It was her worst nightmare. A year ago an upper level manager decided that she could, "learn the Internet" and that the company could eliminate the expense of their previous consultant. The next thing she knew the company's Web site was offline and a potential investor was due to look at it first thing in the morning. She called Topher Bay.

At Topher Bay, we immediately recognized why the Web site was down and created a short-term workaround solution using one of her spare desktop systems, the Linux operating system and the Apache Web server. As a result, everything was seamless the next morning as the boss showed off the company's Web site to their potential investors.

It did not stop there. Topher Bay created a quick software solution to help that employee manage the aspects of the company Web site that needed immediate attention and were within her expertise. Accordingly, she has a simple interface for manipulating the information on the Web site, and has been trained by experts, so that she has confidence in her work and is able to be successful.

Why pay for an expensive software solution when an Open Source solution, with a little customization and training, will enable you to be as effective? Besides that, it may just keep your Web site online.