Survive The Small Shop Blues

摘要

Tech staffs at very small businesses face many of the same challenges as their counterparts at larger companies: Downtime translates directly into lost dollars. But small shops must run the show with fewer financial and human resources. "Technology is more mission-critical now," says Matt Allen, IT manager at the Washington, D.C., office of Freeman, a trade show producer. He and one assistant manage a 130-person office. "Five or six years ago, if the PC wasn't working, employees could do paperwork. Today they rely on so many applications that if something goes down, you jeopardize business."