Building an Asset Tracking Web Application

The project assigned to this intern is an asset tracking web application for a local landscaping company that operates out of Lizton, Indiana. This landscaping company has a big need to find an efficient way to store vital company data. In the past this company used excel spreadsheets to keep track of their inventory, payroll,…

DNET Server

This project consisted of tackling the role of the administrator over the DNET Server for the University Department. The DNET server is used by the students within this department as a means to test their development of websites and databases. During this project, the DNET server was replaced. Software that was needed for courses was…

Risk Assessment

An Indiana company conducts genetic research on plants. The IT manager of the company contacted us for assistance in looking into the security of their network. They already had another company that was performing monthly checks on their network. Research was done to find how that company gained access to the network to ensure safe…

Database Implementation

This project had the initial goal of streamlining the a compnay’s payroll system and updating to a new version of QuickBooks. After a meeting with the client, interviewing employees, and gathering information about their current system, the project took another direction. It was viewed that the needs of this client were much greater than just…

Linux-Based Cluster

The idea of this project was to research, develop, and build a small Linux-based cluster for the purpose of installing VMware Server on an Ubuntu Linux Server build. The virtual environment would then be able to provide an environment for experimental operating system builds. It would also be used by students to study the actual…

Account Creation Policy

Every semester the university department engineers are responsible for creating user accounts on different machines to fulfill course requirements. The goal of this project was to create a policy to give the engineers guidelines on the accounts that are being created. These guidelines include but are not limited to how long the accounts should exist…

Nagios

The goal of this project was to have a network monitoring system that monitors the availability of each server in the university department. Nagios was the software that was used to fulfill the needs of this project. The team installed Nagios onto a server and then logged the servers that needed to be monitored. After…

University Department Server Room

The department was moved from the one building on campus to another building on campus. To decrease the amount of downtime for the department, the servers were brought to the new location and quickly set up. Organization was not the first priority during the initial move, but it is for this project. In order to…

University Department’s Inventory System

The goal of this project was to develop an inventory system for the university department that could provide a record of the items owned by the department.  The information that needed to be recorded about each item included specifications, serial number, purchase date, funding source, and value of the items. Inventory policies were researched until…

Tech Camp Adobe CS3 Build

A university department hosts a Tech Camp that offers informational instructional class for high school teachers around the state.  The software that was needed for this specific Tech Camp session was Adobe CS3.  The goal of this project was to successfully create a build that contained Microsoft Windows Vista with the capability of running several…