1. Intranet By: Alex Kwan Brian Chang Mike Lim

2. Content Overview History Current Status Future Expectations

3. Intranet Overview What is an intranet? –A company wide software & information distribution system that uses internet tools & technology –Internal focus internet –It’s a private network

4. Intranet Overview continue... What is the basic purpose? –It offers a way of leveraging the people & the organization –It offers corporation-wide application payroll reporting expense processing project database

5. Intranet Overview continue... What is the importance of an Intranet? –Allows the authorized users to make better & more informed decisions –Single system pulls together all computers, software, databases

6. Intranet Overview continue... What are the benefits? –Streamlines operations –lowers cost –quick access to up-to-date info –scaleable –cross platforms (use of web browsers) –Cooperation & Synchronization among team & partners

7. History of Internet 1969 - U.S. Department of Defense and ARPANET 1983 – Internet (University research institutions), Milnet TCP/IP

8. Rise of the Internet 1990 World Wide Web 1993 Mosaic

9. Intranet Grew from the popularity and hype surrounding the Internet and the web. As developers learned how to leverage the same technology for Internet web applications, they found it was easy to use, inexpensive, and able to run on many platforms. LAN’s Improving communications technology

10. Current Uses Corporate communication Human resources Internal recruitment Basic information sharing Accessing database

11. Alternatives Groupware –complicated –expensive Lotus Notes –Proprietary –High cost –uses high bandwidth –complicated

12. Future Uses of Intranet Fill out electronic forms Query corporate database Virtual conferences

13. Future Expectations “Large companies-which typically have less than 20 percent of their company’s data Web-enabled and accessible - will move to network more data in the future. It’s like the first or second minute of a 60 minute game.” -Scott McNealy, CEO of Sun Microsystems

14. Future Expectations continues... Trend of wireless –Palm VII use in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center paging, wireless messaging, access to oracle database, secure access to confidential patient information, lab test information, etc.

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