On the server side, with servers and mainframes serving the backbone of the network, the servers are usually running UNIX, Windows NT 4.0 and windows 2000 Server OS. Even within the network, there are Cisco switches and routers which are running Cisco IOS as the operating system. The routers and switches are responsible for segmenting the network and to route the network traffic more efficiently.

The mainframe runs on UNIX and for a long period supported the email system for the company. The email database resided on

On the client end, several operating systems are used to access the servers on the backend. Majority of the PC’s has already been migrated to the Windows 2000 platform and are either using Windows 2000 Professional or Windows XP to access the network. A smaller percentage of the PC’s still use Windows 95 because of the customized software to process the claims. All the PC’s are running Microsoft Office for collaboration, or to simply create word documents and spreadsheets. To create front end applications to query the SQL database, the programmers in the IT department are running programming software such as Visual C++, Visual Basic or Java. To email other users within the department, and to send email to external vendors, multiple email clients can be used. Most of the users run the Outlook Web Access client because of the minimal requirements needed to run the software. For the heavy ema

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