The 5 smartest ways to connect multiple offices

One location, for a growing business, is typically not enough. With sufficient personnel and capital, many businesses prefer to set up multiple offices to attract different regions of customers.

With offices spread all over the country or globe, how can your business install a network so all the locations can work, communicate, and share information easily, instantaneously, and effectively?

The technologies that allow for this are rapidly changing. Years ago, most consulting companies would recommend you install legacy infrastructure (servers, databases, etc.), capital expenditures that required large time and money investments. But over the past several years, new advancements in communication technology - including improvements to virtual private networks, remote desktops, and the cloud - allow for instantaneous information and file sharing with an extremely cheap price tag.

Here are some ways to make setting up your business's new IT network smart, safe, and cost-efficient.