Solutions You Probably Already Own

If your business is like countless others, there are features and solutions bundled in the software you already own that are waiting to be configured. For example, Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows XP have added several features that help businesses enhance communication, workflow, and management. Locke Systems can help you identify popular features that you already own that could potentially change the way you do business.

     Here are some examples of useful solutions that you may or may not already be using:

• Ability to share internet connections

• Ability to share files over the network

• Ability to share print devices and other resources over the network

• Ability to save by hosting your website on your own internet connection

• Ability to host your own customizable email system

• Ability to access your business workstations from your home, remote offices, or on the road

• Ability to access your most-used applications from outside the office using secure web portals

• Ability to send and receive faxes on your computer and even keep them in electronic format for archival and email transmittal

• Ability to videoconference over the internet using computers

• Ability to setup private instant messaging groups within your organization

• Ability to print to directly to networked company printers/copy machines  from home or on the road using a webpage link over the internet

• Ability to organize your critical contacts and information into customizable database applications for faster retrieval and reporting of information

• Ability to index document stores by content and custom fields for faster searching and retrieval

• Ability to encrypt files and sensitive information

• Ability to setup a shared calendaring system for enhanced communication and office management

• Ability to use phone or fax lines for traveling users to dial-in to the office for internet/network access (especially good if you setup 1-800 numbers!)

• Ability to access your email from a website login (webmail) much like hotmail or yahoo internet mail

     These are just some of the examples of features and solutions that your office(s) could already be using without the additional purchase of software! Often all it takes is a business-oriented technician who knows what they're doing and a little bit of time for configuration.

     Also, be sure to investigate how Linux may be a cost-effective way for you to test and implement many other solutions that can boost your business today.