Big E. Bank
Big E. Bank (BEB) has recently …show more content…
GC is a huge company with over one hundred branches spanning many countries, this implies that software compatibility is paramount. Buying a software package from one company has two huge advantages over splitting the purchase between vendors, mainly ensured compatibility and support. As the company is large and split up between countries, GC needs to be confident that the software is able to communicate with each other. Failure in this area means that each branch will be delayed in its response to customers possible data inconsistencies across branches. Support is another incentive to buy from a single company. Buying the software from a single company ensures that reliable and adequate support will be provided to GC in-case of a problem. Buying a package from two different companies means that support for the software will only be provided for the respective …show more content…
All the other points including New York, Providence and Philadelphia are 215, 50 and 307 miles away respectfully with Washington being 439 miles away. To cover such a vast space a combination of LAN, MAN and WAN networks are required to connect these areas. Within the five areas; Boston, New York, Providence, Washington DC and Philadelphia the local surrounding buildings are likely to be connected via a LAN, these LAN 's are then connected via a MAN to an internet backbone (BN). The MAN 's are then connected to each other and the BN via a WAN. The WAN spans a huge area and is what connects the MAN and BN 's