The McBride Financials computer network has to provide the following services: 1) web services, 2) file and print, 3) secured local and remote access, 4) email, and 5) a robust database system. There are to be eight sites in the network spread over four states. Two sites have been purchased, the central office site in Boise, Idaho and a branch office in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. To provide the basic services required by McBride Financials would require five servers. Security concerns may require the purchase of additional servers or hardware devices.
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