When you started your small business, things were simple. Perhaps you had a single storefront. Maybe you were tapping away on a computer keyboard in response to customer queries, and you fulfilled orders helped by a few employees.

One day you look around and find everything has changed. Your company has an information technology (IT) department maintaining multiple applications that enable each order, sale, and customer service inquiry. You have a sprawling network of desktops, laptops, smartphones, and other digital devices.

And, to paraphrase The Talking Heads, you may ask yourself, “How did I get here? My God! What have I done?”

One way not to lose sight of the forest for the trees with your enterprise network is to use network diagrams. We’ll go over their basics and the steps to create them, so your small business can enjoy multiple bottom-line benefits.

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