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You've been called in to recommend a server for a company that's opening a new office. You're meeting with the operations manager to get preliminary information about what the company needs and will make a recommendation for this new server's hardware and OS. List the top five questions you should ask the operations manager so that you can make the best recommendation.

3) CNT-Books want an affordable way to establish remote connections for its salespeople, who log on from customer sites all over the country, and its three branch offices. The company's main office is in Phoenix, AZ, and its branch offices are in Los Angeles, CA, Chicago, IL, and Orlando, FL. Explain what kind of connections the salespeople and branch offices should use and what kinds of services should be installed on the main office's network to keep communication costs to a minimum.

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Step-by-step explanation:

The following question could be asked:

  • What is the company's budget for the new server hardware?
  • What purpose would the server serve; email, web, print server, etc?
  • How much data would be stored on the server?
  • What kind of data operations would be done on the server?
  • What is the security level placed on the data stored on the server?

3. A Virtual Private network should be used by CNT-Books since it provides the needed infrastructure for remote connections by the salespeople. Services that could be installed to keep communication costs to a minimum includes;

  • Secure Hash Algorithms-256,
  • Advanced Encryption Standard-256.
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