It did work. On the following page you can see how our network is structured. When our consultants are working out of their homes it is almost as if they were in the office. On the road it gets to be a little more difficult since so many of the hotels still have not made it easy to dial out with modems, and corporate PBX systems with other than two pair wiring require a dedicated line to dial out of a facility. This is where Internet really comes in.
Many organizations now have links to the net.
The network that we have put in place is not all that complex, rather it is one that takes advantage of the systems that we already had in place. They include the PBX which has a robust voice mail system, a fax server that sends and receives well over 100 faxes a day when business demands it, and a network that has over 15 gigabits of data relating to current and prior consulting assignments of the firm. As part of our direct sales business, orders can be placed via Internet and they are routed to our order processing computer. If it is a credit card sale, the system will do an automatic credit validation. Once the credit is approved the invoice is generated automatically as well as the shipping label for our express delivery company.