Intranet

Steve

Andy

Michael

Intranet

• A network based on TCP/IP protocols (an internet) belonging to an organization, usually a corporation, accessible only by the organization's members, employees, or others with authorization.

Different within Intranet and Internet

• Packets are public• Cost spread out• Problematic mgmt• Weak policies• No enforcement• No controlling org

• Packets are private• Enterprise bears costs• Enterprise mgmt• Strong policies• Central enforcement• Enterprise controls

Internet Intranet

Intranet challenges

• Integrate data from diverse sources

• Provide access to data by all stakeholder in company value chain

• Present information in the format appropriate for each stakeholders

• Guarantee performance, availability, serviceability and security

Implementation

• Web Server

• unique IP address

• DHCP servers / router

• Web browser

Security

• Firewalls

• Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)

• Virtual private networks

• Certification authorities

• Public key infrastructure solutions

Databases

• Database Access– ODBC - Open DataBase Connectivity– JDBC - Java DataBase Connectivity– Uses a query language to access data– SQL is the standard query language

• Database Management Systems– dBASE– Hypertext

Sun Microsystems - SunWeb

• Started in 1994

• accessible by every Sun employee(20k+)

• E-mail dominates traffic (>2.5 million/day)

• 3000+ internal website

• Two browsers - Netscape & HotJava

Intranet Control - SunWeb

• Centralized Management/Administration

• Decentralized content creation/control

• Strict guidelines on:– external look & feel– content– security

• invest in security at the beginning

The benefit of using Intranet

• Increased ability to compete.

• Costs reduced now and avoided later

• Improved productivity (due to better access to information & applications)

• Increased collaboration--Shortened product time to market

• Better customer support

The major Intranet trends

• Customers are becoming the focus of the system

• Integrated into all business processes

• More interesting applications are developed

• Leading to new business opportunities and revenues , extends to extranet (WAN)