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Here , in no particular order, are some of the specific advantages in general connected to networking:

• Connectivity and Communication: Networks connect computers and the users of those computers. Individuals within a building or work group can be connected into local area networks (LANs); LANs in distant locations can be interconnected into larger wide area networks (WANs). Once connected, it is possible for network users to communicate with each other using technologies such as electronic mail. This makes the transmission of business (or non-business) information easier, more efficient and less expensive than it would be without the network.
• Workgroup Computing: Workgroup software (such as Microsoft BackOffice) allows many users to work on a document or project at the same time.
• Data Sharing: One of the most important uses of networking is to allow the sharing of data. Before networking was common, an employee who wanted to prepare a report for her manager would have to produce it on his PC, put it on a floppy disk, and then take it over to the manager, who would transfer the data to her PC's hard disk. (This sort of “shoe-based network” was sometimes sarcastically called a “sneaker net”.)
  Correct networking allows thousands of employees to share data much more easily and quickly than this. More so, it makes possible applications that rely on the ability of many people to access and share the same data, such as databases, group software development, and much more. Intranets and extranets can be used to distribute corporate information between sites and to business partners.
• Internet Access Sharing: The Internet is itself a giant network, so each time you connect to the Internet, you are using a network. The impact of the Internet on modern society is hard to exaggerate, especially for those of us in technical fields. Small computer networks allow multiple users to share a single Internet connection. Particular hardware devices allow the bandwidth of the connection to be easily allocated to various individuals as they require it, and allow an organization to purchase one high-speed connection instead of many slower ones.
• Hardware Sharing: Networks make the sharing of hardware devices easy. For example, instead of giving each of 10 employees in a department an expensive resources such as, printers, fax machines and modems (or resorting to the “sneakernet” again), one resource can be placed on the network for everyone to share.
• Centralised Software Management: Software can be loaded on one computer (the file server) eliminating that need to spend time and energy installing updates and tracking files on independent computers throughout the building.
• Cost: Individually licensed copies of many software programs can be costly. Networkable versions are available at substantial savings. Shared programs, on a network allows for easier upgrading of the program on one single file server, instead of upgrading individual workstations.
• Electronic Mail: E-mail aids in personal and professional communication. Electronic mail on a LAN can allow staff to communicate within the building having not to leave their desk.
• Performance Enhancement and Balancing: Under some circumstances, a network can be used to enhance the overall performance of some applications by distributing the computation tasks to various computers on the network.
• Speed: Sharing and transferring files within Networks are very fast. Thus saving time, while maintaining the integrity of the file.
• Security: Sensitive files and programs on a network are passwords protected (established for specific directories to restrict access to authorized users) or designated as "copy inhibit," so that you do not have to worry about illegal copying of programs.
  This makes it simple for everyone to locate the data, makes it possible for the administrators to make sure that the data is frequently backed up, and also allows for the implementation of security measures to control who can read or change various pieces of important information.
• Internet Cafe: Plus all the advantages mention above if you have an internet café the best way to give each individual customer a unique user id and password to assess the internet as long as you specify it with networking solutions. So no more using and not paying. At the end of the month you can see what was the usage of you internet and how much you have earn.
• Entertainment: Networks facilitate many types of games and entertainment. The Internet itself offers many sources of entertainment, of course. In addition, many multi-player games exist that operate over a local area network. Many home networks are set up for this reason, and gaming across wide area networks (including the Internet) has also become quite popular. Of course, if you are running a business and have easily-amused employees, you might insist that this is really a disadvantage of networking and not an advantage!

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