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WHY DO YOU NEED A
NETWORK?
1) Has your business gone beyond the
point where stand alone computers allow you to manage the
operation?
2) Do you have several computers and find that the
information you need is too often NOT readily available to you, perhaps
because it is on a different computer and there is no easy way to get
that information to where you need it to be?
3) Do you have information or programs that need to
be available to, or usable by, more than one person at a time?
4) Is your E-mail under YOUR control, or do you need to
contact your ISP every time you add or change a user?
5) Does your E-Mail come to 'your name'@'your domain'.com
or does it come to you at your ISP's domain?
6) Do you need, or wish you had, access to your
desktop
from a remote location?
7) Do you have multiple locations that need to share
information?
8) When you are home or away and need to quickly look at
your accounts receivable or perhaps you need to see your E-Mail, can
you?
9) Does being able to fax directly from any workstation
without printing out the document and walking it over to the fax
machine, seem like a usable idea to you?
10) Would you like to be able to print to ANY printer you
have any time you need to?
11) Would it be useful if everyone could access the internet
at any time.
12) Do you have a wireless network that is unsecured and
open so that anyone on the street can access it? (by default, that is
how they are setup out of the box)
13) Would you like your E-Mail AND calendar available
on your PDA or SmartPhone even when you can't get back to
the office to synch them?
14) Is your Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware kept up to date?
15) Are spam problems making you tear out your hair?
16) Do your users install un authorized software onto
'their' computer without even telling you?
17) Is your data, the lifeblood of your company, in a
centralized location and backed up on a regular basis?
18) Do you have redundant backups?
19) Do you check your backups on a regular basis?
WHAT CAN YOU DO?
If any of these questions make you feel just a tab
nervous, then it may be time to look into networking your systems and
taking back control.
A network will give you centralized control as well as
allowing you to easily share information and resources (such as
hardware). By managing data in a centralized location, you can ensure it
is backed up on a regular basis. A network can give you remote access to
your systems when you need it, without incurring additional costs.
A Domain model network brings all the individual parts
of your computing environment together into ONE centralized entity. It
creates a domain that puts YOU in charge. YOU decide who gets access to
what information, who can log onto the domain and when. It puts security
in place to help protect YOUR vital data from unauthorized access.
A network can only be as secure as the administration of
that network. If management allows unfettered access to the network,
turns off passwords, does not periodically check backups, does not
ensure that anti virus and anti spyware programs are up to date and
operational, then you are defeating much of the purpose of a network.
What you are not defeating is the simple ability to SHARE data and
resources.
WHAT IS A NETWORK?
A peer to peer network is simply
several computers that have been configured to share information. There
is no central management. Each computer is an autonomous device in sole
control of its own operations. There is no centralized security,
management or automation. This type of 'network' works best for 5
computers or less.
A Domain model consists of computers that
have been put under the control of a central authority (the server
operating system). This authority controls who can log onto the network,
when they can log on and what resources they can have access to.
Different people can be given different access permissions. It also
brings all your important information together into a single defined
location (either physical or logical) where it can be easily backed up.
It automates, at user logon, access to that information and will
automatically create the proper user environment. There are also
additional features such as desktop faxing, remote access, information
sharing (such as a shared calendar that everyone can access from their
system) and reporting systems that are part of a domain network.
Network costs have fallen significantly in recent years.
Give us a call, let us evaluate your systems and give you some options.
There is NEVER a cost for an
evaluation and overview.
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