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Free technology guide to help grow your business

Oct 09 2003

Whether you're surviving your first few months or hiring your first employee, every business reaches critical points throughout its life.

To help you make the right decision, The British Chambers of Commerce & Microsoft have joined forces to bring you a free guide to using technology to grow your business.

Packed with useful information and ideas, it's a must if you want to increase efficiencies and make more informed decisions. The guide will help you understand what technology is right for your business, and includes the following areas.

- What you can achieve from your next steps in IT

- Understand networking

- Microsoft server products

- Finding the right technology partner

- Finding a supplier

- Online resources

To help you get your technology requirements up and running, Microsoft has also created Windows Small Business Server 2003. It offers features such as email, security-enhanced connection to the internet, remote access, efficient monitoring and back-up and restore capabilities.

Click here to discover how your business can benefit from Windows Small Business Server 2003.

To order your free copy of the British Chambers of Commerce guide to growing business productivity with IT, click here.

09/10/03

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