MM2004
12-01-2006, 07:49 PM
During the past 2 years at my job, I have been in charge of all communications within our building as Operations Analyst.
We have grown to ~210 people with about 20 more expected to be hired within the next month or 2.
With an expansion underway, myself and many others a lot more knowledgeable than I, have finally admitted that the network infrastructure is not only antiquated, but riddled with issues and quite simply cannot efficiently handle what is being asked of it. :o
A conference call this morning with our LAN/WAN designers, outlined the path we are going to take in proposing to the business unit an entire network refresh of our building.
:beer:
Others involved are also going to propose we migrate our current phone system over to VOIP as well.
With the addition of our new servers and rack coming in the next week or so, this is very exciting news for me and our facility.
This refresh will include all new switches and routers in our MDF, as well as all switches in the 4 IDF's throughout the plant, including the wireless infrastructure.
Consideration is also being given to replace all of the existing CAT5e with CAT6, and going to a Gigabit connection. :eek:
We are gaining another 24,000 sq. ft. in January, and all of the people involved in this proposal, are scrambling to prepare for our presentation next week. Myself included.
This is a much needed upgrade, and very important to me and our building.
Much needed knowlege and experience for me to be gained here that would also place us as a benchmark for our sister plants throughout the country.
Man, I hope we are successful in making this a reality.
Well, back to work. :burnout:
Mike.
We have grown to ~210 people with about 20 more expected to be hired within the next month or 2.
With an expansion underway, myself and many others a lot more knowledgeable than I, have finally admitted that the network infrastructure is not only antiquated, but riddled with issues and quite simply cannot efficiently handle what is being asked of it. :o
A conference call this morning with our LAN/WAN designers, outlined the path we are going to take in proposing to the business unit an entire network refresh of our building.
:beer:
Others involved are also going to propose we migrate our current phone system over to VOIP as well.
With the addition of our new servers and rack coming in the next week or so, this is very exciting news for me and our facility.
This refresh will include all new switches and routers in our MDF, as well as all switches in the 4 IDF's throughout the plant, including the wireless infrastructure.
Consideration is also being given to replace all of the existing CAT5e with CAT6, and going to a Gigabit connection. :eek:
We are gaining another 24,000 sq. ft. in January, and all of the people involved in this proposal, are scrambling to prepare for our presentation next week. Myself included.
This is a much needed upgrade, and very important to me and our building.
Much needed knowlege and experience for me to be gained here that would also place us as a benchmark for our sister plants throughout the country.
Man, I hope we are successful in making this a reality.
Well, back to work. :burnout:
Mike.