The first thing most small businesses are looking for is a way to share information among the members of their team. The most important information being, of course, customer information and schedules. The first step to solving this problem is to create the actual connection between computers.

There are different ways to accomplish this and it depends mostly on budget and number of people involved that need to share this data. Other factors include future growth, on site or off site access, proprietary software, and more.

The correct decision in the beginning can save huge amounts of money and time later down the road.

50% of small businesses with 20 to 99 employees say their biggest IT challenge is the integration of different applications and systems.
--Yankee Group, March 2006

A consultation with Fast will not only help determine the hardware needed but will also start the process of determining the best software package (CRM) that will keep the team together and the customer happy. This is why networking and customer management software go hand in hand.