Put simply, the benefits of networking to a small business should never be underestimated. It is critical in today’s world and way of life.

Communication is the core of all business, without communications there is no business, If your communication is more effective and rapid with your customers, suppliers and partners, you will gain the upper hand on competitors and your business will prosper.

In today’s fast paced world of digital data, instant messages and enhanced productivity, small business have to be able to communicate to the outside world quickly and effectively. Networking your office pc’s allows all users access to broadband giving faster communication and instant email to the desk. Connecting all your office pc’s to the internet also allows for remote access which in turn enables sales staff and travelling employees to access their email and work from outside the office. If you have more then one office, these officer’s can be linked via VPN Virtual Private networking technology through the internet, which saves on costs in communication between the two offices as well as makes production quicker and more effective.

A major benefit of networking in a small business is printing and faxing – the need for each machine to have a separate printer is a thing of the past and one printer/fax can be accessed by each user from their desk, cutting costs on the purchase of printers and time on faxing.

Another benefit of networking your office pc’s is the shared use of applications as well as data, Applications can have a central database which allows employee’s to access the same data at the same time, also the sharing of documents or company documents that can be viewed by everyone.