Assignment: Performance Architecture Paper

Evaluate network management components on a global scale.

Write a 2- to 3-page paper that evaluates and discusses the following:

• Impacts of Performance Management

• Configuration Management, Accounting Management, Fault Management, and Security Management on decisions related to global network architecture. Explain the importance of each of these areas, specifically identifying their impacts in business decisions as it pertains to the company's network design. When would you consider outsourcing?

Learning Team: Service Level Agreements and Quality of Service Evaluation

Determine the necessary Service Level Agreements (SLA) needed from your carrier services, along with the quality of service expectations required. Consider how the SLA will affect business and how you will measure performance against the SLA.

Complete the following sections of the final report this week, which must be 1.5 to 2 pages:

• Determine appropriate protocols to ensure needed quality of service, which will allow for needed priorities in the organization.
• Identify and describe the use of tools for measuring quality of service.
• Identify terms that must be included in the service-level agreement to ensure quality of service is maintained.