With the technologies of today expanding and requiring faster system resources to cope with demands, Abbey Communications understands the needs of a company's future growth in I.T. An important element is to forecast the system usage and needs of the future by measuring the current network activity and establishing a baseline. Various tools are used to accomplish these tasks. This baseline represents the average usage and performance of the network. The information is then calculated to meet the expected growth of company resources in the following years. These results provide the client with insight into information on what the current system lacks and which components will need upgrading and when.