Business Networks

Small and home office (SOHO) environments use similar technology as found in home networks.
Businesses often have additional communication, data storage, and security requirements that require
exanding their networks in different ways, articularly as the !usiness gets larger. "hereas a home
network generally functions as one #$%, a !usiness network tends to contain multile #$%s.
&omanies with !uildings in multile locations utili'e wide(area networking to connect these !ranch
offices together. )hough also availa!le and used !y some households, voice over *+ communication
and network storage and !acku technologies are revalent in !usinesses. #arger comanies also
maintain their own internal "e! sites, called intranets to hel with emloyee !usiness communication.