Your new business needs a network

Start with the network for your business.

A lot of entrepreneurs aren't sure where to begin when it comes to buying and setting up the technology they need for their startups. Your network is your backbone, so start there. "You need to have a client/server-based network operating system," says [[Greg Alevizos]], manager of professional services with Salem, Massachusetts-based IT consulting firm New England Network Group. "You want to have at least one server that has file and printer services and is configured to back all that up."

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