Medium Sized Business Solutions
Introduction
Medium sized business operations - those companies with 10 to 75 employees - share many of the same issues with their smaller and their much larger cousins. There are several fundamental information management issues that any growing business must address:
Connectivity - this is your connection to on-line resources and your customers. If you're fortunate enough to have access to DSL, cable or other high-speed internet services, then you're in great shape. If none of these conventional high-speed internet access options are available, then satellite-based internet services are your only real alternative. Please visit the Intro to Satellite ISPs page on this website for more information concerning these services. Secure remote access to your company's information assets can not only be a huge productivity booster, but it can also provide a decisive competitive edge to sales and technical people.
Infrastructure - Is your current network architecture up to the job? What worked for 5 employees may not work well or at all for 10, 20 or 30 employees. Do you know what's attached to your network? If you opt for a Voice Over IP solution, how will you prioritize traffic on your network so that your phone calls aren't 'choppy' or distorted while someone downloads a YouTube video? Managed switches and intelligent routers are the answer.
Computing power - you need workstations and one or more servers to manage your business information assets. Please visit the High Performance Workstations and Servers page on this website for more information concerning a better class of computing products suitable for a business environment.
Security - ensuring that your business information assets remain confidential, available and secure. Please visit the Data Security Overview page on this website for more information concerning the safety and security of your business information assets.
Policies and procedures - No business can afford to operate without a well-defined set of policies and procedures to govern everything from acceptable use of its computing resources to disaster planning and recovery.
Collaboration - does everyone who needs it have access to the information that they need? Can you effectively and securely share calendars, contacts and other information crucial to your business operation? A close look at Microsoft's SharePoint Services - built into Microsoft Small Business Server - will be well worth your while - it's a huge force multiplier.
StarLAN Consulting Services has the experience and background necessary to deliver the benefits of all of the points and issues listed above to your business operation. We will be happy to discuss your business connectivity, security and networking needs - just give us a call to set up an appointment.