat House actually comes out to create a boundless spatial freedom, obstacle-free space. The uniformed orthogonal grid of supports suggests that the plan ideally projects beyond the limit of the enclosure. ...

Question 9.1

Classical architecture refers to the period from the European history, covering through the rise of Greek Empire through to the foremost power cultural period until the collapse of the Roman Empire. This classical architecture is particularly referred to as Roman and Greek architecture mainly describing this ancient era of design architecture. Whereas software architecture in essence is distant from the concept of building and construction it is the process of computer systems engineering.

Similarities

The implementation and planning of software architecture and classical architecture are both characterized by the distinctiveness of the objectives and the available resources thereby referred to ...

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Introduction

The importance of Information Systems cannot be over emphasized in any sector today. Education industry is no different. The local and federal government has often emphasized and supported thorough implementation of information system collaborating schools and other related organizations to achieve better visualization of these organizations and institutions as well as provide a unique framework for everyone involved in the process. This paper discusses the SIF standard and the concept of Student Information System to outline the main components of such information system that can effectively cater to the unique needs of everyone involved. This ...

Intel’s Diversification Strategy

Intel has developed several relationships that look to be beneficial in the future. Intel has been closely working with Microsoft in developing and coordinating processor and operating system development. Further, both companies combine their efforts in the development of new designs. Additionally, Intel uses the services of independent software vendors who develop software applications for the processors. A major threat to Intel in the Internet era is facing competition from other companies that are developing server platforms.
Under Barrett’s strategy, Intel believed that it could engage in client platforms, server platforms, communications and networking because of its strong ...

Payroll management systems are software’s used by organizations to generate pay slips and salary records as per the employee work attendance and factoring in allowances, overtime, loans, advances and other types of deductions. The management software’s consist of activities that aid in the completion of work through efficient and organized quick methods. Generally, they improve the processing of information in a standard prescribed manner.
Payroll management systems fall in the administration section of an organization. The objectives of the administration department involve the generation of pay roll for all employees in an organized and standardized manner. In ...

Outline
1. Introduction
2. Pre-requisites for proper management and growth of enterprise architectures
3. Enterprise Architecture Framework
4. Views on Enterprise Architecture
5. Architecture Deployment Blueprints
6. Conclusion
7. References

Introduction

The field of enterprise architecture came to birth over twenty years ago. It was mainly aimed at addressing two major problems, i.e. System Complexity whereby so much spending was made in establishing IT systems, and Poor Business Alignment where organizations found it increasingly difficult to ensure that the expensively acquired IT systems remained aligned to the needs of the business, (Sessions, 2007). ...

Modernist movement in architecture was an attempt to create a non-historical architecture of Functionalism and with the help of modern materials. What is seen here is a rejection of ornament and an adoption of the machine aesthetics with a simplified form, devoid of any unnecessary details (Monteagudo 15). Le Corbusier figured out his ideas by painting and sculpture and later applied them in the architecture.
The Villa Savoye For Le Corbusier, the Villa Savoye was a masterpiece and showed progress toward a conservative architecture that valued space. The weekend house in the country looks like a cubic three-story contraption ...

The concept of enterprise architecture plainly refers to the extensive use of data management systems in the organization of businesses. A single corporation may feel the need to harmonize different types of data from its constituents for the purposes of decision-making. Enterprise architecture proves to be the best solution from Polizzi’s perspective. Through this, he argues that the company will be able to integrate the different aspects of its stretching potential into a single managerial core. As a result of its increased business transactions, it is unable to organize its sales and product variability and seeks to solve this problem ...

Executive Summary

Organizational architecture determines how efficient or inefficient an organization is. An organization has to adopt a harmonized mix of the three core elements of organization architecture. The reward system, assignment of decision rights, and the performance evaluation criteria should display quantitative and qualitative balance. The ability to balance the above three elements brings about success in all organizations. When an organization’s architecture is continuously updated, it is in a perfect condition to respond to market shocks like competition and technological changes.
The rate at which an organization successfully alters its architecture in response to market shocks directly influences its ...

Concert Hall

Walt Disney Concert Hall is not only a home for the Philharmonic Orchestra of Los Angeles, but also the pearl of this city. The building project was created and financed with the participation of wife of the world famous animator Walt Disney. The architect of Walt Disney Concert Hall was Frank Owen Gehry - one of the main ideologists of modern deconstructivism.
It is worth noting that deconstruction is a style, which is characterized by a complete repudiation of the typical geometry of living space. This architectural style denies monotonous lines and boring multistory office buildings. Architects of this ...

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The payroll architecture should consist of the following components:
- Secure data center
- Secure server with limited access
- Payroll software
- Tax allocation software tables
- Web-based system to support data entry by departments across the country
- Human resource department to process the payroll.
Payroll systems deal with data that is sensitive in nature such as personal employee data. Therefore, there must be restricted access to enhance the security and integrity of the data. A secure subnet within the organization facilitates limited access to secure and confidential ...

Liferay Development Model vs Closed Source Development Model

Liferay uses an open source development model. Open source refers to software for which the source code is available freely over the internet from the original developers of the software (Niu, 2016). Android operating system is one of the most popular example of open source software. On the other hand, closed and commercial software is usually closely protected by the company that developed the software, using proprietary license agreements. For example, Microsoft windows is a closed source software protected by a license of Microsoft. Other users cannot use the source code of the software and develop variations of Windows ( ...

Abstract

The word brand is actually derived from an old Norse word brandr which meant “to burn”. The main purpose behind this was to help owners identify their animals from those of the competitors by marking them specifically. The basic idea behind brand still remains the same i.e. to help differentiate a product or service from that of the competition by creating a set of unique associations with the brand. For example- the Indian brand Tata is associated with reliability whereas the brand 3M is associated with innovations and new product developments. Every brand is identified by its unique design, ...

Part 1

Question 1: Different Changes at Intel over the First Three Years
In his first year, Barret introduced a new wireless unit that mixed Intel’s flash memory operations with new acquisitions like the DSP Inc., a chipset supplier for digital communications. During the second year, Architecture Group was introduced, which combined the developing and manufacturing of core processors. Consequently, in the third year the Architecture Group was reorganized as well as creation of a new unit that was a merger between communication and networking operations.

Question 2: Environmental pressures experienced by Intel

Politically, the potential war with Iraq had affected Intel. In addition, the September 11, 2001 attacks also ...

Section 1

HIPAA Privacy Rule and Security Rule
The Privacy Rule applies to protected health information (PHI) or health information that can help identify an individual, created or received by covered entities (CE), which include health plans, clearinghouses, Medicare prescription drug sponsors, and health care providers who electronically transmit information. However, the employees of these covered entities are excluded from this while the business associates of these covered entities are subject to some provisions of the rule. The use and disclosure of PHI by the covered entities requires written authorization by the individual as it is governed by the Privacy Rule ...

This section follows the clear understanding of what the website is all about. The target audience have been selected and what needs to be on the webpage. After choosing the target audience, making a decision on which content for the audience is also important. Getting it right what the audience wants is a key component to designing a successful website. This section is going to detail the content and functional requirements of the website . This section helps in gathering the most important part of a website which is the content. The structure on how the website will be structure and organized will be ...

Introduction

The American Tool & Die key owners are considering shifting the location of their organization to a place close to the current emerging foreign automakers. Their former consumers are faced with the challenge of reduced demand that in turn affects the production at American Tool & Die. The AT &D leadership is, therefore, contemplating on the need to change in order to rescue the organization from financial turmoil’s, as well as closure of the company. Mueller plans to establish a fresh plant near the foreign automakers that are taking the market by storm and are potential consumers’ of AT & D products. Nevertheless, ...

1. Why FAC's CRM Is Different From Other Companies' CRMS?
AT FAC, the data warehouse (VISION), was created first and then this warehouse was used to populate its data mart. This is different from other companies where data marts for various departments are used to populate an enterprise-wide data warehouse.
2. What Is 'VISION'? In Your Own Words, Summarize the VISION Characteristics
Vision is a data warehouse that offers information on client buying preferences (such as attitudes), customer value positions while maintaining the general trends in customer behavior. VISION is a database structure that is extremely crucial and ...

Effective Strategic IT Planning

Most effective CIO strategy for effective strategic IT planning

About two decades ago, IT was considered by most corporations as an unnecessary expense that would, at best, reduce administrative costs in the long run. The impact that IT could have on process optimization and business development had not been thought of. However, by 2002, the contribution that IT could make to bottom line, revenue growth and attaining a competitive edge had been noted and acknowledged . Today, Enterprise Resource Planning or ERP solutions form an integral part of almost every business, small or big. Yet, despite widespread use of IT, implementation ...

Biography:

Creating a visual language with simple yet stunning white and black pictures seems to flow easy in the works of Hiroshi Sugimoto. Born in 1948 (Tokyo, Japan) he has proved to be a multi-faceted artist who is equally good in painting, installation and architecture apart from photography. His photography tries to capture the time and preserve it for the viewer. He has also explored several other themes such as empiricism, and metaphysics. In his works he tries to bridge the gap between what exists to a layman and how it can be transformed with a picture when laid in ...

Infrastructure

PayPal is one of the largest money transfer services in the world if not the largest. The company has customers from across the world and on a single day, millions of transactions involving money are carried out on this platform. There is no doubt that online money transfer is a very sensitive business especially in this modern era that has witnessed a higher proliferation of information technology and an increase in the number of cybercrimes such as hacking. The damages that PayPal would incur if its system was ever hacked would be enormous. Therefore, for a company of its size and that deals ...

Introduction

For over 50 years, Strong Tie Ltd has essentially focused on making structural products, which help individuals build stronger and safer buildings and homes. This company is among the largest suppliers of the structural building products throughout the world. The connectors that the company produces are typically steel devices, which customers use to support, strengthen, and connect the joints in the commercial and residential construction projects. These connectors enhance the durability and safety of the structures in which the customers install them and help in saving labor costs and time. In addition, the standardized connectors contribute to the structural ...

Introduction

Phase 1
Temporary structures for events are a common preference in the current world. They do not only offer a conducive environment but also provide flexible circumstances that accommodate performances and interaction. These temporary structures are often hired from established companies who take care of the erecting and general maintenance throughout the event. In reference to a wedding event that took place on Saturday, June 6, 2009 in Windermire, FL on Lake Down this paper focuses on the need for safety measures during such events. The wedding was organized on open air with the tent erected by a major rental company. There ...

Tesla Motors Incorporation is a company located in Silicon Valley. The company develops, produces, and sells electric vehicle powertrain elements and electric cars. In addition, the public company uses the symbol TSLA while trading on the NASDAQ stock exchange. Tesla Motors attained extensive attention by manufacturing the Tesla Roadster. This was the foremost complete electric sports car. The company has situated itself among the leading actors in America’s motor vehicle sector (Garcia-Valle and Lopes 33). This paper is a case study of Tesla Motors Incorporation and will look at the company’s objectives, customer scenario, Identifications of the nucleus of ...

TCP/IP Framework

TCP/IP stack is a set of hierarchically ordered network protocols. The name of the stack represents a combination of two major protocols – TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) and IP (Internet Protocol). Apart from them, there are dozens of different protocols in the stack. Currently, TCP/IP protocols are the main ones allowing the Internet existence, as well as functioning of the majority of corporate and local area networks.
The history of TCP/IP started in 1967, when the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) initiated development of computer network, which was to link a number of universities and research centers, performing orders for the ...

Assignment 1: Role of Leader

Assignment 1: Role of Leader
The case study discussed in this paper highlights different leadership and motivation theories and an understanding of roles, attitudes, and values to enhance these leadership skills. Business status, different purposes and goals of the leader to reach organizational success, is evaluated for the case study of Dunn Ski Emporium. Means of success are also discussed to highlight the significance of some steps by Joseph Dunn in attaining sustainability for business operations.
Dunn Ski Emporium is a business entity operational from 25 years and offers excellent services to both new and repeat clients. The company ...

SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT LIFECYCLE

Adler, P. S. (2012). Perspective—the sociological ambivalence of bureaucracy: from Weber via Gouldner to Marx. Organization Science, 23(1), 244-266.
This authors presented a different view of the functional/bureaucratic organization. The author argues that reports suggesting that the bureaucratic form of organizational structures are dead are mere exaggerations. The author content that there is a need to continue debating about the effects and functions of the functional organization. The author disagrees with the long-held view of the functional organization as inspired by Max Weber, which views bureaucratic organizations as inefficient. While using evidence from research, the author challenged ...

Financial discrepancies are part of the issues affecting companies today. It is worth noting that forensic investigation in a computerized work environment solves fraudulent activities. This process demands high-level expertise in forensic investigation. A forensic investigator uses various steps in investigating an employee computer. The forensic expert has to follow various steps during the investigation process. These include planning stage, gathering information stage, review process, and reporting. Investigation on employee computer is streamlined towards finding out the fraudulent activities, where and when it took place, identify those involved and quantify the monetary value of the fraud. Getting authorization to ...

Introduction

The purpose of this paper is to examine and analyze the given case study “Four Seasons goes to Paris”. The analysis of the given case study shows that Four Seasons is the leading names in luxury hotels. It has been established that Four Seasons renovate and brought changes in George V and started to operate it in 1999 as “Four Seasons Hotel George V Paris. During this entire process, the management of the hotel played an indispensable role in completely modifying the French market through diversity and outstanding standards. The report is intended to identify and discuss the problem ...

1. Introduction
The Enron collapse, occurred in October 2001, consequently caused the bankruptcy of the whole Enron Corporation, the world’s leading energy, commodities and services company, as well as the dissolution of Arthur Andersen, which was one of the top five largest audit and accountancy firms in the world. Noteworthy it was not only the largest bankruptcy proceeding in American history at that time, but also the most serious audit failure, so that one says, “Enron is fraud and fraud is Enron”. The rise of Enron was almost as fast as its failure. Actually, it was an ...

- Introduction
A compound light microscope represents two or more lens. The term compound refers to multiple or mixture. In compound light microscope built with binocular lens and objective lens. The binocular lens present near the eyepiece and objective leans near to nosepiece. The objective lens helps in enlargement of images and also to collect the light source. According to the requirement the objective lens also changes. In advanced compound light microscope the phase contrasts also possible. In earlier 1595 Zacharias Janssen invented the first light microscope using collapsing tubes. It produced a magnification of 9x. Now the magnification ...

- Hardware specification for server and client’s compatibility
The hardware requirements specification for server and client’s compatibility will involve network adaptor which consists of hardware and software that allows communication between interface and physical network as well as operating system to communicate with the interface. PCMI card, USB or Serial devices are some of the hardware choices. The firmware and operating system driver will be needed to run card and enhance communication with the device respectively.(Wepman,2014).For 100 clients(fewer than 250 users) in this case,1 single core CPU(2.13 GHz),2Gb of ...

Introduction

IT management is an important function for any organization. The way the IT services are managed will affect the outcome of the IT strategy and the role of the strategy to the overall management of an organization. This paper will focus on the management of IT services at Alcan Company. It will assess the current and new IT services management.

Advantages of the current IT management system

One of the advantages of the current IT management system is that each business function will invest for their IT systems. Changes will be easy to implement in the current management. This is because the business units are small ...

Alcan has no centralized IT management framework. As a matter of fact responsibility of IT is shared among various business groups. Every business entity functions independently with its own strategic IT plan, infrastructure needs, IT applications and services. The needs of the specific business group determine the IT objectives pursued by the organization. This culture of autonomy has been reinforced by mergers and acquisitions in its lifetime.
Autonomy in the management of IT services can be beneficial as well as detrimental. A decentralized management of IT services gives the organization absolute fief to design and tailor its IT services ...

Dell is a computer manufacturing company that has its products in about 90 countries across the world. The company’s main headquarters are in the United States. The company is very passionate in improving its services to its customers. The IT department of the company has cost the company about $ 1.2 Billion annually. The company has now reduced about half the total amount that was used in IT because of the new developments that are in place to better the company. The company has experienced great transformation through standardizing, simplifying and automating its IT infrastructure.
Conducting Dell activities in ...

Introduction.

This report aims to identify the sustainable technologies that could be developed in New Zealand, to solve energy problems that are experienced by the residents in different cities. This is a case study of New Zealand, which is an island country to the south west of the Pacific Ocean. Despite the comparatively low population and the abundance of natural resources, the country is still among the leading Importer of energy sources. The country is majorly dependent on fossil fuel, hydroelectric and geothermal power as a source of its energy for domestic and industrial use. The increasing gas prices and the overdependence ...

The Kraft Foods Group is a holding company involved in manufacturing and marketing branded foods and beverages. It is the world’s second largest food and beverage company that carries out its operations in more than 150 countries across the world. The powerful products from Kraft’s are created by strong brand image through innovation which enables the company to command a premium for its products. The company was established in 1903 by James L. Kraft in Chicago through the wholesale selling of cheese. It acquired other companies such as United Biscuit following the implementation of the internationalization strategy. The Kraft Foods ...

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Abstract

Strategic Management is a function of control, extended to long-term goals and actions of the company. Strategy Formulation (modus operandi) and its precise tools are the core of governance and an important sign of good management of the company.
Strategic management is a development and implementation of actions leading to long-term excess of the level of effectiveness of the company above the competition.

Strategy - the image of organizational actions and management approaches used to achieve organizational goals and objectives.

The five elements of the strategy (H. Mintzberg)
strategy as a plan;
strategy as the position;
strategy as a method;
strategy as a pattern of action;
strategy as a ...

Multiprocessor systems are systems in which there are multiple physical processors present on the computer system (Schauer, 2008). Multi-core processors, on the other hand refer to the presence of more than one virtual core on only one physical processor. For instance, if two virtual cores are present, this is called a duo-core single processor. Whereas a two-physical processor would rightly be referred to as a duo-processor system (Schauer, 2008).
Power efficiency, multi-core processors are more power efficient than single core processors. A dual core consumes less power when compared to two separate processors. This is because there is decreased need for ...

Arguably, Gothic culture is one of the subcultures that is found in the contemporary society. As a matter of fact, these subcultures are practiced and found in various countries in the world. In the contemporary society, Gothic subculture has come to mean various things, especially in the current age and time. Just like any other form of culture, Gothic subculture has various characteristics and styles that make them unique and distinguishable among other cultures. Gothic culture is a form of art that has various characteristics ranging from language, clothing, architecture, painting, religion, novels, as well as music. In general perspective, this ...

Introduction

The current paper relates topical issue of implementation of European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) for business excellence. For the purposes of this paper there was du Telecom chosen. Du Telecom is a telecommunications company located in UAE. Recently, the Company faced the issues related customers satisfaction and necessity to improve quality of the services provided. There was an assessment of criteria provided for the Company; benefits of implementing EFQM were outlined together with possible problems connected with implementation of the Model. Also, EFQM was compared to other business excellence models. Appropriate recommendations were developed on the basement of the ...

Dalton, Walton, & Carlton, Inc., a vibrant architecture firm, currently faces some challenges in terms of securing its It infrastructure and making it more effective. This paper presents the first steps in auditing the company’s virtualized environment and also its cloud computing and outsourced operations.

Auditing Virtualized Environments

When auditing virtualized environment for Dalton, Walton, & Carlton, Inc., I would start by documenting the overall virtualization management architecture including hardware and supporting network infrastructure (Davis, Schiller & Wheeler, 2011). To achieve this, I would review and discuss with the company’s systems administrator to ascertain that the management and document structures are in accordance with ...

Introduction

Alcan is a multinational mining company that has its headquarters in Montreal, Canada. It has made numerous mergers and acquisitions through the years, which has caused the disparity in the entire company’s IT infrastructure and IT initiatives (Dube, Bernier & Roy, 2009a). With the hiring of Robert Ouellete as the Vice-President of Corporate IT and later being appointed as Alcan’s Chief Information Officer, changes are implemented in Alcan’s IT culture where a shift is made “from a culture of decentralization to a culture of distributed collaboration” (Dube, Bernier & Roy, 2009b, p. 1).

In this regard, this paper discusses the ...