Intranet Applications in Business Organizations

Intranet Applications in Business Organizations
An intranet is a network inside an organization that uses internet technologies (such as Web browsers and servers, TCP/IP network protocols, HTML hypermedia document publishing and databases, and so on) to provide an Internet like environment within the enterprise for information sharing, communications, collaboration, and the support business processes. An intranet is protected by security measures such as passwords, encryption, and fire walls, and thus can be accessed by authorized users through internet. A company’s intranet can also be accessed through the intranets of customers, suppliers and other business partners via extranet links.

Organizations of all kinds are implementing a broad range of intranets uses. One way that companies organize intranet applications is to group them conceptually into a few user services categories that reflect the basic services that intranets offer to their users. These services are provided by the intranet’s portal, browser, and server software, as well as by other system and application software and groupware that are part of a company’s intranet software environment.
Intranet Applications in Business Organizations