Follow One Small Business IT Journey

RedNova has the start of a series of articles on A Small Business IT Journey by one New Zealand Publishing House.

Really for Small Business isn't that what its all about? A Journey. A journey that starts with one or two pc's hodgepodged together and then another added and another added. Pretty soon there are 10 or 20 pc's running on a peer to peer system that was never meant for such a thing. Sometimes that time goes so quickly that small businesses hobble along thinking that's all that was meant.

Nice to see this firm made the right decision after time. Hey SBS 4.5 had its weaknesses but man at least you could file and print share and run email. And then SBS 2000 came along and sure the install perhaps wasn't the best but doggoneit it worked and was pretty stable.

But now SBS 2003 comes along and SURE NOW you make the switch. OK, OK I here you it is the cat's meow. But in the article did you notice the key reasons for moving to SBS 2003: data security, communications, remote access and collaboration. OK so from the SBS side that's a more stable and secure platform with Windows Server 2003, things like fax sharing and Exchange communication and synchronization, the Remote Web Workplace, and Sharepoint. Yep, SBS 2003 did improve on all those areas and I do see why you're moving in the right direction.

Again, here are pain points for small businesses that are directly addressed with SBS 2003. If you address the pain, then the sale and the resulting increase in small business follows.

It'll be interesting to see the exact reasons they chose SBS in future issues and hopefully how they're using it the RIGHT way.