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ACME retail has 38 locations spread out across Ave US states and two provinces in Canad
a. They are looking to grow 20% over the next two years. They have an HO with a staff of 200
employees. The organization has eight Regional Managers and two VPs who work from home and
the road. Stores typically have 17 employees on average per location.
The two warehouses have a remote loading system and 20 employees each to load the trucks and
fulfill the online orders. The warehouse has 40-foot ceilings and large metal racks to store inventory.
The main location is 240K sq ft (22300 st) m) and the Canadian warehouse Is 130K sq ft (12100 sq ml.
The forkllfts on the loading docks are equipped with a wireless tablet on board.
A typical store Is reportedly about 60.000 sq ft (5575 sqm) and smaller stores are planned at 25.000
sq ft '2320 sq mi. The locations need to expand the abilities to vendors that need to add setup
displays or Interactive kiosks in the stores. The current Infrastructure was installed In 2015 and used
wireless N technology in a coverage model. The wiring is CatS. and they are unsure of the fiber
connections. The inventory is all placed on the floor when it is delivered to the local store.
Inventory control is handled through Zebra barcode scanners, and they have had a lot of issues in
getting signals throughout the stores and this makes monthly inventory difficult. The organization has
a small help desk to troubleshoot issues that happen at the retail locations and PC support for the
office. The company is looking to upgrade away from the current pbx system later this year. With the
need to grow and cut costs, they are interested in moving the data to the cloud but need to get
almost real-time inventory control for the online service to function.
The network has all been wired over the last ten years, but with the new systems being all wireless,
they have seen the trend to offer wireless to all the vendors for their needs but also would like to
allow employees, guests, and contractors all to use it. With the new IT director starting next week,
the project has been set by the CTO of the company. The marketing group has asked how they can
interact with the customers and get more info, while the IT support desk needs to cut staff in halt.
The. office has an MDF and two IDFs located on floors one and two. The HOF is in the basement, and
you have multiple WAN circuits for the HO links. Each store has a local handoff from the cable
company (ethernet) In the middle of the store in the office, so distance for the wiring is not an issue.
The customer has budget concerns but does want something that could last 7+ years.
The customer would like to host all the applications at the HO Data Center. Which design would meet
the customer's requirements?
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