How can the Internet be a business advantage when most of your business is done outside of your office?
Most industries have found adapting to the Internet as simple as keying in a Web address. Existing networks have provided the perfect platform for companies in the retail, banking and healthcare industries to easily extend their services into cyberspace.
In the plumbing trade, contractors were the first in the industry to recognize wireless as a useful project collaboration and management tool via a cell phone or pager. However, as noted in last month's column, most of a contractor's time is spent traveling to and from job sites, and on the phone with builders and other subcontractors, communicating with suppliers and distributors. It seems that the Internet needs to be traveling alongside a contractor during the day.