What Is a Network?
Networks provide a link between people, information, and devices.
They allow users to share resources such as data, applications, and peripherals—easily
and efficiently.
Networks make it easy for your employees to:
- Share files with each other
- Systematically back up data on a regular basis
- Share peripherals such as printers and modems
- Communicate via email
- Access the Internet simultaneously
These features enable networks to provide three key benefits for your
business:
Help Improve Productivity
Networks ensure that critical files and applications can be shared
by your users at all times, helping to increase accuracy and efficiency.
And because networks can offer a high-speed connection to the Internet, users
won't waste time waiting for pages to download or print. In addition, networks
enable email communication, which helps ensure that employees, whether they're
in the next office or on another continent, can communicate with each other
quickly and easily.
Reduce Costs
Networks can greatly reduce the cost of peripherals such as modems
and printers by centralizing usage and sharing them among users. Printers,
for example, can be very expensive if every desktop is equipped with one.
In addition, you can reduce the cost of maintaining multiple modems, dial-out
lines, and Internet accounts by allowing all of your users to connect to
the Internet over a single high-speed connection, such as an ISDN line or
cable/DSL.
Protect Your Data
Data is one of your most important company assets. Networks can
centralize the data backup for your organization, making the regular protection
of data a systematic, routine task. Storing data on a single server can allow
for increased accessibility as well as data protection. |
