Case Study 3: Carlson Companies
William Garnett
Dr. Roy Fume
CIS505: Communication Technologies
August 13, 2015
Carlson Companies, a private company known for its existence in marketing, business, leisure travel, and the hospitality industries, has over 180,000 employees across the United States. Carlson Shared Services, the Information Technology (IT) division, provides services to its internal clients and thus must support a wide range of applications and services. In 2002, the IT division decided to implement a storage area network (SAN) that in turn would meet the six (6) goals established in order to meet the needs of a growing company.
Carlson SAN Approach
The Carlson SAN approach in today’s environment can be assessed by the preparation, impact and benefits obtained by Carlson in using such an approach. Carlson established six (6) essential goals reliant on data and applications that would ensure the IT services provided continued to meet the needs of a growing company. In order to meet those goals, implementing a storage area network (SAN) that “provided a reliable, highly scalable facility to accommodate the increasing demand of its users” (Stallings, 2009) was vital in the potential success. In terms of the positive impact on the business and advantages associated with this approach, Carlson was able to enjoy the lowered cost Ethernet switches, which requires lower-cost management and maintenance as opposed to the Fiber Channel switches used in the
1. Description of the service-summary In an attempt to provide end users with a well maintained network storage that would be easily accessible from any location while maintaining a secured connection. To provide an environment to minimize the use and maintenance of local servers, server space, connectivity, and redundancy.
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