Riordan Manufacturing

1. Assessment

To remain competitive in an ever-dynamic environment, Riordan Manufacturing must stay current with the latest technology, recent developments in the industry, and attend to the needs of its customers. After Riordan manufacturing CIO’s and other employees, Riordan manufacturing telecommunications and data networking systems require an upgrade to a better support of the companies recent and future growth needs.

Team A has its investigation by gathering information on the existing network system. Based on the diagrams provided, we have an inventory of existing hardware and evaluate the security of the protocols for Wide Area Network (WAN) and Local Area Network (LAN) connections at each location. The current model in the network is a server-based (client / server-) design. Each site is dedicated hardware (server) for dealing with the application requests from the workstations. All locations for more than 10 users. (Greg, Tittel, & Johnson, 2004) In the examination of networking Schematics, we noticed that the graphics and the logical design were outdated, they were not with the actual physical implementation. The current network consists of aging and obsolete technology and equipment, cabling CAT3, eg, hubs, Windows 98 and NT Server workstations. Two of the four plants employ firewalls are not on the networks, and two sides had firewalls, prior to their router. Limited information available on the port, router configurations, and security software. Another drawback is that the bandwidth is limited between the sites. Read the rest of this entry »

Riordan Manufacturing

Riordan Manufacturing is a worldwide plastics manufacturer employing 550 persons with projected yearly earnings of $46 million. The company is entirely owned by Riordan Manufacturing Industries, a Fortune 1000 enterprise with revenues in excess of $1 billion.

The company’s development and research is done at the company headquarters in San Jose. Its products contain custom plastic parts produced at its plant in Pontiac, plastic beverage containers produced at its plant in Albany, plastic fan parts produced at its facilities in Hang Zhou China, Georgia, and Michigan. Riordan’s major customers are aircraft manufacturers, automotive parts manufacturers, appliance manufacturers, beverage makers and bottlers, and the Department of Defense.

Riordan Manufacturing Mission

Riordan Manufacturing Focus is industry leaders in using polymer materials to provide solutions to our customer’s challenges. Six Sigma, leading edge R&D and exceeding ISO 9000 standards define the attitude and abilities of Riordan Manufacturing. Read the rest of this entry »

Riordan Manufacturing is a worldwide plastics manufacturer employing 550 persons with future yearly earnings of $46 million. The corporation is completely owned by Riordan Industries, a luck 1000 enterprise with revenues in surplus of $1 billion. Linked via a Wide Area Network (WAN) it maintains amenities in Georgia, Albany, Michigan, Pontiac, China, and Hang Zhou.

Due to Riordan manufacturing current cliental issue relating to Information System Security Assurance arose. To address this issue Mars Inc. has been contracted by Riordan Manufacturing, as a network consultant, to give input on the growth of Riordan’s IT infrastructure. It is the work of Mars Inc. to identifying any network, physical, web security, data security, and/or any other issue or concern that might exist and make the good recommendation to Riordan Manufacturing.

The company’s development and research is complete at the business head office in San Jose, Ca. Riordan’s major clientele are automotive aircraft manufacturers, parts manufacturers, beverage makers, bottlers, the Department of Defense, and appliance manufacturers.