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CIS 505 Week 2 Assignment 1 Standards Research (2 Papers)
CIS 505 Week 4 Case Study 1 Florida Department of Management
Services, Part I (2 Papers)
CIS 505 Week 3 Assignment 2 Requirements for the Corporate
Computing Function (2 Papers)
CIS 500 Week 6 Case Study 2 ING Life (2 Papers)
CIS 505 Week 5 Assignment 3 Elastic and Inelastic Traffic (2 Papers)
CIS 505 Week 8 Assignment 4 Services in Your Area (2 Papers)
CIS 505 Week 7 Case Study 3 Carlson Companies (2 Papers)
CIS 505 Week 9 Assignment 5 Wireless Technology (2 Papers)
CIS 505 Week 10 Term Paper Networking (2 Papers)
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CIS 505 Week 1 Discussion 1 Trends in
Communications and Networking

CIS 505 Week 1 Discussions
DQ1
Trends in Communications and Networking. Please respond to the
following:
Compare the direction of current and past trends in both
communication and networking and explain how these changes have
impacted business.
Analyze why the burden on managers is greater today than in
previous years when it comes to using technology efficiently. Give
two examples that defend this claim.
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CIS 505 Week 1 Discussion 2 Understanding
Response Time
CIS 505 Week 1 Discussion 2
Understanding Response Time. Please respond to the following:

Identify an acceptable system response time for interactive
applications. Compare how this response time relates to an acceptable
response time for Websites.
Suggest two real-world examples of user and system response times
that demonstrate their importance and significance.
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CIS 505 Week 2 Assignment 1 Standards
Research (2 Papers)
This Tutorial contains 2 Papers
Assignment 1: Standards Research
The following Website may be used for reference to complete this
assignment. The Website represents an electronic document titled
“Standards Organizations” written by William Stallings (2009),
located at
http://www.box.net/shared/9dtnzvwys8/1/15730219/164146343/1.
Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:
Select one (1) of the working groups in the IETF or IEEE and briefly
summarize what this group is working on.
Justify the need of the IEEE 802 standard used in networking.
Evaluate the three (3) standard organizations including IEEE, ISO,
and ANSI to determine the most important for communication
technology.

Take a position on the need for a federal regulating body of standards
such as NIST. Include supporting evidence to justify your opinion.
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:
Describe the needs of communication networks in a business
environment.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in
communication networks.
Write clearly and concisely about communication networks using
proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.
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CIS 505 Week 2 Discussion 1Mainframes
Mainframes. Please respond to the following:

Take a position on the following statement, “Mainframe computers
are still needed even though personal computers and workstations
have increased in capabilities.” Defend your position by providing at
least one example to support your position.
Analyze the differences between distributed data processing and
centralized data processing. Provide an example of each. Then
compare each to the processing used in cloud computing.
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CIS 505 Week 2 Discussion 2Circuit Switching
and Packet Switching
Circuit Switching and Packet Switching. Please respond to the
following:
Cite two examples of a circuit switch and packet switch environment.
Base one example on a circuit switch and the other on a packet
switch. Describe the trade-off between the two technologies and the
reason why packet switching is more appropriate for the Internet.
Assuming your daily routine stayed the same, speculate the problems
you would have if the Internet didn’t exist. Speculate the problems of
a familiar organization given the same scenario.
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CIS 505 Week 3 Assignment 2 Requirements for
the Corporate Computing Function (2 Papers)

Assignment 2: Requirements for the Corporate Computing Function
Your new corporate CIO has devised a nine-point mission statement
for the company. As one of the operations managers in the
department, you have received a memo on the new policy and an
associated task. The CIO wants to address the new strategy in a three-
phase rollout plan and wants your feedback on LAN and MAN
technology. Refer to Table 3.1 in Chapter 3 of the textbook for the
nine points of the mission statement.
From Table 3.1, speculate why the fifth point, “Meet information
requirements of management”, is in the CIO’s list of nine (9) points.
Imagine only three (3) points are to be rolled out in the first phase.
Evaluate each point to determine the most important three (3) for the
initial rollout phase.
Recommend one (1) additional point the CIO should include in order
to ensure the topic ofsecurity is addressed in the mission statement.
Explain your rationale for the inclusion.
Use at least four (4) quality resources in this assignment.Note:

with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or
school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional
instructions.
required page length.
assignment are:
Describe the needs of communication networks in a business
environment.
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CIS 505 Week 3 Discussion 1 IPv6 Adoption
IPv6 Adoption. Please respond to the following:
Take a position on the idea of IPv6 being hailed as the next generation
of the Internet. Support your response with evidence or examples.

Critique the adoption and deployment of IPv6, and determine the
security and networking issues associated with this process.
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CIS 505 Week 3 Discussion 2 Fat Clients and
Servers
Fat Clients and Servers. Please respond to the following:
Provide a scenario in which the use of fat servers would be preferred
over the use of fat clients. Describe why fat servers, rather than fat
clients, should be used in your scenario.
Compare the pros and cons of Intranets to those of the Internet from
an organizational perspective. Suggest one way to integrate the two
and the benefits this may bring.
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CIS 505 Week 4 Case Study 1 Florida
Department of Management Services Part I (2
Papers)

Case Study 1: Florida Department of Management Services, Part I
Read the case study titled “Florida Department of Management
Services Part I” found at the end of Chapter 5. Refer to the DMS
Website, located athttp://www.dms.myflorida.com, for further
reference.
Analyze the security mechanisms needed to protect the DMS systems
from both state employees and users accessing over the Internet.
Critique the transition process performed by the DMS in the case
study. Then, recommend two (2) alternatives to the IP infrastructure
or applications not already mentioned in the case study.
Critique the merits of the major services found on the DMS Website.
Recommend an additional service to add to the DMS Website.
instructions.
assignment are:

Compare and contrast among local area and wide area network
technologies and architectures.
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CIS 505 Week 4 Discussion 1HTTP and
HTTPS
HTTP and HTTPS. Please respond to the following:
Analyze the current uses of HTTP and HTTPS, and predict the future
outlook for both protocols. Describe any foreseen changes in the
frequency or way each protocol is used.
Identify the various uses for HTTP and HTTPS, and justify the use of
one over the other. Include two examples to demonstrate the use of
each protocol.
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CIS 505 Week 4 Discussion 2Elastic and
Inelastic

Elastic and Inelastic. Please respond to the following:
Provide three examples of inelastic traffic not discussed in the text
and validate their inclusion as inelastic.
Analyze the characteristics of elastic traffic to determine why this is
used on the Internet.

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CIS 505 Week 5 Assignment 3 Elastic and
Inelastic Traffic (2 Papers)
Assignment 3: Elastic and Inelastic Traffic
Outline a plan for the development of an addressing and naming
model in an environment of the following scenario:
Ten (10) departments in a 1,000-employee organization
Equal separation by geography
Use a common data center of twenty (20) backend enterprise servers
Analyze the functional problems of throughput, delay, and packet loss
as it pertains to your plan.
Analyze and explain how you would use DNS in your plan.
Compose a two-paragraph executive summary highlighting the main
points of your plan.

Use at least three (3) quality resources in this
assignment.Note:Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as
quality resources.
instructions.
assignment are:
Describe the protocols and foundations of the Internet.
Develop a communication networking infrastructure plan to address
and solve a proposed business problem.
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CIS 505 Week 5 Discussion 1 Routing and
Switching Selection Criteria

Routing and Switching Selection Criteria. Please respond to the
following:
Compare and contrast distance-vector and link state routing, and
analyze the limitations that would prevent the usage of each.
Choose the method best suited for designing a new routing protocol
for a LAN architecture. Justify your decision.
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CIS 505 Week 5 Discussion 2 Transmission
Medium
Transmission Medium. Please respond to the following:
Suggest a way to improve the way LLC and MAC are used for LAN
operation.
Evaluate guided and unguided transmission medium to determine
which you would use to design a new facility.
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CIS 505 Week 6 Case Study 2 ING Life (2
Papers)

Case Study 2: ING Life
Read the case study titled “ING Life” found at the end of Chapter 7.
Assess the probable difficulties and risks associated with using a
public infrastructure such as the Internet as part of a business solution.
Analyze ING’s solution for providing security to determine if the
solution is adequate or inadequate. Provide a rationale for your
answer.
Critique the extranet solution and recommend one (1) change to the
solution to provide better connectivity to brokers.
Use at least two (2) quality resources in this assignment.Note:
instructions.

assignment are:
Compare and contrast among data communication technologies that
include transmission media, data link control protocols, and
multiplexing.
Use technology and information resources to
research issues in communication networks.
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CIS 505 Week 6 Discussion 1 Ethernet Options
Ethernet Options. Please respond to the following:
Compare the advantages of ATM and Gigabit Ethernet technologies
as high-speed networking solutions. Describe how to migrate from
Fast Ethernet to Gigabit Ethernet, and to 10-Gbps Ethernet.
Compare and contrast the advantages of Fast Ethernet, Gigabit
Ethernet, and 10-Gbps Ethernet.
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CIS 505 Week 6 Discussion 2 Wireless LAN
Wireless LAN. Please respond to the following:
Analyze the characteristics of wireless LANs and assess the security
concerns of this technology in organizations such as universities or
hospitals. Identify additional areas of concern for organizations that
implement a wireless LAN. Then, explain whether the
implementation of a WAN would solve these problems. Explain your
rationale.
Rank the following IEEE 802.11 standard addresses in order of
importance with the first one being the most important. Justify the
reason for your chosen order.
Association
Re-association
Disassociation
Authentication
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CIS 505 Week 7 Case Study 3 Carlson
Companies (2 Papers)

Case Study 3: Carlson Companies
Read the case study titled “Carlson Companies” found at the end of
Chapter 10.
Assess how the Carlson SAN approach would be implemented in
today’s environment.
Compare the pros and cons of consolidating data on a SAN central
data facility versus the dispersed arrangement it replaces.
Evaluate the issues raised from the Carlson SAN mixing equipment
from a number of vendors and determine the management options for
dealing with this type of situation.
Justify the reduction of administration and management of storage
networking through Carlson’s IP SAN.
Assess how cloud computing could be used by Carlson instead of a
SAN. Create a diagram using Visio or its open source alternative
software to illustrate the use of cloud computing.Note: The
graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page
length.
instructions.

assignment are:
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CIS 505 Week 7 Discussion 1 Circuit Packet
Switching and VPNs
Circuit Packet Switching and VPNs. Please respond to the following:
From the e-Activity, analyze at least one major advantage of private
networks and the impact it creates for a communication technology
organization. Be sure to provide your source either as an article or
URL.
From the e-Activity, compare three VPN services available to
organizations to determine the primary differences among each.

Discuss the pros and cons of each VPN service and suggest the type
of organization that would best fit each network provider.
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CIS 505 Week 7 Discussion 2 ATM and Frame
Relay
Week 7 DQ 2
ATM and Frame Relay. Please respond to the following:
Compare the advantages and disadvantages of ATM to those of frame
relay. Recommend the superior technology and explain your
rationale.
Suppose you are in charge of selecting ATM or frame relay as a
WAN alternative for your technological needs of a communication
technology organization. Choose one of the WAN alternatives and
justify your decision.
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CIS 505 Week 8 Assignment 4 Services in Your
Area (2 Papers)

Assignment 4: Services in Your Area
Research DSL and cable modem services available closest to your
community. You may use neighboring communities or regions if your
community does not have access to DSL or cable modem services.
Researched material must be focused on the technical aspects of DSL
and cable modem services. Marketed documents, white papers, or
other advertisements may not be used for the completion of this
assignment.
Identify the DSL and cable modem services referenced in this
assignment and the region(s) in which they operate.
Create a diagram of the DSL and Cable Modem connections to your
ISP, cable organization, and telecom to your home router using Visio
or its open source alternative software.Note: The graphically depicted
solution is not included in the required page length.
Compare and evaluate the speeds of DSL and cable modem that you
researched.
Compare and evaluate the cost of DSL and cable modem that you
researched.
Compare and evaluate the reliability of DSL and cable modem that
you researched.
Recommend DSL or cable modem based on the previous comparison
and evaluation of services available closest to your region. Explain
your recommendation.

instructions.
assignment are:
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CIS 505 Week 8 Discussion 1 Satellite
Communication
Satellite Communication. Please respond to the following:

Justify the circumstances in a business situation in which you would
use GEOS, LEOS, and MEOS.
Discuss the business applications currently being used to support
VSAT.
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CIS 505 Week 8 Discussion 2 Data
Transmission
Data Transmission. Please respond to the following:
Compare the four items related to channel capacity: data rate,
bandwidth, noise, and error rate. Determine the most important and
justify its significance over the remaining items.
Describe real-world examples of attenuation and white noise.
Examine the effect on the information-carrying capacity of the link
and present a way to avoid these types of interruptions.
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CIS 505 Week 9 Assignment 5 Wireless
Technology (2 Papers)

Assignment 5: Wireless Technology
There are a number of cellular phone companies each serving their
own unique geographical areas. Likewise, they each may use a
different technology to transfer communication. Research the pros
and cons 3G and 4G technologies and its role in today’s applications.
Compare the pros and cons of 3G and 4G technology to determine the
best uses of 3G and 4G technology in today’s applications.
Describe how an enterprise would use 3G, 4G, WWAN, and WIAMX
to improve business. Explain why they would use one (1) solution
over the remaining three (3).
Analyze the changes in 4G technology since the printing of the
textbook in 2009 and identify those of importance for a user of 4G
technology.
Take a position on the following statement, “Wireless application
protocol is a necessity for wireless communication organizations and
their users.” Then, explain your position with supporting evidence.
instructions.

assignment are:
proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions
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CIS 505 Week 9 DQ 1 Digital Transmission
Week 9 DQ 1
Digital Transmission. Please respond to the following:
Compare and contrast the data communication technologies of guided
media and unguided media. This should include transmission media,
data link control protocols, and multiplexing.
Compare digital transmission to analog transmission to determine the
advantages of digital transmission. Provide at least one example to
support your response.
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CIS 505 Week 9 DQ 2 T-1 Lines

Week 9 DQ 2
T-1 Lines. Please respond to the following:
From the e-Activity, analyze the multiplexing techniques of DSL and
cable modem Internet and suggest the one you prefer. Explain your
decision.
Compare and contrast the use of leased lines in a WAN or LAN
setting. Then recommend what you would use if you were a CIO.
Support your response with evidence or examples.
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CIS 505 Week 10 Discussion 1Employee
Monitoring
CIS 505 Week 10 Discussion Question
DQ1
Employee Monitoring. Please respond to the following:

Take a position on the ethical concerns raised by employees who are
upset about organizations monitoring their email or Internet access for
security purposes. Assess whether you believe it is fair for an
employee to undergo this type of surveillance.
Suggest an alternative approach for an organization to control security
without monitoring employee actions.
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CIS 505 Week 10 Discussion Question DQ
2Computer Security
CIS 505 Week 10 Discussion Question
DQ 2
Computer Security. Please respond to the following:
From the e-Activity, discuss two security issues related to the
researched technologies.
Select a Wi-Fi device you are familiar with and analyze the security
protection currently implemented on the device. Speculate whether
the protection on the selected device is sufficient for the data it
contains.
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CIS 505 Week 10 Term Paper Networking (2
Papers)

Term Paper: Networking
Select one (1) of the following topics in which you will base your
responses in the form of a term paper:
Network Neutrality
0
Wireless Technology
Broadband Convergence
S. Telecommunication Policy
Internet Security
IPv6
WWAN
WLAN
DNSSEC
WAN
Write a ten to fifteen (10-15) page paper in which you:
Compose an executive summary highlighting the paper’s contents and
reasoning for your chosen topic.
Conduct a SWOT analysis by analyzing the strengths, weaknesses,
application opportunities, and threats from competitors of the chosen
topic.

Evaluate the current ethical and legal concerns surrounding your
topic.
Select one (1) ethical or legal concern surrounding your topic, take a
position on the issue, and provide rationale.
Analyze the improvements over the last two (2) years to your
communication technology topic, and suggest an improvement based
on its current usage.
Predict the future role of the communication technology you’ve
selected for both personal and commercial use.
Create a diagram that illustrates the communication structure of your
chosen technology in Visio or its open source alternative
software.Note: The graphically depicted solution is not included in
the required page length.
Use at least eight (8) quality resources in this assignment.Note:
instructions.
assignment are:
Evaluate the ethical concerns that communication networks raise in a
global context.
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CIS 505 Week 11 Discussion Question 2
Course Wrap-Up
Course Wrap-Up. Please respond to the following:
Discuss how you can apply at least four of the weekly course learning
outcomes throughout this course to your professional or personal life.
Select your favorite technology discussed in this course. Imagine
today’s world without that technology. Explain the issues and impact
this change would make.
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CIS 505 Week 11 Discussion Questions Future
Outlook

Future Outlook. Please respond to the following:
Of the numerous forms of communication technologies presented in
this course, predict the first form of technology to be phased out by a
newer and improved technology. Explain the limitations of this
technology and the reason for its speculated obsolesce.
Speculate the technology that will replace the previously mentioned
technology above. Describe the features, capabilities, or basic
advantages this technology will have over its predecessor.
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