CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION - Government of Himachal Pradesh

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8.3 Assessment of IT Requirements
The need for additional IT resources can be assessed on the basis of the volume of
data handled both, current and proposed and the related data processing work load of
the operational staff, and the need to access IT resources by the supervisory and top
management staff.
Local Area Networking (LAN)/Wide Area Networking (WAN) is required for faster
transmission of data for which all computers are to be connected to each other within
an office. In the DES headquarters, the desktops will be linked to the domain
server(s) using network switches. In the offices that do not have a server, peer-topeer
workgroup networks will be established. There is need for dove-tailing the
proposed computerisation work of the DES with the SWAN scheme of Net working
of Administrative units being done by Government of India.
At the minimum, broadband is proposed for all the offices. In extreme cases, dial-up
connectivity can be considered. At the headquarters, the broadband connection can
be of much higher bandwidth (say 512KB or more). In case T1 leased lines are used
(especially in the case of in-house web server), these can be shared for internet
access.
The DES should have a web-site with statistical reports complied by them for
dissemination. The DES can choose to have space bought out on an external server;
or maintain an in-house server. Specialist staff, a generator and leased line
connectivity will be mandatory for an in-house web server.
Windows 2000 Server is the standard platform that is generally proposed for the
servers. Windows XP Professional may be recommended for the desktops. It is
expected that by the time procurement does take place, newer and better versions
may be available; which should be adopted accordingly. Windows XP also has builtin
multi-lingual capability. Word processing, spreadsheets, e-mail and presentations
requirements can be met with the MS- Office Professional software. The
professional version, as compared to the standard version, also includes MS-Access
database and programming tools, which may not be essential on all computers.