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Company Growth

Company Growth and Expansion

Do you foresee adding any new hardware or software in the next three to six months?
Do you plan on opening any remote offices or new locations within the next three to six months?
Do you have plans to upgrade or install any key applications?
Do you see any significant increase or decrease in their business in the next two years?
Are there any ongoing problems you are experiencing?
Are there any manual processes you would like to automate?

Filed Under: Other

Workstations, Laptops, & PDAs

How many workstations are on site?
Are they properly configured?
Is the Disk Clean Up Tool scheduled to run regularly to clean up temporary Internet files
Is antivirus protection also occurring at the workstation level?
Is the user able to disable the antivirus software on his/her machine?
Is there spyware detection and removal software installed and being run weekly?
Is there an AUP (acceptable usage policy) in place?
Is there content filtering software installed?
Are there any remote workers or traveling employees using a laptop?
- Are those laptops scanned for viruses and spyware before connecting to the network?

Filed Under: Other Tagged With: workstations

Network Infrastructure and Configuration

What type of network is in place?
What type of switch is being used?
How may ports total?
How many ports used and unused?
Is the topology expandable and able to handle a load increase?
Is there a hub being used? Why or why not?
Is there an active firewall in place?
- What type?
Is the firmware up to date?
Are there multiple layers of security?
If so, what are the layers?
What type of internet connection is in place?
Who is the ISP (Internet Service Provider)?
What is the speed and configuration?
What type of router is being used?
What type of wiring is being used?
Is the wiring neat and clean?
Are racks being used?
Is there a WAN (Wide Area Network) in place?
- What type?
Is there a VPN (Virtual Private Network) in place?
- What type?
Are wireless components being used?
- What types?
What is the configuration?
- Is it secure?
What are the IP Assignments?
Is DHCP (automatic computer addressing) or Static IP’s (Internet address) being used?
What is the naming scheme?
Are print servers being used?
Are all shared printers attached to a print server?
Is Terminal Server being used?
Is Content Management being used?
Is the subscription being updated?
Is the e-mail storage system internal or external?
What is the admin username and password?
What is the password for the network administrator?