Architecture Impacts

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Information Technology Architecture is principally driven by the need to support enterprise applications and data access. Special consideration must be given to enable personal and workgroup productivity without compromising data integrity and business continuation. Architecture design must consider at least:

  1. Workgroup file servers with backup, archive and recovery capabilities.

  2. Workgroup level firewalls to control access to sensitive data such as is often shared within marketing, human resources, research, finance, and legal teams.

  3. Personal computer-based firewalls to assure network security within the corporate intranet, when connected to other corporate internets, and when connected to public networks.

  4. E-mail encryption at the desktop and e-mail gateways.

  5. Virus inoculation at the desktop, servers, and e-mail gateways.

  6. Remote diagnostics for personal computers.

  7. Public data networks with and without Virtual Private Network capabilities.

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