Question

The Sunshine Health Corporation has requested you evaluate their Scottsdale, Arizona facility. The original structure was built in 1965. The facility has undergone several remodels aesthetically, with no real infrastructure changes. The facility is wired with coaxial cable and RJ11 for telephone. In 1995 each office and the production facility were wired with Cat 3 cable. Much of this cabling still exists. In 2001, the executive offices were wired with Cat 5 cable.

Upon inspection, none of the old cabling has been removed. The main communications room where telephone and networking equipment is housed has access to all the old cabling which is unlabeled. The client would like you to assess a modification plan for bringing this facility up to speed. Their previous contractor purchased several networking devices and was never able to get the equipment to operate at capacity. In your preliminary report, it was stated that wiring would need to be brought up to current networking needs in order to make best use of existing equipment. It appears there will be some need for upgrading equipment also as the wrong equipment was purchased.

For this assignment develop a plan of action for cleaning up the wiring structure, laying new fiber cable where necessary, and present the idea of developing wireless LANs, and Wi-Fi capability throughout the facility. Please discuss also potential cost savings upon completion of a plan.

The building is two stories of offices in the front of the building covering approximately 20,000 square feet between both floors. The remainder of the building is just over 200,000 square feet of two story warehouse that is used for storage in the very back, and manufacturing production in the front part a warehouse. All sections of the warehouse must have Internet capability as well as Intranet connectivity.

The assignment is rather broad and speaking in general terms. Have fun with this though please address the key areas. You also submit a proposed budget for the wiring, equipment, installation and testing. The assignment should be 2-3 pages of content not counting title page, reference page or appendices (diagrams, budget sheet, equipment list, etc.). Please follow APA format and use credible supporting materials to make your case.

No price lists or a list of previously purchased equipment is provided.

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INTRODUCTION TO WRITING AT CSU-GLOBAL One of the primary goals of higher education at Colorado State University-Global Campus is to prepare students to be successful employees, leaders, and managers in their organizations and communities. Studies show that communication and analytical abilities are two of the top skills sought by employers (Hansen & Hansen, 2012). Employers seek employees who demonstrate the ability to "listen, write and speak effectively" (para. 6). The way employees communicate reflects who they are and how they represent their organizations. Strong communication skills ensure that all employees represent their organization in ways that promote respect and credibility. Employers also seek employees with strong analytical and research skills. CSU-Global assignments are designed to allow students to develop and practice these skills. Critical thinking skills are essential in assessing situations, incorporating multiple perspectives, identifying best practices, and defining key issues to be addressed. The CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA Requirements provides a structure to define foundational expectations and standards that foster and develop strong written communication skills. It also provides the structure highlighting appropriate citation skills to ensure that credit is awarded to original authors and sources are identified for additional research and follow-up. The CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA Requirements is based on the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th ed. This APA Guide provides information regarding writing as well as citation and reference criteria. It is the primary source for the CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA Requirements. It is expected that all CSU-Global students and faculty will adhere to these CSU-Global requirements unless otherwise indicated within a course syllabus. WHAT IS APA STYLE? The American Psychological Association (APA) style was developed to standardize writing practices for clarity in layout, punctuation, grammar, and reference citation. While APA formatting may seem complex, it will become easier once you familiarize yourself with the rules This guide includes the basics on how to properly cite commonly used source materials in APA

USING CREDIBLE MATERIAL FOR ASSIGNMENTS During your courses at CSU-Global, you will be asked to find scholarly or peer-reviewed articles for your assignments. Scholarly material is well researched and established by experts in a field of study, unlike popular magazines, trade magazines, newspapers, or informational websites. The information in non-scholarly material can sometimes be biased and opinionated due to the fact the material has not been researched, only reported. Therefore, this material along with information found on the Internet often needs to be evaluated to be sure of its credibility. Tools for evaluating materials for credibility can be found in the CSU-Global Library. Scholarly journals have a more formal structure and will have similar section headings: Literature Review Methodologies Results Conclusion Bibliography You can find scholarly or peer-reviewed journals by searching in the CSU-Global Library. Click the Scholarly Journals link under the How to Find section on the Library tab in Blackboard.

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY AND PLAGIARISM Students should refer to the Academic Catalog for policies regarding academic integrity and plagiarism. Plagiarism is a concern beyond the boundaries of the classroom. Plagiarism in the workplace demonstrates serious breaches in ethics and integrity with consequences that may include financial penalty to the employee or company, lawsuits, and dismissal from employment. Therefore, whether you use APA style or some other format, learning to give credit to your sources and to make appropriate use of research information is a critical academic and professional skill. CSU-Global expects each assignment to be the original work of the individual student. Approximately 80% of the content should be original thoughts, analysis, and paraphrasing written by the student. No more than 15-20% of the content should be quoted material (i.e. one quote per page). All content taken from sources, whether paraphrased or quoted directly, must be properly cited and referenced. Research should be incorporated to support your writing and analysis, not as a substitute for it. RE-USING AND RE-PURPOSING ONE'S OWN WORK CSU-Global assignments are designed to build professional skills, develop critical thinking, and ensure students are able to meet the learning outcomes of each course. In order to accomplish these goals, the re-use and re-purposing policy limits the amount of prior work that can be recycled or reapplied in either a repeated or subsequent course. No more than 20% of an assignment's content should consist of quoted material (from either an external source or your own previously submitted content) unless the student has obtained permission from their current instructor. This policy allows for use of a limited amount of prior research, data, or quotes while ensuring that up-to-date analysis and application are being made to address the unique course assignment and learning outcomes. When repeating a course, students should plan to submit newly created work.

SELF-PLAGIARISM As strange as it may seem, you are committing self-plagiarism if you reuse your work from previous classes without appropriate citation. If you have made a point or conducted research in one paper that you would like to build on in a later paper, you must cite yourself, just as you would cite the work of others. Remember, you can only use 20% of your own work in another paper. If you cite or quote your previous work, treat yourself as the author and your own previous course work as an unpublished paper, as shown below. For example, if Jane Doe wanted to cite a paper she wrote at CSU-Global in 2012, her in-text citation might look like this: Doe (2012) asserted that "diversity is an important part of leadership training" (p. 4) The reference citation would look like this: Doe, J. (2012). Diversity and leadership. Unpublished manuscript, Colorado State University-Global Campus, Greenwood Village, CO GOOD WRITING TIPS Additional information regarding good writing can be found in Chapter 3: Writing Clearly and Concisely of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th ed. as well as in the writing resources in the CSU-Global's Library website and the handout on Writing an Effective Essa As you prepare to write, clearly identify the questions or topic which you will be addressing narrow your focus, and check your final work to make sure you fully address each element of the assignment. Construct an outline to organize your goals. Include elements such as an introduction, thesis statement, body, and conclusion to help structure your work. Be clear and concise. Explain how and why something is important- how it benefits your audience, professional world, or addresses an issue. Focus on essential points that help educate and persuade your audience. Avoid wordiness, redundancy, repetition, and long complicated sentences

DISCUSSION BOARD REQUIREMENTS: Approach your discussion assignments as you would a conversation. You are expected to express your own thoughts and analysis regarding the topic or in response to discussion questions. Your posting should incorporate information from credible sources to support your statements. When posting responses and engaging with your classmates, ask questions that expand and continue the conversation. Dig deeper into the topic and perspectives presented to gain further understanding, more information that can be applied to real life situations, and insight into the thoughts and perspectives of others In-text citations as well as references must be met in all posts when required by course. WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT REQUIREMENTS: Click here to view a sample paper that meets all requirements for a written assignment at CSU-Global. Click here to access the template paper formatted in APA. Save the template paper as your own and replace the informational placeholders. One inch margins on all sides of the document. Double-space entire document, including the reference page Use Times New Roman, black font color, and size 12 font for the entire document, including the reference page. Include a separate title page with the following information. Centered in the top half of the page: (a) paper title, (b) student name, (c) course number and name of course, (d) name of institution, (e) name of instructor, (f) date submitted. All major words are capitalized and not bold. Insert the page numbers on the title page. Start with page 1 Insert running heads in the header of each page. The phrase "Running head:" (without quotation marks) should appear only on the title page with the first 50 characters (this includes spaces, but should not break up a word) of the paper's title in all caps. All subsequent

Use Times New Roman, black font color, and size 12 font for the entire document, including the reference page. Include a separate title page with the following information. Centered in the top half of the page: (a) paper title, (b) student name, (c) course number and name of course, (d) name of institution, (e) name of instructor, (f) date submitted. All major words are capitalized and not bold. Insert the page numbers on the title page. Start with page 1 Insert running heads in the header of each page. The phrase "Running head: (without quotation marks) should appear only on the title page with the first 50 characters (this includes spaces, but should not break up a word) of the paper's title in all caps. All subsequent pages should only have the 50 characters of the paper's title in all caps. Click here for instructions on how to format running headsrunning heads or you can use the template paper already formatted in APA. The title of the paper is repeated at the beginning of the body of paper, centered, major words capitalized, and not bold. This is not considered a header. Use headings within the body of the document. Please refer to the APA manual (p. 62) or Purdue OWL website http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/16/) for heading details. Indent all paragraphs five spaces to the right or 1/2 inch with no extra line space between paragraphs Refer to referenced authors by last name only throughout the body of document as APA believes believes using authors first names may lead to a gender bias. Spell out all phrases when first used in a document with the acronym in parenthesis after it Just the acronym can be used in subsequent uses Example: The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Motorola stated..

In-text citations should be used throughout body of document. For more information and examples, see page 5 of this guide. Directly quoted material should be cited to page number or paragraph number of where the quotation was found. See page 8 of this guide for examples and more information. Keep in mind that only 15-20% of your paper can be quoted (ie, one quote per page). Block formatting is required for quotes of 40 words or more. For a block quote, indent entire quote 5 space to the right or 1/2 inch, do not use quotation marks, and place the period at the end of the quote, not the citation. See examples on page 9 of this guide. Use a page break (common feature in word processing software) to create a new page for reference citations. The word "References" should be centered at the top, not bold, and should not have any punctuation. References are double spaced and in hanging indent format and in alphabetical order. For more information and examples, see page 10 of this guide POWERPOINT, WEBSITES, BUSINESS-STYLE LETTERS/MEMOS/REPORTS REQUIREMENTS: Click here for a sample PowerPoint cited in APA format. Follow your assignment instructions for these types of documents. In-text and referenced citations should be used when source material is included. If you include a image from the Internet, you should include the source information below image (Example Source: http://www.website.com) If the information on the entire slide is from one source, you may put the in-text citation at the bottom of the slide. If the information on the slide is from various sources, each bullet should have an in-text citation of the source

IN-TEXT CITATIONS When you use information from a source whether it is a website, book, article, etc., you need to give the author/source credit. There are two ways of giving credit to a source within the body of your document Paraphrasing Restating the author's information in your own words . Quoting-Using the exact words from a source Paraphrased Parenthetical Citation When using research without referencing the author directly in the content, a parenthetical citation is used. One Author Note that the in-text citation is included before the period and includes only the author's last name and the year of the published work In-text citation: All ants crawl (Jones, 2009) Reference citation: Jones, J. (2009). Traveling ants. Journal of Ants, 33(2), 3-6

Two Authors An ampersand (&) is used to separate the authors' last names in the parentheses, followed by the year of publication. In-text citation: All ants crawl (Jones & Thomas, 2009) Reference citation: Jones, J, & Thomas, T. (2009). Everything you wanted to know about ants Anchorage, AK: Creepy Crawly Publishers. More than Two Authors If three to five authors are present for a source, list all of them in the first in-text citation then just the first listed author and et al. in subsequent citations. Include the publication year in all citations. If six or more authors are present, list first author and et al. for all citations. First in-text citation: All ants crawl (Jones, Thomas, & Dixon, 2009) All subsequent citations: Snakes actually slither (Jones et al, 2009) Reference citation: Jones, J., Thomas, T., & Dixon, D. (2009). The big book of ants and snakes. Anchorage, AK: Creepy Crawly Publisher. No Author &Corporate Author If no author is listed, which is more common with websites and electronic sources, list the corporate author or content owner followed by the year. However, if you cannot find who is responsible for the content of the material, then you would use the first two or three words of a title of the source with quotation marks around those words. You would also capitalize all the major words for the in-text citation. Make sure there is a comma within the quotation marks.

No Author & Corporate Author If no author is listed, which is more common with websites and electronic sources, list the corporate author or content owner followed by the year. However, if you cannot find who is responsible for the content of the material, then you would use the first two or three words of a title of the source with quotation marks around those words. You would also capitalize all the major words for the in-text citation. Make sure there is a comma within the quotation marks. Corporate author in-text citation: All ants crawl (World Wildlife Federation, 2009) No author in-text citation: ("Why Ants," 2009) Corporate reference citation: World Wildlife Federation. (2009). Crawling animals of the world. Retrieved from http://www.worldwildlifefederation.org No author reference citation: Why ants crawl. (2009). Retrieved from http://www.creepycrawlythings.com Personal Communication If the information comes from an unpublished source, such as an interview or an email communication, include the author's first initial, address it as a personal communication, and list the complete date. NOTE: personal communications citations are only in the text of your paper and NOT in your reference list. All ants crawl (T. Long, personal communication, April 2, 2012)

Paraphrased Narrative Citation It is also common to reference authors within the actual content of a paper to acknowledge specific ideas and information of their previous work and research. One Author Include the author's last name as a part of the sentence, followed immediately by the year of publication in parenthesis. In-text citation: Jones (2009) stated that all ants crawl. Reference citation: Jones, J. (2009). Traveling ants. Journal of Ants, 33(2), 3-6 Two Authors Citation for two authors is the same as a single author with both last names listed. NOTE: When used as a part of the sentence the word 'and' is used (unlike the parenthetically citation that uses an ampersand) In-text citation: Jones and Thomas (2009) stated that all ants crawl. Reference citation: Jones, J, & Thomas, T. (2009). Everything you wanted to know about ants. Anchorage, AK: Creepy Crawly Publishers. More than Two Authors If three or more authors are present for a source, list all of them in the first citation then just the first listed author and et al. in subsequent citations. For six or more authors, use et al. for all citations. All instances include the publication year in parenthesis immediately following the author's last names. First in-text citation: Jones, Thomas, and Dixon (2009) stated that all ants crawl.

More than Two Authors If three or more authors are present for a source, list all of them in the first citation then just the first listed author and et al. in subsequent citations. For six or more authors, use et al. for all citations. All instances include the publication year in parenthesis immediately following the author's last names. First in-text citation: Jones, Thomas, and Dixon (2009) stated that all ants crawl All subsequent citations: Jones et al. (2009) also argued that snakes actually slither. Reference citation: Jones, J, Thomas, T., & Dixon, D. (2009). The big book of ants and snakes. Anchorage, AK: Creepy Crawly Publishers. No Author & Corporate Author For websites and other sources where no author is listed, include the corporate author or content owner as a part of the sentence immediately followed by the year in parenthesis. However, if there is no author found, then you would not use a narrative citation. In-text citation: World Wildlife Federation (2009) conclude that all ants crawl Reference citation: World Wildlife Federation. (2009). Crawling animals of the world. Retrieved from