Table Of ContentWhat Every Business Can Learn from the Internet. A New Kind of Information System. The Birth of the Information Center. The Intranet in Practice. Toward the Paperless Office. Harnessing the New Media. Serving Data and Applications. Interfacing with the Internet. Managing the Web Explosion. Appendices. Index.
SynopsisTransform your organization with Web technology AT & T, Levi Strauss, 3M, Federal Express, and hundreds of other companies have already discovered that the Intranet is a fast, cost-effective way to dramatically improve corporate communications, distribute and share vital information, and dynamically transform entire organizations. Now, you can unite the computers, software, and databases within your organization into a single Web system that enables your employees to find any kind of information they need, anywhere. The Corporate Intranet shows you how to create and manage this powerful interactive information platform within your organization. You2ll get a practical overview of what it takes to allow your LAN network to support Web technology. You2ll also find out how individual departments can set up Web servers and publish data and documents electronically in-house. You2ll learn how to: Use Internet technology to break information logjams. Select the right software and resources for an Intranet. Design and build internal multimedia Webs. Launch an Intranet and promote it within your organization. Help departments harness the full power of Web publishing. Link an Intranet to a company2s enterprise databases and to the "external" Internet., Systems that allow the widespread exchange of information across company networks are usually difficult to create and not particularly user- friendly. Off-the-shelf groupware products such as Lotus Notes are effective, but they may be expensive and cannot be adapted to suit the needs of a business. For this reason, managers are now looking at the Web as an innovative solution to their groupware needs.