Organization A: This is an insurance agency that has over 100,000 customers nationwide. They currently have about 5,000 employees and 2,000 of them are agents in the field with their own offices. This agency primarily sells life, auto and home policies.

Your last assignment for the company you have been working with since the first unit is to advise them on the type of network to set up for the organization. As the organization has expanded, they have outgrown their current network. They need a more reliable network in which it is much easier to access and share resources among their various offices/libraries and employees.

The owners of the organization would like you to write a memo that explains the types of hardware pieces the company will need for the network and the different types of networks available.

In addition to explaining this information the owners would like you to recommend one type of network for their business as it is currently and explain both the benefits and drawbacks to that network. (Be sure to address all relevant topics, i.e. topology, protocol and architecture.) Finally, the business has been in the process of negotiating to purchase a competitor. If this deal is made the size of the organization will triple. The owners need to know if the type of network will have to change if this purchase occurs and why. If it does need to change they want to know what type of network they will need with an explanation of benefits and drawbacks to that network.