Standard Acquisition Timeline |
Phase 1
Notification of Acquisition
June 15 2010
Notified of Acquisition through management.
Gathering Info
July 2010
Either through Email or through Conference calls,
Get list:
Usernames & info
Addresses and network information.
Ordering T1 Lines
July 2010
T1 line costs:
$500 per month
$1000 early termination disconnect fee
T1 line install can take up to 90 days.
Create User Accounts and Email Addresses
July 2010
Create AD accounts.
Create Contact Cards from existing email accounts and set up forwards from Brickman to Acquisition email addresses.
IT Recon Visit
July 15 2010
Gather all information possible:
Physical Equipment (Routers, Servers, PCs, Printers, Copiers)
Software being utilized (Accounting, Estimating)
Report Recon Visit Findings
August 2010
Report findings via email to interested parties (Operations & IT)
Log findings on Bricknet Acquisition Documents folder.
Devise Strategy
August 2010
What software are we keeping?
What hardware are we keeping?
Email and Website timelines?
Create schedule for operations.
Ordering Equipment
8/15/2010
Ordering PC, Printers, Servers necessary for implementation.
To be drop shipped to acquisition location.
Phase 2
Implementation Day
September 15 2010
Setup PCs
Data migration from old PCs
Email configurations (Acquisition primary, Brickman forwarded for 60-90 days)
File Shares
Backup
Acquisition software setup on a Brickman PC (or where required).
Website Migrated or Redirected
September 30 2010
Migration from hosting or local server to new service.
or
Redirected to Brickmangroup.com
Phase 3
Email Migrated (Google)
October 30 2010
Migrate acquisition email to Google and setup Brickman as primary email
MX Record moved for Google.
$50 per user / per year
Wrap Up
Follow Up
September 15 2011
- Follow up on outstanding hardware, software
- Google mail still required?
- IT consultants & service contracts for old equipment cancelled
- Pre-existing network lines cancelled.