Small business networks

Networks up to 10 systems

Practically every company is now using computers for some aspect of their business, though many smaller businesses are put off the idea of installing a professional network system because of the perceived high costs.

A network isn't just something that will enable you to print, fax and check your email more easily (though of course it will do these things); it has the capacity to completely change the way your business operates.

All your computers can find themselves attached to the internet, able to send and receive faxes and documents instantly, or access files stored centrally in the office.

You can ensure that your confidential files remain secret through the use of file security and private filespaces; your company's essential files can be backed up automatically and without any disruption every week, day or even hour if you should deem it necessary.

What the most simple network can achieve:

Shared Printing:
Ten machines, one printer, no hassle. Rather than giving every machine a printer, simply network your computers and they can all print to one larger, faster and more capable printer.

Internet Access for all machines:
A single connection to the internet (via modem, ISDN, ADSL or leased line) can be made available to some or all employees. As few or as many people as needed could share the connection at the same time, and of course you would retain complete control over who could access what, and more importantly when.

Email for every employee (both internal and external):
Providing each of your employees with access to email, either via personal addresses of their own or shared accounts means that they gain much greater access to suppliers, customers, partners etc, and sharing documents and files both within the company and with others is simple and quick.

Sending and receiving of faxes by every machine on your network:
With a fax server solution, we could provide anything from simply letting your machines send word documents out directly as faxes, all the way to having each member of your company allocated their own direct-dial fax number, and have their incoming faxes arrive in their email inboxes, quickly and securely.

Centralised storage of files, both public and private:
If you have more than one computer and no network, then the chances are that you spend a lot of time wanting to use the same files on both machines, or move files from one to another. Storing your important files centrally means that you can always access them from anywhere in your company (or even the world if you so desired). It eliminates the problem of different staff working off different versions of a document, or forever having to request a copy of a commonly updated file.

Automated backup of files stored on a server, or on your networked desktop PC:
Computers go wrong. Nobody really likes to admit this, but it's a fact. And if one of your computers fails, then it's quite possible that any data on it will be lost. But with a server on your network taking care of your important files, you can be sure that any one machine failing will not result in the loss of precious data.

Modern backup systems can provide redundancy in the hardware of the server, onsite and offsite backups, online backups (you can back up your files while you're actually using them with no damage to the data) and much more. Automated scripts can ensure that a backup is completed every single day, whether your employees remember or not.

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