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.
To find out more how to deploy an Intranet in
your organization, dial +92 (0300) 6126356
or drop us a mail at
support@green-shark.com
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