Intranet and Extranet Development

Intranets
Intranets are transforming the way businesses work and interact with their staff members. Intranets allow company employees to exchange information in a closed network. Unlike the Internet, Intranets are closed networks within your organization designed to allow your business operations and cross department communications and interactions to become as automated as possible.

A typical Intranet would include any of the following components or combination of components:

• Online training area.
• Collaboration of information and ideas.
• Calendar schedules and time management.
• Project management.
• Sharing and adding information to databases.
• Custom applications, etc.

As each user is required generally to logon to the Intranet, the information presented can then be tailored to each users specific needs. For example a manager might require more access to potentially sensitive areas, whereas the local sales representative might not need such information.

Intranets allow businesses to work much more efficiently. They enable companies to build up databases of knowledge and to share this knowledge with all or select staff members. Intranets can and should reduce your operational costs while increasing the efficiency of your staff members.

Extranets
Extranet's are transforming the way companies conduct business over the Internet. Rather than using conventional methods to exchange information, companies can now leverage their investments in Intranet and Internet technology and use an Extranet to exchange information and share applications with business partners, suppliers and customers.

Extranets are designed to allow third party users into your corporate network, where they can carry out predetermined tasks and interact with your company.

A typical example of an Extranet could include any of the following components or combination of components:

• Online training areas
• Sharing and adding information to databases
• Account management
• Online ordering with customized discount structures
• Collaboration of information and ideas
• Project Management.
• Custom applications, etc.

Extranets enable organizations to manage very specific rules about who has permission to see or use what, and as a result they are giving companies the control they need to share information and gain a competitive edge

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