Computer System for the Management of Virtual Hosting Plans of ETECSA's Data Center

Abstract

The Telecommunications Company of Cuba S.A. (ETECSA), has among its business portfolio the Web Hosting service in its Internet Data Center. The service is for customers of the company who request Web Hosting through the ETECSA Data Center network.

Customers who have such a service interact with their corresponding plans through the use of FTP, work console, and HTTP services; which means that they must have average computer knowledge to achieve their objectives. The general objective of this diploma project is to develop a Web computer system, integrated into the Data Center network, which manages the process of contracting and assigning packages to the company's customers. In addition, the allocation of the space of packages contracted by them. With the development of this application, the ETECSA Data Center obtains benefits in terms of the registration and control of all customers who request the Hosting service. For this, open source technologies and tools were used, such as the database management system: MySQL 5.5, as a programming language: PHP5.3, as a framework for PHP: Dryden 1.1, as a CASE tool: Visual Paradigm 5.0