Building Your Own High-Tech Small Office

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Reviews
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Although a stubborn 5 percent or so of potential readers might quibble loudly with its exclusive focus on Wintel products, Building Your Own High-Tech Small Office, by workplace-technology specialist Robert Richardson, is an excellent resource for most of today's electronic entrepreneur wannabes. There's a lot more to efficiently running a wired small business than simply plugging a computer into an electrical outlet and a modem, writes Richardson, who then goes on to explain how to properly position an outlet and arrange for a suitable Net connection. By discussing everything from preliminary office design and long-term power requirements to hardware and software choices and the most effective ways to utilize them, Richardson shows how even the most hard-core Luddite can take advantage of the latest business tools and techniques without getting overwhelmed and overrun. The inclusion of specific resources and price ranges for many suggested products and tasks is a terrific help, and the attached CD-ROM with evaluation and shareware versions of several software recommendations (including Intuit Quickbooks and Traveling Software's Laplink) can prove a huge timesaver. The author has even created a related Web site for ongoing assistance and interaction with readers. --Howard Rothman

Book Description
When you close your eyes at night, after another exasperating day at the office marred by procedural misfires and administrative entanglements, do you dream of a utopian workplace? Then Building Your Own High-Tech Small Office is the book for you. Building Your Own High-Tech Small Office is the ideal guide for anyone working at home or in a small business.

Using Building Your Own High-Tech Small Office, you learn to build a cutting-edge small office from the ground up from basic electrical work to Internet connectivity and networking. Author Robert Richardson, the publisher of the Small Office Tech newsletter, offers invaluable advice on optimizing office productivity using the latest advances in computer hardware, software, and telephony.

Building Your Own High-Tech Small Office covers basic equipment ordering and projected costs, new telephony developments, how to automate accounting tasks, OS configuration, contact database integration, and Local Area Networks. Plus, the companion CD-ROM offers templates for standard business forms; the Small Office Tech Web site; and trial versions of Intuit QuickBooks, NetObjects Fusion, Peachtree Accounting, and much more.

Synopsis
This book provides a step-by-step approach to sizing up, installing, and maintaining all of the technology-related pieces of the networked small office. With the author's "roll up your sleeves and do it" attitude, any entrepreneur can compete with the big guys. Includes hardware and software buyer's guide to prevent costly mistakes before they're made.

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