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Network Infrastructure 1
Running header: NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE
Network Infrastructure Upgrading and the Case of Huffman Trucking
Delta 360: James (Will) Mason, Paul Bropleh II, Detricia Coardes,
Alexander Rodriguez, and Michelle Walker
University of Phoenix
NTC 360
Stephen Omogbehin
February 23, 2007

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Network Infrastructure 2
Introduction to Huffman Trucking
Huffman Trucking is a transportation company, operating at 4 sites nationwide. 1,400
employees work at the hubs, which are located in Bayonne, NJ, Los Angeles, CA, and St. Louis,
MO; in addition, the corporate office and central maintenance facility for 800 road tractors exists
in Cleveland, OH. K. Huffman, a native of Cleveland, OH, started Huffman Trucking in 1936
with one tractor-trailer. World War II provided growth for the company, as the company assisted
in the demand for carrier services in the transportation of goods from Midwestern factories to
ports on the East Coast. Contract works exists between the U.S. Government and Huffman
Trucking to this day primarily because of their loyal support during World War II.
Huffman Trucking continued to grow from internal sales and the acquisition of five Eastern
regional carriers. This growth has enabled Huffman Trucking to continue to be privately held.
Due to this sustained growth Huffman has determined that an upgrade to the company IT
infrastructure is needed in order to manage costs and remain competitive. First on the priority is
the upgrade of the corporate networks, which exist at five sites throughout the United States. The
current state of the network is a mismatched collection of protocols, topologies, hardware, and
software usage by Huffman networks. Disparities exist between the plant side of the site and the
office side of each site, while none of the sites works together to exchange information. None of
the sites implement firewalls and only two of the sites run software to provide a barrier between
the Internet and the corporate LAN. Other problems are evident with the existing network
infrastructure at Huffman Trucking. Delta 360 will examine the current state of the network
infrastructure of Huffman’s networks; examine the reasoning behind using the current network
topologies, protocols, and security measures; identify the various types of network protocols,

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Running header: NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE Network Infrastructure Upgrading and the Case of Huffman Trucking Delta 360: James (Will) Mason, Paul Bropleh II, Detricia Coardes, Alexander Rodriguez, and Michelle Walker University of Phoenix NTC 360 Stephen Omogbehin February 23, 2007 Introduction to Huffman Trucking Huffman Trucking is a transportation company, operating at 4 sites nationwide. 1,400 employees work at the hubs, which are located in Bayonne, NJ, Los Angeles, CA, and St. Louis, MO; in addition, the corporate office and central maintenance facility for 800 road tractors exists in Cleveland, OH. K. Huffman, a native of Cleveland, OH, started Huffman Trucking in 1936 with one tractor-trailer. World War II provided growth for the company, as the company assisted in the demand for carrier services in the transportation of goods from Midwestern factories to ports on the East Coast. Contract works exists between the U.S. Government and Huffman Trucking to this day primarily because of their loyal support during World War II. Huffman Trucking continued to grow from internal sales and the acquisition of five Eastern regional carriers. This growth has enabled Huffman Trucking to continue to be privately held. Due to this sustained growth Huffman has determined that an upgrade to the company IT infrastructure is needed in order to manage costs and remain competitive. First on the priority is the upgrade of the corporate networks, which exist at five sites through ...
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