Chapter 3. Manage Your Network

Chapter at a Glance

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In the early days of Microsoft, Bill Gates envisioned a future with “a computer on every desk and in every home.” Today, the business world couldn’t function without computers, and new terms such as “information worker” and “knowledge worker” have been coined to describe people who spend most of the day working with information on a computer screen. Computers make it possible for an increasing number of people to successfully run small businesses with large presences, or to maximize productivity by working from home. And on the home front, it’s not uncommon for there to be two, three, four, or more ...

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