A Proposed Ideal Network Design for Collaborative Workspace Businesses

Abstract

Collaborative workspace businesses are now a trend in developing countries such as the Philippines. Coworking space is a business service provision model that lets individuals and teams work independently or collaboratively in a shared office space. In the Philippines, there is a big trend in starting a coworking space business. The millennial generation, which comprises the bulk of the metropolitan sector, is the main reason behind coworking space growth. Computer networking can contribute to the improvement of sales and customer retention and service of coworking space businesses. Implementing managed network services will reduce operational, maintenance, service, hardware, software, and infrastructure costs. Managed network services can enable the coworking space business to focus on its primary business goals In this paper, an ideal network design for collaborative workspace businesses was developed. The building floor layout is essential for the managed networks' design. It was determined that a two-story floor layout is ideal for the company and for implementing the proposed network design. Analysis of ideal network management was proposed in administration, operation, security, and maintenance. Detailed logical and physical network designs with ideal network equipment and technologies were created to improve the coworking space business's services by implementing managed networks.