Future Considerations

Some enhancements that can be considered in the future for the Venti Systems network include the following:

• Implementing a disaster recovery plan and solution, which can include off-site network devices and servers hosted by a service provider

• Multihoming (having multiple connections) to the Internet

• Expanding IP telephony to the Seattle and sales offices

• Using wireless IP phones within the Toronto office

• Installing a software-based IP phone on users' laptops to allow VoIP calls

• Implementing a wireless solution in the Seattle office

• Using radio frequency identification (RFID) for an inventory system in Seattle

• Implementing storage networking, in the form of network-attached storage (NAS) appliances, to help improve the performance, scalability, and reliability of access to the research and development (R&D) data