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M.C.A. I SEM.

Internet & Web Designing

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Intranet…………

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Intranet Basics (what it is)

Internet technologies used on the corporate network Internet technologies behind the corporate firewall An Intranet is an internal information system based on Internet

technology, mainly TCP/IP and HTTP for networking protocols, and HTML for publishing.

An Intranet connects people together with Internet technology in a single view

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Intranet Basics (what it is not)

not the Internet not the extranet Not  a single application like EMail or the Web Not Just Hardware and Software Not Groupware.

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Intranet from a technical perspective

While the TCP/IP architecture has many component protocols it is only a small subset of its application protocols that are being examined for the Intranet.

Internet application protocols and their uses

http access to web text and graphical information

nntp access to newsgroups, conferencing

irc,chat... real time text and conferencing tool

mail message exchange, mailing lists

wais index and document retrieval

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Common Intranet applications - corporate perspective

On many a corporate intranet most employees will have their browser pointing at an internal home page. What should be on it?

  Company Newsletter Financial Information Sales and marketing information Project management information Help Desk Vendor Contacts Software Downloads Human Resources Company Events Discussion Groups ? Mailing Lists?

Probably much more !

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Tremendous technical advantages to be had!

The speed and security the Internet is lacking May obviate Internet access requirements and problems A single interface facilitates debugging Easily navigated via the ubiquitous browser familiar to the end user Extremely scalable Implies a distributed computing strategy Can extend to multimedia Will probably extend to future technologies

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Tremendous corporate advantages to be had!

the all-in-one tool provides reliable information directly from the source event-driven as opposed to calendar-driven reduces the cost of time to market solicitous of end user customizable by end user  The Intranet is a single communications tool linking together

all corporate departments with a common feel providing accurate and instant information to anyone to anywhere within a corporation.

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Intranet problems

Many Intranet problems are identical to those on the Internet, after all it is the same underlying technology. Some additional things to consider.

Security within an organization may pose a greater threat than on the Internet Privacy - Will you track access of a page ? Broken links Conversion tools may not be perfect Printing Which browser ? Which server ?

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Setting Intranet standards

That word seems to be showing up over and over again. What are some of the areas that need to be standardized?

What is your browser of choice? Do you need to standardize on a server platform as well? Which multimedia formats will be supported? Will you use (or develop ) page templates for ease and consistency? File and Directory Standards ? Will you be able to identify the author ? Which HTML authoring tools and conversion tools? How to program the CGIs ? Who will administer this ? How will standards be set, administered and enforced?