N E T W O R K S O L U T I O N S
 Networking
is a company-wide software and information distribution
system that uses
Internet
tools and technology. It could be a simple HTML file linked on
a LAN or WAN, a full-blown sophisticated system with dedicated
server hardware, or anything in between.
You can use an intranet to give
employees access to company documents, distribute software,
enable group scheduling, provide an easy front end to company
databases, and let individuals and departments publish
information they need to communicate to the rest of the
company. Typical intranet content could include the corporate
directory, a calendar of events, a policies and procedures
manual, the health plan and the company newsletter. The most
important information will be industry-specific, such as
supplier information and
databases of products.
 An
Intranet is a way of thinking about and organizing the way we
work with other people.
It's a method for leveraging the people, and the tools they
all use, to make something new and better than merely the sum
of the parts within that group.
FIVE REASONS WHY YOUR
COMPANY NEEDS AN INTRANET
1- Intranets solve the problem of
information overload
Ironically, too much information doesn't cause information
overload, and the solution isn't to reduce available
information. Problems arise when individuals have little
control over the information that comes at them. They're
buried under a mountain of data. And it takes mental energy to
filter, sort, store and later retrieve all this information,
most of which is irrelevant.
2- Intranets are cheap
One
advantage of using Internet tools to distribute company
information is low cost. Your networked PCs are all perfectly
capable intranet clients, and browsers are cheap or free. Even
the server hardware, software and middleware is affordable.
Any employee with access to a TCP/IP backbone can publish.
Perhaps best of all, roll out can be gradual, modular and
minimally disruptive.
3- Intranets are cross-platform
Most organizations are as heterogeneous as hell on the client
side. Macs here. UNIX boxes there. A couple of OS/2 machines
in the corner and, of course, Windows, Windows everywhere (in
all three flavors: 3.1x, 95 and NT). Intranets are the easiest
way to get everyone talking.
4- Intranets are robust
Even though the Web is just seven years old, and the first
graphical browser just three, much of the underlying
technology has been in use on the Internet for a decade or
two, and it's robust and reliable.
5- Intranets are fast
You've seen Web sites with large, spectacular graphics, cool
videos, neat Netscape forms, and other bells and whistles. And
you'd probably enjoy them even more if they took seconds,
rather than minutes, to download. That's one of the great
advantages of an intranet: Videos and sound can load in less
than a second. You can really push the envelope with the
hottest available Web technologies without worrying about
performance.
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Intranet in your organization, dial +92 (0300) 6126356
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