Network UpgradeGuglielmo Marconi SpA, an Italian engineering and manufacturing company, recently purchased Franklin Engineering Co, Inc. in an effort to increase its capabilities , to have an office in the United States and to increase its profits. Most business processes and practices can be transferred easily, but the main project to complete the merger between the two existing companies and create one company is a complete network integration and network upgrade. Currently, Franklin Engineering operates a small office in the United States and its network is very basic. The network set up at the US office is similar to many home/small business networks. However, Guglielmo Marconi SpA has a very robust network with many aspects, including a storage area network (SAN) and several buildings housing the different units of the company. The two companies hope to merge their existing networks and essentially allow the US office to connect to the strong Italian network and be able to take advantage of the productivity, performance and reliability of the network infrastructure....