Make your business in Internet

Here’s a checklist to get you started in assessing your Internet connectivity requirements. Your answers to these questions will determine the type of Internet connection your company needs.
- How big is your company? How big might it become in the foreseeable
future?
- Is your business located all in one office, with your computers connected
on a single local area network, or do you have multiple sites scattered
throughout the state, country, or even the world?
- How many people at your company are going to need Internet access?
everybody? the corporate library staff? the owner?
- What Internet features are you planning to use most often? electronic
mail? discussion groups? information-gathering? marketing? remote-site
collaboration? file-transfer? real-time conferencing?
- Will your employees need to perform multiple tasks on the Internet
simultaneously? Will more than one employee need to log on at the same
time?
- How much money can you afford to spend on Internet access every
month? How much are you spending on phone, fax, overnight delivery,
and other communications tools now?
Keep in mind that whether you’re a small business operating out of the spare room of your house or a multinational corporation sprawled across the globe, you will realize some savings in your business overhead once you’re connected to the Internet.
Regardless of your business, the more you learn about the capabilities of the Internet, the more you can restructure your company’s communications system to take advantage of the international infrastructure that’s already up and running.