Technology
Widgets.com will implement a standard IT infrastructure to support individual office locations in New Jersey, California, Texas and Colorado, and new US-based locations we plan to open up over the next 3-5 years such as Massachusetts, New York, Virgina/DC . This IT infrastructure includes both our computing and communications systems. We will look to contract with a single vendor source for each system component where possible that can support all our offices on a nationwide basis. We will also continue to use the web as our network backbone in lieu of other private network protocols, i.e T1. In some cases we will build our own intellectual property to support the IT infrastructure where we believe this creates a competitive differentiator and asset for Widgets.com. An example here is our Oracle database and CRM/PRM applications.
Our IT infrastructure objectives are to increase our company asset base, operating efficiency and reduce overall operating costs. The system components and the vendors providing these components must be financially secure, provide reliable 24x7 support and be accessible from any location within the US. The system components of our IT infrastructure are described below.
Hardware Platform Standards
Vendor
Status
Category
Mobile Desktops
Dell Computer
Green
Productivity Tools
Lan
?
Yellow
Collaboration Tools
Printers/Scanners/Copiers
HP
Green
Productivity Tools
UPS Backup
?
Yellow
Productivity Tools
Office Phone sets
?
Yellow
Collaboration/Sales and Marketing Tools
Storage Devices
?
Yellow
Productivity Tools
Wirelss PDAs
?
Yellow
Collaboration/Sales and Marketing T ...