Client specification – what else we don’t know (yet) ?
We need to understand the company’s policy with regard to internet access. There is a clear need for all employees to be able to have external access to the ISP. But what about the other way – traffic originating on the internet? This is an important issue because traffic originating on the internet could represent a threat and therefore we would need to provide protection in the form of a firewall or some other security system.
We always need to know whether Artistic Design has a set of preferred suppliers and also the size of budget they are prepared to commit to building this network. The implication from the specification is that they currently do not have a network however, it is important to confirm this point. Also, what are their plans for the next 2 or 3 years? These would tell us something about expansion and the need to provide scalability in the network.