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Kaz menthol inhalent for vaporizers. Mucinex exporant. Chamomile tea. Z-pac. Chicken soup. Gatorade.

What do all of these things have in common? These are all things my doctor proscribed or recommended to me to help me get rid of my cold. Everyone says with great sympathy when they see your nose rubbed red from tissue wiping, “Oh, something’s really going around.”

Let me add two more essentials to the list of essentials for recovering from the flu: Remote Desktop Connection by Microsoft and Internet fax by GoFaxer.

The problem that I’ve had is that I’ve been sick now for almost three weeks. It’s just lingering. The last time I got sick it stuck around with an annoying cough that wouldn’t go away for weeks. This time around it’s been nasal pressure in my sinuses. I’m going on my fourth week. I can miss a day or two of work. But three weeks? A month? I’ve gotta’ to get some work done. But I also need to rest.

This is why Remote Desktop and Internet fax have become so essential to my recovery. They’ve allowed me to continue my job. They’ve allowed me to work from home. I can still take a nap during my lunch hour, have easy access to chicken soup, and still send that fax to a client. I’d prefer to have slept for the last few weeks, but this is the next best thing.

I just found a super article in Businessweek.com about great new technologies for small businesses. As regular readers of this blog know, I am often espousing the wonders of Internet fax technology. But this is just one example of other extraordinary innovations that are making it easier to do business on a small scale.

Today I want to talk about the first major innovation—remote desktop.

This service can also be referred to as terminal services. It’s defined on wikipedia as:

“. . . a component of Microsoft Windows (both server and client versions) that allows a user to access applications and data on a remote computer over any type of network, although normally best used when dealing with either a Wide Area Network (WAN) or Local Area Network (LAN), ease and compatibility with other types of networks may differ and vary.”

Remote desktop is a remarkable technology for salesman and employees who need to be mobile. All you need is a small and efficient laptop with a great Internet browser and you’re ready for business.

It’s also a great solution for that employee that can’t live without their Mac. Apple seems to constantly frustrate users by being better than other Microsoft based computers, but not at all compatible with them. But have no fear, you can use your Mac for editing your pictures and home movies, but you can do business on remote desktop, which basically converts your Apple to a PC.