Geographic Profile
It is important to know the geographic profile of your organization because it affects your SMS hierarchy design. A lot of organizations have a central location (headquarters) with branch offices located in other regions (remote sites). Organizations that have locations in different cities will probably have one or more SMS sites in each of those cities. Also, date and time zone differences can affect how software is distributed to different locations. Create geographical diagrams of your organization, and include the information listed in Table 7.4.
Table 7.4 Gathering Geographic Profile Data
Geographic information |
Data needed |
|---|---|
Date and time zone information |
List the time zone for each location and any date and time difference between the remote site and headquarters. |
Operating systems and international operating system versions |
List the operating systems in use and locations that use language versions that are different from those of your platform operating systems. |
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