14. Advantages of a peer-to-peer work network
Given the business scenario in the previous page these are some of the potential advantages of the solution:
Advantages of work network |
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Peer-to-peer is simpler and cheaper to set up than a client server network |
A high speed (20Mb+) connection makes it practical to use many online cloud services such as virtual servers. |
Web based email service allows you to access email from anywhere - important if you are out of office a lot or work from home. |
Operating system and software updates can be received automatically from the internet. |
Staff can access the internet for (largely) work related purposes. |
Archiving and backup can be carried out over the network as well as using a cloud based service for off-site backup. |
A commercial remote PC access service can be used to run your networked computers from a remote location. |
Staff can share heavy duty peripherals such as a colour laser printer or scanner |
challenge see if you can find out one extra fact on this topic that we haven't already told you
Click on this link: Remote PC access service