Factors and management decisions must be considered when developing a solution

The University of Guelph Medical Centre (UGMC), a fictitious organization, relies on information systems to operate 19 hospitals, a network of other care sites, and international and commercial ventures. Demand for additional servers and storage technology is grow- ing by 20 percent each year. UGMC sets up a separate server for every application, and its servers and other computers are running a number of different operat- ing systems, including several versions of Unix and Windows. UGMC is managing technologies from many different vendors, including Hewlett-packard (HP), Sun Microsystems, Microsoft, and IBM. Assess the impact of this situation on business performance. What factors and management decisions must be considered when developing a solution to this problem?