Just like other law firms, Fell Your Pain
needs to update its existing workstations and technologies used to run the
organization. Whether it is a continually jamming printer, a spotty internet connection
or an unreliable server, they should replace the existing networking equipment
with a new range of products.
Workstation Hardware for Fell Your Pain
The company currently has six partner
lawyers, twelve associate lawyers, one office manager, one IT support manager,
nine paralegals, three receptionists, and two clerks. It means a total of 34
workstations of small to large size will be needed to cater to the requirements
of every person.
For the lawyers, paralegals, IT support manager and office manager, Dell
Precision Tower 7820 looks to be a good option. This classic workstation is
lightweight and comes with an Intel Xeon Bronze 3104 CPU and 8GB RAM. The
graphics are great, and the dimensions are 41.4 x 17.26 x 47.1cm. The price for
each workstation hardware starts from $1650, which means nearly $33000 will
have to be spent in the beginning. However, the device is quite powerful, even
when it is adjusted to the lowest configuration. For the rest of team members,
Acer Veriton X2640G SFF is a good option. This is an affordable and effective
workstation that comes with an Intel Core i5-6400 CPU and 4GB RAM (Levison,
2007). The price for every workstation is nearly $700, which means Fell Your Pain
will have to spend $3500 to facilitate three of its receptionists and two
clerks.
Cloud Hosted Workstation Management Services
Virtual client computing solutions and
Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) have come a long way in recent months. For Fell
Your Pain, our advice is that they should try Amazon WorkSpaces. Amazon Web
Services are an overwhelming market leader. It is suitable for both small and
large businesses. Firms like Fell Your Pain can find many of its varieties on
Amazon.com (Levison, 2010). The workstation will facilitate everyone within the
office and is easy to set up. A major perk of this workstation is that it can
be integrated with any existing Active Directory infrastructure. It is
scalable, secure and encrypted, and will help Fell Your Pain keep the privacy
of its customers and legal documents maintained. The app of this workspace can
be downloaded from Google Play and Apple iTunes. Fell Your Pain can also try
the Parallels Remote Application Server, which is used by hundreds of law firms
across the world. Parallels RAS is an effective cloud-based remote desktop
delivery solution that can easily be deployed upon different environments such
as hybrids and on-premises.
ROI/TCO Analysis for the Company
The ROI can be used to calculate the return on a stock or investment
(Hansen, 2009). If Fell Your Pain is going to spend $3000 per workstation or
hardware and will use it for the next five years (60 months), the ROI would be
calculated as follows:
ROI = (60 / 3,000) x 100 = 2%
The company can alter these calculations by
deducting taxes in order to get better results.
The basics of Fell Your Pain are going to be
the same as many other businesses. The company should not forget to address
regulatory compliance requirements that govern privileged data. With the
workstations mentioned above, Fell Your Pain now has some good options to
choose from. It is up to the manager or the owner of how they want to invest
their money and what their expectations are
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